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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…
By Kate Myers “Gods of Mexico” is a mesmerizing look at modern life lived primitively. The pace of the movie captures the stretched out time it takes to do hard work with basic tools. Far from being boring, the pace…
By Gregory Crofton A packed house at the Belcourt Theatre in Nashville lit up “Luther: Never Too Much” bringing emotion and joy to a screening on a recent Sunday evening of the new documentary directed by Dawn Porter. Audience members…
By Gregory Crofton Jon Day, best known for his music video work, spent five years making a documentary on Die Antwoord, the viciously good South African cheetahs of art rap. Roger Ballen, a photographer whose had a massive influence rap…
By Gregory Crofton If you think about it — and most of us choose not to — this criminal act shouldn’t be a surprise given how central “winning” is to the American character. Within my lifetime it’s become increasing common…
By Gregory Crofton “Sorry / Not Sorry” calls for justice for the women that comedian Louie C.K. has admitted he sexually harassed. Sorry, that’s just not possible in America. Louie got away with it. He surely suffered from the public…
