Documentary
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Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
Melodically vital and bracingly frank, Questlove’s uptempo Sundance documentary “Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)” is a sonic…
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Becoming Led Zeppelin
If you’re someone who treasures the music of Led Zeppelin more than you’re interested in the legend—or the gossip, or…
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Time Passages
Kyle Henry’s nonfiction film “Time Passages” is a quasi-experimental work in which the filmmaker grapples with his mother’s decline from…
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Eternal You
My parents died within a couple years of each other when I was in my mid-20s. They never saw me…
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Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story
In the opening moments of Bruce David Klein‘s “Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story,” Liza Minnelli, all in black,…
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Grand Theft Hamlet
A few years back, I had a very strange dream. I dreamed that I was the producer and director of…
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Diane Warren: Relentless
When talking about the preparation for his role of Pete Seeger in “A Complete Unknown,” Edward Norton expressed recalcitrance at…
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Rule of Two Walls
More than 900 days since Russia first launched its invasion and unprovoked war of aggression against Ukraine, aimed at annexing…
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Hollywood Black
The tricky part with a docuseries like “Hollywood Black,” particularly if you have a deep reservoir of knowledge about its…
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Sugarcane
The crimes of the Catholic Church are no secret to most citizens of the Western world. Yet, as is the…
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