Daily Archives: December 21, 2020

Documentary Review: Monks in Bhutan discover the Smart Phone Revolution — “Sing Me a Song”

Oh temptress smart phone, is there nothing you can’t ruin, given half a chance? Globe-trotting filmmaker Thomas Balmès has been filming in the Himalayas, Bhutan and other high plateaus of Asia since “Babies” (2010). But with “Happiness,” he found a … Continue reading

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Netflixable? In Poland, “Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight”

They’ve been called “dead teenager movies” ever since Siskel and Ebert gave them that label. And they follow the same formula, the same “rules” the world over — even in Poland. “Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight,” or “W lesie … Continue reading

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Peter Jackson gives us a Sneak Peak at his Beatles doc — “Get Back”

He’s pulled this together from the 56 hours of “unseen” Beatles studio footage. Yeah, I thought we’d seen it all, too. Apparently not. It’s all footage shot around the recording, rehearsing and build-up to the “rooftop” concert so famed in … Continue reading

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