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The killing of 12 students and a teacher at Columbine High School in 1999 continues to shape how we view and understand school shootings today. (Source: The New York Times)
The film tells the story of one citizen from Jalouzi, one of the largest slums in Haiti, who is determined to bring color to the impoverished area by helping paint the entire town, literally.
This episode contains excerpts of Lawrence Grobel’s extended interviews with Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel in 1990. The famous duo worked side-by-side from 1975 until Siskel’s death in 1999, co-hosting the acclaimed, nationally syndicated show Siskel & Ebert. They remained…
By Gregory Crofton Two very intelligent, ego-driven men – novelist Gore Vidal and political writer William F. Buckley – squared off in 10-part televised debate in 1968 as part of ABC’s coverage the presidential primary conventions. BEST OF ENEMIES is…
By Gregory Crofton “AMERICAN SWING” is like an X-rated episode of ABC’s Nightline, which, in my opinion, is a big compliment. There’s lots of footage of naked 1970s people frolicking, and fucking, inside Plato’s Retreat. I mean lots. The “retreat”…
By Gregory Crofton This movie is more about Les Blank and his eye behind the camera than it is about Leon Russell, a long-haired, Kool cigarette-smoking, Rock ‘n’ Soul piano man from Oklahoma. Blank, a highly regarded documentary filmmaker (BURDEN…
