‘HITCHCOCK/TRUFFAUT’ Documentary Explains Hitchcock But There’s No Real Conversation in the Film

By Gregory Crofton Directed by Kent Jones, an archivist and sometime documentary filmmaking partner of famed director Martin Scorsese, HITCHCOCK/TRUFFAUT is not something you need to race out to the arthouse theatre to see. It’s also not about Truffaut really…

‘AMY’: Winehouse Documentary is So Intimate It Feels Dirty

By Gregory Crofton Often emaciated because she had bulimia and a drug and alcohol addiction, Amy Winehouse’s life ended after 27 years. Her heart couldn’t take any more alcohol and she didn’t wake up one morning. She had so much…

‘KEITH RICHARDS: UNDER THE INFLUENCE’ is a Loving Trip to the Meaning Behind His Music

By Gregory Crofton As enjoyable and important as this documentary is, its release streaming on Netflix just two days after it premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival is as noteworthy as the documentary itself. People around the world are…

‘LISTEN TO ME MARLON’: Invitation to the Private World of Actor Marlon Brando

By Gregory Crofton Many people today have no idea who Marlon Brando was. But to older generations around the world, Brando was it, the actor’s actor. Magnetic on screen, he revolutionized his profession by replacing tired techniques with a more…

Kathryn Bigelow Interviews the Filmmaker Behind ‘CARTEL LAND’

CARTLEL LAND is a riveting, on-the-ground documentary following parallel stories of US and Mexican vigilantes fighting back against the ruthless drug cartels on either side of the border. It’s an excellent documentary, and VICE has teamed with the Orchard distributors…

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