Austin Hargrave/Hulu; Sundance Institute; Neon; Owen C. Shaw/Getty Images; Magnolia Pictures Documentaries can be like taking your brain or your heart to the spa. Or sometimes it’s like putting them through the wringer. Here are some great films from 2019 to go on a journey, no matter the destination. The Biggest Little Farm May 10 (Neon) The animations are so twee, she harumphed to herself. Sentimental music and a story about a dog. But it didn’t take long for my cynicism to dissolve under The Biggest Little Farm’s spell. Mature and brimming with uneasy hope, the doc tells the years-long story of a senselessly optimistic couple who exit their cool Los Angeles life to start a farm from scratch 50 miles northwest of the city. The pair and their team’s commitment is tireless, while their insecurities going into the endeavor are refreshingly bare. The life arc of the farm’s animals — a rooster named Greasy, some shaggy pups, a big pregnant pig, hungry ducks and coyotes, even its fish — will have you more invested in life or death than the Snap did in the Avengers movies. John Chester, the co-proprietor of the farm and director of the film, is… Read full this story
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