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10 Music Documentaries You Should See After The Greatest Night in Pop
From Bob Dylan to the Black Woodstock, here are the concert films and behind-the-scenes portraits that go to 11.
From Bob Dylan to the Black Woodstock, here are the concert films and behind-the-scenes portraits that go to 11.
An interview with author and RogerEbert.com contributor Dan Callahan about his new book, Bing and Billie and Frank and Ella and Judy and Barbra.
Matt writes: Screen icon Raquel Welch passed away on February 15th at age 82. She will be forever etched in our collective cinematic memory for many reasons, not the least of which being her uproarious duet with Miss Piggy on "The Muppet Show" where they belted out "I'm a Woman."
The latest on Blu-ray and streaming, including Belfast, West Side Story, and Nightmare Alley.
Matt writes: The greatest composer/lyricist of all time, Stephen Sondheim, died on November 26th at age 91.
The latest and greatest on streaming and Blu-ray, including A Quiet Place, Part II, La Piscine, Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard, and Cat O' Nine Tails.
Ben Kenigsberg reviews Leos Carax's Annette, a musical conceived by the band Sparks that opened this year's Cannes.
An oral history with the creative forces behind a particularly iconic episode of IFC's "Documentary Now!"
The Oscar for Best Actor could come down to a battle between actors considered overdue for their first Oscar.
Lists from our critics and contributors on the best of 2014.
How "Maleficent" subverts Christian symbolism; A crash course in diva; Anne de Mare and Kirsten Kelly on "The Homestretch"; "Sports Night" was Aaron Sorkin at his best; Peter Erskine on "Whiplash."
Sheila writes: Nelson Carvajal and Jed Mayer, over at Press Play, present a video and an essay about the "scary summer" of 1979. It's a beautiful blend of autobiography and cultural and film memories from that particular summer. Jed Mayer writes: "As tag-lines go, George Romero’s Dawn of the Dead sports a pretty good one: 'When there’s no more room in Hell, the dead will walk the earth.' I stared for weeks at the lurid poster bearing these ominous words. It hung in the front windows of the Maplewood Mall multiplex. Looking back, I think a more fitting tag-line might have come from a speech given by President Jimmy Carter later that same summer: 'Often you see paralysis and stagnation and drift. What can we do?'" Well worth a look!
An obituary for the legendary star of stage and screen, Elaine Stritch.
