The art of reflexive cinematic disquisition — in which an area of putative inquiry and the very arc of the filmmaker’s own artistic quest are commingled, and presented alongside one another — is a tricky feat. It can make for heady entertainment when the pretzel makers are whipsmart (witness Charlie Kaufman and Spike Jonze’s Adaptation, for instance), and even give extra layers of sociological heft and insight to nonfiction films, as in works like Capturing the Friedmans and Catfish. For Pamela Yates’ Granito: How To Nail a Dictator, however, which premiered earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival, it just doesn’t work, alas. Instead, it serves as a leaden weight on the well-meaning material, dragging it down into the depths of an inelegant bore. For the full, original review, from ShockYa, click here. (International Film Circuit, unrated, 103 minutes)