Pina: Criterion Collection
February 14, 2013
More than 20 years in the making, Pina (2011) was originally conceived by filmmaker Wim Wenders as a documentary about famous choreographer and dancer Pina Bausch. However, he couldn’t figure out how to translate the artistry and elegance of the performers...
Gray’s Anatomy: Criterion Collection
June 26, 2012
Gray’s Anatomy (1997) chronicles storyteller Spalding Gray’s search for the perfect cure for an eye problem. In keeping with his habit of performing one-man shows, this one is the similar only given cinematic flourishes by director Steven Soderbergh....
Janeane Garofalo: If You Will – Live in Seattle
September 20, 2010
For a good part of the 1990s, Janeane Garofalo was the alt. “it” girl – the cynical, sarcastic variation on the Manic Pixie Dream Girl. She first appeared on the popular culture radar with a regular stint on short-lived television comedy skit program...
Michael Jackson’s This Is It
February 19, 2010
It’s something of an understatement to say that I’m a big Michael Jackson fan. I don’t just have all of his albums, I have most of the singles – and many of them on 12” vinyl promo. I have an original full set of early 80s Michael Jackson dolls,...
Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker
July 7, 2009
With the events of the last couple of weeks it seems the world has once again fallen in love with Michael Jackson. It’s just a shame that it took something so drastic for this to happen, but often genius isn’t always recognised until someone passes...
Russell Brand in New York
May 21, 2009
Russell Brand is a famous British comedian but he has yet to break big in North America and it’s certainly not for a lack of trying. He had a memorable supporting role in Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008) and an infamous hosting gig for the 2008 MTV...
Rob & Big: Complete Seasons 1 & 2
January 16, 2008
Rob and Big is a reality show that tweaks The Odd Couple set-up with pro-skate boarder Rob Dyrdek, a scrawny white guy, and his best friend and bodyguard Christopher “Big Black” Boykin, a 300+lb black man, who share a house in the Hollywood Hills....
Inside the Actors Studio: Johnny Depp
December 18, 2007
Johnny Depp has always seemed like a character actor trapped in a leading man’s body. He was initially cast as a teen heart throb in the popular television show, 21 Jump Street – a role he grew uncomfortable with because he saw himself being transformed...
Inside the Actors Studio: Leading Men
October 25, 2007
The latest collection of Inside the Actors Studio DVDs feature several acting legends from three consecutive decades: from the 1970s, Robert De Niro and Al Pacino, from the 1980s, Sean Penn, and from the 1990s, Russell Crowe. The number of Academy Awards...
Inside the Actors Studio: Icons
December 11, 2006
Since 1994, Bravo has aired Inside the Actors Studio, a program that explores, in depth, the art of acting and directing. The Actors Studio was created in 1947 based on the acting principles of Constantin Stanislavski and guided by its leader Lee Strasberg...
