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Great Documentaries Like 'Who Is Harry Nilsson?'

Sam Phillips

24 Oct 2011

Today, Sam Phillips puts the spotlight on some of her favorite film and music.

Speaking of documentaries, don’t miss Who Is Harry Nilsson? I love Harry Nilsson, and Van Dyke Parks is in this film -- what could be better?

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Great Documentaries Like 'Who Is Harry Nilsson?'

Today, Sam Phillips puts the spotlight on some of her favorite film and music.

Please Donate to Help Save PopMatters

Popular Culture Is Eating Its History and OMD Are Not Complaining

BTS Master the Art of Timeless, Universal Songwriting with 'BE'

Nicki and Patrick Adams Offer an Engaging Classical/Jazz Hybrid on 'Lynx'

LOG ET3RNAL Is a Dubbed-out Beauty of Soft, Skeletal Ambience

How Leeds Led the Goth Scene

Elvis Costello Gets Dark and Brooding on 'Hey Clockface'

Shanghai Restoration Project Offer Innovative Alternate Reality on 'Brave New World Symphony'

The Best Music of 2020

Filmmaker Diane Paragas on 'Yellow Rose' and the Heartbreak Behind Anti-Immigration Policies

On Finnish Film 'Open Up to Me' and Trans Portrayal in Film

Is Christian Petzold's 'Undine' Myth or Therapeutic Dialogue?

Pretend It's a City Proves Once Again, You Can't Argue with Fran Lebowitz

Landing Instructions for Derrida

'Queer Legacies: Stories from Chicago's LGBTQ Archives'

Megan Rapinoe's 'One Life' Is Pitch-Perfect

Elvis Presley's Unlikely Comeback

The Mandalorian's Political Allegory: Diversity Is the Way