When Banker White’s mother was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease, he did something unexpected: He decided to make a movie about it. Along with his co-director and now-wife Anna Fitch, he observed and...

As a newcomer to any profession, standing shoulder to shoulder with the masters of your chosen field can be awe-inspiring. But when Hollywood’s proverbial red carpet is rolled out for your first full-feature debut,...

In the 21st century’s instantaneous world of social networks, fads can come and go within a single afternoon. The same applies to celebrity; no matter what your claim to fame, no one is...

Without the inevitable march through banality and absurdity, life’s most valuable moments wouldn’t make much sense. Nor would they be as easy to savor. Elementary school swim meets and childhood songs about...

For its third-annual Brooklyn Artists Ball, which took place last Wednesday, The Brooklyn Museum procured a decidedly self-referential theme to celebrate the influence and creativity of Brooklyn artists, who in the...

Warning: do not read this review close to bedtime. If you do, it may be difficult to sleep soundly. Yet disheartening as it is, it is nowhere near as heartbreaking as the subject matter of Sean Dunne’s feature...

We start with a typically small town high school in Kingston, PA, with a typically rowdy student body roaming the hallowed halls. A typically proper 45-year-old English teacher is seen locking up her classroom for...

It was 1961. And the world was about to be spun wildly forward on its axis, not by the iron fists of Cold War strategists but by the nimble typing fingers and congeniality of one Freda Kelly.

The concept of the “teenager” is well-defined in the present day, those pivotal years between childhood and adulthood often associated with angst and rebellion. However, as the documentary Teenage convincingly...

In 1951, the American poet Elizabeth Bishop made a trip to Brazil at a college friend’s invitation. As fate would have it, that same friend was living “discreetly” with the architect Lota de Macedo Soares, best...