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Tag Archives: Documentary
Daytime Revolution (2024) [DVD / Blu-ray]
During the week of February 14, 1972, daytime television was thrown for a loop as John Lennon and Yoko Ono joined “The Mike Douglas Show” as co-hosts, bringing along a selection of unlikely guests to provoke and entertain the show’s Philadelphia-based studio audience and a national viewership of 40 million.
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The Waiting Game (2024)
The ABA and the NBA once upon a time were competing leagues. Then the NBA acquired some of the ABA teams, leaving some players without a plan and without a pension. A non-profit group and a lawyer went to battle to help these players regain some of their pensions and money.
Billy Preston: That’s the Way God Planned It (2024)
I am trying to recall the last time that I saw a feature-length documentary that invigorated, entertained, provoked and moved me across the full spectrum of emotional responses. To borrow a line from George Harrison – it’s been a long, long, long time. And that is why I am grateful for the arrival of Paris Barclay’s “Billy Preston: That’s the Way God Planned It,” a production of remarkable grace and power that deserves to be considered as the best film of the year.
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Shadowland (2024) [Beyond Fest 2024]
This review must be started by a warning, this film is about Richard Stanley and his abuses (some proven in court, some pending). We do not normally review films by or about known abusers, but this is how to get an exception.
The documentary here was supposed to be about the peace and magic of a special village in the French Pyrenees and it soon becomes about Richard Stanley’s involvement in this community and then his abuses. This is not a film just about Stanley, but his involvement led to it being in large part about him and his downfall.
The Bootleg Files – The Challenge: A Tribute to Modern Art
BOOTLEG FILES 876: “The Challenge: A Tribute to Modern Art” (1974 Oscar-nominated documentary narrated by Orson Welles).
LAST SEEN: On YouTube.
AMERICAN HOME VIDEO: None.
REASON FOR BOOTLEG STATUS: There might be a right issue that is unresolved.
CHANCES OF SEEING A COMMERCIAL DVD RELEASE: A re-release on DVD and Blu-ray is not likely at this time.
Question: How can anyone encapsulate the history of modern art in roughly 100 minutes? The answer: You cannot, although Herbert Kline gave it a spirited try with his 1974 documentary feature “The Challenge: A Tribute to Modern Art.” Perhaps the key word in the film’s title is “tribute” – as with any tribute, it provides a celebratory overview of achievement without plumbing the depth and scope of the subject with any great intensity.
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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.