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‘WHAT HAPPENED, MISS SIMONE?’: Doc Shows Nina Simone in Her Time and Place

By Gregory Crofton Director Liz Garbus (There’s Something Wrong With Aunt Diane, Bobby Fischer Against…

‘SOAKED IN BLEACH’: Documentary Pushes for Proper Kurt Cobain Suicide Investigation

By Gregory Crofton Benjamin Statler’s SOAKED IN BLEACH establishes that the Seattle police conducted virtually…

Gore Vidal in a still from Gary Conklin's 1983 documentary "Gore Vidal: The Man Who Said No."

‘GORE VIDAL: THE MAN WHO SAID NO’: On the ’82 Campaign Trail

By Gregory Crofton Gore Vidal, a well-known, openly gay, historical writer and political commentator, decided…

Belcourt Theatre's retrospective on the films of Robert Altman runs from June 5th to July 7th.

ALTMANESQUE: Documentary Director Talks Up Robert Altman at Retrospective

By Gregory Crofton The idea came to him while he listened to a “Robert Altman:…

Animation from Brett Morgen's "Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck."

‘MONTAGE OF HECK’ Director Brett Morgen Deflects Charge of ‘Bullshit’ About His Film With Bad Tweet Jokes

By Gregory Crofton Buzz Osbourne, leader of the rock band Melvins, criticized the much-praised documentary…

Cameras Capture ‘JANE’ Fonda’s Disappointment on Broadway

By Gregory Crofton Robert Drew worked with Time Life in the early 1960s to invent…