David Glover and Caroline Marsden Changing What We Know About Vietnam By Jay S. Jacobs All of these decades later, Americans still have strongly conflicting views on the war in Vietnam. The conflict has been the subject of films, TV shows, books, documentaries, even songs. Yet, other than certain iconic images, many people do not … Continue reading
AFTER: POETRY DESTROYS SILENCE (2024) Featuring Melissa Leo, Géza Röhrig, Bo Corre, Alicia Suskin Ostriker, Christine Poreba, Edward Hirsch, Cornelius Eady, Taylor Mali, Walter Fiden, Janet R. Kirchheimer, Sabrina Orah Mark and archival voice footage of Paul Celan. Directed by Richard Kroehling. Distributed by Lumen Productions. 76 minutes. Not Rated. The subtitle of Richard Kroehling’s … Continue reading
LUTHER: NEVER TOO MUCH (2024) Featuring Carlos Alomar, Fonzi Thornton, Robin Clark, Jamie Foxx, Mariah Carey, Richard Marx, Patti LaBelle, Dionne Warwick, Roberta Flack, Nile Rodgers, Clive Davis, Lisa Fischer, Ava Cherry, Cheryl Lynn, Valerie Simpson, Marcus Miller, Nat Adderley Jr., Jocelyn Brown and archival footage of Aretha Franklin, David Bowie and Luther Vandross. Directed … Continue reading
Bill Nicoletti Reminding the World of the Philly Sound By Jay S. Jacobs Bill Nicoletti grew up steeped in the sound of Philadelphia. His hometown was one of the hubs of popular music – and in particular for soul music – for much of the 1960s and 1970s. It changed his life, both as a … Continue reading
MY NAME IS ALFRED HITCHCOCK (2022) Featuring archival footage of Alfred Hitchcock, Carole Lombard, Julie Andrews, Sean Connery, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Sylvia Sidney, Paul Newman, Tippi Hedren, Janet Leigh, James Mason, Grace Kelly, Shirley MacLaine, James Stewart, Bruce Dern, Doris Day, Anthony Perkins, Gregory Peck, Cary Grant, Laurence Olivier, John Wayne, Ingrid Bergman and Kim Novak. … Continue reading
DEVO (2024) Featuring Mark Mothersbaugh, Gerald Casale, Robert Mothersbaugh, Jim Mothersbaugh and archival footage of Bob Casale and Alan Myers. Directed by Chris Smith. Distributed by BMG. 90 minutes. Not Rated. Screened at the 2024 Philadelphia Film Festival. Q: Are we not men? A: We are Devo. When the spuds of Devo appeared out of … Continue reading
THE LAST REPUBLICAN (2024) Featuring Adam Kinzinger, Maura Gillespie, Sofia Kinzinger, Austin Weatherford and Steve Pink. Directed by Steve Pink. Distributed by Media Courthouse Documentary Collective. 90 minutes. Not Rated. Screened at the 2024 Philadelphia Film Festival. Former representative Adam Kinzinger is an old-school fiscal Republican, the type of tax-and-spend, small-government, center-right conservative who have … Continue reading
Thelma Schoonmaker Legendary Film Editor Celebrates Late Husband Michael Powell by Debuting The Doc “Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger” at Tribeca Fest and More By Brad Balfour Maybe I should have attended the opening night screening of Black Narcissus when Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese introduced the Museum of Modern Art’s [MoMA] … Continue reading
Jon Batiste and Matthew Heineman Through Award-nominated doc American Symphony Musician’s Compositional Achievement and His Wife’s Battle to Overcome Cancer are Examined by Brad Balfour In 2015, when Stephen Colbert launched his version of The Late Show – taking over from David Letterman – one of his first moves was to invite musician Jon Batiste … Continue reading
Waddy Wachtel, Leland Sklar, Russ Kunkel, Steve Postell & Denny Tedesco Keeping It In the Immediate Family By Jay S. Jacobs It may be a bit of an exaggeration to say that the Immediate Family – guitarist Danny “Kootch” Kortchmar, guitarist Waddy Wachtel, bassist Leland Sklar and drummer Russ Kunkel – played on most of … Continue reading
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