Indeed, in its implicit defense of educational democracy, At Berkeley is doubly didactic and one of Wiseman's most passionate films.

| Feb 22, 2019

Wiseman is fearless about letting people speak long and uninterrupted and the truth is no longer reduced to cheap soundbites. Instead a slow picture builds of a California institution unlike any other.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 12, 2014

At the venerable age of 84, documentary maven Wiseman hasn't lost his touch.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 11, 2014

Frederick Wiseman brings his insightful and layered filmmaking to one of America's most liberal institutions.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 11, 2014

At Berkeley earns credit for documenting a distinctly articulate community.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 17, 2014

The film contains numerous scenes showing higher education at its best.. But these moments are gradually overwhelmed by scenes of administrators dealing with an ongoing budget crisisdealing with an ongoing budget crisis.

| Jan 3, 2014

The fragility of public education looms in the background of every scene, but, as always, Wiseman proves a wizard at shutting up and listening and learning.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jan 2, 2014

A film is not just about intent. It is also an experience, and this is where "At Berkeley" becomes an iffy proposition.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Dec 5, 2013

Anyone who cares about documentary filmmaking, or about the state of public higher education, will find themselves quietly dazzled by the picture Wiseman paints here, in small dabs.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Dec 5, 2013

The observations coalesce into a cogent whole, providing insights that are never overtly stated.

| Dec 4, 2013

No other filmed portrait of higher education matches this one for hard-nosed insight, comprehensiveness, sympathy, and hope.

Full Review | Nov 25, 2013

"At Berkeley" is the 38th in Mr. Wiseman's series of films about contemporary institutions; as always, he finds symbolic resonance in seemingly random observations.

| Nov 14, 2013

If you're willing to go where Wiseman takes you, and on his terms, it might feel like a late-career near-masterpiece.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Nov 14, 2013

I wouldn't lose a minute of At Berkeley. If anything, it made me wish Wiseman had a weekly 온라인카지노추천 show that monitored the daily life of my alma mater.

| Nov 8, 2013

The fierce, questing intelligence of these students and educators is a perfect match for Wiseman's own.

| Original Score: A | Nov 8, 2013

If only everything were interesting.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Nov 8, 2013

Mr. Wiseman has made his share of grim documentaries in which people are processed and oppressed by bureaucracy. "At Berkeley" is not one.

| Nov 7, 2013

There's a fair amount of redundancy here.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 5, 2013

Footage of road-paving construction subtly mirrors Wiseman's depiction of the way in which the university constantly reinvents and renews itself - logistically, politically, intellectually - through constant, engaged dialogue and debate.

| Nov 5, 2013

Running at a little over four hours, At Berkeley is so immersive and encompassing that it almost ceases to function as a documentary in the normal sense.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 11, 2013