A documentary made by Lance Bangs on the Louisville, Kentucky based band Slint with a focus on their seminal final album, Spiderland. (Source: Killer Potato)
A Grandson’s Tribute to ‘Nathan’s Famous’ Hot Dogs
By Gregory Crofton “He had the genius, the intelligence, the schmaltz, whatever you want to to call it, he had it.” For Nathan Handwerker, the founder of Nathan’s Famous hotdogs in Coney Island, working long hours to help put food…
‘WHAT DOESN’T KILL ME’: Vic Chesnutt Documentary
Directed by Scott Stuckey. Vic Chesnutt was an accomplished American singer-songwriter from Athen, Georgia. Paralyzed from a drunken driving accident, Chesnutt died from suicide at 45 in 2009.
JFK Assassination: A Witness Remembers
A witness to the murder of President John F. Kennedy, Pierce Allman, recounts the booming gun, the first lady’s screams and a conversation with Lee Harvey Oswald. (Source: LA Times)
Tangled Up with Dylan: The Ballad of AJ Weberman
In 2006, A.J. Weberman, along with some of his former students, appeared in a documentary film about his exploits as a Dylanologist. The film includes a performance by Peel and Weberman of “The Ballad of A. J. Weberman,” a tribute…
Ethan Lim: Cambodian Futures in Food
This is Culinary Futurism. Filmmaker Dustin Nakao-Haider follows Chicago-based chef Ethan Lim as he creates vibrant dishes inspired by the rich, complex history of Cambodia. Drawing on his family’s culinary legacy of over half a century, Lim’s award-winning cooking imagines…