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This Band of Brothers from Jersey Went Big Time by Respecting the Music

By Gregory Crofton Does power exist in the words and actions of a high school music teacher? You bet. Especially if he is an ex-Marine and plays saxophone. “Banded Together: The Boys from Glen Rock High” is a trip back…

Coney Island – ‘Under the Roller Coaster’

To thousands, the Thunderbolt Roller Coaster was a Coney Island icon, but for Mae Timpano it was home. This enchanting film examines the true-life experience of one woman and her unique relationship to Coney Island living under the famed Thunderbolt…

Tanya Tucker Opens the Nashville Film Festival with a Visit and a Documentary at the Belcourt Theatre

By Gregory Crofton If Tanya Tucker doesn’t get a party started right, I’m not sure what will. The rowdy, hard-drinking 63-year-old country superstar has helped lead the way for women in the music business since she was thrown into it…

Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell

“Wild Combination” (2008) is director Matt Wolf’s visually absorbing portrait of the seminal avant-garde composer, singer-songwriter, cellist, and disco producer Arthur Russell. Before his untimely death from AIDS in 1992, Arthur prolifically created music that spanned both pop and the…

I Sold The French Laundry. Then It Became ‘the Best Restaurant in the World’

By Ben Proudfoot When my father died, he held disappointment in his heart. He was 66 and had only just retired from a life of 80-hour workweeks as a successful lawyer, and this next chapter promised everything he had skimped…

Rocketland: A Hub for Dorks

SpaceX’s Starbase project has inspired fans from around the country to move to a small town in Texas just to live close to the facility. In April 2022, the Verge went down to Brownsville, Texas to meet some of Elon…

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