The PBS Digital series “Blank on Blank” puts a Heath Ledger interview to animation. “My nervous energy is usually the easiest form of energy to tap into” – Heath Ledger Interview by Christine Spines in Fall 2005. Her profile ran…
When Antibiotics Stop Working: ‘RESISTANCE’
By Gregory Crofton Documentary filmmakers are increasingly doing it all themselves — making the movie, then marketing and distributing it, instead of hiring an outside company to do the work. They are taking their films on the road, like a…
Paul Westerberg: Come Feel Me Tremble
“Come Feel Me Tremble” is the name of this live concert tour documentary, it’s also the name of a record Paul Westerberg, the frontman of The Replacements, recorded at his home studio and released in 2003.
The Lumière Brothers: The First Documentaries
An amazing journey through the birth of the motion picture. 85 of the silent “actualities” made by Lumière brothers between 1895 and 1897 have been mastered from original 35mm material and are presented here in this first ever authorized video…
Secrets of the Sun
PBS’ Nova looks at the Sun and solar physics. Just one stunning fact from the show: More than one million Earths could fit inside the Sun. The Sun is not liquid or solid, it’s plasma with a core full of…
Roman Polanski’s ‘Weekend of a Champion’: Formula 1 Racing in 1971 Monaco
By Gregory Crofton Roman Polanski produced a documentary between the time he made the his classics “Rosemary’s Baby” and “Chinatown,” and it’s fascinating even if you’re not interested in auto racing. Vivid and crisp, freshly colorized and restored, “Weekend of…