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Film Review: “Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis)” Captures a Specific Moment in Music History
By Robin C. Farrell
June 7, 2023
Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis) (Anton Corbijn, 2022) 3 out of 4 stars. The music industry, like many of those associated with the arts, is an ever-changing one. Each generation brings new voices and perspectives, new technology and styles, and thus has a resulting impact on the world around it. Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis) delves into a particular point in music history: the pre-punk rock era in which some of the ... >>
Film Review: “Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story” Adequately Tells Its Tale
By Adam Vaughn
June 5, 2023
Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story (Christopher Griffiths/Gary Smart, 2023) 2½ out of 4 stars. After almost 50 years of performances in his acting career, Robert Englund inevitably deserved a documentary biopic. Everyone’s favorite nightmare slasher gets to relate his Hollywood experiences and how his career led to playing the role of Freddy Krueger in A Nightmare on Elm Street. Directors Christopher Griffiths and Gary ... >>
Film Review: “STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie” Offers Delightful Homage
By Christopher Llewellyn Reed
May 12, 2023
STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie (Davis Guggenheim, 2023) 3½ out of 4 stars. Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim has made many fine documentaries, including the 2006 Oscar-winning An Inconvenient Truth, a justly celebrated examination of the perils of climate change, featuring former Vice President Al Gore. Despite those credentials, he also directed the 2010 Waiting for Superman, a movie which committed the egregious sin of blaming the problems plaguing ... >>
Film Review: “Anxious Nation” Offers Fine Cinematic Therapy
By Christopher Llewellyn Reed
May 5, 2023
Anxious Nation (Laura Morton/Vanessa Roth, 2022) 3 out of 4 stars. In the new documentary Anxious Nation, directors Laura Morton (a best-selling author making her feature-film debut) and Vanessa Roth (Mary J Blige’s My Life) explore the many different ways in which children and young adults suffer from anxiety in our modern world. Morton is herself a partial subject, since her daughter, Sevey, is one such teenager. But the movie covers a ... >>
Film Review: “What’s Love Got to Do with It?” Achieves Comedy Without Romance
By Hannah Tran
May 5, 2023
What’s Love Got to Do with It? (Shekhar Kapur, 2023) 2½ out of 4 stars. The cover’s classic rom-com trappings may suggest a by-the-numbers romance, but Indian director Shekar Kapur’s What’s Love Got to Do with It? bites off a bit more, asking its title’s central question in regard to the larger topic of arranged, or assisted, marriages in modern Britain. When Zoe, a thirty-something documentarian, finds out her neighbor and lifelong friend Kaz ... >>