Category Archives: Music

Sinatra Centennial Celebrated with Repeat Broadcast on HBO

Posted on December 12, 2015 by Judith Trojan

December 12, 2015 marks the centennial of Frank Sinatra’s birth. You’ll have an opportunity to celebrate the man and his music if you catch the encore presentation of Alex Gibney’s Emmy®-nominated documentary, Sinatra: All or Nothing at All, airing on HBO today, Saturday, December 12, … Continue reading →

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Springsteen Debuts The Ties That Bind on HBO

Posted on November 27, 2015 by Judith Trojan

If you’ve had your fill of turkey, touchdowns and tackling bargains at Target, and you’re a Bruce Springsteen fan, you won’t want to miss the HBO debut of The Ties that Bind tonight, Friday, November 27, 2015 (9:00 – 10:00 p.m.).  Check listings … Continue reading →

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Liz Swados Takes the High Road in My Depression on HBO

Posted on July 13, 2015 by Judith Trojan

Born in 1951, Elizabeth Swados was a wunderkind, given the range of talents she enjoyed to great success while still in her twenties: composer, performer, music conductor, writer, illustrator. Then regarded as avant-garde, her creative spirit proved to be as natural as life … Continue reading →

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Queen Latifah Is Red Hot as Bessie Smith on HBO

Posted on May 16, 2015 by Judith Trojan

“I’m looking forward to people finding out who Bessie Smith is, if they don’t know about her already.”–Queen Latifah. You may come to HBO’s latest bio-pic, Bessie, knowing little or nothing about blues singer Bessie Smith (1894-1937).  But by the end of … Continue reading →

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Scientology and Sinatra: All or Nothing at All on HBO

Posted on April 5, 2015 by Judith Trojan

Director Alex Gibney is on a roll. The Oscar and Emmy Award winner’s latest two documentaries landed prestigious back-to-back premiere time slots on HBO, and deservedly so. I’m still shaken by Gibney’s riveting exposé, Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of … Continue reading →

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Finding Vivian Maier and 20 Feet from Stardom

Posted on April 4, 2014 by Judith Trojan

Coincidentally, two of the best documentaries I’ve seen lately focus on women who spent a good part, if not all, of their creative lives hiding in plain sight. Director Morgan Neville’s 20 Feet from Stardom capped a year of accolades with a … Continue reading →

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