Michael (2026)

What begins with a child’s voice cutting through the noise of a rehearsal space announces itself immediately as something extraordinary. From that first raw note to the global roar of the stadium, Michael pulls back the curtain on the most influential artist of all time, tracing the electric journey of a man who turned his private shadows into the world’s greatest light.

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Last Man Standing: The Chronicles of Myron Sugerman (2023)

Director Jonny Caplan’s documentary is probably one of the most outstanding and entertaining crime documentaries of the year. Despite its short run time, he manages to unfold the story of a real underdog hero and anti-establishment mobster whose entire life was spent virtually kicking societal status quos in the ass. “Last Man Standing” is a True Crime Feature Documentary on the life of Myron Sugerman, son of Barney Sugerman, a partner of leading US mobster Meyer Lansky.

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The Darkside of Society (2024) [Popcorn Frights 2024]

There’s nothing I love more than a documentary about the conception of one of the most notorious cult classics ever made. Brian Yuzna’s 1989 horror satire is a gross, vile look at the amorality of the affluent. What I don’t like is a documentary that paints itself as a look at the making of a movie and is in reality conspiracy claptrap garbage sexual abuse, ritual child abuse, and sexual violence that has about two percent to do with Brian Yuzna’s movie.

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