No spoiler alerts needed. Over the course of two hours, you watch Louis XIV of France, the resplendent, long-reigning Sun King, slip from mild physical distress to the autopsy table. …
‘Tony Conrad: Completely in the Present’ Brings the Experimental Filmmaker/Musician’s Career Into Focus
Tony Conrad is perhaps the most important American artist that you’ve probably never heard of. The new documentary Tony Conrad: Completely in the Present starts establishing that fact right away, …
The Taureg ‘Purple Rain’ Pales Next to the Original
He’s the new kid in town. He’s got music in his soul. His father disapproves, because that ilk never amounts to anything. But there’s this one special girl. And a …
Jim Jarmusch Misses the Unhinged Magic of the Stooges in By-the-Numbers Rock Doc ‘Gimme Danger’
The Stooges made a critical discovery during their first recording session in New York in 1969: The band couldn’t lay down a decent instrumental track if singer Iggy Pop, nee …
Slow Cinema Meets a Slow Boat in Immersive Documentary ‘Dead Slow Ahead’
Things you will see when you watch Dead Slow Ahead: an ocean squall athwart a ship’s bow under a bruised-black sky. The abstract dance of loaders and cranes dumping untold …