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A man-made plague; the pursuit of peace; honor thy mother © HBO A scene from "The Crime of the Century." The COVID-19 pandemic did not slow down the progress of another plague – that of opioid addiction. In his two -part documentary “The Crime of the Century,” the prolific Alex Gibney (this is his third documentary feature in the past year), in association with The Washington Post, exposes the history, causes, and culprits behind the wave of addictions and overdoses that have killed ov...

The 100 Best Documentaries of All Time By Elizabeth Jackson, Stacker News AND Nicole Johnson, Stacker News On 5/5/21 at 8:00 PM EDT Great documentaries often give access and illumination to stories that would otherwise go untold. The subject of a great documentary can be anything from a single individuals life to a broader political event, and the effect of the films can be anything from uplifting to devastating. To celebrate the genre, Stacker created a ranking of the to...

G. Allen Johnson May 6, 2021Updated: May 7, 2021, 1:36 pm President Bill Clinton (center) is in the middle of it as Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (left) and PLO leader Yasser Arafat shake hands at the White House after signing the Mideast accord on Sept. 28, 1995. The documentary “The Human Factor” shows the behind-the-scenes story of the U.S.’s effort to secure peace in the Middle East. Photo: Doug Mills, Associated Press 1995 Peace in the Middle East seems unattainab...

The California Times is committed to reviewing theatrical film releases during the COVID-19 pandemic. Because moviegoing carries risks during this time, we remind readers to follow health and safety guidelines as An engrossing peek inside the Mideast peace talks during the Clinton administration, Dror Moreh’s “The Human Factor” demonstrates some of the key reasons the task has been so daunting. The documentary, which features such boldface names as Yitzhak Rabin, Yasser Arafat, Bill Cli...

Fort Worth Weekly The Paper Tigers (PG-13) This martial-arts comedy is about three middle-aged former kung fu prodigies (Alain Uy, Ron Yuan, and Mykel Shannon Jenkins) who are forced to revive their talents to solve the murder of their master. Also with Yuji Okumoto, Jae Suh Park, Roger Yuan, Peter Adrian Sudarso, Yoshi Sudarso, and Matthew Page. (Opens Friday in Dallas) Image courtesy of YouTube.com OPENING   Above Suspicion (R) This thriller based on the first American conviction...

The Human Factor Review: An Illuminating Look at the Messy, Evolving Middle East Peace Process May 5, 2021 Arriving at an energizing time in American history (the arrival of a new administration looking to reset certain international priorities), Dror Moreh’s The Human Factor, which premiered at a few 2019 fall festivals––a time when Jared Kushner was tasked with solving piece in the Middle East––is an enlightening and engaging look at fragile peace processes the U.S. worked towards ...

Messenger Ready for a documentary about three decades of agonizing fits and starts of the Mideast peace process, from the perspective of US negotiators? You’re probably thinking that doesn’t sound too enticing right about now. But there’s a reason “The Human Factor,” by Israeli filmmaker Dror Moreh, escapes what would seem a likely fate of being interesting only to policy wonks and those with a direct stake in the issue, and it has something to do with the title. It’s a reference to...

Review: Human Factor gets personal about Mideast peace by Jocelyn Noveck, The Associated Press Posted May 3, 2021 4:54 pm EDT Last Updated May 3, 2021 at 4:58 pm EDT FILE - President Bill Clinton, center, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, left, and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat walk on the grounds of Camp David, Md., at the start of the Mideast summit on July 11, 2000. The documentary "The Human Factor" shows the behind-the-scenes story of the U.S.s effort to secure peace in the Middle East...

Just as we never tire of the saga of the Titanic, which is doomed to hit the iceberg in perpetuity, so we are drawn to the catastrophe of Israeli-Palestinian relations and the tempting, teasing question: What if this circumstance, or that decision, had been different? Israeli filmmaker Dror Moreh’s riveting documentary “The Human Factor” revisits the 1990s negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians through new interviews with the top-level U.S. diplomats who shepherded those talks. Fa...

Yasser Arafat once insisted on cutting up Dennis Ross’s chicken during a dinner; Ross was then head of the American effort to arbitrate peace between Israel and Palestine. At the time, it seemed like a sign of hospitality and hope — Ross joked that Arafat had “a Jewish mother syndrome.” These days, after the Human Rights Watch has declared Israel guilty of the “crime of apartheid” against Palestinians, it is hard to imagine a moment of such intimacy. But “The Human Factor,” a ne...