HAVA NAGILA (THE MOVIE)
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  Year Released: 2013 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 73 minutes |
Many Americans came to learn the song through Harry Belafonte, who included it in his 1950s concert engagements as part of his global folk music presentations…
Posted on February 26, 2013 by Phil Hall
DREAMBODY/EARTHBODY
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Year Released: 2013 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 80 minutes |
The production deserves admiration for its bold premise and the filmmaker’s willingness to pursue his distinctive ideas…
Posted on February 25, 2013 by Phil Hall
THE BOOTLEG FILES: LAUREL AND HARDY
Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the wild world of memorable films and TV productions that can be found in unauthorized presentations. This week, Phil digs up another fine animated mess…
Posted on February 22, 2013 by Phil Hall
MICHAEL G. ANKERICH: THE LOST WORLD OF MAE MURRAY
Film Threat’s Phil Hall interviews film historian Michael G. Ankerich about his new book concerning the rise and fall of long-forgotten silent movie icon Mae Murray…
Posted on February 20, 2013 by Phil Hall
55 SOCKS
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  Year Released: 2013 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 8.5 minutes |
“55 Socks” encompasses the most harrowing vices and the most invigorating virtues of the human spirit…
Posted on February 16, 2013 by Phil Hall
FOLLOW ME: THE YONI NETANYAHU STORY (DVD)
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Year Released: 2013 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 87 minutes |
Jonathan Gruber and Ari Daniel Pinchot’s documentary provides a glowing tribute to Netanyahu, whose death at the age of 30 robbed the world of a complex force of energy…
Posted on February 15, 2013 by Phil Hall
THE BOOTLEG FILES: THE HORN BLOWS AT MIDNIGHT
Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the wild world of memorable films and TV productions that can be found in unauthorized presentations. This week, Phil recalls a Jack Benny punch line…
Posted on February 15, 2013 by Phil Hall
DAVID LUHRSSEN: IN PRAISE OF ROUBEN MAMOULIAN
David Luhrssen’s new book, “Mamoulian: Life on Stage and Screen,” provides an in-depth consideration of director Rouben Mamoulian’s remarkable contributions to stage and screen…
Posted on February 11, 2013 by Phil Hall
THE BOOTLEG FILES: THE INVADER
Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the wild world of memorable films and TV productions that can be found in unauthorized presentations. This week, Phil does not laugh with Buster Keaton…
Posted on February 8, 2013 by Phil Hall
DIANA VREELAND: THE EYE HAS TO TRAVEL (DVD)
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  Year Released: 2013 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 86 minutes |
Ultimately, the celebrated tastemaker emerges as someone who was all style and no substance…
Posted on February 7, 2013 by Phil Hall
THE BOOTLEG FILES: ALEXANDER: THE OTHER SIDE OF DAWN
Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the wild world of memorable films and TV productions that can be found in unauthorized presentations. This week, Phil picks up a sensitive Okie farm boy on the Sunset Strip…
Posted on February 1, 2013 by Phil Hall
THE BOOTLEG FILES: THE GLASS MENAGERIE
Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the wild world of memorable films and TV productions that can be found in unauthorized presentations. This week, Phil digs up a half-forgotten Tennessee Williams film adaptation…
Posted on January 25, 2013 by Phil Hall
THE BOOTLEG FILES: THE UFO INCIDENT
Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the wild world of memorable films and TV productions that can be found in unauthorized presentations. This week, Phil goes inside a New Hampshire spaceship…
Posted on January 18, 2013 by Phil Hall
ESCAPE FIRE: THE FIGHT TO RESCUE AMERICAN HEALTHCARE
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Year Released: 2013 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 99 minutes |
If you thought that last year’s Supreme Court 5-4 ruling that affirmed Obamacare was the last word on the subject of American healthcare, then you will be in for a surprise with Matthew Heineman and Susan Froemke’s documentary…
Posted on January 16, 2013 by Phil Hall
OUT ON A LIMB
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  Year Released: 2013 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 61 minutes |
Daria Price’s documentary offers an invigorating view of the significant advances being made in the design and manufacture of prosthetic limbs…
Posted on January 15, 2013 by Phil Hall
