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“I’M GOING TO FOLLOW MY INSTINCTS AS I ALWAYS HAVE”: talking with KENNY G about the new documentary “Listening to Kenny G” (directed by Penny Lane)
When Bill Simmons put out the call for documentaries for his “Music Box” series on HBO he made sure to get in touch with Penny Lane. He had seen Lane’s previous documentary, “Hail, Satan?” and asked if she had any ideas on artists to profile for “Music Box.”
Lane did have an idea: Why not ask Kenny G, whom she had first seen at the Blue Note more >
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“People often use the term feel-good movie like it’s dismissive, if our audience comes out of the theater feeling good then we’re completely happy” JULIE COHEN AND BETSY WEST on the making of “JULIA”
Filmmakers Julie Cohen and Betsy West make documentaries about extraordinary women. Their Oscar-nominated 2018 “RBG” followed around the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ... more >
“It’s amazing because you don’t know what the story is going to be, and I love that risk”: Jesse Moss on MAYOR PETE
After making the documentary “Boys State,” about a Texas program wherein adolescent males practice what it might be like to experience a real electoral campaign, filmmaker Jesse ... more >
DOPESICK ON HULU: “This con was so outrageous that I thought we’ve got to dramatize this” (OUR INTERVIEW WITH DANNY STRONG AND BETH MACY)
Over a twenty-year stretch, half a million people have died from opioids, according to the CDC. And one of the crisis’s major killers is OxyContin, which earned the already-wealthy ... more >
THE WEEK IN REVIEW
Mescaline! Murder! Sensationalistic journalism! “THE ACID KING”
“Satanic Panic” is a very real fear that gripped the United States in the eighties and nineties. Over those decades, there existed over 10,000 unsubstantiated cases of Satanic ritual ... more >
DOC NYC once again provides a wealth of true-to-life tales: TAKEAWAYS
Dozens of amazing films once again show us the value of hewing to truth when so many seek to create their own alternative reality. This year’s DOC NYC demonstrated how truly talented are ... more >
“We all come from dust, and to dust we’ll all return,” THAT COLD DEAD LOOK IN YOUR EYES (REVIEW)
Leonard (Frank Raharinosy) could be one of the worst chefs in New York City. His boss (Max Casella) tells him his lemon chicken “tastes like prostate cancer.” His navigation of life and ... more >
“RED NOTICE” in so many words | OUR REVIEW
Starring Dwayne Johson and Gal Gadot Directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber With a budget of almost two-hundred million dollars and twenty-million-dollar salaries for its three stars, the new ... more >
Eleanor Lambert is all poise in the slow-brewed thriller “TIME NOW” | OUR MOVIE REVIEW
The past. Guilt, tragedy, regret, what we wish we could leave behind stays with us, sometimes becoming our life's burden. In the new film “Time Now,” Jenny (Eleanor Lambert) returns home ... more >
THE LABYRINTH OF CINEMA, the final film from Nobuhiko Ōbayashi and a love letter to cinephiles
Experimental filmmaker Nobuhiko Ōbayashi was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer in 2016. His team of doctors feared the director had only three months to live. Ōbayashi defied the odds ... more >
“Introducing, Selma Blair” and “Mass” | REVIEWS
“Introducing, Selma Blair” Directed by Rachel Fleit The actress Selma Blair had a promising career in Hollywood going at the turn of the millennium, appearing in major roles in “Cruel ... more >
Ben Whishaw, dominant and poised, mesmerizes in “SURGE” | REVIEW
Directed by Aneil Karia Starring Ben Whishaw, Ellie Haddington and Hammed Animashaun Alienation is unhealthy, it is not good for the psyche. Fading into the background with no friends or ... more >
