Wild Style (1983)
A drama with some documentary-worthy concert performances, Wild Style, which is a slang term for the jittery lettering of graffiti, is a seminal hip-hop film, covering some of the origins of the art form in the...
Category: Documentary
Style Wars (1983)
Style Wars is a documentary look at the street art among the youth of New York in the early 1980s, especially in the South Bronx, particularly in graffiti art and break-dancing. The film takes...
Won’t You Be My Neighbor? (2018)
Won’t You Be My Neighbor? examines the life and work of Fred Rogers, aka Mr. Rogers, who was the creator and star of “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” on public television (PBS) from the years 1968 to...
20,000 Days on Earth (2014)
Australian rock legend Nick Cave is the subject for this semi-documentary look at a musician at the twilight of his long and esteemed career, capturing his mindset as it exists in the moment and...
20 Feet from Stardom (2013)
20 Feet from Stardom is filmmaker Morgan Neville’s documentary tribute to some of the best singers in the business. No, not the ones you buy CDs for; the best singers are often the ones...
Koyaanisqatsi (1982)
Koyaanisqatsi is a movie without words, without characters, and without plot — but it does tell a story. Essentially, it tells the story of us. By “us,” I mean of human beings as we...
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster (2004)
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster is kind of a monster of its own, starting out as promotional footage for the band’s record label, later changing into a proposed reality series to be aired on...
The Agronomist (2003)
Acclaimed feature film director Jonathan Demme put together this fascinating documentary about one of the most popular and essential figures in Haitian politics, Jean Dominique, entitled The Agronomist, an ironic title which tells of his educational...
Gilda Live (1980)
Gilda Live films the Broadway show “Gilda Radner: Live from New York”, a sketch comedy primarily featuring one of the original, and most popular “Saturday Night Live” not-ready-for-prime-time players, Gilda Radner. Uncensored and able...
Beyond the Mat (1999)
BEYOND THE MAT is a documentary written and directed by longtime writer of Eddie Murphy’s films, Barry W. Blaustein. This proves to be his best work to date, and I have to admit my...