Wesley Morris & Ty Burr's top movies of 2010
KO Films/Zipporah Films
- full story No greats, but plenty of goodness in 2010 (By Wesley Morris, Globe Staff)
- Full story In this pivotal year, documentaries had the most movie mystery (By Ty Burr, Globe Staff)
"Boxing Gym"
“Boxing Gym,’’ the legendary Frederick Wiseman’s 39th documentary in 43 years, scrubs the sport down to its most elemental moves and beats. Filmed over several months at Lord’s Gym, in Austin, Texas, it focuses on the regular folks who train there — men and women, old and young — and celebrates individuality in the unique rhythms of each person’s sparring and footwork. Boxing is dance to Wiseman, an expression of one’s innermost being, and “Boxing Gym’’ is an ordinary masterpiece that every so often opens onto the cosmic.
“Boxing Gym,’’ the legendary Frederick Wiseman’s 39th documentary in 43 years, scrubs the sport down to its most elemental moves and beats. Filmed over several months at Lord’s Gym, in Austin, Texas, it focuses on the regular folks who train there — men and women, old and young — and celebrates individuality in the unique rhythms of each person’s sparring and footwork. Boxing is dance to Wiseman, an expression of one’s innermost being, and “Boxing Gym’’ is an ordinary masterpiece that every so often opens onto the cosmic.
— T.B.