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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

(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 ...

The task is simple: walk or die.

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 ...

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 ...

How long will we have access to that last refuge of civilization, the local independent bookstore? After the onslaught of online shopping and the seeming coup de grace of the pandemic, the future of ...

In the shadow of the pandemic, a small town rallies to protect a beloved local bookstore. A landmark in Lenox, Massachusetts, The Bookstore is a magical, beatnik gem thanks to its owner Matt ...