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LA Times
Review: Surprises from an animal hoarder in documentary ‘For the Birds’
Kimber Myers, June 13, 2019
LA TIMES
Those who watch their local news are familiar with this far too frequent story: authorities rescue countless animals from an overcrowded home. But after showing horrific images of starving, bedraggled creatures, they move on to the next headline without the time to explore the narrative further. With “For the Birds,” director Richard Miron offers an empathetic character study of an animal hoarder who defies expectation, making a documentary that does the same in the process. May 30, 2019 What makes the film stand out is its editing, which carefully builds a story from multiple perspectives. When Richard Miron began filming his indelible documentary, “For the Birds,” his subjects, Kathy Murphy and her husband, Gary, were living alongside a collection of some 200 chickens, geese, ducks and turkeys. The birds had spilled out from their makeshift coops on the lawn. To Kathy’s delight and Gary’s disgust, they had filled their mobile home with the sounds, stinks and scum of the coop. The Hollywood Reporter, The Dog Doc Film Review “…a multilayered exploration of the love and devotion that animals inspire, whether the critter is your companion or your patient. Contained within the stories in Dog Doc is a visionary approach to caring for animals and ourselves, a way of more truly sharing the planet.” Shock Ya! The Dog Doc Movie Review “The best dog movies are sentimental dramas, with “Lassie Come Home” as my personal favorite. But in this case, Marty shows that a documentary can be as charming, enlightening, even sentimental, as the best of the narratives.” Dogtime, Interview with Cindy Meehl and Dr. Marty Goldstein “All dog parents MUST SEE this film!” Unseen Films, The Dog Doc – Tribeca 2019 “…this is a marvelous film. It will fill you for hope that should your pet end up sick that there really is someone who can help them.” Culture Mix Online, 2019 Tribeca Film Festival Movie Review: ‘THE DOG DOC’ “…the movie is a testament that dogs and other pets are treated like members of a family, who often will do what it takes to get the best help possible when their beloved pet gets sick.” The Moveable Fest. Tribeca ‘19 Review: Fighting for the Immune System, Dr. Martin Goldstein Finds Opposition From Another in “The Dog Doc” “The Dog Doc” doesn’t just tug on the heart to make its point about alternative treatment, but resonates with the mind. By Owen Gleiberman To say that child sex abuse in a documentary could in any way be connected to that Hitchcock/thriller word — suspense — is, on the face of it, an offensive thought. We’re talking despicable crimes that reverberate for years and even for generations; they don’t exist for our “entertainment.” Yet “Capturing the Friedmans,” the remarkable movie Andrew Jarecki made in 2003 — it is, along with Amy Berg’s “Deliver Us from Evil” (2006), the most staggering documentary of our time about child sex abuse — unveiled a situation of unfathomable suspense, of sinister layered mystery. It turned the audience into detectives and left us pondering questions, long after the film was over, of what, exactly, went on in it. Jarecki used the dramatic lure of the things we didn’t know, and were craning our necks around corners to see, as a metaphor for how child sex abuse can haunt its victims, tearing away at memory and identity. The suspense of “Capturing the Friedmans” was that it turned watching a documentary into the mirror of a victim’s journey.The NY Times Critic’s Pick
Teo Bugbee‘For the Birds’ Review: From an Overcrowded Chicken Coop Springs Unusual Life
Reviews – The Dog Doc opens at Tribeca 2019
By Sheri Linden, May 7, 2019
By Harvey Karten, April 28, 2019
Story: A- | Acting: A- | Technical: A- | Overall: A-
By Julia Higgens, May 7, 2019
“If you are an animal lover of any kind, I strongly recommend checking it out. This documentary might just change your life–and the lives of your furry loved ones–for the better.”
“I learned so much watching this film, and I definitely walked away from it as a better pet parent.”
By Steve Kopian, April 28, 2019
“There is something about the care and love Goldstein shows his patients and their owners that is truly something special. Its magical actually as he manages to not only heal the animals but their humans as well.. “
“Clearly Goldstein’s approach to health and kick starting the immune system is something we should all be exploring.”
“A wonderful film that is highly recommended, even more so for animal lovers.”
“One of the best films of Tribeca.”
By Carla Hay, April 28, 2019
By Stephen Saito, April 30, 2019
Tribeca Film Review: ‘Rewind”
Variety
May 3, 2019