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FOR MADMEN ONLY What can you say about Del Close? Wait, what do you mean you’ve never heard of Del Close? Or more accurately, I’m surprised if you don’t work in comedy and you HAVE heard of him. Which is a crime because the guy more or less single-handedly invented modern improv comedy, taught every […]

VAL MOVIE REVIEW He was Batman, Iceman, (not) Elvis, The Lizard King, and your Huckleberry. He’s played a Saint, a prophet, quite a few sinners, a porn star, and a bunch of cops and crooks. According to IMDB, since his screen debut in “Top Secret,” he’s been in at least a project a year nearly […]

ROADRUNNER: A FILM ABOUT ANTHONY BOURDAIN MOVIE REVIEW Anthony Bourdain, the beloved chef and TV personality who left us before we could really know him, is given a first class documentary tribute courtesy of director Morgan Neville (“Won’t You Be My Neighbor,” “20 Feet From Stardom”). The film offers a sweeping look at Bourdain’s life […]

SUMMER OF SOUL MOVIE REVIEW From talented multi-hyphenate Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson comes “Summer of Soul” an electrifying documentary about the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival. For six consecutive weekends, the festival provided live music, comedy, dance, poetry and thought-provoking commentary to over 30,000 residents of Harlem, free of charge. That same summer, a mere 100 miles […]

RITA MORENO: JUST A GIRL WHO DECIDED TO GO FOR IT MOVIE REVIEW To quote Joan Crawford: “Let’s show them how a legend makes an entrance.” And what a legend we get to examine in the new documentary, “Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go For It”. The film spotlights the titular ubiquitous […]

THE SPARKS BROTHERS MOVIE REVIEW From writer/director and Sparks superfan Edgar Wright comes the new documentary “The Sparks Brothers” an in-depth look at brothers Ron and Russell Mael, the creative force behind the band Sparks. After their first album failed to gain traction in the States, the Mael Brothers decamped to the UK, just in […]

STREET GANG: HOW WE GOT TO SESAME STREET MOVIE REVIEW 50 years ago, television for children changed forever when it took a trip down to Sesame Street. Jim Henson’s colorful, playful, Muppets and their human neighbors taught generations of children their letters, numbers, empathy, and compassion. On this review, Mindy leads her own colorful, playful, […]

THIS IS A ROBBERY: THE WORLD’S BIGGEST ART HEIST SERIES REVIEW What would you do if millions of dollars of art was stolen right under your nose? Netflix’s new true crime series, “This Is A Robbery: The World’s Biggest Art Heist” takes a look at the infamous heist of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in […]

TINA MOVIE REVIEW Anybody who’s anybody has an HBO documentary made about them. Few people have a story as compelling as Tina Turner, however. One of the few women in the world whose first name alone is synonymous with a combination of rock and soul, Turner’s tumultuous journey is front and center of one of […]

A GLITCH IN THE MATRIX MOVIE REVIEW The world may not be as it seems. In fact, it may not be a world at all. Not a physical one, anyway. This new documentary from the director of “Room 237” explores this idea that was initially proposed (at length) by author Philip K. Dick, that we […]