Bari Biern
13 posts
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Film Review: ‘Hava Nagila’ by Bari Biern
First, take out your No. 2 pencils and answer this question: Where did the traditional Jewish song, “Hava Nagila” originate? (1) Jerusalem (2) Warsaw (3) Miami Okay, it’s a trick question. The real...
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Film Review: ‘The Queen of Versailles’ by Bari Biern
The Queen of Versailles illustrates perfectly the roller-coaster-flying-by-the-seat-of-your-pants aspect of documentary filmmaking. The director straps herself in, points the camera and holds on for...
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SILVERDOCS: ‘Wagner’s Dream’ by Bari Biern
Wagner’s Dream (USA) 112 minutes Richard Wagner spent 25 years composing the Ring Cycle, a 16-hour magnum opus, largely based on Norse and German myths. The Ring is comprised of four operas (Das...
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SILVERDOCS: ‘The World Before Her’ by Bari Biern
The World Before Her (Canada) 90 minutes With the arrival of foreign corporations in India, as well as satellite tv and the Internet, some young Indian women are now eager to escape their restrictive...
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SILVERDOCS: ‘Ann Richards’ Texas’ by Bari Biern
Ann Richards was a whip-smart feisty feminist elected to govern the state of Texas. She was the second woman and the last Democrat to hold that office. Richards attained national prominence as the...
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SILVERDOCS: ‘Don’t Stop Believin’: Everyman’s Journey’ by Bari Biern
In 2008, a young Canadian singer/songwriter named Justin Bieber was discovered on YouTube by the man who later became his manager. Halfway across the globe, another YouTube Cinderella story was...
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SILVERDOCS: ‘A Brief History of John Baldessari’ and ‘Brute Force’ by Bari Biern
A Brief History of John Baldessari (USA) 6 minutes In slightly more time than it takes to read this review, you can learn an impressive amount of knowledge about American artist, John Baldessari....
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‘SILVERDOCS’ Now Open Through June 24th by Bari Biern
Yesterday the AFI-Discovery Channel SILVERDOCS Documentary Festival opened and will run through June 24th. SILVERDOCS is celebrating its tenth anniversary at the historic AFI Silver Theatre and...
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National Theatre Live: ‘One Man, Two Guvnors’ at Shakespeare Theater Company by Bari Biern
Shakespeare Theatre Company recently screened an encore performance of One Man, Two Guvnors broadcast in HD from the National Theatre in London to theatres all over the world. The plot is a bit...
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NYC Theater Review: ‘Gore Vidal’s The Best Man’ by Bari Biern
On March 31, 1960, Gore Vidal’s political drama, The Best Man, premiered on Broadway. The play was set in two posh hotel suites at a national political convention, as one presidential candidate was...
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Film Review:’ Bernie’ by Bari Biern
Not since Mr. Joyboy, the mortuary cosmetician from Evelyn Waugh’s The Loved One, has there been a more memorable mortician than Bernie Tiede. In addition to making the residents of Carthage Texas...
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Film Review: ‘Blue Like Jazz’ by Bari Biern
Steve Taylor directs this indie film, adapted from a 2003 memoir by American author, Don Miller. In Blue Like Jazz, nineteen-year-old Miller (Marshall Allman) is a dedicated parishioner who volunteers...
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Film Review: ‘JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI’ by Bari Biern
His restaurant seats ten. He serves no appetizers, no side dishes, no desserts. He consistently earns three Michelin stars, a rating that implies that the dining experience alone is worth a trip to...