Boxing Gym (2010)

Even with no traditional narrative, there are wonderful discoveries to be made in Wiseman's film, which is a nice complement to the experienced director's ballet-themed last feature, "La Danse: The Pa... Full Review

I find Wiseman's anti-narrative vow of chastity off-putting; I like a story with my pictures. Full Review

Don't go to Boxing Gym expecting pugilistic melodrama about long-shot underdogs. There's not an ounce of fat or cliché in Frederick Wiseman's new documentary. Full Review

Frederick Wiseman must drive certain nonfiction filmmakers crazy. He makes it look too easy. Full Review

Wiseman films it all without comment, letting the rhythm of the place tell the story. Full Review

We see multiple iterations of all manner of drills, and one of the pleasures of this film is that it understands that the more you look at something, the more mysterious and beautiful it becomes. Full Review

It's a boxing movie minus all the bull that usually goes with it. Full Review

Some documentaries have a way of sneaking into your brain and becoming reference points for larger subjects. Frederick Wiseman's Boxing Gym is one of them. Full Review

Pugilists and philosophers of all kinds converge in Frederick Wiseman's mesmerizing documentary. Full Review

There's no disputing the cumulative authority of Wiseman's ongoing Human Comedy or ignoring the influence that his epic observational style has had on fiction filmmakers. Full Review