by alan gordon for FILMbutton Best of Enemies promises much: Two great wits and standard bearers for the opposing life/political philosophies of mid-20th century America – Gore Vidal on the Left, William F. Buckley on the Right – were, for various nefarious broadcasting purposes, thrown together on abc news television screens to comment on the […]
Magnolia Pictures will release THE WRECKING CREW in select US theaters & on iTunes / VOD March 13, 2015. Directed by Denny Tedesco Starring Brian Wilson, Cher, Nancy Sinatra, Hal Blaine, Don Randi, Herb Alpert, Roger McGuinn and Earl Palmer It’s what the Funk Brothers did for Motown…The Wrecking Crew did, only bigger, for the […]
Other Canadian cities to follow Opens in Los Angeles and New York on March 13 & on Cable Video On Demand and iTunes March 13, 2015 TORONTO- What the Funk Brothers did for the Motown sound…The Wrecking Crew did for the Callfornia sound. Tommy Tedesco, Plas Johnson and Carol Kaye are not household names but […]
A film by Steve James Available on Video On Demand and iTunes February 3, 2015 DVD and Blu-ray February 17, 2015 Official Selection 2014 Festival de Cannes 2014 Sundance Film Festival 2014 Sheffield Documentary Festival (Toronto) Life Itself, the heartwarming documentary on the life of Roger Ebert, directed by acclaimed filmmaker Steve James (Hoop Dreams) […]
Richard Dreyfuss tells Illeana Douglas during @tcmfilmfest 2014 about the casting of DOWN & OUT IN BEVERLY HILLS. Joe Belinger talks about the Massachusetts US Attorney’s Office at his @hotdocs Q&A for his new film WHITEY: UNITED STATES v. JAMES J. BULGER.
by Jason Smith for FILMbutton What I absolutely love about Lars Von Tier’s Melancholia is its – accurately frank – depiction of depression: a gargantuan planet with an erratic orbit, and a gravitational pull whose affects are felt across great distances that cause much disruption, as it’s predicted to collide with Earth. In attempting to […]
