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Friday, April 16, 2021

The Last Blockbuster

DOCUMENTARY FILM

‘The Last Blockbuster’ Ignores the Fact that Blockbuster Video was Terrible

March 29, 2021April 5, 2021 Paula Shaffer 3 Comments Blockbuster Video, Kevin Smith, Lloyd Kaufman, The Last Blockbuster, Troma Entertainment

It destroyed independent video stores, and censored movies

Bob Odenkirk Goes Berserk in ‘Nobody’

March 26, 2021 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Bob Odenkirk, Christopher Lloyd, Connie Britton, Hardcore Henry, Ilya Naishuller, Michael Ironside, Nobody

An Average Joe action hero for Generation Die Hard

Depardieu

L’Affaire Depardieu

March 25, 2021March 29, 2021 Michael Washburn 5 Comments Abel Ferrara, Caroline Barclay, Dominque Strauss-Kahn, Gerard Depardieu, Welcome To New York

French actress takes a stand for the accused star in the shadow of #MeToo

Eilish

DOCUMENTARY FILM MUSIC

Billie Eilish is a Little Blurry

March 24, 2021March 29, 2021 Paula Shaffer 0 Comments Billie Eilish, Madonna, The World's A Little Blurry, Truth or Dare

The documentary of a modern popstar for the people, totally in control

Nationtime

DOCUMENTARY FILM

‘Nationtime’ and ‘Jazz On A Summer’s Day’

March 23, 2021March 23, 2021 Michael Giltz 1 Comment Amiri Baraka, Anita O'Day, Bert Parks, Betty Shabazz, Chuck Berry, Coretta Scott King, Harry Belafonte, Jazz on a Summer's Day, Jesse Jackson, Louis Armstrong, Mahalia Jackson, Nationtime, Newport Jazz Festival, Sidney Poitier, William Greaves

Time for two great reissued documentaries

Center Stage

‘Center Stage’ Returns to the Spotlight

March 23, 2021March 23, 2021 Kenji Fujishima 0 Comments Center Stage, Maggie Cheung, Ruan Lingyu, Tony Kwan

New York’s Metrograph theater revives an unconventional Chinese biopic

Justice League

Death of a Thousand Snyder Cuts

March 22, 2021March 24, 2021 Nick Tangborn 0 Comments Amy Adams, Aquaman, Batman, Ben Affleck, Darkseid, Diane Lane, Jeremy Irons, Justice League, Mike Reiss, NFT, Snyder Cut, Superman, Trench dressing, Zack Snyder

Surprise! The Zack Snyder Cut of ‘Justice League’ is better, more coherent, and moderately fun

Last Chance U

DOCUMENTARY TELEVISION

‘Last Chance U’ Season 6 is a Slam Dunk

March 18, 2021March 31, 2021 Jon Hart 0 Comments East Los Angeles College, John Mosley, Last Chance U, Netflix

The focus switches to college basketball in time for March Madness

Crisis

‘Crisis’: A Solid Thriller About the Unending Opioid Epidemic

March 17, 2021 William Schwartz 1 Comment Armie Hammer, Crisis, Evangeline Lilly, Gary Oldman, Nicholas Jarecki

Nicholas Jarecki’s political drama could be set in any recent year

Oscar

The Alt-Weekly Oscars

March 16, 2021March 20, 2021 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Braveheart, Forrest Gump, Judas and the Black Messiah, Lynda Barry, Mank, Minari, Nomadland, Oscars, Promising Young Woman, The Mandalorian, The Trial of the Chicago 7, Tiger King, WandaVision

This year’s nominated films have a boutique audience of indie people

TCM

TCM Reframes the Movies

March 15, 2021 Lani Gonzalez 2 Comments Gone With The Wind, Guess Who's Coming To Dinner, Katharine Hepburn, Swing Time, TCM, Woman of the Year

Cultural context instead of cancellation

MOMA

At home with MOMA

March 12, 2021March 12, 2021 Ayun Halliday 0 Comments MOMA, MOMA Virtual Cinema

How to recreate the virtual art-cinema experience in your apartment, even after the pandemic ends

pandemic

FICTION FILM MUSIC Netflix NON-FICTION Politics Tech TELEVISION

The Things That Got Us Through the Pandemic Year

March 11, 2021March 17, 2021 Neal Pollack 0 Comments AEW, Animal Crossing, Big Mouth, Bill Burr, Devolution, Dungeons and Dragons, Edward St. Aubyn, Eurovision, Guy Fieri, Hard Life, Jaja Ding Dong, James Tynion, Liam Gallagher, Life on Mars, Liu Cixin, Magnum P.I., Max Brooks, Patrick Melrose, Sault, Stop Making Sense, Talking Heads, Ted Lasso, The Big Goodbye, The Department of Truth, The Good Place, The Mandalorian, The Three Body Problem, Tiger King, Werner Herzog, YouTube

In a tough 12 months, our contributors turned to what they could

Berlin Film Festival

Berlin Film Festival Gives Out Awards in Purgatory

March 10, 2021 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments

Hopefully the only all-virtual Berlinale

Biggie

DOCUMENTARY FILM MUSIC

The Poetry of Biggie Smalls

March 9, 2021March 12, 2021 Matt Hanson 0 Comments Biggie Smalls, I Got A Story To Tell, Jean-Paul Sartre, Kurt Vonnegut, MTV, Notorious B.I.G., Ready to Die

Netflix’s Notorious B.I.G. documentary is a great origin story, but doesn’t talk enough about Biggie’s lyrics