Written and Directed by Alex Gibney Produced by Viva Van Loock and Gibney Released by Magnolia Pictures USA. 127 min. Rated R Alex Gibney models his critical analysis of the veneration of Steve Jobs on Citizen Kane by opening his documentary with the innovator’s death at the age of 56 in 2011. Over TV news […]
Written and Directed by Arne Birkenstock Produced by Birkenstock, Helmut G. Weber, Thomas Springer & Edward MacLiam Released by KimStim German with English subtitles Germany. 93 min. Not rated Beltracchi: The Art of Forgery is more straightforward than earlier explorations of skullduggery in the art market, from Harry Moses’s Who the #$&% Is Jackson Pollock? […]
It was only the third day of the Cannes Film Festival when Chicago Tribune critic Michael Phillips rightfully predicted that the first feature film by Hungarian director Laszlo Nemes would win a top jury award. He wasn’t exactly sticking his neck out. Even if the official competition’s lineup were strong this year, and it wasn’t […]
Written and Directed by Hubert Sauper Produced by Sauper and Gabriele Kranzelbinder Released by BBC Worldwide North America English, French, Chinese, Arabic, Dinka, Nuer, Bari, and Zande with English subtitles France/Austria. 110 min. Not rated Austrian filmmaker Hubert Sauper has spent years exploring the heart of darkness: colonialism’s impact on Africa. We Come as Friends […]
Directed by Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi Produced by Vasarhelyi, Chin and Shannon Ethridge Released by Music Box Films USA. 90 min. Rated R One of the greatest adventures ever told on film, Meru centers on a trio of professional mountain climbers, or alpinists, to use the industry term, as they try and try […]
Produced and Directed by Les Blank and Gina Leibrecht Released by Kino Lorber USA. 65 min. Not Rated With Happy Mother’s Day (1963), directed by Richard Leacock and Joyce Chopra (26 min.) In a bit more than an hour, How to Smell a Rose: A Visit with Ricky Leacock in Normandy provides a leisurely, insightful […]
Produced and Directed by David T. Friendly and Mick Partridge Released by Submarine Deluxe/Gravitas Ventures/Complex USA. 70 min. Not rated They risked it all for a pair of Dunks. At the start of Sneakerheadz, a crowd of young men are arrested by the police. Why? A new sneaker release turned into a riot after a […]
Directed by John Pirozzi Produced by Mr. Pirozzi and Andrew Pope DVD released by Virgil Films English, Cambodian and French with English subtitles USA/Cambodia/France. 105 min. Not rated Don’t Think I’ve Forgotten: Cambodia’s Lost Rock and Roll lives up to its title. It provides a primer of Cambodian rock ’n’ roll from the 1950s to […]
Directed by Brent Hodge and Derik Murray Produced by Derik Murray Written by Steve Burgess Released by Virgil Films USA. 95 min. Not rated With Lorne Michaels, Bob Odenkirk, David Spade, Mike Myers, Adam Sandler, Christina Applegate, Dan Aykroyd, Tom Arnold, Bo Derek, Brian Stack, Bob Saget, and Jay Mohr Chris Farley was a bright […]