Amazing Grace
In the summer of 1972, the incredibly talented singer Aretha Franklin joined the Reverend (and…
Carmine Street Guitars
Rick Kelly, from his cluttered Greenwich Village store, together with a young female apprentice, custom…
Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes
This documentary tells well the story of the legendary Blue Note Records label, from its…
Her Smell
Elisabeth Moss is a standout as a once (in the 1990s) punk rock sensation who…
Giant Little Ones
Josh Wiggins (who I had not heard of before) is excellent as high-schooler Franky, still…
Nureyev
An imaginative documentary about one of the greatest dancers of all time, Rudolf Nureyev. Plenty…
Sir
The actress Tillotama Shome is captivating as a poor young (widowed) woman from a small…
Midnight Family
(Seen at the Hot Docs Festival) Sad but educational documentary about a family who runs…
Hotel Mumbai
An effective dramatization – with plenty of dramatic license, I’m sure, but with a disturbingly…
High Life
This is the great French director Claire Denis’s first English-language film, starring the always impressive…
The Hummingbird Project
Who would have thought that watching Jesse Eisenberg and Alexander Skarsgard play two cousins out…
Firecrackers
A low budget (and impressive first film for writer/director Jasmin Mozaffari), emotional slice of small…
Acquainted
Man meets beautiful and friendly woman at a bar (they attended the same high school),…
Stockholm
Inspired by the crazy but true story of a bank robbery in Stockholm in the…