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By Gregory Crofton “American Dream / American Knightmare” explores the dark and twisted psyche of Marion “Suge” Knight, one of the founders of Death Row Records, home to Dr. Dre and Snoop Dog in the early 90s. This 85-minute doc,…
By Gregory Crofton I was listening to “Rocket Hour,” Elton John’s weekly podcast-radio show, when he told his audience that the new documentary about XXXTentacion was really good. No one knows pop music better than Elton, so I believed him.…
By Gregory Crofton With a mangled left hand and bushy white beard, organic farmer Peter Dunning makes a striking image on camera. Once you tune in and listen, you’ll find his irascible controlling tendencies, his functional alcoholism, his days as…
By Gregory Crofton Director R.J. Cutler (The War Room, The World According to Dick Cheney) took a cinema verité approach once he was granted access to the day-to-day of rising superstar Billie Eilish in 2018. That meant Cutler didn’t ask…
By Gregory Crofton If you grew up in the Northeast in the 80s, and you haven’t heard about the HBO documentary “Class Action Park,” you should be sure to check it out. I lived in Connecticut and was six years…
By Gregory Crofton “Cow” is painful to watch for a number of reasons. The documentary is shot in the dry style of cinéma vérité or direct cinema, which means there’s no narrator or any interviews. It’s just the camera and…
