Waiting Around To Screen

Posted on January 4th, 2006 in Movies, Weekly by IE E-Mail This Post/Page Print This Post/Page


Townes Van Zandt: Be Here To Love Me
Palm Pictures

Margaret Brown’s sympathetic tale of “legendary” singer-songwriter Townes Van Zandt plots a line between family and art, arguing Van Zandt’s ambivalence toward both led to his premature death at 52. Utlizing family movies, live footage, and interviews with Willie Nelson, Steve Earle, Guy Clark, and Van Zandt, Be Here To Love Me still only manages to scratch the surface of a troubled, troubled man.
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Walkin’, yes indeed

Posted on November 23rd, 2005 in Movies, Weekly by IE E-Mail This Post/Page Print This Post/Page

Walk The Line
20th Century Fox
Starring Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon


Conventional wisdom tells us Walk The Line is the white Ray, an attempt to lionize a lost icon plagued by fame.
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