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By Gregory Crofton “The best special effect is Buster,” says critic Leonard Maltin in “The Great Buster: A Celebration,” a 2018 documentary directed by Peter Bogdanovich (The Last Picture Show, Paper Moon). “He gave 100% to everything he did on…
Documentary celebrating the work of the Highlander Folk School, a progressive adult education center founded in 1932 in the mountain community of Monteagle, Tennessee. People of the Cumberland demonstrates how education and the labor movement can transform an impoverished mining…
Kenny Aranoff sits down with host Drew Dempsey to talk about the behind the scenes story of his 17 years drumming for John Mellencamp.
By Gregory Crofton An archival doc about the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll Elvis Presley is poised to be a big hit for theatrical documentaries when the industry badly needs a win. Baz Luhrmann’s “EPiC: Elvis Presley Live in Concert”…
By Gregory Crofton Most people interviewed in HEAVEN believe that “yes” there is a better place than Planet Earth. They could be right. Who knows? The documentary, released in 1987 and directed by the late Diane Keaton, best known for…
By Gregory Crofton From the start you can see this is a meticulously crafted and well-paced documentary. The subject, German filmmaking legend Leni Riefenstahl, is equally fascinating, and in turn this archival film by Andres Veiel is impossible to turn…
