By Gregory Crofton The “albeano” – what the word albino sounds like coming from Don McCullin – was starving to death. It pained the photographer when the 9 year old with bulging eyes followed him around camp silently asking for…
‘ICEBERG SLIM: PORTRAIT OF A PIMP’ is a Stone Cold Gas
By Gregory Crofton When he ran a game on you, his eyes flashed wide open to make a point. They opened so wide they looked like they were bulging out of his head. Iceberg Slim did that, the most famous…
Tribute to Photojournalist Tim Hetherington is About Wanting to Be at the Frontline of a War
By Gregory Crofton Sebastian Junger — author of “A Perfect Storm,” “A Death in Belmont,” and most recently “War,” — typically works as a print journalist writing books and articles. But his latest project is a documentary about the life…
THE GATEKEEPERS: Wait, Watch It At Home
“THE GATEKEEPERS” is a documentary film full of meaning and explanation. It educates Americans, and reveals and puts into context what’s going on between Israel and Palestine, something that is direly needed. The images – “terrorists” hands zip-tied behind their…
Digital vs. Film: Keanu Reeves in ‘SIDE BY SIDE’
“SIDE BY SIDE” is the worst title for a documentary film, or any other type of film. However there is a ton of good information and many interesting interviews with film directors in “SIDE BY SIDE,” a doc directed by…