We know going in to THE BEST OF ENEMIES that there will be soul-searching and redemption. The challenge for director Robin Bissell in adapting this true-life story from the book by Osha Gray Davidson was to frame doing the right thing in terms that truly demonstrate to the audience the temper of the times that… Read More »
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years
The problem confronting any documentary about The Beatles is that of finding something new to say about them. Their music, their personalities, their history, their influences, their influence, the phenomenon of world fame on a scale never seen before or, putatively, since they hit the big time in 1962, it’s all been dissected. So THE… Read More »
Chris Strachwitz, Maureen Gosling & Chris Simon — THIS AIN’T NO MOUSE MUSIC
I had many questions for Chris Strachwitz, subject of THIS AINT NO MOUSE MUSIC and founder of Arhoolie Records. Born into German nobility, he and his family fled post-war Europe for the United States, where the adolescent Chris promptly fell in love with roots music, though he prefers to call it regional music. After asking about his first recording… Read More »