Going in to review a documentary blind, without any knowledge of the subject it’s covering beforehand, can be a roll of the dice. If a documentary does its job well, it can open your eyes and introduce you to an entirely new subject that had never even remotely been on your radar. If it fails, then it could kill any interest you might have had. Luckily, All Hail the Popcorn King, director Hansi Oppenheimer’s feature on famed author/screenwriter Joe R. Lansdale, is a loving, slickly-crafted send-up to “America’s most unknown, known writer.”

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