It’s one of the wilder footnotes in modern American history: At 3:30pm on the afternoon of September 22, 1975, a conservative 46-year-old single mom named Sara Jane Moore attempted to assassinate the President of the United States on the street outside of San Francisco’s…

davidehrlich

great acquisition of archival footage; stressful movie... incredible subject. filmmakers frustratingly seem to lack POV completely — letting the (again: great) footage do the talking for them. hard to know where to land the plane for anyone involved, myself included having…

fran hoepfner

NYFF62 Film #26 I think the reason that would-be Presidential assassin Sara Jane Moore isn't better known or considered to be a more pivotal figure in 1970's politics, is because she doesn't have that extra juice that makes her story sensationalized. She wasn't in the…

Johnny Pomatto

NYFF62 Film #21 aka Don DeLillo's Forrest Gump: The Documentary Half expected it to be revealed partway through that Sara Jane Moore had had an affair with Lee Harvey Oswald at some point

MrMustache

The hallmark of a great documentary is either an incredible story or a fascinating, complex character — Suburban Fury has a bit of both. It tells the story of Sarah Jane Moore, who attempted to assassinate Gerald Ford in 1975. It’s a lesser-known story in American history,…

Ben

Suburban Fury is my favorite movie I’ve watched so far at SIFF ‘25. It was a fascinating documentary, an intriguing look at history as experienced by one person; a story of how we tell our stories, of self mythologizing, or the subjective nature of history. On one side we…

Jason

god forbid a woman has a hobby (sex and conspiracy)

kstroom

She took one look at the guy behind her and immediately clocked the gay

Aurora San Miguel

My first time at the Seattle Film Festival!  This was an interesting but incredibly frustrating documentary. Really really fascinating way of framing this event and while she’s a fascinating character, I just wish there was just something… a little bit more substantial.…

sam