De La Soul’s new album ‘and the Anonymous Nobody…’ is out now. This documentary features the group on the road talking about making a living, and the challenges of being away from their families. The short film also introduces many…
‘THE LOVERS & THE DESPOT’: North Korean Dictator Loved Movies So Much He Kidnapped His Director and Star
By Barry Rubinow It’s become a cliché to say that wild and crazy news stories, although true, would be rejected by the movie studios as too preposterous, if they were pitched as a script. In the remarkable new documentary THE…
Axl Rose Interviewed for Kurt Loder’s ‘Famous Last Words’
“The reason I OD’d was because of stress,” Rose told Loder. “I couldn’t take it. And I just grabbed this bottle of pills in an argument and just gulped’em down. And I ended up in the hospital.” Rose also spoke…
Getting to Know Bob Dylan
A BBC film about Bob Dylan’s starring role in the movie HEARTS OF FIRE, directed by Richard Marquand and co-starring Fiona and Rupert Everett. (Source: Christopher Sykes)
What It Took to Discover Bacteria in the 1670s
Antony van Leeuvenhoek was not a trained scientist, but he was insatiably curious, and ground his own lenses that he used to find the bacteria. (Source: VOX Observatory)
Isaac Hayes Takes the Stage in L.A. to Sing ‘Theme from Shaft’
A bit by comedian Richard Pryor introduces this clip of Mr. Hayes performing “Theme from Shaft” at a stadium in Los Angeles, Calif. Rev. Jesse Jackson helps Isaac Hayes take the stage. Hayes is wearing aviators and a linked-chain outfit.