Daily Archives: September 7, 2025

Documentary Review — “Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink”

The thing that instantly dates Rick Goldsmith’s documentary “Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink,” about the Internet, hedge-fund and tycoon-driven death of American newspapers, is the gasping attempt to find something optimistic in the death of the country’s … Continue reading

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Movie Preview: “The Partisan” fights the odds and the Nazis in WWII Poland

Morgane Polanski and Malcolm McDowell star in this mistitled “true story” retelling of the derring do of Krystyna Skarbek, a Polish spy run back into Warsaw by the Brits to supply the resistance there. Malcolm McDowell is her British handler. … Continue reading

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Documentary Preview: Marc Maron’s Evolving Comedy, and Embrace of Podcasting — “Are We Good?”

I review lots of stand up docs because it’s a profession and calling that I find fascinating. There were nights, earlier in my career, when I’d sit down with a stand-up before his or her set in a club, interview … Continue reading

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