By Gregory Crofton I interviewed a reporter named Bill Minor in 1999 as part of earning my master’s degree in journalism from the University of Mississippi. Minor suffered a stroke and had been slowed down, but he still made time…
‘AMY’ on Bring Your Own Doc: Director Asif Kapadia and Former Manager Nick Shymansky
AMY, the Amy Winehouse documentary that reveals the private and often misunderstood rise and fall of the singer-songwriter, is shared with clips and the trailer by director Asif Kapadia and Winehouse’s former manager Nick Shymansky. Through the use of archival…
‘JANIS: LITTLE GIRL BLUE’: Janis Joplin Documentary With Director Amy Berg
JANIS: LITTLE GIRL BLUE is the new Janis Joplin documentary that explores the life and music of the psychedelic queen of the blues. Director Amy Berg shares the film with clips and the trailer, discusses Janis on the Dick Cavett…
‘HITCHCOCK/TRUFFAUT’ Documentary Explains Hitchcock But There’s No Real Conversation in the Film
By Gregory Crofton Directed by Kent Jones, an archivist and sometime documentary filmmaking partner of famed director Martin Scorsese, HITCHCOCK/TRUFFAUT is not something you need to race out to the arthouse theatre to see. It’s also not about Truffaut really…
‘AMY’: Winehouse Documentary is So Intimate It Feels Dirty
By Gregory Crofton Often emaciated because she had bulimia and a drug and alcohol addiction, Amy Winehouse’s life ended after 27 years. Her heart couldn’t take any more alcohol and she didn’t wake up one morning. She had so much…
‘KEITH RICHARDS: UNDER THE INFLUENCE’ is a Loving Trip to the Meaning Behind His Music
By Gregory Crofton As enjoyable and important as this documentary is, its release streaming on Netflix just two days after it premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival is as noteworthy as the documentary itself. People around the world are…