What Happened, Miss Simone? WHAT HAPPENED MISS SIMONE? (2016) Featuring Lisa Simone Kelly, Roger Nupie, Al Shackman, George Wein, Stanley...

Steve Earle – WXPN XPoNential Music Festival – Wiggins Waterfront Park & Marina – Camden, NJ – July 23, 2016 – Photo by Chris Sikich ©...

Tommy Chong Tommy Chong Getting America Stoned Again by Jay S. Jacobs The year is 2016.  The world is changing in ways that people could...

Viktoria VIKTORIA (2014) Starring Irmena Chichikova, Daria Vitkova, Kalina Vitkova, Mariana Krumova, Georgi Spasov, Katerina Angelova and...

FIRST IMPRESSIONS — Season:1 — Pictured: (l-r) Freddie Prinze Jr, Dana Carvey — (Photo by: Joseph Viles/USA Network) Dana Carvey and...

Rabin In His Own Words RABIN IN HIS OWN WORDS (2015) Featuring archival footage of Yitzhak Rabin, Leah Rabin, Shimon Peres, Menachem...

Elvis & Nixon ELVIS & NIXON (2016) Starring Michael Shannon, Kevin Spacey, Alex Pettyfer, Johnny Knoxville, Colin Hanks, Evan Peters, Sky Ferreira, Tracy Letts, Tate Donovan, Ashley Benson, Dylan Penn, Ritchie Montgomery, Danny McCarthy, Ian Hoch and Jeff Caperton. Screenplay by Joey Sagal & Hanala Sagal and Cary Elwes. Directed by Liza Johnson. Distributed by Bleecker Street.  86 minutes.  Rated R. The most requested photograph in the National Archives turns out to be one of

Michael Shannon, Liza Johnson and Kevin Spacey at the New York Press Conference for “Elvis & Nixon” at the Conrad New York April 18,...

Shearwater – The Crocodile – Seattle, WA – March 25, 2016 – Photo by Chris Sikich © 2016 Shearwater & Cross Record – The Crocodile – Seattle, WA – March 25, 2016 A trip to Seattle last week afforded me the ability to check out a venue I have always wanted to visit (The Crocodile) and one of my favorite bands who I have missed live for various reasons for a number of years (Shearwater). Last Friday this convergence was quite a spectacle, as a sold out crowd drank in Shearwater

Patty Griffin, Sara Watkins and Anais Mitchell – Jorgensen Auditorium – UCONN – Storrs, Connecticut – March 5, 2016 – Photo by Chris...

Race RACE (2015) Starring Stephan James, Jason Sudeikis, Eli Goree, Shanice Banton, Carice van Houten, Jeremy Irons, William Hurt,...

Where to Invade Next WHERE TO INVADE NEXT (2016) Featuring Michael Moore, Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, Krista Kiuru, Tim Walker. Amel Smaoui,...

Truth TRUTH (2015) Starring Cate Blanchett, Robert Redford, Topher Grace, Dennis Quaid, Elisabeth Moss, Bruce Greenwood, Stacy Keach, John Benjamin Hickey, Dermot Mulroney, Noni Hazlehurst, Philip Quast, David Lyons, Rachael Blake, Andrew McFarlane, Natalie Saleeba, Connor Burke and Chris Mulkey. Screenplay by James Vanderbilt. Directed by James Vanderbilt. Distributed by Sony Pictures Classics.  121 minutes.  Rated R. Once upon a time, 60 Minutes was considered the grande da

Mustang MUSTANG (2015) Starring Gunes Nezihe Sensoy, Doga Zeynep Doguslu, Tugba Sunguroglu, Elit Iscan, Ilayda Akdogan, Nihal Koldas,...

The Big Short THE BIG SHORT (2015) Starring Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Christian Bale, Brad Pitt, Marisa Tomei, Hamish Linklater, Rafe Spall, Jeremy Strong, Adepero Oduye, Karen Gillan, Max Greenfield, Billy Magnussen, Melissa Leo, John Magaro, Finn Wittrock, Byron Mann, Margot Robbie, Anthony Bourdain, Richard Thaler and Selena Gomez. Screenplay by Charles Randolph and Adam McKay. Directed by Adam McKay. Distributed by Paramount Pictures.  130 minutes.  Rated R. Forget abou

Bruce Dern, Michael Madsen, Tim Roth, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Quentin Tarantino, Walton Goggins and Demian Bichir at the New...

Jill Hennessy – World Café Live – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – December 2, 2015 – Photo by Jim Rinaldi © 2015. Jill Hennessy A Little Bit...

Trans-Siberian Orchestra Trans-Siberian Orchestra Delivering the Letters From the Labyrinth by Jay S. Jacobs Progressive rock and...

The Black Panthers: Vanguard of Revolution THE BLACK PANTHERS – VANGUARD OF THE REVOLUTION (2015) Featuring Kathleen Cleaver, Jamal...

Sam de Jong Sam de Jong  Dutch Film Director Crowns a Prince by Brad Balfour English-language movies documenting society’s underbelly...