Tag Archives: Albert Maysles

Five Film Favorites: Documentaries

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This week’s Five Film Favorites is courtesy of one of our regular readers, film goers and community members, Albert Green. When I recently put out a call for writers for Five Film Favorites — a weekly column conceived, authored and … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Lists | Tagged Albert Maysles, Cane Toads: An Unnatural History, cinema verite, David Maysles, direct cinema, Gimme Shelter, Hands on a Hard Body, Man on Wire, Maysles Brothers, Philippe Petit, Rolling Stones, Sally Mann, What Remains: The Life and Work of Sally Mann | Leave a comment

Five Film Favorites: Rock ‘n’ Roll

Posted on at by F.T. Rea

When considering music films for a favorites list there are so many different kinds of musicals and movies about music that the category begs to be narrowed. Therefore, for this list of five favorites, I’m looking only at rock ‘n’ … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Lists | Tagged Albert Maysles, Beach Boys, Big Brother and the Holding Company, D.A. Pennebaker, David Maysles, Five Film Favorites, Gimme Shelter, Grateful Dead, James Brown, Jefferson Airplane, Jimi Hendrix, Jonathan Demme, Last Waltz, Lesley Gore, Mamas and Papas, Martin Scorsese, Marvin Gaye, Monterey Pop, Otis Redding, Rolling Stones, Simon and Garfunkel, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Steve Binder, Stop Making Sense, Supremes, Talking Heads, The Band, The T.A.M.I. Show, The Who, Tina Turner | 3 Comments

Celia Maysles’ “Wild Blue Yonder” on DVD

Posted on at by James Parrish

As as followup to my September 1 post about the U.S. TV premier of 2010 James River Film Festival guest Celia Maysles’ film Wild Blue Yonder — and in case you missed both the JRFF screening and the TV viewing … Continue reading →

Posted in Documentary, Film, James River Film Festival | Tagged Albert Maysles, Celia Maysles, David Maysles, Gimme Shelter, Grey Gardens, Maysles Brothers, Salesman, Wild Blue Yonder | Leave a comment

2010 James River Film Festival guest Celia Maysles gets U.S. TV premiere for her film “Wild Blue Yonder”

Posted on at by James Parrish

This just in from our friends Henry Corra (a New York City-based filmmaker who grew up in Richmond) and Celia Maysles (a guest during the 17th James River Film Festival, March 19-25, 2010) of Corra Films … WILD BLUE YONDER, a … Continue reading →

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