All posts tagged "Biography"
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JULIA – Review
Julia Child is a name nearly everyone recognizes, if for nothing else than she has been so often...
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BORIS KARLOFF: THE MAN BEHIND THE MONSTER – Review
BORIS KARLOFF: THE MAN BEHIND THE MONSTER is a gloriously enjoyable retrospective of the legendary actor, who is...
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THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE (2021) – Review
Though Summer’s in its last week or so, the studios have moved on to another season. Not Fall,...
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RESPECT – Review
As Summer’s season of movie escapism draws to a close, the Fall and Winter awards season gets a...
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TRUMAN AND TENNESSEE: AN INTIMATE CONVERSATION – Review
Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams were literary giants of the mid-20th century but they were also friends. TRUMAN...
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MR JONES – Review
In the early ’30s, a young Welsh journalist named Jones uncovers a secret famine in Stalin’s Soviet Union,...
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MY DARLING VIVIAN – Review
Authors and (especially) documentary filmmakers have long been fascinated (much as the general public) with the romances of...
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NATALIE WOOD: WHAT REMAINS BEHIND – Review
This week HBO takes us on a journey down the star-studded history of Hollywood. No, we’re not talking...
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WHERE’S MY ROY COHN? – Review
“Have you no sense of decency, sir?” was the question asked of Sen. Joe McCarthy at the Army-McCarthy...
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MARIANNE AND LEONARD: WORDS OF LOVE – Review
Leonard Cohen and his one-time lover and muse Marianne Ihlen are the subject of the documentary MARIANNE AND...
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TONI MORRISON: THE PIECES I AM – Review
This biographical documentary has an advantage most documentaries about a literary giant lack: the living artist herself. And...
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ROCKETMAN (2019) – Review
Hey hard-rockin’ film fans, better hope the sound system at your local multiplex goes well past eleven because...
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ASK DR. RUTH – Review
Everyone knows Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the on-air sex therapist who speaks so frankly, but how much do you...
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BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY – Review
If the multiplex is a rockin’, then DO come a knockin…at the ticket counter and go grab a...
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SAMMY DAVIS JR.: I’VE GOTTA BE ME – JFF 2018 Review
St. Louis Jewish Film Festival Sunday, June 3, 2018 at 7pm USA • English Director: Sam Pollard Documentary:...
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RBG – Review
RBG is a delightful, inspiring documentary on the Notorious RBG, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, giving us the backstory the...
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DARKEST HOUR – Review
Gary Oldman gives an amazing performance as Winston Churchill in director Joe Wright DARKEST HOUR, a riveting drama...
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DOLORES – Review
Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the National Farm Workers Union, the person who coined the phrase “Yes, We Can”...
