Matt Wolf’s lovingly orchestrated “Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell” memorializes the life of a little-known Iowa-born musician who was transformed in the Manhattan of the 1970s and 1980s. Far from hagiography, Wolf captures the oddity of a musical genius who fit right into the big city: “He had to be the funkiest white boy I’ve ever met,” one figure says approvingly; admiring admirer Alan Ginsburg burbled he made “Buddhist bubblegum.” Everyone agreed: a fascinating man made lasting, strange music that still holds power. 70m. (Ray Pride)
Heart: A Review of Soul The real world is soulful, too, in Pixar's bountiful life of the mind.
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 of Darkness: A Review of The Batman The three-hour film noir unfolds briskly, an intensive study in the pervasive interplay of power, money and corruption in what seems like perpetual rainy night.
A Drag Getting Old: A Review Of Indiana Jones 5 In the protracted opening couple of reels, a very young, computer-crafted Harrison Ford plays a younger cultural marauder who first encounters the dull MacGuffin of the title.
