RECOMMENDED Jeremy Stulberg and Randy Stulberg’s doc, “Off The Grid: Life on the Mesa,” is a gratifying glimpse of Utopia-pocalyptic Wild West frontier idealism at its finest among the denizens of “the largest free-range insane asylum in America.” Sample this: “We don’t dial 911… We dial .357.” Eco-pioneers or lunatics, there’s a mix in the fringe-dwellers of this New Mexico community of escapees from the larger world we call civilized. Thrilling and chilling and beautifully shot, “Off the Grid” succeeds more in capturing the eloquent voices of its subjects. 70m. BetaSP. (Ray Pride)
Chicago Salvation: Life, Movies And Uptown's Hurricane Billy A maker of hard-to categorize films, William Friedkin forged a career in his own way, fueled by arrogance, boastfulness, bravado, confidence, self-assurance and moral questioning, a Chicago working-class autodidact who grew up poor in Uptown.
Seeing The Elephant: A Review Of Babylon The boisterous, brawling yet melancholy "Babylon," is a variation on film history, but more drawing for drama. It's gaudy and mean, celebratory and sorrowful.
Heart: A Review of Soul The real world is soulful, too, in Pixar's bountiful life of the mind.
