Medora Movie Review
Title: Medora Director: Davy Rothbart and Andrew Cohn A measured but emotionally effective gut-punch lament for the death rattle of small town America as told through the prism of a…
Running From Crazy Movie Review
Title: Running From Crazy Director: Barbara Kopple A terrifically affecting documentary from Academy Award-winning filmmaker Barbara Kopple (“Harlan County, USA,” “American Dream”) “Running From Crazy” details the long and frequently…
The Prime Ministers Movie Review
Title: The Prime Ministers Director: Richard Trank An insider’s account of almost six decades of Israeli history, the deadly dull “The Prime Ministers” is a Zionist booster shot that trades…
Seduced and Abandoned Movie Review
Title: Seduced and Abandoned Director: James Toback Starring: Alec Baldwin, James Toback, Martin Scorsese, Ryan Gosling, Roman Polanski, Jessica Chastain, James Caan, Diane Kruger, Francis Ford Coppola, Diabo Cody, Neve…
Enzo Avitabile Music Life Movie Review
Title: Enzo Avitabile Music Life Director: Jonathan Demme After the mega-success of “The Silence of the Lambs,” it would have been very easy for Academy Award-winning director Jonathan Demme to…
Birth of the Living Dead Movie Review
Title: Birth of the Living Dead Director: Rob Kuhns With its allegorical connection to both race relations and the Vietnam War, “Night of the Living Dead” changed horror movies forever.…
The Network Movie Review
Title: The Network Director: Eva Orner A nonfiction look at Afghanistan’s first independent news channel, TOLO TV, “The Network” charts the difficulties inherent in trying to establish and grow a…
DVD Review: Family Guy Volume 11, Phineas and Ferb, Blood and Dark Girls
“Family Guy” is generally a hit-or-miss proposition with viewers — they either love its anything-goes humor, and the frequent non sequiturs and lengthy asides which inform it, or they view…
Linsanity Movie Review
Title: Linsanity Director: Evan Jackson Leong No mere hagiography, director Evan Jackson Leong’s engaging new nonfiction film “Linsanity” charts not only the amazing success story of its subject, NBA basketball…