“The games must go on” – Avery Brundage, Chairman of the International Olympic Committee September 5 is a film telling the story of what the sports journalists of ABC went through to tell the story of what happened after Palestinian terrorists took Israelis hostage in the Olympic village at the 1972 Summer Games being held…
“The miracle isn’t that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start” – John Bingham Miracle is a word that is overused in sports journalism. We all remember the Miracle On Ice when the USA defeated the Russian hockey team at the 1980 Winter Olympics. Others include the Minneapolis Miracle, the…
TailSlate had an opportunity to talk with the directors/producers of this high school sports documentary, Gregg Backer and Evan Kanew this past week. Tail Slate: Did you get a chance to go over the questions I sent in advance? Gregg and Evan: We did. Good questions. Tail Slate: I started my time as a journalist…
“Whether we attack or stay, there is only death” – Lt. General Yoshitsugu Saito, commander of the Japanese forces on Saipan. He took his own life during the final battle for control of the island. What really happened: On July 7, 1944, the Japanese Imperial Army was pinned down on the island of Saipan with…
Films that focus on food, whether it be on the preparation of the food, or the joyful consumption of it; have been around for a long time. With the release of 2022’s The Menu we thought this a propitious moment to promulgate a list of our favorite food preparation movies. Here they are, in no…
“You don’t need a silver fork to eat good food” – Paul Prudhomme In The Menu, from director Mark Mylod, you actually need to be able to afford a gold fork in order to dine at Hawthorne. The cost of the prix fixe meal at this exclusive establishment, located on a private island is $1,250…
“Prejudices can kill, and suspicion can destroy. And the thoughtless frightened search for a scapegoat has a fallout all of its own for the children and the children yet unborn.…” – Mamie Till-Mobley In the summer of 1955, Mamie Till-Bradley (Danielle Deadwyler) was a war widow and the single mother of 14-year-old Emmett Lewis Till…
As I write this, AMC cable channel, Sundance channel and other cable channels that recycle the same “war” movies every Veteran’s Day do not appear to have scheduled those same old movies. Midway, Saving Private Ryan, The Green Berets and Pearl Harbor are among their usual programming for the day where we honor all veterans,…
James Caan, best remembered for his portrayal of the mercurial “Sonny Corleone” in 1972’s The Godfather has passed away. He was 82. His publicist confirmed his passing and said no further details would be forthcoming. He was born in the Bronx in 1940. He spent two years attending Michigan State and then transferred to Hofstra…
“That was some of the best flying I’ve seen yet. Right up to the part where you got killed. You never, never leave your wing man” – Michael Ironside as Jester in the original Top Gun The fact that over 35 years went by between the release of 1986’s Top Gun makes it difficult to…