Boiled Angels: The Trial Of Mike Diana (2018) ***

Boiled Angels: The Trial Of Mike Diana (2018) is a solid and consistently engaging documentary about the first and only person to ever receive a criminal conviction in the United States for artistic obscenity. The film is directed by cult filmmaker Frank Henenlotter, narrated by Jello Biafra, and features interviews with key players in Diana's 1994 trial, as well as other comic book artists and celebrities such as Neil Gaiman and George A. Romero (in what appears to be one of his last interviews).

I'm pretty particular about documentaries (I tend to find a lot of them disposable and I don't think they should be held to the same standards as feature films), but I appreciated Boiled Angels for its effort to raise awareness about an artist whose First Amendment rights were violated and the questions it poses regarding what can be considered art and/or obscene, all while retaining a fun, punk presentation.