“They Shot the Piano Player” is one of those movies that, to hear it described, shouldn’t work — but it really does. Javier Mariscal and Fernando Trueba’s film is a lot of things, almost all of them ...

David Clark’s “ALL ABOUT JOEL” is a musical tribute conceived and presented with a tremendous amount of detail by Long Island veteran singer/piano player David Clark. He continues to gain attention ...

They Shot the Piano Player is a documentary about Brazilian jazz artist Francisco Tenório Júnior, who went missing in 1976. Spoiler alert, the film uncovers why Tenório Júnior is no longer here.

Attention, fans of samba, bossa nova and ambitious nonfiction/fiction hybrids, animated division: Here is your clear choice for worthwhile moviegoing this week. “They Shot the Piano Player,” opening ...

The beckoning spirit of Brazilian bossa nova floats through “They Shot the Piano Player.” A lot of ghosts, living and dead, float through, too — the aging but still vibrant musicians of that late ’50s ...