By Gregory Crofton At 25, after bumping around New York City without a consistently paying job, Leonard Bernstein got a call from “God.” Really it was a conductor named Artur Rodziński on the phone, and he told a young Bernstein…
Empathizing with Genius: New Doc ‘Long Promised Road’ Puts Together the Pieces of Brian Wilson
By Gregory Crofton Opening night of the 52nd Nashville Film Festival was a blast as a large group of certifiable film freaks defied the dangers of COVID-19 to meet up in person and watch “Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road.” This…
WESTDOC ONLINE: The ’86 Mets
His father won best documentary Oscar. His grandfather wrote “Citizen Kane.” Producer Director NICK DAVIS has nothing to prove.
Find Out About Revolutionary Fred Hampton
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R. Crumb + Computer Technology = Animation
Los Angeles Review of Books put together this engaging short doc about the illustrations of R. Crumb. Crumb, best known for his cartoons from the 70s, collaborated with a Belgian artist to make his work come to life using computer…
Deepwater Horizon: In Their Own Words
Words presents the harrowing story of how a crew of oil rig workers escaped a massive fire in the Gulf of Mexico. (Source: NatGeo)