Tag Archives: Death & Dying

The Witness Takes the Stand on PBS

Posted on January 23, 2017 by Judith Trojan

“I was 16 when my sister, Kitty, was murdered in New York City, ” says William Genovese in the gripping, feature-length documentary The Witness. “In an instant she was gone. No one understood me like Kitty.” Following its well-received theatrical release in … Continue reading →

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Nora Ephron Scripted and Unscripted in Everything Is Copy

Posted on March 21, 2016 by Judith Trojan

Sharp-tongued, witty (“writers are predators”) and beloved by notable New York and Washington literati, Nora Ephron is the subject of her eldest son Jacob Bernstein’s touching, smartly filmed and edited profile, Everything Is Copy. The film made its world premiere at the … Continue reading →

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Jim: The James Foley Story Wins at Sundance and Debuts on HBO

Posted on February 6, 2016 by Judith Trojan

In 2014, forty-year-old American photojournalist James “Jim” Foley was executed by ISIS… on-camera, for all the world to see.  Foley had been kidnapped in Syria and tortured for two years in captivity.  His life story movingly unfolds in Jim: The James Foley … Continue reading →

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Critic Roger Ebert Immortalized in Poignant Film Bio

Posted on July 25, 2014 by Judith Trojan

The biggest surprise about Steve James‘ touching documentary chronicling the legacy and final days of film critic Roger Ebert is Ebert himself. While it’s always been clear that Ebert was mad about the movies, the general public really never knew the extent to which … Continue reading →

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