The Eagles, Crosby, Stills and Nash, Linda Ronstadt, and others appear in the new trailer for Laurel Canyon, a docuseries airing in two parts on Epix, May 31st and June 7th at 9 p.m. ET. Directed by Allison Ellwood — who recently worked on The Go-Go’s and the 2013 critically …
Read More »Sting, Sarah Silverman, Nick Offerman Talk Psychedelics in 'Have a Good Trip' Trailer
Sting, Sarah Silverman, Nick Offerman and more appear in the trailer for Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics, out May 11th on Netflix. The film explores the history of psychedelics — its pros and cons and cultural impact — while pondering its possibilities for treating depression and addiction. “I …
Read More »How the U.S. Made it a Crime to Have Mental Illness
Dr. Ken Rosenberg became a psychiatrist because of Merle, his late older sister who suffered from schizophrenia. But did the documentarian and Cornell Weill Medical College doctor set out to tell Merle’s story in Philadelphia when he began shooting Bedlam, his new documentary on the troubled American mental-health system, nearly …
Read More »'Hail Satan?' Review: In the Dark Lord (and Religious Freedom) We Trust
The question mark may throw you at first: Wait, so are you asking us if we pledge fealty to the Prince of Darkness, or …. But as filmmaker Penny Lane’s documentary on the Satanic Temple makes clear early on, the innate sense of inquiry in the title is indeed there …
Read More »The Go-Go's Documentary Heads to Showtime
Showtime announced Saturday that the network had acquired a feature documentary about The Go-Go’s.The film will premiere late this year. The Alison Ellwood-directed film features “full access” to the band, along with “candid interviews and archival footage to tell the real story of their meteoric rise to fame and the …
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