Barry Avrich

Barry Avrich
Total Credits at Criticker: 1 (Actor), 7 (Director), 8 (Writer)
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The Last Mogul: Life and Times of Lew Wasserman
This documentary provides a rare and fascinating look at Lew Wasserman, the largest of the many larger-than-life men who made Hollywood what it is today. (ThinkFilm)
Scorned
A man so desperate for a promotion prostitutes his unwilling wife to his boss. Then despite this sacrifice, another man is brought in to take the position and the first man is faced with a demotion and potentially being completely ousted from the company. Humiliated, he chooses to commit suicide. His wife then vows revenge on everyone involved and manipulates her way into Stevens' home as a tutor to his teen son. (imdb)
Amerika Idol
A sweet film about a tiny village in Serbia that believes that Rocky Balboa will change their destiny and reverse 4,000 years of bad luck.
The Harvey Weinstein Project
This documentary takes an uncensored look at the life and work of film producer Harvey Weinstein. (imdb)
Filthy Gorgeous: The Bob Guccione Story
A look at the extraordinary world of Penthouse founder, visionary, and provocateur Bob Guccione. (imdb)
An Unlikely Obsession
Drawing on a treasure trove of interviews, Avrich shows how Churchill grew beyond the kind of friendship with individual British Jews to an unlikely obsession in becoming a supporter of Jewish causes--most notably being responsible for determining the future status of the Jewish National Home in Palestine. As a war leader and peacetime prime minister, this film examines the origins, implications, and results of Churchill's commitment to Jews. (sassywire.wordpress.com)
Prosecuting Evil
A portrait of Ben Ferencz, the last surviving Nuremberg Trial prosecutor, who continues to wage his lifelong crusade in the fight for law and peace.
Made You Look: A True Story About Fake Art
How did one of the most respected art galleries in New York City become the center of the largest art fraud in American history? Knoedler & Company, under its president, Ann Freedman, made millions selling previously unseen works by Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Robert Motherwell, and others that had supposedly come from a secret collection. But when her prestigious clients discover they had purchased fakes, the scandal shocks the art world.