Those familiar with Les Blank’s malleable approach to documentary production will recognize that energy in its nascent form.
Not a big job but glowing with Criterion’s imperial sheen and resplendent sound mix. Maybe the less said the better?
For all of Willie Nelson’s many talents, he’s never developed any semblance of an internal editor.
That Nelson is in especially fine vocal form only heightens the impression that the album was recorded decades ago.
As in publishing, the alarmist polemic has become its own documentary subgenre, and Fuel is merely its latest entrant.
American Classic finds Nelson sounding as soulful and youthful as he has in years.
Naked Willie is an act of historical revisionism.
Nelson is capable of taking unexpected material and tailoring it to his strengths as a performer and interpreter.
Until a week ago, I hated Willie Nelson.
One can’t help but feel the presence of producer Terrence Malick, a longtime Austin resident and with whom the project was originally conceived.
Moment of Forever is intended to reassert Willie Nelson’s mainstream relevance.
Even without the self-canonization, Last of the Breed stands as a fine example of why traditional country is a sound worth preserving.
When is Willie Nelson going to work with Toby Keith again?
Broken Bridges soft-pedals tired tripe about redemption, reconciliation, and finding solace in the bottle.
The album’s high enjoyability factor is likely incidental to Willie Nelson’s true aims: honoring one of country music’s most enduring songwriters.
Played for laughs, the extras collected on this unrated DVD of The Dukes of Hazzard will hardly summon a chuckle.
Jay Chandrasekhar’s film is at least a loyal dog.
Does Elmore Leonard sell the rights to his novels only after filmmakers agree to use “It’s Your Thing” on the soundtrack?
The film’s anticlimactic big heist unspools with all the excitement of watching ice melt.