Monday, February 28 2011
‘Kings of Pastry’ Is Certainly Drool-worthy, but It Leaves You Wanting More
This documentary might make you run to your nearest bakery, because although it provides little more than satisfying food porn, that’s enough to make it worth watching.
Friday, March 27 2009
Little Richard Live at the Toronto Peace Festival, 1969
This brief documentary by legendary rock ’n’ roll verité artist D.A. Pennebaker provides a glimpse of a '50s firebrand’s re-emergence as a novelty act amid the final days of a decade he helped to create, but in which he had played almost no role.
Friday, April 27 2007
Full Frame 1: Enlightenment Sought in Darkened Theatres
Our trio hunkers down comfortably in climate-controlled theatres to view the beautiful (and not so beautiful, and seldom as comfortable) chaos of the outside world through the gaze of the modern documentarian. And Michael Moore, nice fellow that he is, shares his slurpy.
Friday, August 30 2002
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars (1973)
Ziggy falters as a visual experience, a conspicuous failing considering its spectacle-obsessed subject.
