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Bogdanovich’s ‘The Great Buster’ is a Blast of Pure Cinema

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…

Diane Keaton’s ‘HEAVEN’ Gets Re-Released in HD

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…

‘Riefenstahl’: A Masterful Look at the Life and Self Image of a Nazi Propagandist

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…

‘Come See Me in the Good Light’: A Brilliant Love Story about a Spoken Word Poet and Her Partner

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…

Influential ‘CRUMB’ Remains a Marvel With Its Depth of Character

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…

This Thelonius Monk Doc is Worth Watching Twice

By Kate Myers The endeavor of art as a collaborative process can often get lost in the enjoyment of the finished product, but if one follows the threads each artists leaves in a piece of work, so many fascinating new…

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