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Maria by Callas

  The sheer beauty of Tom Volf‘s enthralling documentary on the legendary diva Maria Callas is that he puts such an emphasis on the music and her magnificent voice.  By using only her words from interviews, letters and videos whilst Volf touches on Callas’s life that was more tumultuous off-stage, he never lets that override this … Continue reading

Mariachi Gringo

When Edward was a young boy growing up in rural Kansas he dreamed of running away to join a band.  However, he’s now about to have his 30th birthday and he’s still living at home with his parents, and still taking the mind-numbing drugs his pediatrician had prescribed, and he’s about to lose his dead end job. The … Continue reading

MARINA ABRAMOVIC ; THE ARTIST IS PRESENT

This is a feature length documentary on MARINA ABRAMOVIC the celebrated Performance Artist as as she prepared for her major retrospective as Museum Of Modern Art in N.Y. in 2010. Premiered at SUNDANCE 2012 this is reprinted from my Festival Blog. It is a major event for any living artist to be given a retrospective … Continue reading

MARLEY

Ziggy Marley is hailing academy Award winning Director Kevin MacDonald’s new movie as the definitive film of the life and music of his father Bob Marley.  And he’s probably right.  The extended family of the legendary Jamaican musician and Rastafarian co-operated fully with the making of the movie which gave McDonald access to both people … Continue reading

Marriage Story : a tale about getting divorced

  It’s been 15 years since filmmaker Noah Baumbach made his breakthrough movie ‘The Squid and The Whale‘ which netted him an Academy Award Nomination for Original Screenplay. In the years since he has helmed several intriguing and enjoyable movies such as Margot At The Wedding, Greenberg and Francis Ha, yet none of them captured … Continue reading

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