John Carney’s benevolent, lightly-touched Once is practically definitive indie. Made under a meager €112,000, which rounds out close to $124,000 in U.S. dollars, under the Irish Film Board, it…
Album Review: Willie Nelson – “God’s Problem Child”
At 84, Willie Nelson is a legend with a mortality complex. He isn’t withered, by any means, but he’s contemplative and heavy-hearted with God’s Problem Child, his 61st(!) studio albu…
Feud: Bette and Joan Season Finale Review: “You Mean All This Time We Could Have Been Friends?”
There’s no happy ending to be mined from the lives of Joan Crawford and Bette Davis. Their final days, like their embittered rivalry, was filled with anguish and dismay, and the only difference …
Feud: Bette and Joan Review: “Abandoned!”
With their boisterous, aggrandized, larger-than-life personas, both on-and-off-screen, it’s hard to find the lines between reality and fiction even within Bette Davis and Joan Crawford’s a…
Feud: Bette and Joan Review: “Hagsploitation”
There’s a thin tightrope between art and trash. Usually, what separates the two is how skillfully they can glean truth and realism in the defying act. Like What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? and F…
Album Review: Bob Dylan – “Triplicate”
Even with his walking folk icon status, Bob Dylan remains begrudgingly human. His musing music remains poetic, but his raspy voice holds more candor. As always, he’s hopelessly romantic, but the…
Movie Review: Going in Style
Zach Braff’s directorial career follows an interesting trajectory. With Garden State, his once-beloved-and-now-overly-criticized directorial debut, Braff made an outstanding welcoming card, one …