There are times in nonfiction film when daring — and magic — arrives in a surprisingly simple and quiet way. “Hello, Bookstore” is a documentary about a venerable and beloved independent bookstore in ...
In an era when someone can impulsively decide to buy Twitter for billions — and millions more will follow every moment of the timeline — A.B. Zax’s “Hello, Bookstore” feels like the panacea many ...
For Matthew Tannenbaum, owner of The Bookstore since 1976, that’s not idle flattery. It reflects the independent bookshop’s role as a literary salon, a center of community conversation for ...
Tannenbaum loves telling stories and is a great raconteur. “It was a busy Saturday afternoon in late August,” he recalls, “when this man comes up to me and says, ‘I see what you do. You sit in that ...
Matt Tannebaum is a character Jimmy Stewart might have played. Indeed, at one point in A.B. Zax’s 86-minute documentary, “Hello, Bookstore,” Tannebaum says he is George Bailey. No, this is not “It’s a ...
(RNS) — For many summers, this was my family’s routine. On July 1, we would pack up our stuff and drive up to Lenox, Massachusetts, to the Berkshires. We would rent a house, rendezvous with beloved ...
This documentary makes it clear why, when the pandemic threatened Matthew Tannenbaum’s store, book lovers weren’t ready to say goodbye. By Lisa Kennedy When you purchase a ticket for an independently ...
The task is simple: walk or die.
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