By Gregory Crofton Director David Gelb brings his glossy, precise style to deliver yet another powerful movie with A FASTER HORSE, a documentary streaming on Netflix that’s about designing and engineering the 50th anniversary model of the Ford Mustang. Gelb,…
‘FINDERS KEEPERS’: A Documentary About a Stolen Leg that’s Slick Like Reality TV
By Gregory Crofton Can a movie about someone’s amputated right leg hold your interest for more than an hour? Almost, if it’s made by some talented filmmakers, as is the case with FINDERS KEEPERS co-directed by Bryan Carberry and Clay…
‘THE WOLFPACK’: Acclaimed Doc About Shut-In NYC Family is Fascinating
By Gregory Crofton The father, a follower of Hare Krishna, wanted to create his own version of a tribe. He succeeded. Except his tribe was his wife and their seven kids, all imprisoned and living on welfare in a small…
‘THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING’: Naomi Klein Does a Michael Moore Without the Humor in Climate Change Doc
By Gregory Crofton You have to admire the raw effort Canadian journalist Naomi Klein has put into saving our world. She wrote a book, “This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate,” and spent years filming a documentary about climate change…
‘TO MAKE A FARM’ Shows Small-Scale Healthy Farming and Lush Northern Landscapes
By Shelly Winifred Barger Documentary filmmaker Steve Suderman resumes his examination of small scale farmers in his most recent work, TO MAKE A FARM. Previously, OVER LAND (2008) explored his family’s farming challenges during a decade of increasing debt and…
Who the Heck is Barry Crimmins? Comedian Bobcat Goldthwait Wants You to Know
By Gregory Crofton Barry Crimmins might be one of worst stages name ever, probably bad enough that it hurt his comedy career. But the man behind it, I suspect, wouldn’t see his name on a marquee another way. Crimmins stands…