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Artie Shaw: Time Is All We’ve Got Brigitte Berman’s Oscar-winning documentary about the charismatic clarinetist and bandleader Artie Shaw is an intoxicating deep dive. A self-proclaimed “very difficult man,” Shaw wanted to be a writer, was married eight times, and often tried to circumnavigate the inanities of his profession. Berman's doc captures the self-taught virtuoso and polymath in all his genius and complexity with an all-star roster of interviewees, including ...

There's worldclass tango, there's lambs, there's a comic expo, there's music and music documentaries. The week of April 22-28 is jam-packed with cultural events in the Hudson Valley.

TORONTO—Some important film releases about music celebrities premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, and they all have a connection to progressive struggle.

“Artie Shaw: Time Is All You’ve Got,” a documentary, was embroiled in lawsuits for years. It will be shown at the Film Forum this weekend.

The documentarian Brigitte Berman has made two spectacular pictures about American jazz pioneers. The first, “Bix: ‘Ain’t None of Them Play Like Him Yet’”…

Pretty early into ‘Time Is All You’ve Got,’ we get an idea that Shaw was one nut that wouldn’t crack. Was he eloquent? Absolutely. He was also terse,…

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Something You Said Last Night feels like another home movie, where the audience happens to catch a glimpse of an unremarkable holiday in a remarkable feat of moving images

As the upcoming nature walks demonstrate, Queens is getting warmer and the days are getting longer. Enjoy the Great Outdoors or stay in climate-controlled spots for romantic French music, Indian dance, Irish humor, Haitian percussion, and a bilingual sing-along. March 17, French Songs Made Famous by Women, 7 pm. Gabriele Tranchina is a Parisian chanteuse

If you feel the air getting warmer, that means the movies are warming up, too. WEMU's David Fair and Michigan Theater executive director Russ Collins get together to chat all about this weekend's cinematic offerings.