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Find out about L.A. street gangs and the weapons people packed in the 1970s. This short documentary was shot on film and converted to digital.
Guitarist Peter Green replaced Eric Clapton in John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers and before founding Fleetwood Mac. This is one part of a BBC documentary about his career.
Film director Werner Herzog makes acidic observations about the jungle in Les Blank’s documentary “Burden of Dreams.” Herzog’s comments were likely fueled by exasperation from shooting his film “Fitzcarraldo” in the jungles of South America. Blank’s “Burden of Dreams” captures…
By Gregory Crofton Chris Whitley was a blues artist who defied the conventions of the genre. In doing so, he created truly original music. He lived a hard life of addiction and endless traveling that often accompanies someone who plays…
A documentary about Warren Oates, an actor born in Western Kentucky known for his grimace and deep-throated voice, who starred in “Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia,” “Cockfighter” and “92 in the Shade,” among many other films.
Just over a year ago philosopher Simon Critchley met with Philip Seymour Hoffman for the final in a series of on-stage conversations called Happy Talk. In a searching dialogue that in hindsight seems prescient, the actor wrestles with the concepts…
