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A ‘Ren & Stimpy’ Doc Exists and It Tells the Fascinating Story of the Cartoon TV Show and its Scandalous Creator

By Gregory Crofton The emergence of sharable clips on Instagram of “Ren & Stimpy,” a hilarious 90s Nickelodeon cartoon, led me to a documentary about the show that I didn’t know existed. “Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy…

‘You Never Had It – An Evening with Charles Bukowski’

“You Never Had It – An Evening with Bukowski” captures a raucous night of drinking and talking about sex, literature, childhood and humanity with the cult writer Charles Bukowski in 1981. This documentary is based on a video interview conducted…

The Bibi Files: Netanyahu Has Served for Too Long

Leaked interrogation footage of Benjamin Netanyahu gives context to the war he has led in Gaza and other places in the Middle East since Hamas’ attack against Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. Apparently lies are at the heart of how…

WAKE AT GENERATION

“Wake At Generation” is an unreleased 1968 concert film from D.A. Pennebaker. The footage here is blurry but the sound is worth a listen. The concert, at the Generation Club on 8th Street in New York City, featured Richie Havens,…

Celia Maysles, Shut Out by Uncle Albert, Finds Her Father in the ‘Wild Blue Yonder’

By Gregory Crofton Celia Maysles wanted to get to know her Dad. She opened the door of his beige Mercedes and sat behind the wheel. “I like this car,” she said with a smile. Later on the subway she wears…

Murder Remembered

This feature-length docudrama brings us back to 1950 in a smalltown Ontario bank, the scene of an armed hold-up by Herbert McAuliffe. By nightfall, two men are dead. The robber flees, and for three days the community of Norfolk County…

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