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Leonard Bernstein Was Unemployed, Then His Dream Came True

By Gregory Crofton At 25, after bumping around New York City without a consistently paying…

Empathizing with Genius: New Doc ‘Long Promised Road’ Puts Together the Pieces of Brian Wilson

By Gregory Crofton Opening night of the 52nd Nashville Film Festival was a blast as…

‘Finding Kendrick Johnson’ investigates a covered up murder that’s heartbreaking and maddening

By Gregory Crofton Director Jason Pollock (Stranger Fruit) is back with another documentary that investigates…

‘WOODSTOCK 99’ Offers Up Shocking Archival Footage Along With a Heavy Dose of Morality

By Jonathon Norcross Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage is the first installment in HBO’s…

Anthony Bourdain Travels Through His Heart of Darkness in ‘ROADRUNNER’

By Gregory Crofton Director Morgan Neville (40 Feet from Stardom, Won’t You Be My Neighbor?)…

‘The Doors – When You’re Strange’ is a Profound Archival Rock Doc that Inspires and Needs to be Shown in Theaters

By Gregory Crofton “I notice that when people are joking they are usually dead serious,…