A Revealing and Riveting Portrait of Kurt Cobain in ‘Montage of Heck’
It’s been 21 years since Kurt Cobain’s suicide, but the fascination with the legendary lead singer, guitarist and songwriter of Nirvana is stronger than ever. The man and his music continue to enthrall not just people who experienced the groundbreaking music in the early 1990s, but a new generation of fans all over the world. Although Cobain’s story has been told in books and films, filmmaker Brett Morgen spent the past eight years...
Be A Part of It in HBO’s Four-Hour ‘Sinatra: All or Nothing at All’
Start spreading the news. It’s been 100 years since the birth of one of the most famous people in American pop culture–and the family of Frank Sinatra wanted to mark the centennial of the legendary crooner’s birthday in a big way befitting his iconic status. So they called upon producer Frank Marshall, best known for blockbuster films like “Indiana Jones” and “Raiders of the Lost Ark” and someone who had a unique connection. His...
‘Going Clear:’ Delving into the Secret World of Scientology
Several months before it was scheduled to be seen on premium cable by a large national audience, the Church of Scientology took preemptive action against “Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief,” a documentary exposé directed by Alex Gibney which premiered on HBO March 29 after opening theatrically in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco March 13. The feature-length film was an official selection at the 2015...
‘Night Will Fall’ Reveals Untold Stories of Liberated WWII Concentration Camps
It was the movie from 1945 that had barely seen the light of day —until last night. Reels upon reels of raw footage recorded by military and newsreel cinematographers after the liberation of Nazi concentration camps by Allied forces are the basis of “Night Will Fall,” a powerful documentary that HBO ran Monday, on the eve of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the most notorious of the...
All Together Now: It’s a New Family Comedy on HBO
Indie film fans will fondly remember 2011’s “Jeff, Who Lives at Home,” about a 30-year-old slacker played by Jason Segel who lives in his mother’s basement. With millions of people feeling the pinch of a shrunken economy and cutbacks around every corner, the movie resonated on many levels with a core yet small audience. Now its creators, Mark and Jay Duplass have brought that same sort of schlumpy/normcore sensibility to their first...
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