Criterion’s Blu-ray judiciously preserves a critical time capsule in public political discourse.
This release attests to the enduring power of Gast’s documentary.
The playwright discusses the origins of Tales from Vienna and his interest in carnal activities in the context of world history.
As much as you might suffer watching Mailer’s films, you can always take comfort in the fact that he suffered more while making them.
The film is immensely rich as an act of philosophical inquiry.
Oswald’s Ghost only skims the surface of the short- and long-term social and political ramifications of JFK’s death.
Nicholas Jarecki’s The Outsider doesn’t have the edge of a race-conscious James Toback film.
Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato’s documentary uses cheeky montages to recount Deep Throat’s unlikely path to infamy.
Hijacking Catastrophe is a wake-up call.
Stone Reader is a humanitarian effort, but Mark Moskowitz’s preening and cloying voiceover can wear on the nerves.
The extras on this DVD say more about the way audiences, critics, and authors relate to each other than the actual documentary.