As if filmgoers stopped watching DVDs and Blu-rays altogether around the Fourth of July, distributors tend to be a little lighter in early-to-mid July with their number and caliber of releases—though quality documentaries certainly prevail. However, if there's one trend vamping through the first three weeks of notable discs this month, it's wild women! From Rick Springfield's rabid fanbase of shrieking cougars to neo-Nazi teen girls, nymphomaniac trannies, nefarious lesbian prank callers, and Harmony Korine's bad bevy of bikini babes, let these ladies have their way with you... "DVD is the New Vinyl" is presented by Video Free Brooklyn, three-time "Best Video Store in NYC." For more info, please visit the Vfb website. Best Of July, Part One: "An Affair of the Heart" 2012, dir. Sylvia Caminer (Breaking Glass Films, available on Bd, DVD) There's practically a caveat built into one's enjoyment of this warmly entertaining, unexpectedly funny doc.
- 7/24/2013
- by Aaron Hillis
- The Playlist
Tonight on the Epix satellite channel, a new rock documentary called "An Affair of the Heart" airs. It charts both the professional life of "Jessie's Girl" singer Rick Springfield, as well as the fans whose lives he has legitimately touched. It's an impeccably crafted and well-told documentary, which combines riveting drama from both on and off the stage, and will give you a greater appreciation of the guy whose song you sing along to every time it comes on your car radio. We spoke to Springfield about his early collaborations with David Fincher, why he's such a fan of Stanley Kubrick, and his response to the outpouring of appreciation leveled at him this year (he also appears in Dave Grohl's great "Sound City" doc). The first thing I wanted to ask you about is something that I came across on YouTube not too long ago, which is the "Bop...
- 5/15/2013
- by Drew Taylor
- The Playlist
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