MAYOR PETE (2021) Featuring Pete Buttigieg and Chasten Buttigieg. Written by Amanda McBaine, Jesse Moss, Jeff Gilbert. Directed by Jesse Moss. Distributed by Amazon Studios. 96 minutes. Rated R. Screened at the 2021 Philadelphia Film Festival. Pete Buttigieg came from out of nowhere (well, South Bend, Indiana) to briefly (for the eight days between the … Continue reading
LISTENING TO KENNY G (2021) Featuring Kenny G, Clive Davis, James Gardiner, Ben Ratliff and Will Layman. Directed by Penny Lane. Distributed by HBO. 96 minutes. Not Rated. Screened at the 2021 Philadelphia Film Festival. It must be kind of a weird to be Kenny G. He is a man who has worked hard at … Continue reading
Kevin Smith A Chat with Silent Bob By Jay S. Jacobs It’s been a long, winding road since the Quick Stop. In the early 1990s, Kevin Smith was a film school dropout, living in his native New Jersey and working part time at downtrodden convenience store in a little local strip mall. Little did he … Continue reading
JULIA (2021) Featuring Alex Prud’Homme, Barbara Fairchild, Susie Davidson, Sara Moulton, Pat Pratt, Dorothy Zinburg, José Andrés, Ina Garten, Marcus Samuelsson, Phila Cousins, Stephanie Hersh, Anne Willan, Jane Friedman, Ruth Reichl, Danièle Delpeuch, Franςois Simon, André Cointreau, Jean-Franςois Thibault, Paul Bogaards, Russ Morash, Alex Pirie, Jacques Pépin, Marian Morash, Cecile Richards, Charlie Gibson and archival … Continue reading
Hallee Adelman Turning the Camera on Our American Family By Jay S. Jacobs Drug addiction has been ripping families apart for generations. Particularly in the modern world, where the opioid epidemic has led to destroyed lives and ravaged families. One such family is the Caltabiano clan of Philadelphia. The new documentary Our American Family takes … Continue reading
The Titans That Built America The Complete Series (2021) (Lionsgate-2021) The ubiquity of cable and streaming services like The History Channel and Discovery+ has led to the need for tons of content like this highly entertaining hybrid mini-series. It is not quite a historical drama – although most of the main characters are played by … Continue reading
Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson The Revolution Will Finally Be Televised By Jay S. Jacobs “The revolution will not be televised.” When recording artist and poet Gil Scott-Heron first wrote that line in 1970, he probably wasn’t thinking of the Harlem Cultural Festival, which had been run the summer before. Or perhaps he was, as he was … Continue reading
SUMMER OF SOUL (…OR, WHEN THE REVOLUTION COULD NOT BE TELEVISED) (2021) Featuring Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight, Marilyn McCoo, Billy Davis Jr., Mavis Staples, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Chris Rock, Sal Masakela, Sheila E., Charlayne Hunter-Gault, Denise Oliver-Velez and archival footage of Nina Simone, BB King, David Ruffin, The Fifth Dimension, Mahalia Jackson, Moms Mabley, Abbey Lincoln, … Continue reading
MARY J. BLIGE’S MY LIFE (2021) Featuring Mary J. Blige, Sean Combs, Taraji P. Henson, Alicia Keys, Tyler Perry, Method Man, Nas, Andre Harrell, Big Bub, Chucky Thompson, Anita Baker, LaTonya Blige-DaCosta and Jeff Redd. Directed by Vanessa Roth. Distributed by Amazon Studios. 82 minutes. Rated R. This documentary pretty much specifically focuses on Blige’s … Continue reading
RITA MORENO: JUST A GIRL WHO DECIDED TO GO FOR IT (2021) Featuring Rita Moreno, Eva Longoria, George Chakiris, Gloria Estefan, Emilio Estefan, Héctor Elizondo, Karen Olivo, Justina Machado, Sonia Manzano, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mitzi Gaynor, Chita Rivera, Morgan Freeman, Norman Lear, Terrence McNally, Steven Spielberg, Todd Grinnell, Rep. Jackie Speier, Sonia Sotomayer, Tom Fontana, Frances … Continue reading
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