May 2009 :: Screen Reviews

Screen Reviews

Kraftwerk and the Electronic Revolution

Three-hour documentary on DVD about the German electronic music band, their influences, contemporaries, and followers. Sean Slone gets lost on the Trans-Europe Express.

Operation: Filmmaker

Everything is illuminated in Nina Davenport's inside peek at the nutty world of Hollywood filmmaking.

Awake, My Soul: The Story of the Sacred Harp

Matthew Moyer basks in the ramshackle glory of Sacred Harp singing, the oldest, and perhaps most punk, American religious music. This new documentary explains it all.

Dust off the Captain's log. After a big-screen hiatus, the Enterprise is back -- and bold as ever. Steve Stav carefully navigates the spoiler minefield in his review of J.J. Abrams' reverential re-boot of the Star Trek saga.