On Broadway DVD Review: Start Spreading the News
By Steve Geise |
After an unprecedented 18-month shutdown caused by the pandemic, Broadway finally started reopening many shows last month. Oscar-nominated director Oren ...
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Apocalypse ’45 Blu-ray Review: A Brutal Look at the Harsh Realities of the War with Japan During World War II
By generaljabbo |
Over the years, there have been numerous documentaries and movies about World War II, but none of them quite like ...
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Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster Movie Review: A Warm Love Letter
By Darcy Staniforth |
For many movie fans, Boris Karloff lumbered onto their screens as Frankenstein’s monster or as the Mummy. And for others ...
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The Village Detective: A Song Cycle Movie Review: Meditation on Ruined Film
By Kent Conrad |
Around 2016, an Icelandic fishing boat caught something unusual in their nets. The ship was a bottom trawler, which sends ...
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Bob Marley and The Wailers: The Capitol Session ’73 Review: A Glimpse at the Legend on the Cusp of Fame
By Jade Blackmore |
Bob Marley and The Wailers’ The Capitol Session ’73 was lost to history until researcher Martin Disney unearthed a three-minute clip ...
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Original Cast Album “Company” Criterion Collection: You Could Drive an Actor Crazy
By Gordon S. Miller |
Originating as a series of 11 one-act plays by George Furth, Company evolved into a musical with music and lyrics ...
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Hail to the Deadites Movie Review: Evil Dead’s Biggest Fans
By Kent Conrad |
Horror movie fanatics are a different breed. They've attached themselves to a genre, and usually one film or series in ...
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Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain Movie Review: A Wonderful Tribute, Albeit One Tinged with Sadness
By Gordon S. Miller |
Documentarian Morgan Neville has won an Academy Award and Grammy Award for 20 Feet from Stardom, has won and Emmy ...
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Punk the Capital Blu-ray Review: Building a Sound Movement
By Darcy Staniforth |
If you are a punk or a fan of punk and hardcore, you know the importance of Washington DC in the ...
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Tove Movie Review: Moomin Mama Makes Her Mark
By Steve Geise |
Tove Jansson rose to international fame thanks to her creation of the iconic Moomin characters. Although she passed away 20 ...
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Trances Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Beautiful Audiovisual Journey
By Darcy Staniforth |
During a four-month period, filmmaker Ahmed El-Maanouni followed the politically and peace-minded avant-pop band Nass El Ghiwane on their tour ...
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TV Review: The Sons of Sam: A Descent into Darkness
By Darcy Staniforth |
What happens when a man begins to investigate a case as a journalist, but then becomes so engrossed in the ...
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Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street Movie Review: And How Sesame Street Got to Us
By Darcy Staniforth |
November 1969 was the first time children across the country would hear the theme song to a new television show ...
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Tiny Tim: King for a Day Movie Review: A Poignant Look at the Quirky 1960s Star
By Jade Blackmore |
Wacky and somewhat unhinged reality TV (or YouTube) stars are common today, so common that we’re way past asking, “Is ...
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Clapboard Jungle Movie Review: A Brutally Involving Document
By Davy |
I don't have personal experience, but I've seen and heard enough to know that the film business can be a ...
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2021 Oscar-nominated Documentary Short Films Review
By Darcy Staniforth |
On April 2, 2021, THE 2021 OSCAR NOMINATED SHORT FILMS will be available in over 200 screens across 50+ theatrical ...
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Sundance 2021 Review: Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
By Gordon S. Miller |
During the summer of 1969, a remarkable music festival was held in New York that featured some of the world's ...
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AFI Fest 2020 Review: My Psychedelic Love Story
By Gordon S. Miller |
(L-R): Timothy Leary and Joanna Harcourt-Smith in MY PSYCHEDELIC LOVE STORY. Photo Credit: Joanna Harcourt-Smith/Courtesy of SHOWTIME. My Psychedelic Love ...
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By Darcy Staniforth |
On January 29, ShortsTV will debut THE 2020 OSCAR NOMINATED SHORT FILMS at the IFC Center in New York City ...
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The Tragically Hip: A National Celebration Blu-ray Review: Armed with Will and Determination and Grace, Too
By Gordon S. Miller |
As I wrote in my review of the documentary The Tragically Hip: Long Time Running, "On May 24, 2016, it ...
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Dawson City: Frozen Time (2016) Blu-ray Review: Uncovering Cinematic Buried Treasures
By Kent Conrad |
In an industry that is lately obsessed with making films available in multiple different versions, both in medium of delivery ...
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The Tragically Hip: Long Time Running Blu-ray Review: Beating the Inevitability of Death Just a Little Bit
By Gordon S. Miller |
On May 24, 2016, it was announced that The Tragically Hip's lead singer Gord Downie had incurable brain cancer. In ...
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Festival (1967) Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Better Than Woodstock
By Mat Brewster |
In the early part of the 20th Century, various folklorists, including John Lomax, wandered about the country documenting the songs ...
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The Unknown Known Movie Review: Rumsfeld’s Snowflakes
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by the Canadian Cinephile Filmmaker Errol Morris has said of his interview with former U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald ...
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Tim’s Vermeer Movie Review: Art Isn’t Easy
By Adam Blair |
We're well into the age of instant images; anyone with a smartphone is, or can be, a photographer and/or videographer. ...
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Trek Nation Movie Review: The Search for Dad
By Rons Reviews |
In attempt to find out more about the father he lost at 17 and the science-fiction empire he built, Rod ...
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The Captains DVD Review: William Shatner Logs Interviews with Peers
By Rons Reviews |
William Shatner has written and directed this compilation of interviews and brief glimpses into the lives of the six actors, ...
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Senna Movie Review: See It Now, Because Everyone Will Be Talking About It
By Will McKinley |
One thing I learned early in life: it's okay for boys to cry, as long as the tears are shed ...
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Ladies & Gentlemen…The Rolling Stones DVD Review: A Great Introduction to the Band
By generaljabbo |
The year 1972 was a pivotal one for The Rolling Stones. They spent the summer as tax exiles in France, ...
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Elvis on Tour DVD Review: Presley Goes out on a High Note in his Final Film
By generaljabbo |
In 1972, Elvis Presley was still riding high from the commercial and critical rebirth that started with the ’68 Comeback ...
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Elvis: That’s The Way It Is (Special Edition) DVD Review: It’s Good to be the King
By generaljabbo |
Elvis Presley was riding a major wave of success in 1970. Free of his movie obligations of the 1960s, Presley ...
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Shine A Light DVD Review: The Rolling Stones and Martin Scorsese Deliver Satisfaction
By Gordon S. Miller |
Longevity in the arts can be a double-edge sword. Artists no doubt appreciate having long careers in the endeavors they ...
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4192: The Crowning of the Hit King DVD Review: A Solid Hit But Not a Home Run
By Rons Reviews |
This 90-minute documentary on the career of Pete Rose, which was released on February 22, 2011 by Rivercoast Films, is ...
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