M Categories Movies Reviews September 16, 2022 Moonage Daydream hits a cinematic high note reflecting the mind of David Bowie The unforgettable musician is the centerpiece of an appropriately maximalist documentary.
T Categories Movies Reviews October 14, 2021 The Velvet Underground gets the trippy, immersive treatment it deserves Todd Haynes directs a dazzling documentary about the seminal 60s art-rock band.
M Categories Movies Reviews October 10, 2021 Madonna concert doc Madame X flirts with political provocation The queen of pop serves up a filmed version of her controversial 2020 tour, one as lush in style as it is thin in substance.
R Categories Festivals Movies Reeling 2021 Reviews September 26, 2021 Reeling 2021: Invisible: Gay Women in Southern Music is as enthralling as it is expansive Invisible, T.J. Parsell's documentary about queer women and the country music they make, gives its subjects a space to shine.
T Categories Festivals Movies Reviews Tribeca 2021 September 14, 2021 TIFF 2021: Jagged tells you everything you oughta know about Alanis Morrissette Alison Klayman's chronicle of the Canadian singer's rise to fame centers around her seminal 1995 album, and the trail it blazed for female artists.
T Categories Festivals Movies Reviews TIFF 2021 September 11, 2021 TIFF: Listening to Kenny G is about as pleasantly inoffensive as his music Penny Lane's profile on the smooth jazz superstar can't quite muster up enough energy to make its explorations of his notoriety (good and bad) sing.
M Categories Reviews TV July 8, 2021 McCartney 3,2,1 strikes the right notes for music fans This loose conversational look at McCartney's work has plenty for those into him or music, but little for the casual viewer.
T Categories Features June 8, 2021 Tangerine Dream taught filmmakers to embrace electronic music The electronic group redefined the sound of '80s cinema, pioneering an iconic electronic soundscape that reverberates into modern film scoring.
“ Categories Festivals Movies Reviews May 7, 2021 “FANNY: The Right to Rock” corrects the record, just as Bowie wanted Bobbi Jo Hart's energetic documentary shines a light on one of the greatest, most forgotten all-female rock bands in music history.
S Categories Festivals Movies Reviews SXSW 2021 March 17, 2021 SXSW 2021: “Tom Petty: Somewhere You Feel Free” is genial to a fault Mary Wharton's doc celebrates Petty's life and works, but the lack of conflict makes it hard to latch onto.
