Tag Archives: documentary film

Artie Shaw: Time is all you’ve got, directed by Brigitte Berman, 1985.

Posted on January 14, 2024 by Patricia Markert

seen at the Film Forum, in a remastered version The movie begins with this quote from Emily Dickinson: How dreary – to be – Somebody!How public – like a Frog – To tell one’s name – the livelong June – To an … Continue reading →

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Leaning into the Wind: Andy Goldsworthy. Directed by Thomas Riedelsheimer. 2017.

Posted on March 28, 2018 by Patricia Markert

To watch Goldsworthy on screen you must be patient, and enter his mindset of looking deeply at the earth, its stones, fallen trees, rivers.  The colors of the leaves and flowers are his palette, his media.  He carefully harvests them, … Continue reading →

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In Jackson Heights (Dir. Frederick Wiseman) 2015.

Posted on November 27, 2015 by Patricia Markert

This portrait of a community in Queens, New York prominently features its City Council representative Danny Dromm.  The film opens with his commemoration of the Julio Rivera annual march in honor of a gay man killed twenty five years ago because of his … Continue reading →

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