Growing up, her friends knew her simply as Katie Griggs. A gregarious All-American, she was destined to become the leader of something.
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‘Lover of Men’ | Was Abe Lincoln Gay?
Schools definitely didn’t address this question when I was coming up, but Ivy League historians appear with the receipts.
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‘Will & Harper’ | Surprisingly Moving
Seeing the real Ferrell break down and cry is just one of the many surprises on this road trip through America with a 61-year-old in a dress?
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‘Quad Gods’ | This Is How They Roll
Everything from gunshots to a popped tire unexpectedly brought them to this place. But don’t count their future out.
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‘The Mandela Effect Phenomenon’ | Forget It
Forest Gump didn’t say “Life is Like a Box of Chocolates” and Darth Vader didn’t say “Luke, I Am Your Father”
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The Greatest Night in Pop| Behind the Scenes of the Biggest Stars Coming Together
Some said it sounded like a Pepsi commercial. Others said is sounded like a Disney tune. And those were some of the artists involved.
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‘Being Mary Tyler Moore’ | She Turned the World On
there has never been a night on network TV as out-of-this-world as Saturday nights in 1973.
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‘Big Mack: Gangsters and Gold’ | True Crime, Heavy Time
They called him the most peculiar character in Germany’s legal history. He was certainly the heaviest- at several hundreds of pounds. He was everywhere
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‘Reggie’ | Deep Homers, Deep Man in Surprising Doc
Lately, sports docs have been notable for how they tell the parts of the story that have nothing to do with sports. This is totally compelling.
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‘Bad Axe’ Review | All-American Families Look Like This
What is an “all-American” family? Do you think of an immigrant family struggling to keep their small business afloat during the pandemic.? You will now.
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‘Master of Light’ | How to Save a Life and Lose Another
A man released from prison uses his skills as an artist to gain some renown, but his mother is always in trouble. Can he straighten her out?
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‘Say Hey, Willie Mays’ | There Was No One More Famous
It’s a great nostalgia trip for those of a certain age, and a cultural history lesson for the rest.
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Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues | Things We Never Knew
If you are old enough to have an instant mental image of Louis Armstrong, I’ll bet you ten bucks that it was never this.
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‘Moonage Daydream’ Doc Turns David Bowie Story Into a Bore
The biggest fans may be the most disappointed. It plays like what we used to call a Midnight Movie, the viewers in altered states
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The Real Bling Ring: Hollywood Heist | Finally Comes Clean
It’s already been a semi-fictionalized movie. Now the real people have come forth.
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‘The Fastest Woman on Earth’: Broken Records, Broken Hearts
Her calling card since childhood was doing what the guys could do, only better. But at what cost?
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Darryl Jones: In The Blood | Rolling Stones Bassist’s Story
You drink a shot of whiskey every time someone describes Darryl Jones as “In the pocket,” you’ll be flat on your face in the first 20 minutes. Stones LOVE him
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Long Road Home: The Cash Family’s Untold Story
It’s been called the Cash Curse; Johnny Cash’s family have struggled with alcoholism, drug abuse, and it seems to come with being a Cash.
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‘If These Walls Could Sing’ | Deep History of Abbey Road
Not just a Beatles doc – a fascinating deep dive into the place where history was made for a century, by many artists whose albums you have
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‘Hostages’ | Never-Before-Seen Footage Tells Helluva Story
The hostages and captors are all in their 60s or older. Their look back is clear-eyed, sober and fascinating. This story is about much more than 444 days
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Murder at The Cottage: The Search For Justice For Sophie
True Crime fans can see a story they know from a different perspective: Irish Director Jim Sheridan
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Tom Petty Camp Announces New Re-Issue Stuff
As I always say, I have absolutely no financial interest-not selling anything, but always like to pass along Petty news, hope it helps his heirs and the guys
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‘Rondo and Bob’ Horror Doc | Fascinating Subject, Meandering Mess
The art director of Texas Chainsaw Massacre is obsessed with a1940s cult Horror icon.
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‘The Janes’ Looks Back to When Choice Meant Prison or Death
The warnings you hear about the returning to pre-Roe vs Wade times sound hyperbolic…until you hear retired Grandmas telling their stories.
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Tom Petty Camp Re-Issues Vintage-Style Swag
The Petty folks are putting out vintage posters and apparel in, they say, response to requests from fans.
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‘We Are the Thousand’ | How They Got Foo Fighters to Play Their Town
Remember that video of hundreds of musicians in an open field, playing in sync to get the attention of Foo Fighters? Here’s the story.
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‘Dear Mr. Brody’ Review | Twisty Doc Has Many Reveals
They called him the “hippie millionaire” because it was surely the most apt description of a 21-year-old in1970 who had long hair…and millions to give away.
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‘A Peloton of One’ Review | Pedaling for a Powerful Message
You may think you’ve seen all you can take of this topic – it isn’t easy. But you will learn shocking information that you can personally do something about.
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‘Downfall: The Case Against Boeing’ | Enraging Exposé
This documentary made me angry. But it didn’t ground me. I have since flown Lion Air 737s out of Jakarta
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‘Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster’: Scary Good
Not just for Classic Horror fans, the film serves as a great Hollywood behind the scenes pic, too.
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‘The Murders at Starved Rock’ |True Crime Docuseries Review
It looks like another “false confession” doc, but it ends up being about much more and examines the very nature of truth and memory.
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‘The Rise and fall of LulaRoe’ Review | Material Witnesses
Maybe this doc doesn’t have serial killers, but it is as True Crime as you can get.
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‘Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road’ | The Maestro’s Swan Song?
The new recording studio footage shows the normally shuffling, mumbling genius in his element and in command.
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‘Listening to Kenny G’ Doc |Even the Haters Will Smile
75 million records sold is its own brand of protective underwear. Michael Bolton and Nickelback have pairs just like it.
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‘Jagged’ Review | Alanis Morissette Looks Back in Revealing Doc
Now a Mom in her late 40s with a cogent perspective on a 21 year old conquering the world and lighting the fuse to an explosive cultural phenomenon
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‘A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks’ | Great Stories from Behind the Lens
You know so many of his iconic photos, and now you’ll hear the stories behind them, and see why he’s the inspiration for photojournalists today
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Watch New Tom Petty Documentary Here – Free & Full-Length
It took quite a while to secure a distributor, but I think it was worth the wait, because it is now accessible worldwide for FREE! You can watch it now
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‘Bitchin’:The Sound and Fury of Rick James’Dives Super Deep
Forget the cartoon Chapelle Show Rick James persona- he was a serious man, with serious talent and insight, which this doc skillfully lays out
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True Crime Review: ‘The Phantom’ Pulse-Pounder Exposes Truth
Police quickly found their suspect. It was all so easy. Too easy.
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Review: ’15 Minutes of Shame’ Examines All Sides of Public Shaming | 4 Stars
Engrossing Doc Looks at All Sides of Public Shaming and Cancel Culture – The good, the Bad and the ugly.
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Review: ‘The Sparks Brothers’| Perfect Doc for Music Nerds
I am from the generation who sat on the floor, wearing headphones the size of cinder blocks, reading all the liner notes. Why don’t I remember Sparks?
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‘My Childhood, My Country: 20 Years in Afghanistan’ | Powerful and Touching
He says today that he has never had a happy life and, in the same breath, that he is ever hopeful that his country will somehow pull through.
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Review: Not All The Clouds Are Happy in New Bob Ross Documentary
I was afraid that the film was going to end up revealing that Ross wasn’t the mensch he seemed to be, but, no- he really was a good dude.
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Review: ‘Homeroom’ Follows High Schoolers in a Tumultuous Year
Those who think that Millennial/Generation Z kids are empty vessels more interested in TikTok than social issues will be surprised
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Review:’In the Same Breath’|Intense, Emotional Wuhan Origins
The story is powerful and infuriating. The storytelling is skillful, artful and humane.
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Documentary Review: ‘Last Call: The Shutdown of NYC Bars’
This snapshot evokes empathy from the viewer and, just maybe, helps people like those in this film, feel less alone.
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Review: ‘Misha and the Wolves’| Riveting Doc Gets to the Truth of the Story
Some stories too good to be true. But, oh, how we want to believe what we want to believe. We are living in a time where that has never been more apparent.
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Review:“Shiny_Flakes: The Teenage Drug Lord” A Slick True Crime Doc
Blends elements of True Crime, DIY, and the rise and fall of a businessman who got too cocky – all into one 90 minute feature.
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Review: ‘Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage’ | 3 ½ out of 4 Stars
By the end of the weekend, there had been sexual assualts, fires, and ragey white frat bros gone wild
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Review: ‘The Boys in Red Hats’ | What is the Whole Truth?
Schroder has made a thoughtful, fair, and more complete look at the video and that day and the days after.
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Review:’Elize Matsunaga:Once Upon A Crime’ A Rare Miss from Netflix
What would have made for an engrossing 90 minute feature, has been stretched thin into a four-part series that treads the same ground over and over again
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True Crime Review: ‘Heist’ Makes You Root for the Crooks
Ever find yourself kinda rooting for the bad guy in a story? You know he’s done something wrong and you know the cops are just doing their jobs, but…still.
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Review: ‘Lydia Lunch: The War is Never Over’ Plumbs Pioneer’s Past
Get ready to have your face melted off by her brutal honesty and larger-than-life persona.
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‘The Sound of Identity’ | Transgender Opera Diva Makes History
You can’t have a good documentary without fascinating people in it. This is a good doc.
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Review: Knots: A Forced Marriage Story Shocks and Surprises
I had no idea that 46 states in America still allow some form of child marriage and that forced marriages are as common as they are.
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Review: Excellent ‘Brewmance’ Not Just for Beer Bros
I will almost certainly never taste the beers mentioned in the story, but I feel like I have a stake in the brewers
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After the Death of Albert Lima – Riveting True Crime Doc That Also Makes You Snicker
Lima’s murder was solved rather quickly. The problem was getting the killer convicted and put in prison.
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Review: ‘Tina’ New Footage Revives Old Story
After the autobiography I, Tina and then the 1993 Oscar nominated film What’s Love Got to Do with It and,most recently, the Broadway Musical Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, is there anything left unsaid about Tina Turner’s life at this point? Not much, as it turns out, and yet the…
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Super Controversial Anti-Vietnam War Doc Re-Released
Jane Fonda presents as a benign 83 year old lady, beloved in certain circles and recently feted at the Golden Globes. But 50 years ago
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Review: ‘Biggie: I Got A Story to Tell’ Has A Lot You Know, But Some You Don’t
Those most interested in the material will already know most of his story, but the new documentary ‘Biggie: I Got A Story To Tell’ dishes out numerous revelations for those who only know the hits and the fact that he was gunned down at the age of 24, about 6…
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Movie Review: ’17 Blocks’ is an Emotional Eye-Opener
Spanning twenty years in the lives of a Washington DC family, and evoking virtually every emotion along the way, ‘17 Blocks’ alternately rides waves of despair and anger with an occasional ray real hope that somehow, someday, this family who lives 17 blocks from the United States Capitol building will…
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Review: ‘America’s Last Little Italy: The Hill’ 3 out of 4 Stars
Don’t you just love it when you watch something that gives you lots of “gee, I didn’t know that” moments? Unless you’re from the area, you may have never heard of the place this documentary calls “America’s Last Little Italy.” Most of what we do know seems to be through…
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Review: MLK/FBI 4 Stars. Gripping and Revealing
Review: MLK/FBI | Gripping and Revealing By Kyle Osborne More than half a century after his assassination, one would have thought that we’d seen and heard all there was to learn about Martin Luther King, Jr. Certainly anyone past grade school can recite at least one of the civil rights…
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Review: ESPN’s Doc on Women’s Football Hits Hard
By Kyle Osborne You know the Patriots, the Red Sox, the Celtics and the Bruins, but have you ever heard of the Boston Renegades? You’d be in rare company if you did. In the documentary Born to Play, which debuts July 1st at 9 EDT on ESPN, director Viridiana Lieberman…
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Review: Halston | 2 ½ out of 4 Stars|
Halston | 2 ½ out of 4 Stars| Not Rated By Kyle Osborne I learned that he had a first name- it was Roy. And I learned that he was the biggest American designer of his day in the 70s, before falling prey to the two things that cut down…
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