Buena Vista Social Club, Pina Bausch and Sebastiao Selgado are among Wim Wenders past documentary subjects. Now he profiles the head of the Catholic Church in “Pope Francis: A Man of His Word,” released in theaters by Focus Features. Wenders…
Genius Fashion Designer Documentary ‘McQUEEN’ is a Stylish, Progressive Must See Film
By Gregory Crofton Days of screenings at Nashville Film Festival 2018 were varied and wonderful. In its 49th year the festival seemed settled in at Regal Hollywood 27, just south of downtown, a venue it relocated to from Green Hills…
Spies of Mississippi
“Spies of Mississippi” reveals in shocking detail the state of Mississippi’s effort to undermine the Civil Rights Movement using a vast network of spies. Whites and Blacks spied for Old Dixie. An arm of the state government called the Sovereignty…
Oneida Community: How John Humphrey Noyes Overcame Anxiety by Preaching Perfectionism
John Humphrey Noyes grew up crippled by social anxiety. He overcame his anxiety when he began preaching and came to embrace Perfectionism. He would later declare that he would be the leader in establishing the Kingdom of God on earth.…
The Brothel King: Dennis Hof on His Friend Andy Kaufman and the Beginnings of Moonlight BunnyRanch
“Nevada’s the last of the live and let live states,” says Dennis Hof, the self-described “Brothel King” and owner and proprieter of Nevada’s Moonlite Bunny Ranch, made famous as the setting for the HBO documentary series, Cathouse (2005-2008). “I don’t…
The Recording of America
Studs Terkel, born 106 years ago on this date, May 16, spent the majority of his life documenting the lives of others – very often everyday, working-class people he believed were “uncelebrated and unsung.” From coal miners and sharecroppers to…