Joe Bendel
Author
Joe Bendel writes about independent film and lives in New York City. To read his most recent articles, visit JBSpins.blogspot.com
LATEST
‘On Call’: an Engaging Police Procedural Series
Two young police officers try to maintain law and order in gang-riddled neighborhoods.
‘Lockerbie: A Search for the Truth’
This series fails to build the tension needed for the trial that follows the 1988 air disaster.
‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’ Shows Tyranny in Its True Light
Islamist ideology imposes cruel rules on an Iranian family in Mohammed Rasoulof’s searing film.
‘Night Is Not Eternal’ Exposes Cuba’s Communism
The documentary follows Rosa María Payá as she carries her father’s standard for freedom in Cuba.
‘The Last Rifleman’ Honors the Greatest Generation
An elderly vet escapes from his nursing home to attend anniversary ceremonies for the Normandy landing.
‘Youth (Hard Times)’ and ‘Youth (Homecoming)’: Chinese Migrants Up Close
Wang Bing’s 2nd and 3rd films of his trilogy highlights the fate of young Chinese migrant workers.
‘The Coddling of the American Mind’: Destroying American Youth
This documentary explores how institutions of higher learning negatively impact Gen Z.
‘Freedom Hair’: Braiding Hair, and Much More
A thoughtful film of how government regulators harass a Mississippi small business owner.
‘Dissidents’: Chinese in the US Fight for Their Country
Chinese activists are harassed by the communist regime in the United States.
‘The Last Front’: Belgian Patriots Resist
Neutral countries were not spared the horrors of World War I.
