Lyle Lovett, Bonnie Raitt, Kacey Musgraves and other luminaries perform Prine’s songs in this engaging concert film.
Category: Documentary Films and Programs
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‘The Stringer: The Man Who Took the Photo’ Review: Freelancing Woes
Was a freelance photographer intentionally left out of the famous Vietnam War photo of “Napalm Girl”?
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‘BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions’ Review: An Artist’s Mind-Expanding Collage
In this dazzling essay movie, the director Kahlil Joseph draws on an array of sources — news clips, old movies, family albums, an encyclopedia of ”Africana” — to create a thrilling whole.
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‘Teenage Wasteland’ Review: Young in Age, Mature in Reporting
This documentary looks back at a group of teenagers who, in the early 1990s, created a high school video project that ended up breaking real news.
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‘Queen of Versailles’ to Close as New Broadway Musicals Struggle
The show, starring Kristin Chenoweth, will remain open through the holidays. The announcement comes just two weeks after the musical opened.
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Marilyn Minter Is Camera Ready
The 77-year-old artist has spent her career observing others. Now, with the documentary “Pretty Dirty: The Life and Times of Marilyn Minter,” she becomes the star.
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How ‘The Beatles Anthology’ Got Gen X Hooked on the Fab Four
Young people coming of age in the Fab Four’s shadow rolled their eyes at the band’s boomer bona fides. The “Anthology,” now back after 30 years, changed all that.
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‘Zodiac Killer Project’: Hooked on True Crime
Charlie Shackleton explains how he would have made a film had he won the rights to a book on a murderer. The result is a fascinating look at a whole genre.
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‘Stop the Insanity: Finding Susan Powter’ Review: When Fame Recedes
A documentary tracks the highs and lows of the 1990s fitness guru, now a food delivery driver in Las Vegas.
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‘Cutting Through Rocks’ Review: The Only Way Out
A documentary about Sara Shahverdi, the first woman elected to the council of her village in Iran, is propelled by her no-nonsense resourcefulness.