Chris Jo

In 1995, Scott Hicks received Oscar acclaim for Shine, the true story of a troubled pianist. Now the director has created another humanizing portrait of a living musical legend with Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts. Some might imagine that the daily life of Philip Glass, famed minimalist composer, would be robotic—echoing his repetitive, mechanical music—but the documentary defies this assumption through careful exposition of the psyche of one of the most prolific composers of our time.