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Randall Miller’s “CBGB” is the story of Hilly Kristal’s iconic Bowery club, which became the hive for the nascent punk…

Multi-award winning documentary filmmaker Mark Moro’s “Bette Page Reveals All” is the authorized autobiography of the curvaceous, raven-haired Queen of…

This is the season of award campaigns in Hollywood, with a frenzy of screenings, advertisements and lobbying, with novelty burning…

There have been some classic gastronomy documentaries in these days of Cuisine as Event: David Gelb’s 2009 “Jiro Dreams Of…

There’s been a constant stream of films trying to capture the seminal Beats: John Byrum’s 1980 “Heart Beat”, Cronenberg’s hallucinatory…

Jason Osder’s documentary “Let the Fire Burn” details a shocking instance of police oppression circa 1980.The Mayor of Philadelphia ordered…

Indelible performances by two young actors, and a script that avoids cliché make “The Inevitable Defeat Of Mister and Pete”…

Carlo Carlei’s handsomely mounted “Romeo and Juliet” using Rennaissance Italian locations approaches the visual splendor of Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 classic.…

Agust 2013 – Like comfortable old shoes, favorite films are meant to be lived in. Some evenings I’ll shuffle about…

Tu Seras Mon Fils” is one of the best French film released this year. (I also loved the infectious retro…