When Comedy Went to School Movie Review
Title: When Comedy Went to School Directors: Ron Frank, Mevlut Akkaya A grand-scale survey of Jewish humor from the middle portion of the 20th century, shambling documentary “When Comedy Went…
Boom Varietal: The Rise of Argentine Malbec Movie Review
Title: Boom Varietal: The Rise of Argentine Malbec Directed by: Sky Pinnick Running time: 72 minutes, Unrated Special Features: Behind the scenes, Music Video: Sounds of Nuthin; Filmmaker Biography; Documentary…
Off Label Movie Review
Title: Off Label Directors: Michael Palmieri, Donal Mosher Acute moments of heartbreak punctuate the new documentary “Off Label,” a collage-type snapshot of runaway pharma-culture which otherwise struggles to find a…
Casting By Movie Review
Title: Casting By Director: Tom Donahue If the explosion in the coverage of celebrities’ lives has given rise to literally hundreds of websites and magazines, it’s done little to illuminate…
Springsteen & I Movie Review
Title: Springsteen & I Director: Baillie Walsh Bruce Springsteen has sold 120 million albums worldwide, and racked up 20 Grammys, but it’s his reputation as a consummate live showman that…
Exclusive: Blackfish Director Gabriela Cowperthwaite Talks Plight of Captive Orcas
The captive killer whale Tilikum made headlines when he killed his trainer, trainer Dawn Brancheau. However, not only has Tilikum been a part of other trainer killings, but Tilikum himself…
The Cheshire Murders Movie Review
Title: The Cheshire Murders Directors: Kate Davis and David Heilbroner Power seeks to protect its interests, inherently — to validate its judgments and its actions, or even inaction. That’s perhaps…
Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp Movie Review
Title: Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp Director: Jose Hinojosa Pimp turned successful urban fiction author Robert Beck gets a loving, burnished treatment in the new documentary “Iceberg Slim: Portrait…
Blackfish Movie Review
Title: Blackfish Director: Gabriela Cowperthwaite A deeply affecting indictment of the aquatic theme parks that build tricks-and-splashes family shows around captured and bred orcas, “Blackfish” introduces viewers to a parade…