He emerged on the scene with implausibly good looks, the stuff of matinee idol dreams. He studied in one of the most prestigious acting schools in New York, did plenty of theatre,
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For over a decade, Mark Cousins has provided some of the most ambitious filmmaking regarding the art of cinema itself. His epic The Story of Film: An Odyssey was structured as a
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When you break it down, 1971 truly was a watershed year for popular music. Coming after the experimentation of the years prior and the massive social and political changes that affected the
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Nelson reflects on working with William Greaves and inspiring change through documentary.
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Superficially, every war is binary in its construction. There is one side versus another, a dialectic of destruction where one side claims the moral high ground. Rules of engagement are often based
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For decades, Jason Sherman has been exploring the notion of what it means to uphold the expectations a good Jewish life. He uses his experience growing up in Canada to reflect upon
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It was the late, great Freddie Mercury who famously asked, “Who wants to live forever?” Ann Shin’s A.rtificial I.mmortality provocatively tries to answer this quandary and asks questions of her own.
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Tom Petty: Somewhere You Feel Free revisits the recording of the singer’s Wildflowers album.
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