Biographical documentaries were big in 2025 with profiles of everyone from Jerry Springer, Sly Stone, Charlie Sheen, Martin Scorsese, Led Zeppelin, Dick Van Dyke and Eddie Murphy also in the mix. The following ten films, with links to longer reviews, are the ones I liked best. Pee-wee as Himself (HBO Max; Crave). What if the
Today, August 15, 2025, would have been Oscar Peterson’s 100th birthday. The Canadian jazz piano phenomenon, who passed away at 82 in 2007, won eight Grammy awards. He is celebrated in a wonderful documentary titled, “Oscar Peterson: Black + White.” Released in 2021 and directed by Barry Avrich, the COVID-era tribute features many musicians who
There are plenty of twists and turns in the compelling new HBOMax documentary Billy Joel: And So It Goes (seen in Canada on Crave). We learn that things very nearly took a tragic turn early for the multi-Grammy award winning singer-songwriter entertainer. He tried to take his own life, for example, before breaking through in
Way back when I was a high school student working as a busboy at a restaurant at Ontario Place, I was able to see several unforgetable concerts at the Forum. This was a beautiful, hillside venue, an outdoor theatre-in-the-round that sat three thousand in the circular stands and another four thousand on the surrounding hillsides.