Blog posts tagged "documentary"

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De Palma Gets Candid In New Documentary

Oct. 20, 2016 - 7:13 pm
It’s difficult to think of a filmmaker with quite as polarizing a resume as Brian De Palma. Over the course of nearly half a decade, the writer/director has veered wildly back and forth from breathtaking stylistic heights to bafflingly stale lows. In the new documentary, aptly titled De Palma, the...
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'Little Girl Blue' beats a Janis Joplin biopic

Jun. 08, 2016 - 5:15 pm
When Janis Joplin died on Oct. 4, 1970, at the age of 27, she had only been in the public consciousness for three years. As lead singer of Big Brother and the Holding Company, she skyrocketed to fame overnight after a searing performance at the Monterey Pop Festival, in 1967. In the brief space in...
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Janis Joplin, documentary