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‘Moonage Daydream’ Review: Brett Morgen Beams You To Planet David Bowie In A Musical Space Extravaganza [Cannes]

May 24, 2022 9:39 am

The great majority of us could only aspire, before “Moonage Daydream,” to step into the mind of David Bowie — the persona, the artist, the entity not yet proven terrestrial. Eclectic, unashamedly maximalist, a...

‘Moonage Daydream’ Trailer: Brett Morgen Illuminates The Life & Art of David Bowie In New Cannes Doc

Molly Cottee Tantum

May 23, 2022 6:55 am

News, Trailers

There aren’t many artists that can traverse generations as David Bowie did. The artist continued to make music until the day he died back in 2016. His final album, Blackstar, was released to coincide with his ...

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The 14 Best Movies To Buy Or Stream This Week: ‘Nomadland,’ ‘Judas & The Black Messiah,’ ‘I Care A Lot’ & More

Jason Bailey

February 23, 2021 1:41 pm

News

Every Tuesday, discriminating viewers are confronted with a flurry of choices: new releases on disc and on-demand, vintage, and original movies on any number of streaming platforms, catalog titles making a spl...

Brett Morgen’s ‘Jane’ Is One Of 2017’s Best Documentaries [Review]

Kimber Myers

October 20, 2017 2:10 pm

News, Reviews

Like director Brett Morgen's "The Kids Stays in the Picture" with Robert Evans and "Cobain: Montage of Heck" with Kurt Cobain, "Jane" is a portrait of a single, singular figure who had an enormous impact on cul...

‘Jane’ Director Brett Morgen Talks Making Every Moment Count With Jane Goodall [Interview]

Jordan Ruimy

October 19, 2017 4:08 pm

Interviews, News

The story of Jane Goodall is well-known. The world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, over the course of a 55-year study of the social and familial interactions of the primates in Gombe, Goodall's fieldwork has ...

‘Jane’ Trailer: Documentary Highlights The Trailblazing Jane Goodall

Kevin Jagernauth

September 22, 2017 5:37 pm

News, Trailers

Documentary filmmaker Brett Morgen has turned his camera on no shortage of fascinating subjects, in films like "The Kid Stays In The Picture," "Chicago 10," and "Cobain: Montage Of Heck." Now, he's profiling a ...

Trailer For Hotly Buzzed Sundance TV Pilot ‘When The Street Lights Go On’ Which Still Needs A Network Home

Kevin Jagernauth

January 31, 2017 11:38 am

News, Television

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We're taking a breather from the Sundance Film Festival, and re-energizing as Berlin looms on the horizon, but looking back at how things went down in Park City, it was a pretty good year. But as always, you si...