Artie Shaw: Time Is All We’ve Got Brigitte Berman’s Oscar-winning documentary about the charismatic clarinetist and bandleader Artie Shaw is an intoxicating deep dive. A self-proclaimed “very difficult man,” Shaw wanted to be a writer, was married eight times, and often tried to circumnavigate the inanities of his profession. Berman's doc captures the self-taught virtuoso and polymath in all his genius and complexity with an all-star roster of interviewees, including jazz luminaries Mel Tormé and Buddy Rich.
There's worldclass tango, there's lambs, there's a comic expo, there's music and music documentaries. The week of April 22-28 is jam-packed with cultural events in the Hudson Valley.
Cinema Chat: Gershwin hits the Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor plus new movies opening downtown wemu.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wemu.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Cinema Chat: Argylle opens at the multiplex, and Origin and The Promised Land debut in Ann Arbor wemu.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wemu.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
TORONTO Some important film releases about music celebrities premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, and they all have a connection to progressive struggle.