Unrated | 1h 53min | Drama, Comedy | 1936 Trustful giving is at the center of Frank Capra’s classic “Mr. Deeds Goes to Town.” It’s about how trust in our goodness and the goodness of others can unleash tremendous good. It’s also about how a lack of this same trust can hold us back. Mr….
Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘Mr. Deeds Goes to Town’: Frank Capra’s ‘If I Were a Rich Man’
Film Review: ‘Say Hey, Willie Mays!’: A Decent Bio Doc of MLB’s GOAT
NR | 1h 38min | Documentary, Biography, Sports | 8 November 2022 (USA) It is pointed out early on and often in the new HBO documentary “Say Hey, Willie Mays!” (SHWM) that the titular subject set and broke many Major League Baseball records, but currently only retains three (most games played as a center fielder, most putouts by an outfielder, and…
Film Review: ‘Good Night Oppy’: Not Quite the Real Thing
PG | 1h 45min | Documentary, History, Science, Technology | 4 November 2022 (USA) For a movie so deeply steeped and rooted in science and adventure, the new Amazon documentary “Good Night Oppy” (GNO) is in relatively short supply of both. Unlike the sublime, just-the-facts masterpiece “Apollo 11” (2019) or the criminally underrated, bare-bones sci-fi mood piece “Moon” (2009), “GNO” is…
Champion of Liberty: Isabel Paterson
In November of 1912, aviator Harry Bingham Brown set out to break the American record for altitude in an airplane. Hearing that Brown wanted a woman to fly with him, 26-year-old Isabel Paterson volunteered. Off the pair went, climbing higher and higher into the skies above New York’s Staten Island and then over the ocean,…
The Call of the Entrepreneur | Documentary
November 8, 2022
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This film is only available in the United States because of territorial licensing. A merchant banker. A failing dairy farmer. A refugee from communist China. One risked his savings. One risked his farm. One risked his life. * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List“. – Feature Films:…
Feature Film ‘Silver Screen Dreams’ Premieres in Australia
November 7, 2022
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Silver Screen Dreams, the latest feature-length art film by New Century Films, premiered in Sydney on Nov. 6. Paul Fletcher MP, Shadow Minister for Science, Arts, Government Services, and the Digital Economy, met with the production team before the premiere, thanking them for coming to Australia and saying that the film illustrates a “timeless, universal message”…
Film Review: ‘Weird: The Al Yankovic Story’: A Satirical, Silly, Superb Skewering of Celebrity Bio Pics
November 7, 2022
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TV-14 | 1h 47min | Comedy, Satire, Parody, Biography | 4 November 2022 (USA) Arriving in tandem with the advent of MTV, “Weird Al” Yankovic was a custom glove-fit for the burgeoning audio-visual music revolution, yet he was unlike anyone else making music or videos at the time. Accompanying himself on accordion with a traditional guitar-bass-drums backing band, Yankovic’s stock-in-trade was…
The Genius of Glenn Gould’s ‘Goldberg Variations’
From the first notes you hear of any performance of J.S. Bach’s “Goldberg Variations,” it is impossible not to think of Glenn Gould’s interpretations. No one could have predicted that his two recordings of Bach’s notoriously difficult work, almost 30 years apart, would not only make him internationally famous, but also change the scope of…
The Father of Gothic Architecture
November 7, 2022
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On June 11, 1144, King Louis VII of France and Queen Eleanor led dozens of bishops and abbots in procession to the newly renovated church of the ancient Abbey of St. Denis. Their numbers were dwarfed by hundreds of clergymen and monks—and a much vaster congregation. After three years of construction, the church was ready for…
Hunger in America | Documentary
November 7, 2022
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In America today, one in six people, including hard-working men and women and suburban families, are struggling with hunger. It’s not just the homeless. It’s the single mom, grandparents raising babies, the elderly, the infirm. This is their story. * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List.” –…
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