Jordan M. Smith

Rising Star: Rowe Serves Lukewarm Dish

"Sometimes surprisingly funny, often claustrophobic, and almost always uncomfortable, Gauja's one year documentation of a confused young mother's life is as intimate and raw as they come."

Lemon Incest: Gauja Breaks Taboo With Disturbing Intimacy

Prior to the docu-world staking out Maryland for the upcoming edition of the Silverdocs, we now begin to look towards Europe for the next series of major doc-related film fests. Sheffield Doc/Fest, which runs from Wednesday June 8th to Sunday June 12th has a solid collection of best docs films so far in 2011, with much of the lineup being similar to this year's Hot Docs, even leading off on opening night with Morgan Spurlock's POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold as the Canadian fest did earlier this year.

"...like many brilliant minds, Fischer's talents came with significant mental instabilities that ultimately brought his downfall. In the new documentary by award-winning director Liz Garbus, Bobby Fischer Against The World, the Grandmaster's neurotic life is empathetically analyzed by the few people he let get close to him."