| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 18, 2011

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 17, 2011

At times fascinating, but De Felitta's presentation is sometimes a little skewed.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 21, 2008

A striking portrait of the price of fame and the transience of the music business spotlight.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 21, 2008

Beginning as dreary jazz hagiography but ending as unflinching personal investigation.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 21, 2008

Paris himself is a tight-lipped interviewee of the old school; that all changes the moment he steps on stage, when we see what they have all been talking about.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 21, 2008

Annoyingly, Raymond de Felitta intrudes into his own movie, yet he also makes the case that here was a distinctive if wayward talent.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 21, 2008

Pit him against an inexperienced documentary-maker and the result is an often hilarious hotchpotch of cack-handed research and dim-witted interview techniques.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 21, 2008

While Paris' singing features large, not just jazz fans will be moved by this personal, devastating portrait.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 21, 2008

"How come we never heard of him?" you cry. Deep mystery. But it develops an unexpected power in the final reels, when skeletons fairly rattle out of cupboards.

| Nov 21, 2008

Not, perhaps, the greatest voice you never heard, but a performer who was unlucky to miss the boat.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 21, 2008

Fascinating, well made and ultimately moving documentary that works on several levels and delivers a powerful emotional punch.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 21, 2008

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 18, 2008

It gives us a glimpse back to a time when hepcats were cool and jazz was king, reminding us that the power of great music transcends time, fate, exile and even death.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 15, 2008

It's hard not to be moved by 'Tis Autumn -- The Search for Jackie Paris.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Aug 15, 2008

De Felitta makes a strong case for Paris's greatness simply by cramming the soundtrack with cuts from the singer's sporadic five-decade discography.

Full Review | Mar 20, 2008

A posthumous probing of the psyche of a musical genius who could swing and sing, but who was also prone to someself-destructive behavior, daddy-o!

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 13, 2007

Part adoring fan letter, part meditation on the elusive nature of fame and success, part investigative piece, 'Tis Autumn: The Search for Jackie Paris is a music documentary of uncommon richness.

Full Review | Dec 12, 2007

Even non-jazz fans will enjoy the filmmaker's personal approach to uncovering the mystery surrounding Jackie Paris' career.

| Dec 10, 2007

De Felitta's portrait of Paris -- who died in June 2004 -- isn't always flattering, but it is genuinely moving on many levels, none of which require knowledge of or even interest in jazz.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 7, 2007