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AMAZING GRACE (2018) Rent on Amazon, Google Play, iTunes, Vudu and YouTube. In January 1972, Aretha Franklin stepped up at a podium at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles and began recording what was to become “Amazing Grace,” a live record that remains Franklin’s (and live gospel music’s) biggest-selling album. Last year, the film that was shot over the two-night concert there under the direction of Sydney Pollack finally made it to theaters, giving the public the opportunity to see — and not just hear — what happened in that church . The movie also gives plenty of attention to the proceedings’s very qualified host, the Rev. James Cleveland. ” “This is obviously one of the great music films, less epic in scope than, say, ‘The Last Waltz’ but as glorious in communal feeling and South Los Angeles zeal as ‘Wattstax’ (the natural partner for a double feature) and as musically imaginative as ‘Stop Making Sense,’” Wesley Morris wrote in his review for The New York Times. “What distinguishes ‘Amazing Grace,’ what lifts it to the penthouse, is a mix of energy and moment.”

KATHERINE RYAN: GLITTER ROOM Stream on Netflix. The Canadian comic Katherine Ryan discusses “Hamilton,” Celine Dion and men (who, she says, are “like dolphins, in that they should be enjoyed on holiday ”) in her second Netflix special, which was filmed at the Belasco Theater in Los Angeles.