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By Gregory Crofton Many people today don’t know who Marlon Brando was, but to older generations around the world, Brando was it, the actor’s actor. Magnetic on screen, he revolutionized his profession by replacing tired techniques with a more realistic…
Vietnam veterans physically and psychologically wounded received no hero’s welcome because of their drug addictions. GI Bill, educational benefits as well as medical benefits were not available to them. All they came back home to were heroin and methadone on…
This short documentary profiles a fisherman in Maine who practices a fading craft: diving for sea scallops on the ocean floor. (Source: The New York Times)
Theo Kalomirakis’ private movie collection of 15,000 titles may very well be the largest in the world. According to him, the only rival collection that he knows of belongs to Martin Scorsese. (Source: Forbes)
James Foley, an American journalist who reported for GlobalPost, cared deeply about the victims of war and the rights of people living under oppressive regimes. He was an old-school reporter, who traveled light, talked to the locals and put the…
By Gregory Crofton “AMERICAN SWING” is like an X-rated episode of ABC’s Nightline, which, in my opinion, is a big compliment. There’s lots of footage of naked 1970s people frolicking, and fucking, inside Plato’s Retreat. I mean lots. The “retreat”…
