The man was Bobby Fischer, a notoriously private guy who nonetheless became a global superstar in 1972 for unseating Russia’s Boris Spassky for the world championship in chess, so perhaps it’s not so inappropriate that a documentary about his life begin unfolding to the famous funk groove of Isaac Hayes’ “Shaft.” For a brief time, […]
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Superheroes
Per Michael Barnett’s entertaining documentary, “Superheroes,” a handful of people exist who believe that local police either aren’t doing their job, too corrupt to do their job or can’t do their job to the fullest needs of the neighborhood. These costumed citizens are profiled. Among them are …• Mr. Xtreme, a chubby, slovenly guy who conducts […]
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Superheroes
Per Michael Barnett’s entertaining documentary, “Superheroes,” a handful of people exist who believe that local police either aren’t doing their job, too corrupt to do their job or can’t do their job to the fullest needs of the neighborhood. These costumed citizens are profiled. Among them are …• Mr. Xtreme, a chubby, slovenly guy who conducts […]
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Pearl Jam Twenty
It’s an incredible song, but the chest-beating refrain of “I’m still alive,” speaks as more than just a mere hooky, accessible line that’s easily sung by an arena’s worth of ecstatic fans. It serves as a quip on the grunge band’s post-“Yield” legacy, which is more remarkable for its longevity than the ragged quality of […]
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Pearl Jam Twenty
It’s an incredible song, but the chest-beating refrain of “I’m still alive,” speaks as more than just a mere hooky, accessible line that’s easily sung by an arena’s worth of ecstatic fans. It serves as a quip on the grunge band’s post-“Yield” legacy, which is more remarkable for its longevity than the ragged quality of […]
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The Pig Farm
As the feature-length documentary “The Pig Farm” informs us, his victims may number as many as 49, although he was convicted of a mere six. That’s because he was apparently very good at hiding all evidence of any crime being committed; you can’t convict someone on scads of missing women alone. A grade-school failure who […]
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The Pig Farm
As the feature-length documentary “The Pig Farm” informs us, his victims may number as many as 49, although he was convicted of a mere six. That’s because he was apparently very good at hiding all evidence of any crime being committed; you can’t convict someone on scads of missing women alone. A grade-school failure who […]
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Cave of Forgotten Dreams
It’s your best bet to glimpse the off-limits, 1,300-feet Chauvet caves in Southern France, which Herzog explores with a small group of scientists, primarily to witness its walls’ drawings, more than twice as old as any painting in existence. As Herzog calls it, it’s “one of the greatest discoveries in the history of human culture,” […]
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Cave of Forgotten Dreams
It’s your best bet to glimpse the off-limits, 1,300-feet Chauvet caves in Southern France, which Herzog explores with a small group of scientists, primarily to witness its walls’ drawings, more than twice as old as any painting in existence. As Herzog calls it, it’s “one of the greatest discoveries in the history of human culture,” […]
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We Were Here
Screening Wednesday, Nov. 30, at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, “We Were Here” is spare, somber and unsentimental. It is also thoroughly inspiring. Directors David Weissman and Bill Weber illustrate AIDS’ devastating impact on San Francisco by narrowing the focus to a handful of interview subjects. The interviewees — gay-rights activist Paul Boneberg, florist […]