SELECTED PRESS

RIOTSVILLE, USA

“A Theater of State Panic,” Bench Ansfield, New York Review of Books 

“Johanna Fateman: Top Ten,” Johanna Fateman, Artforum

“Town and Country,” Leo Goldsmith, Artforum 

“How the Police Became an Occupying Army,” Yasmina Price, The Nation

“Riotsville everywhere, Utopia nowhere” Matene Toure, Brooklyn Rail

“Riotsville, USA Review: A Fake Town to Explore Ongoing Unrest,” Glenn Kenny, New York Times, Critics Pick

“Sierra Pettengill’s Transfixing Doc Unveils the Ugly Truth of America’s Riot Police,” Susannah Gruder, Indiewire

“Riotsville, USA — Sierra Pettengill,” Ryan Swen, In Review Online

“Riotsville, USA review – disquieting study of police tactics to deal with social unrest,” Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

“Riotsville, USA - Standout doc about the Sixties explores still relevant lessons in police oppression,” Sarah Jane, Austin Chronicle

“Riotsville, USA,” Caitlin Quinlan, Little White Lies

“Riotsville, USA is a History Lesson and a Mediation on Policing,” Mark Jenkins, Washington Post

“Riotsville, USA’ evokes a law-and-order past hauntingly similar to the present,” Noah Murray, LA Times

“American Police Have Always Been Militarized,” Jeffrey Lamson, Jacobin

“Riotsville, U.S.A. Is A Nightmarish Documentary About Cops Playing Pretend,” Katie Way, VICE

“Critic’s Notebook: Father Doesn’t Know Best at New Directors/New Films,” Manohla Dargis, New York Times

“Best Movies of 2022,” Manohla Dargis, New York Times

“Ten Best Movies at Sundance 2022,” David Fear, Rolling Stone Magazine

“The 25 Best Movies of 2022,” Alissa Wilkinson, Vox Media

“Top 10 Films of 2022,” Monica Castillo, Roger Ebert

“10 Best Films of 2022,” Odie Henderson, Boston Globe

“The Best Films of 2022,” Lovia Gyarkye, Hollywood Reporter

THE REAGAN SHOW

“Hollywood Medium,” Tony Pipolo, Artforum

“The Manufactured Images of The Reagan Show,” The Nation

“The Reagan Show,” Godfrey Cheshire, Roger Ebert

“President Reagan's Role Of A Lifetime,” Leonard Lopate, WNYC

“The Reagan Show,” Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out

A Documentary Recap of Reagan’s Presidency, the Original Political Reality TV Show,” Craig Hubert, Hyperallergic

“CNN’s ‘The Reagan Show’ is a look back at an era that set the stage for Trump,” Washington Post

“The Reagan Show,” Ed Potten, The Times of London

“Review: ‘The Reagan Show’ captures the moment when style overtook substance,” Robert Abele, LA Times

“The Reagan Show is a terrifically entertaining — and unnerving — take on a presidency, “Alissa Wilkinson, Vox