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With a tightly wound blond perm, a smoker’s pipe and a voice that registers just north of a whisper, Carl Nargle is one of the biggest draws on Burlington, Vermont public television. Broadcasting daily from 3 to 4 p.m., Carl … Continue reading PAINT
Albert Speer was Adolph Hitler’s ally and chief architect, but unlike Hermann Göring and Alfred Jodi, he was not sentenced to death at the Nuremberg trials. His excuse: He did not know about the crimes being committed—though he had no … Continue reading SPEER GOES TO HOLLYWOOD
Wanting for my happily-ever-after, I lowered my defenses, forgetting the first lesson I was taught: That I was brought into this world to be abandoned; that I am irrevocably alone. —Mary Shelley It’s been 200 years since the publication of Frankenstein; … Continue reading MARY SHELLEY
When it came to jazz, Dexter Gordon and Ben Webster were giants among men. Both were tenor saxophonists—Gordon helped adapt the instrument for bebop music, Webster specialized in swing—and both had played with the greats and inspired those to follow. … Continue reading COOL CATS
Eveleth, Minnesota, is home to fewer than 5,000 residents and the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame. Up here, hockey is a way of life—specifically, high school hockey with the Eveleth Golden Bears. The Golden Bears used to be a juggernaut, … Continue reading HOCKEYLAND
Ninety percent of the eastern Borneo rain forest has been sold off and destroyed, but who has profited? That is the question The Borneo Case seeks to answer, and this globetrotting documentary will travel from Montreal to London to Rio de Janeiro … Continue reading THE BORNEO CASE
If necessity is the mother of invention, then Inez de la Paz needs to invent a new life for herself and her little boy. Terry is 6 years old and drowning in the New York foster care system. Inez doesn’t … Continue reading A THOUSAND AND ONE
This half-documentary, half-narrative is constructed entirely from closed-circuit cameras—dash cams, security footage, red-light cameras, etc.—uploaded to a cloud service in 2013 and made available for anyone with time on their hands. But director Xu Bing doesn’t simply rely on observation; he … Continue reading DRAGONFLY EYES (蜻蜓之眼)
You can’t live your life in lovelessness,” the ex-wife tells her new boyfriend. We agree. That’s certainly true. But we also know there is a touch more excuse in her rationale than reason. Like the Joneses down the street, she … Continue reading LOVELESS (Нелюбовь)
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