Big Star doc tells tale of influential power pop legends
Five years ago, I couldn’t believe my good fortune when I found out Alex Chilton was playing a summer music festival in my hometown of […]
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42: a good movie that conveys a great message
If I read one more review about how the Jackie Robinson biopic 42 isn’t “raw” or “gritty,” I’m going to bash in my computer screen […]
Undefeated documentary benefitted from Hoops Dreams
When the critically acclaimed documentary “Hoop Dreams” was denied Oscar consideration in 1995, public outcry forced the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to […]
The film that reinvented the soundtrack
Rare is the film that sparks a cultural reawakening. I won’t name names, but a certain national magazine gave the Coen Brothers’ excellent O Brother Where […]