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Climb a Huge Mountain Then Ski Down? Call It ‘La Liste: Everything or Nothing’

By Gregory Crofton “La Liste: Everything or Nothing” is a sequel of sorts. Several years ago extreme athlete Jérémie Heitz decided to make a list of 15 peaks in the Swiss Alps. The goal was to climb each one and…

A.P. Carter and the Beginning of Country Music Flows From ‘The Winding Stream’

By Gregory Crofton You might have heard about the beginning of Country music and a family called the Carters. Being based in Nashville for the last 16 years, I certainly had. I took a drive to Hendersonville, about 20 minutes…

The Magic of ‘The Alpinist’

By Gregory Crofton Marc-André Leclerc climbs the tallest of mountains, some covered with snow and ice, with no ropes to keep him from falling. Climbers call this free soloing. One mistake and you’re dead, and it wouldn’t be a pretty…

‘BAD ATTITUDE’ is a Radical Documentary on Influential Comix Artist Spain Rodriguez; Interview with Director

By Gregory Crofton Buffalo is known for cold-weather football, lake-effect snow, chicken wings and now, at least in my mind, an artist named Spain Rodriguez. Rodriguez grew up in Buffalo, New York. His name at birth was Manuel, but he…

Leonard Bernstein Was Unemployed, Then His Dream Came True

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…

‘Finding Kendrick Johnson’ investigates a covered up murder that’s heartbreaking and maddening

By Gregory Crofton Director Jason Pollock (Stranger Fruit) is back with another documentary that investigates the sudden death, and probable murder, of a young Black man. The 17-year-old Kendrick Johnson was found dead in a high school gym, his body…

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