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
A shoe is just a shoe. Until someone steps into it. That’s Nike’s mantra, repeated by the man who designs the shoes, the man who markets the shoes, and the man who is on the cusp of revolutionizing them. A … Continue reading AIR
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
Boston was in a panic. Thirteen women were murdered from June 1962 to January 1964. All were in their homes; all were alone. There was no evidence of forced entry, and though the cabinets and dressers were ransacked, police couldn’t … Continue reading THE BOSTON STRANGLER
The child has no parents, no siblings, no relatives to speak of. He’s 11 years old, and what happened before the movie starts is of little concern. Ditto for what happens after the credits roll. If that makes The Runner … Continue reading THE RUNNER (دونده)
When money talks, who speaks the truth? That’s one of the guiding questions behind All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, the Oscar-nominated documentary by Laura Poitras. But the driving force is Nan Goldin, a celebrated queer photographer and founding member … Continue reading ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED
Adonis Creed (Michael B. Jordan) may have started at the bottom, but now he’s found the top. With no more mountains to climb, the 30-something heavyweight boxing champ retires to spend time with wife Bianca (Tessa Thompson) and daughter Amara … Continue reading CREED III
Jack Tuller is terminal. It’s a brain tumor that’ll do it, one he’s had since the early 1990s. Back then, the doctors gave Jack six months to live. But after a successful surgery removed a good chunk of the tumor, … Continue reading JACK HAS A PLAN
Change your mind. For once in your life, change your mind. Those are the words Fen hurls at Thomas Dunson, a hardheaded man with money on his mind. Fourteen years later, another woman will say something similar to Dunson, only this … Continue reading RED RIVER
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