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WHAT THE ‘DUDE’ WHO SHOT RENEE GOOD COULDN’T HEAR
January 18th, 2026
“How rare, I think, to see a grown man drowning and then healing something in himself through anguished tears. Rare and beautiful, because he is finally engaged in the full range of what it means to be human.”
10 best movies of 2025
December 12th, 2025
“Revelatory, visually stunning and maybe even game-changing.”
“If you're looking for a gripping documentary to binge on Netflix, this 'heartbreaking' story of a real-life US veteran might be exactly the ticket.”
“This is not a loud film, but an honest one. It doesn’t glorify soldiers or pity them; it listens to them. And sometimes, that’s the most powerful thing a documentary can do.”
the gripping story behind netflix’s in waves and war
November 3rd, 2025
review: ’IN WAVES AND WAR’ shows promise of psychedelics to treat ptsd
November 3rd, 2025
“Startling. What begins as a documentary about pain gradually becomes a story about possibility.”
“We think the film offers hope for anybody who has experienced trauma of any sort, and it brings much needed attention to issues of mental health, especially within the veteran community which is suffering from a suicide epidemic.”
Woodside restaurateur produces netflix documentary on psychedelic therapy
September 18th, 2025
“In Waves and War,” soon to be released on Netflix on Nov. 3, depicts the transformation of veterans, who suffered years of mental anguish from battlefield trauma and follows them through the psychedelic journey that ultimately, “gives them hope and perspective about what they’ve been through,” said co-director Jon Shenk.
“Netflix has acquired and set the release date for In Waves and War, a well-reviewed documentary that’s been on the festival circuit over the past year from directors Jon Shenk and Bonni Cohen.”
“In Waves and War” shows what a widespread condition PTSD is as well as the unexpected glimmers of hope that the unorthodox treatment can offer to ease minds and while the subject as a whole would seem like a heavy lift, Cohen and Shenk’s deep compassion for their participants translates into understanding what they’re going through with ease.
“As a portrait of physical and spiritual courage, “In Waves and War” was one of the strongest movies at DC/DOX, reminding viewers of the pain that is too often ignored in favor of ostentatious displays of “supporting the troops.”
“Netflix also licensed Cohen and Shenk’s second Telluride 2024 premiere, “In Waves and War” (November 3) a troubling story about how three Navy SEALs left their tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan and returned home with treatment-resistant chronic psychological pain. They, and others in the veteran and PTSD community, are being saved, finally, by a healing psychedelic therapy.”
“When San Francisco filmmakers Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk first met U.S. Navy SEAL Marcus Capone, who would become one of the main subjects of their powerful new documentary “In Waves and War,” they remember feeling like “we were watching Superman walk into the room,” says Cohen.”
“With animated sequences and intimate profiles, 'Athlete A' directors Jon Shenk and Bonni Cohen’s latest is another heartfelt look at a pressing social issue.”
“ Jon Shenk and Bonni Cohen’s heartfelt documentary gives new meaning to the term “forever war” by showing the lasting impact that multiple deployments have had on a trio of Navy SEALs still struggling to truly come home years after retiring from the military.”
“The most wrenching sequences in their latest [film] have nothing to do with the medicinal properties of hallucinogens but rather the lived experiences of three vets for whom every other treatment failed.”
A Moving Documentary About Wartime PTSD That Actually Offers Hope
September 2, 2024
“The animation style is fluid and boundary-less, images just made out as they morph into something else: A helicopter hovering over a dusty landscape; a row of SEALs in night vision goggles approaching a target; fire exchanged over a tractor tire. The images are as hazy as memory, and a very effective way of getting inside the heads of these vets…”
The Best of the 2024 Telluride Film Festival
September 3, 2024
“All of a sudden, I was in hyperdrive in different parts of my life.”
– Marcus Capone