All posts tagged "music"
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PIECE BY PIECE – Review
Here’s a challenge for even the most respected and revered documentarians: how do you make your film different...
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BETWEEN THE TEMPLES – Review
Jason Schwartzman plays a cantor who has lost his singing voice, his wife and maybe even hope, whose...
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BACK TO BLACK – Review
Talented singer/songwriter Amy Winehouse’s tragic life was already the subject of an Oscar-winning documentary, AMY in 2015, made...
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THE GREATEST HITS – Review
Here comes another time-traveling fantasy, but with a twist. As the kids on Bandstand used to say to...
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BOB MARLEY: ONE LOVE – Review
Full confession: I love Bob Marley, so a biographical drama about the reggae icon is pure catnip for...
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MAESTRO (2023) – Review
The list of actors who have jumped behind the camera to sit in the director’s chair is very...
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FLORA AND SON – Review
Does something magical happen when you create music? Many folks believe that. Perhaps a main proponent of that...
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SPINNING GOLD – Review
The film year of 2022 pretty much ended with a “music biopic”, WHITNEY HOUSTON: I WANNA DANCE WITH...
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HALLELUJAH: LEONARD COHEN, A JOURNEY, A SONG – Review
The new documentary HALLELUJAH: LEONARD COHEN, A JOURNEY, A SONG is a double biography of sorts, of beloved...
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ELVIS – Review
In a rhinestone-studded, cinematic extravaganza, director Baz Luhrmann gives Elvis Presley his signature dazzle treatment in an energetic...
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JAZZ FEST: A NEW ORLEANS STORY – Review
Only a couple of days into June and the movies are bombarding us with some nifty vacation options....
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CODA – Review
CODA is writer/director Sian Heder’s charming coming of age comedy/drama about the daughter of a family of scrappy,...
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MARRY ME – Review
So you didn’t think that I WANT YOU BACK would be the only “rom-com” feature dropping on this...
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THE VELVET UNDERGROUND – Review
This past year we’ve seen several very entertaining documentary features set in the world of music, particularly SUMMER...
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SUMMER OF SOUL (…OR, WHEN THE REVOLUTION COULD NOT BE TELEVISED) – Review
The big Summer holiday weekend is finally upon us, so it’s getaway time. Ah, but what if you’re...
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THE SPARKS BROTHERS – Review
Now, this is turning out to be quite the unusual weekend, at the movies (though things are still...
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MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM – Review
Chadwick Boseman’s last performance is opposite Viola Davis in a gripping drama based on August Wilson’s play, “Ma...
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I STILL BELIEVE – Review
Here’s a unique flick, unlike nearly any other film now at your multiplex (or single screens or drive-ins...
