Posts tagged Music documentaries
Joan Baez: I Am A Noise: Her Private, Public and Secret Life Dovetail in New Doc
ReviewJim SlotekJoan Baez, Music documentaries, Politically active musicians, Joan Baez: I Am A Noise, Karen O'Connor, Miri Navasky and Maeve O'Boyle, Mimi Fariña, Bob Dylan, David Harris, Repressed memories of abuse
Squaring the Circle: Superb, Starry Doc Chronicles the Album Covers that Made Rock History
ReviewJim SlotekDocuementary, Music documentaries, Squaring The Circle: (The Story of Hipgnosis), Anton Corbijn, Aubrey “Po” Powell, Paul McCartney, Roger Waters, Nick Mason, Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, Peter Gabriel, Noel Gallagher, Glen Matlock, Merck Mercuriadis
Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song Explores What Everybody Knows, and Much We Don’t
ReviewJim SlotekDocumentary, Music documentaries, Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Song, A Journey, Dan Geller, Dayna Goldfine, Leonard Cohen, John Lissauer, Judy Collins, Adrienne Clarkson, Larry “Ratso” Sloman, Rufus Wainwright, Brandi Carlile
Freakscene The Story of Dinosaur Jr.: Reverential Rock Doc Strictly for Fans
ReviewJim SlotekDocumentary, Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr., Philipp Reichenheim, Music documentaries, J Mascis, Murph, Lou Barlow, Kim Gordon, Thurston Moore, Sonic Youth, Nirvana, Alt-rock, 90s, Henry Rollins, Frank Black, Bob Mould, My Bloody Valentine, Kevin Shields
Moby Doc: Novel Filmic Memoir of EDM Star and Vegan Activist Holds Nothing Back
Strike A Pose: Doc Follows Dancers from Madonna’s Blond Ambition Tour After the Lights Dimmed
Review, PreviewJim SlotekStrike a Pose, Docuementary, Hot Docs, Ester Gould, Reijer Zwaan, Madonna, Music documentaries, 1990s, Jean Paul Gauthier, Truth or Dare
Tiny Tim - King For A Day: A surprisingly conventional doc about a crazily unlikely celebrity
ReviewJim SlotekTiny Tim, Tiny Tim – King For A Day, Music documentaries, Ottawa’s Festival of Spring, Tiny Tim's Miss Vicky live on The Tonight Show, Martin Daniel, Tulip Stewart, Wavy Gravy, “Weird Al” Yankovic, Johan von Sydow, Novelty celebrity
Billie: Doc on Jazz Great Billie Holiday Elevated by Newly Unearthed Audio Archive
White Riot: Doc Chronicles Vintage, Punk-Fuelled (And Oh So Timely) Anti-Racism Crusade
ReviewWhite Riot, documentary, Music documentaries, Rubika Shah, Punk rock, The Clash, Tom Robinson, Steel Pulse, The Selecter, Anti-racism, Rock Against Racism
Suzi Q: Doc on Rocker Suzi Quatro Delivers Stars but Dodges Paradoxes
Melody Makers: Should've Been There Captures Rock’s Glory Years… Like an Old, Rambling Uncle
ReviewMelody Makers Should've Been There, Barrie Wentzell, Music documentaries, Eric Burdon, David Bowie, Yes, 1960s, 1970s, Melody Maker, NME, Rolling Stone, print publications
Marianne and Leonard: Words of Love Explores Golden Moment between Poet and His Muse
Hot Docs Preview: Mystify Michael Hutchence a Powerful Glimpse at the Price of Fame
Amazing Grace: Long “Lost” Doc Locates Aretha Franklin at the Height of her Powers
ReviewAretha Franklin, Reverend James Cleveland, Sidney Pollack, C.L. Franklin, Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts, Rolling Stones, Documentary, Alan Elliott, Music documentaries, Alexander Hamilton, Exile on Main Street
Bad Reputation: Doc Shows How Joan Jett Crashed Male Rock ‘n’ Roll Party
ReviewThe Runaways, The Blackhearts, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, Documentary, Hot Docs, L7, Hole, Music documentaries, Sex Pistols, Bikini Kill, Floria Sigismondi, Kristen Stewart, Dakota Fanning, Cherie Currie, Iggy Pop, Miley Cyrus
