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By Gregory Crofton Ronzito, Ronzo, Hoka Ron … whatever you called him … the nicknames meant one thing: People liked and knew Ron Shapiro. He was a happy guy, adventurous and funny. And he would listen to what someone had…
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…
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…
By Gregory Crofton This movie works on a lot of levels, but primarily because it’s a real love story that involves a brave person open enough to share her life as she approaches death. There don’t appear to be many…
By Gregory Crofton “Crumb” arrived in 1994, when I was 22 years old. A lot of cool and influential movies and music were released around then, but it was “Crumb,” about Robert Crumb, a nerdy underground cartoonist, that stuck with…
