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TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE, 2007. ©Think Film/courtesy Everett Collection

‘Taxi to the Dark Side’

Photos and video of torture at Bagram and Abu Ghraib are the most viscerally disturbing elements of "Taxi to the Dark Side," the Oscar winning doc from Alex Gibney

President George W. Bush in "Fahrenheit 9/11"

‘Fahrenheit 9/11’

Michael Moore has delivered a film rather less incendiary than might have been expected -- or wished for by his fans -- in "Fahrenheit 9/11."

Weight of Gold Apolo Ohno

‘The Weight of Gold’

The HBO documentary on Olympians struggling after the Games has noble intentions, but doesn't have nearly enough time to dig into its very worthy subjects.

When We Were Kings

‘When We Were Kings’

The 1974 heavyweight championship fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman is related in enormously entertaining fashion.

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