As classic film fans will tell you, the new wave of Hollywood secrets coming out today are nothing if you know about studio era history. Certain stars troubles were well-known, if not open secrets in the Hollywood of the ’30s…
Ramen Heads Movie Review: A mouth watering yet forgettable treat
I remember the first time I ever had a proper bowl of Japanese ramen. I was twenty-one and studying abroad in Tokyo for a semester. Late one night my dorm-leader suggested we hop on our bikes and follow him to…
Movie Review: Get Me Roger Stone
Early in Dylan Bank, Morgan Pehme, Morgan Pehme and Daniel DiMauro’s documentary Get Me Roger Stone their title character lists the four facets of celebrity: “Who is Roger Stone?” “Get me Roger Stone?” “Find me a Roger Stone-type” and “Who…
Movie Review: At All Costs
I usually try to take careful notes while watching documentaries, even more so than when watching fiction films. There’s always an urge to simply regurgitate them for my reviews, swelling my word count with grabbed statistics and sound bites. Why…
Movie Review: ‘Look At Us Now, Mother!’
“This is a film about forgiveness,” Gayle Kirschenbaum’s new documentary Look at Us Now, Mother! announces at its start. But within 15 minutes we begin to feel that forgiveness is out of the question. How can we forgive Gayle’s mother Mildred…
‘Island of Lemurs: Madagascar’ More Than Just Cuteness
Did you know that once upon a time lemurs co-existed with dinosaurs more than 65 million years ago? Well they did, they survived the catastrophic meteor strike that wiped out the dinosaurs. That makes them the most ancient primates that…