By Gregory Crofton What’s best about this documentary are the dozens of David Lynch’s paintings displayed on the big screen, but that’s if you’re lucky enough to see this film in the theatre as we did last weekend at the…
‘TICKLED’ is Not a Doc About Competitive Tickling: Whew!
By Gregory Crofton Who wants to watch a documentary about competitive male tickling? I might be the last one to get in line for that movie, even if it’s the only one playing. But I found it on HBO’s video…
‘KEDI’ is a Hit Documentary that Will Make Your Cat a Movie Star
By Gregory Crofton Want to see your cat trotting by and think ‘well … there goes my movie star?’ Watch “KEDI,” an 80-minute documentary about the cats and kittens that live, and live well, in Istanbul, Turkey, and you’ll understand…
‘GLEASON’: Unflinching Portrait of a Football Hero Faced With His Own Demise?
By Gregory Crofton I didn’t feel like watching GLEASON, a documentary about a retired professional football star who is diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease (ALS). The film seemed like it would be depressing enough not to want to turn on.…
‘THE LOVERS & THE DESPOT’: North Korean Dictator Loved Movies So Much He Kidnapped His Director and Star
By Barry Rubinow It’s become a cliché to say that wild and crazy news stories, although true, would be rejected by the movie studios as too preposterous, if they were pitched as a script. In the remarkable new documentary THE…