There are a lot of landmark anniversaries this year. “Jaws” turns 50. As does Springsteen’s “Born to Run.” “Saturday Night Live” will formally mark a half-century next month. The New Yorker will reach ...

That's why he returned three times to the medium of the concert film. It was one thing to listen to a Richard Pryor on a turntable--as many did in clouds of weed smoke in basements during the ...

The movie begins with Jo Jo, a famous stand-up, in a hospital bed, wrapped in gauze, near death, unrecognizable ... “All I know is that I very badly want Richard Pryor to live.” ...