Friday Video: “Booth”

A bit of selfish self promotion here, but I thought it relevant. 146 years ago today President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. About six years ago I made a short film telling the story of Booth’s last hours in hiding. A few people have brought to my attention a new film by …

The Unseen: Downhill Racer

Editor’s note: The Unseen is a somewhat regular column, looking at movies that are out of print, never released on DVD and otherwise hard to find. I think I have underestimated the work of Michael Ritchie.  Sure, I enjoyed his later work, (especially “Fletch,” and the original “Bad News Bears,”) but I always thought of …