“In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon” covers the highs and lows of the musician’s career as he goes into the studio to create his most recent album “Seven Psalms” that was released in 2023 to critical acclaim. Pure…
20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL Full Doc
Ukrainian journalist Mstyslav Chernov and his colleagues risk their lives to document Russia’s siege of Mariupol in this FRONTLINE/AP documentary. The Guardian calls it “a brave, visceral, merciless masterpiece.” The New York Times says, “Essential. A relentless and truly important…
‘American Symphony’ Shows There’s Panic at the Very Top Too
By Gregory Crofton Director Matthew Heineman has made his own sweet symphony bringing to the screen the love story of musician and singer John Batiste and his wife Suleika Jaouad, a writer living with leukemia. Heineman is devoted to observational…
Tanya Tucker Opens the Nashville Film Festival with a Visit and a Documentary at the Belcourt Theatre
By Gregory Crofton If Tanya Tucker doesn’t get a party started right, I’m not sure what will. The rowdy, hard-drinking 63-year-old country superstar has helped lead the way for women in the music business since she was thrown into it…
Pure Nonfiction: Stanley Nelson on his latest ‘ATTICA’
Stanley Nelson’s latest film “Attica” was picked for the Oscar Documentary Short List. It’s playing on Showtime and available free for a limited time on YouTube. In February, the Criterion Channel will present a retrospective titled “Black History Rising: Documentaries…