DVD Verdict: Performance

Richard Pryor: No Pryor Restraint

2013-06-11

Reviewed by Alice Nelson
Quote: "Richard Pryor managed to take serious issues and make them funny, not by disregarding their importance, but by giving them a real life feel and showing us we can look back at our most epic failures and laugh. More importantly, he showed us we need to laugh in order to move on."

Erroll Garner: No One Can Hear You Read

2013-06-01

Reviewed by Dawn Hunt
Quote: "The story of an unsung hero of jazz, one who broke the color barrier and left an indelible mark on the musical landscape."

Jim Jefferies: Fully Functional

2013-06-01

Reviewed by Dawn Hunt
Quote: "The other issue is the sheer amount of time it takes him to get to the punchline. For a show with less than an hour of material, Jim Jefferies: Fully Functional feels a lot longer."

Barrymore (Blu-ray)

2013-05-30

Reviewed by Bill Gibron
Quote: "Plummer is perfection, even when the material announces its flaws."

Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy

2013-05-18

Reviewed by P.S. Colbert
Quote: "A wonderful counter-balance to the historical view of twentieth century Jews, primarily as victims of the Holocaust, and country club restrictions."

Swimming to Cambodia

2013-05-14

Reviewed by Clark Douglas
Quote: "It's classic Gray through and through: the unusual conversations with talkative strangers, the quiet philosophical moments, the thunderous bursts of drama, the self-deprecating wit -- all of it immensely compelling."

Wagner & Me

2013-05-11

Reviewed by P.S. Colbert
Quote: "My limited appreciation of Wagner & Me was more than compensated for by my immense enjoyment of it."

Craig Shoemaker: Daditude

2013-05-05

Reviewed by Dawn Hunt
Quote: "Just because he's not my type of funny doesn't mean he isn't yours."

Love for Levon: A Benefit to Save the Barn

2013-04-09

Reviewed by Bill Gibron
Quote: "A movie made up of a handful of terrific puzzle pieces, even if those pieces don't all come together."

Rammstein: Videos (1995-2012)

2013-04-09

Reviewed by Brett Cullum
Quote: "They are one band that a video retrospective helps to do justice."