Tag Archives: documentary

Sir Ian Holm’s The Real Middle-Earth (DVD)

Posted on 3rd February 2024 by Jack Merry

We had a DVD arrive recently that has a unique look at Tolkien’s Middle Earth. Okay, I’ll assume that you, my dear reader, have not sated yourself yet with material concerning The Lord of the Rings. If you have, please … Continue reading →

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DeZ Vylenz’s The Mindscape of Alan Moore

Posted on 27th March 2023 by Aptil Gutierrez

Filmed in 2003, this 78 minute film consists of a one-on-one interview with comic creator Alan Moore, best known for works like From Hell, Watchmen and V for Vendetta. Although Moore does touch on his past and his comic career, … Continue reading →

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Stephen Gammond’s Woody Guthrie: This Machine Kills Fascists

Posted on 16th March 2023 by Gary Whitehouse

Woody Guthrie was truly a legend in his own time. Nearly 40 years after his untimely death, the legend continues to grow, as does his influence on American music. Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen, to name just two popular singer-songwriters, … Continue reading →

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Michael Wadleigh’s Woodstock, The Director’s Cut

Posted on 10th November 2022 by Gary Whitehouse

What started as a three-day music and art festival in the farmlands of upstate New York in July 1969 became one of the touchstones of a generation and an era. This 25th Anniversary “director’s cut” edition of the movie that … Continue reading →

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John Cohen’s That High Lonesome Sound: Films of American Rural Life and Music

Posted on 9th May 2022 by David Kidney

John Cohen is perhaps better known as a member of the New Lost City Ramblers. This group of city boys playing the old time music of America influenced almost every musician interested in traditional American music who came along. Bob … Continue reading →

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Terry Zwigoff’s Crumb

Posted on 8th May 2022 by David Kidney

I first saw this film a few years ago on Canadian educational TV. My memories of it were dim, even dark, as I thought about it while reading Robert Crumb’s new book Kafka. I recalled a quirky character with big … Continue reading →

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FilmWorks Pacific’s Paniolo O Hawaii: Cowboys of the Far West

Posted on 22nd April 2022 by David Kidney

The first cowboys were Mexican vaqueros. It was these men who taught Texans how to use lassoes; how to ride, and how to round up cattle. But fifty years before the Texans started herding cattle, the vaqueros traveled to Hawaii … Continue reading →

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Lorenzo DeStefano’s Los Zafiros: Music From the Edge of Time

Posted on 26th February 2022 by David Kidney

There has been a re-awakening of interest in the music of Cuba. Even with its turbulent history, the island, which sits just 90 miles off the tip of Florida, was almost forgotten as the United States sought to ignore it. … Continue reading →

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Arne Nævra, Torgeir Beck Lande, and Adam Schmedes’ Wild North

Posted on 14th April 2018 by Robert

Wild North is another treasure I found on Netflix. It’s a nature/wildlife series but not from the BBC or the Discovery Channel — this one’s an independent film from Norway. There are three episodes, “The Coast,” “The Forest,” and “The … Continue reading →

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BBC’s South Pacific (U.S. title: Wild Pacific)

Posted on 10th March 2018 by Robert

South Pacific is another of the BBC’s “nature” series that I’ve been watching recently — “nature” in quotes because, while it does deal with the wildlife on the islands of the Pacific, it also focuses on the people and their … Continue reading →

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