The Union
Tweet Directed by Cameron Crowe USA, 2011 Genre: Rock As a longtime Elton John fan only casually familiar with Leon Russell, I was intrigued but skeptical when their collaboration The Union was...
View ArticleStones in Exile
Tweet Directed by Stephen Kijak USA/UK, 2010 Genre: Rock If any album warrants its own music documentary, it’s Exile on Main St. The Rolling Stones’ 12th record – released 40 years ago this week – is...
View ArticleDeep Purple: Phoenix Rising
Tweet Directed by Drew Thompson, Tim Goldby USA, 2011 Genre: Metal, Concert Film Deep Purple has gone through so many different casts of characters it can be hard for anyone but a dedicated fan to...
View ArticleNew York Doll
Tweet Directed by Greg Whiteley USA, 2005 Genre: Glam, Rock The New York Dolls reunited in 2004 at London’s Meltdown Festival at the behest of Morrissey. They’ve continued to record and tour since,...
View ArticleBeats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
Tweet Directed by Michael Rapaport USA, 2011 Genre: Hip Hop Beats Rhymes & Life plays like an extended episode of VH1′s Behind the Music, but with a lot more heart. The story is as old as time: a...
View ArticleBiggie & Tupac
Tweet Directed by Nick Broomfield UK, 2002 Genre: Hip Hop I was never a diehard fan of Tupac Shakur or Christopher “Notorious B.I.G.” Wallace, but like a lot of people in the late ’90s I was glued to...
View ArticleGet Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal
Tweet Directed by Rick Ernst USA, 2006 Genre: Metal As many books and music documentaries as there are about metal, thrash hasn’t gotten a great deal of focus. Released on DVD in 2008 after a lengthy...
View ArticleSympathy for the Devil
Tweet Directed by Jean-Luc Godard UK, 1968 Genre: Rock As the Rolling Stones gear up for their 50th anniversary concerts, a look back across 44 of those years at Jean-Luc Godard’s music...
View ArticleMeeting People Is Easy
Tweet Directed by Grant Gee UK, 1998 Genre: Alternative /Indie, Tour Film There are a handful of music documentaries out there that offer a rare glimpse into the life of an artist or band that more...
View ArticleLast Days Here
Tweet Directed by Don Argott and Demian Fenton USA, 2011 Genre: Metal Accounts of musicians who never quite made it are often melancholy; Last Days Here is downright harrowing. When we first meet...
View ArticleSound City
Tweet Directed by Dave Grohl USA, 2013 Genre: Rock It’s a dumpy building in the San Fernando Valley that looks like it’s never been cleaned, but a remarkable musical legacy is etched into the...
View ArticleTexas: 30 Odd Foot of Grunts
Tweet Directed by Circumstance, Russell Crowe, and Brendan Fletcher USA, 2002 Genre: Rock, Concert Film Les Miserables is a hit at the box office and has raked in award nominations, but there is one...
View ArticleHistory of the Eagles
Tweet Directed By Alison Ellwood USA, 2013 Genre: Rock As standard-bearers for the “soft rock” LA sound of the ’70s, the Eagles were often reviled, but they were much more widely loved – to the tune...
View ArticleJason Becker: Not Dead Yet
Tweet Directed by Jesse Vile USA, 2012 Genre: Metal Imagine that you have mastered an instrument you love and are a rising figure in the world of rock. You land a highly desirable spot in a band that...
View ArticleAmerican Hardcore
Tweet Directed By Paul Rachman USA, 2006 Genre: Punk In the wake of the first punk wave of the late ’70s arose a subgenre that angrily seized a small chunk of musical turf and seemed content to stay...
View ArticleRush: Beyond the Lighted Stage
Tweet Directed by Scot McFadyen and Sam Dunn Canada, 2010 Genre: Rock, Metal On the surface, Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage is an ordinary music documentary charting the evolution of the Canadian hard...
View ArticleLast Shop Standing
Tweet Directed by Pip Piper UK, 2012 Genre: Vinyl, Music Industry Like a lot of movie and music buffs in the making, I spent my youth at independently owned video and record stories, soaking up the...
View ArticleMetallica: Through the Never
Tweet Directed by Nimrod Antal USA, 2013 Genre: Metal, Concert Film To their credit, Metallica is a band that’s been willing to take creative risks (see their Lou Reed collaboration, Lulu). But...
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