Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road
By Paul Weissman November 18, 2021
An entertaining and insightful documentary on the sonic architect of the Beach Boys.
An entertaining and insightful documentary on the sonic architect of the Beach Boys.
As so often happens with international films, this movie is much more accurately represented by its original Japanese title, Coincidence and Imagination, than its English translation.
Once more, the Rossellini family is a gift to filmmakers, while another documentary tells all on an important figure in photographic history.
The festival has continued with an adjustment it made last year. It will continue to offer the bulk of its programming online for U.S. viewers from November 19-28.
The straightforward and innocent way of how kids perceive the world, despite how complicated and rough the surroundings, is remarkably depicted in the splendid first feature film by Tatiana Huezo.
A lively portrait of how good local journalism reflects the lives of those who read it.
Don’t watch Julia Cohen and Betsy West’s delightful documentary about Julia Child on an empty stomach.
One might think that a film named after the capital of Northern Ireland and set in 1969 just as the Troubles were heating up wouldn’t give you the warm and fuzzies. Yet Kenneth Branagh’s semiautobiographical film does.
This film is shot by Christopher Doyle, the cinematographer most famous for working with Wong Kar-wai and Edward Yang, and it looks incredible.