ELECTRIC BOOGALOO: THE WILD, UNTOLD STORY OF CANNON FILMS
The 1980s were defined by excess. If the 1960s could be defined by rebellion, and…
ALL THINGS MUST PASS: THE RISE AND FALL OF TOWER RECORDS
What you think of Tower Records may depend on your age and location. For large…
BRAND: A SECOND COMING
A quick google search on Russell Brand comes up with a litany of adjectives describing his…
THE LOOK OF SILENCE
Joshua Oppenheimer and Christine Cynn’s 2012 documentary, The Act of Killing, examined a political genocide of Communist…
Film on the Television (7/13/15): WEB JUNKIE on PBS
Documentaries have extraordinarily long journeys. Web Junkie, which airs tonight on PBS, has been making the festival rounds since…
DO I SOUND GAY? Yesssssss you do…
Mid-life crises, though common, are rarely pretty. It doesn’t help when one puts their neuroses…
OUT IN THE NIGHT
The word “intersectionality” scares off most people. It’s big, multi-syllabic, and seems like a buzz…
3 1/2 MINUTES, TEN BULLETS
On November 23, 2012, Jordan Davis was a passenger in a red SUV. Being teenagers,…
Intervention: KURT COBAIN: MONTAGE OF HECK
The problem with committing suicide is your story ceases to become your own, that is…
“Continue down your mistaken path”: Three documentaries
Watching Stanley Kubrick’s documentaries, three short works from 1951 and 1953, you only see a…