documentary
Belushi is a warts-and-all look at one of comedy’s raging bulls.
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Pitched in this era of hyper partisanship and sharp division, The Ground Between Us is notable because of the weight and balance it gives to the issues at stake.
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The cinema verite masterpiece is among the first non-fiction theatrical features to chronicle “regular” people going about their everyday lives.
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The documentary is about “the power of the community and how rock and roll, and music in general, is worth fighting for: sometimes that means doing it yourself.”
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Roy Cohn was much more pernicious than Joe McCarthy because he was far more adept at undercutting the relevance of so-called American values.
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With its many virtues, Flannery isn’t the perfect film biography. It’s a shoot-by-the-numbers conventional PBS American Experience.
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‘BCN left behind some big shoes, but they can be filled. And there are inspiring signs that the kids, not the grizzled veterans of last century, will do the filling.
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This is one of the best documentaries I have ever seen, one that I plan to view again and again.
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Circus of Books is a hilarious film about a gay porn book store and its owners, “heartwarming” even, and it’s all true.
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A critical look at this year’s Oscar-nominated documentary shorts.
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Music Commentary: New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Fest versus French Quarter Fest