Reviews by Joe Baker and Peter Martin
What do we really know about Abraham Lincoln? (Picture above: depiction of Abraham Lincoln as featured in Lincoln’s Dilemma on Apple TV+.) The 16th President of the United States has been widely hailed, widely vilified, and widely misunderstood. His role in history is assured, though what role, exactly, is yet to be determined, even more... Continue Reading →
Garret Bradley's Time is fashioned together from over two decades' worth of footage. Part of it comes from the main subject herself; Sibil Rich initially created home videos as a way to visually document her time apart from her husband, who has been serving time for a 1997 armed robbery. What filmmaker Bradley has done... Continue Reading →
Raised in a musical household, it was perhaps inevitable that a talented young woman who loved to sing would sprout wings and fly away to stardom. In Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice, filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Freidman chart the life and career of Linda Ronstadt, from her humble beginnings in New Mexico... Continue Reading →
In 2016, the accidental death of actor Anton Yelchin at the age of 27 shocked his friends, family, fans, and indeed, anyone who heard about it. Garret Price's Love, Antosha endeavors to take stock of Yelchin's life. Frankly, it's a tough film to watch for anyone with a shred of empathy for the emotional pain... Continue Reading →
Documentary filmmaker Nick Broomfield is not one to shy away from salacious material. Tackling candle-in-the-wind musical lives such as Kurt Cobain, Whitney Houston and Biggie and Tupac in previous non-fiction explorations, his latest film stays in line with the cult celebrity focus, this time adjusting its gaze on poet-songwriter Leonard Cohen and his decades-long relationship... Continue Reading →
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