biography
PINA
Encountering the work of the revolutionary dancer choreographer Pina Bausch for the very first time reminded me yet again of the great cultural abyss I live in at times, and if it hadn’t been for watching Wim Wender’s enchanting documentary, I would have missed knowing about her completely. Ms. Bausch once described the human impulse to…
SING YOUR SONG
A revealing documentary on Harry Belafonte the celebrated singer and Tony Award winning actor (and the first African American Emmy Award Winner) who’s extraordinary biography includes a lifetime involvement as an important Civil Rights Activist alongside Dr. Martin Luther King and the other leaders of the movement. This illuminating insight shows a committed and dedicated…
EAMES: THE ARCHITECT AND THE PAINTER
The title of this engrossing documentary on the lives and work of design icons Charles & Ray Eames is somewhat misleading as we soon discover that there were so much more than just an architect and a painter. They were also furniture designers, filmmakers, graphic designers and visual communicators par excellence. In fact this multi-faceted highly…
THE LOOK
I was a little non-plussed when I started watching Angelina Maccarone’s new documentary on actress Charlotte Rampling as instead of the usual career review the movie was in 9 different sections each with an ominous sounding title such as ‘exposure’, ‘desire’, ‘beauty’, ‘resonance’, ‘death’, ‘love’ etc. with Ms. Rampling talking with an interesting array of…
