"Begin Again" features music industry and people
Starring Keira Knightley, Mark Ruffalo, and several products of Apple, Inc. It's about producing and distributing music without the overhead costs or help of the traditional industry.
“Pleasures of Being Out of Step”: Nat Hentoff, music, politics
Even if its subject is unconventional, "Step" is conventionally crafted, including archival footage and photos, as well as original interviews .
“We Are the Best!”: Little anarchists start a band
Clearly, "We Are the Best!" is a remembrance of someone's 1982 life on the cusp of womanhood.
"Death Blow to Jim Crow" comes highly recommended
At its peak, the National Negro Congress (NNC) included over 3,000 civic, religious, fraternal, labor and community organizations representing millions people.
Cirque Du Soleil's The Beatles LOVE Show
Once the show begins, "somebody calls you... A girl with kaleidoscope eyes," into a production that's more an evocation of the Beatles, their music and philosophy, than a chronological narrative.
Jan Ole Gerster's award-winning feature debut, A Coffee in Berlin
It's a surprising delight to discover a bittersweet sensibility in this black and white dramedy with a decidely jazzy soundtrack.
Hymn to the Community Garden
This poem is a collaboration and was recited in Providence, Rhode Island at a workshop entitled "This Is What Love Looks Like."
“Last Days in Vietnam”: propaganda flick by JFK’s niece
"Last Days in Vietnam" is so shamefully one-sided that it's hardly a documentary; it's the cinematic equivalent of putting a blossom on a turd.
