Beauty is Embarrassing

<em>Beauty is Embarrassing</em>

by michael murray for FILMbutton Beauty is Embarrassing, the first time effort of writer and director Neil Berkeley, is a documentary about visual artist Wayne White. White, who hails from Tennessee, has beautiful and gentle eyes. He’s charming, articulate and alert, and in him you can see a George Clooney fighting to get out. He’s […]

Leave them Laughing

<em>Leave them Laughing</em>

by Michael Murray for FILMbutton.com “Leave Them Laughing. It’s a documentary about a stand-up comic who’s dying of Lou Gehrig’s disease.” I think I sighed. “But it’s supposed to be absolutely hilarious!” he quickly added. This, I knew, was a movie I absolutely did not want to see. Like a lot of people, I’ve had […]