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Get Back

MUSIC TELEVISION

‘Get Back,’ Haters

December 7, 2021April 3, 2022 Ron Hart 1 Comment Billy Preston, George Harrison, Get Back, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Peter Jackson, Ringo Starr, The Beatles, Yoko Ono

For the true believers, Peter Jackson saves The Beatles

Sundance

Actually, the Revolution WAS Televised

July 29, 2021April 4, 2022 Lily Moayeri 11 Comments Hal Tulchin, Historic Films, Joe Lauro, Morgan Neville, Newmarket Films, Questlove, Robert Fyvolent, Robert Gordon, Summer of Soul

The true story of the ‘lost footage’ from Summer of Soul

MUSIC TELEVISION

‘Girls5eva’: 2 Hard 2 Watch

June 2, 2021 Paula Shaffer 0 Comments Busy Philipps, Dean Winters, Girls5eva, Paula Pell, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Sara Bareilles, Tina Fey

Peacock’s send-up of all-girl pop groups falls flat

Eilish

DOCUMENTARY FILM MUSIC

Billie Eilish is a Little Blurry

March 24, 2021March 29, 2021 Paula Shaffer 0 Comments Billie Eilish, Madonna, The World's A Little Blurry, Truth or Dare

The documentary of a modern popstar for the people, totally in control

pandemic

FICTION FILM MUSIC Netflix NON-FICTION Politics Tech TELEVISION

The Things That Got Us Through the Pandemic Year

March 11, 2021March 17, 2021 Neal Pollack 0 Comments AEW, Animal Crossing, Big Mouth, Bill Burr, Devolution, Dungeons and Dragons, Edward St. Aubyn, Eurovision, Guy Fieri, Hard Life, Jaja Ding Dong, James Tynion, Liam Gallagher, Life on Mars, Liu Cixin, Magnum P.I., Max Brooks, Patrick Melrose, Sault, Stop Making Sense, Talking Heads, Ted Lasso, The Big Goodbye, The Department of Truth, The Good Place, The Mandalorian, The Three Body Problem, Tiger King, Werner Herzog, YouTube

In a tough 12 months, our contributors turned to what they could

Biggie

DOCUMENTARY FILM MUSIC

The Poetry of Biggie Smalls

March 9, 2021March 12, 2021 Matt Hanson 0 Comments Biggie Smalls, I Got A Story To Tell, Jean-Paul Sartre, Kurt Vonnegut, MTV, Notorious B.I.G., Ready to Die

Netflix’s Notorious B.I.G. documentary is a great origin story, but doesn’t talk enough about Biggie’s lyrics

American Utopia

DOCUMENTARY FILM MUSIC

Makes Sense

October 19, 2020 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments American Utopia, David Byrne, Jonathan Demme, Spike Lee, Stop Making Sense

Spike Lee directs David Byrne in the concert film ‘American Utopia’

John Lennon

John Lennon: A Life in Film

October 9, 2020October 13, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments

A retrospective on what should have been his 80th birthday

Alpert

DOCUMENTARY FILM MUSIC

Herb Alpert: the BFG Interview

October 1, 2020October 1, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Herb Alpert

As a new documentary about him comes out, we talk to the famed trumpeter, philanthropist…and painter

Vinyl Nation

DOCUMENTARY FILM MUSIC

Report from the Vinyl Nation

September 8, 2020September 8, 2020 Kevin L. Jones 0 Comments Christopher Boone, I Need That Record, Kelley Stoltz, Kevin Smokler, Record Store Day, Vinyl Nation

A record collector reviews a movie about record collecting

Beastie Boys Story

DOCUMENTARY FILM MUSIC

The Beastie Boys TED Talk

April 29, 2020 Kevin L. Jones 0 Comments Adam Yauch, AdRock, Beastie Boys, Beastie Boys Book, Beastie Boys Story, DefJam, MCA, Mike D, Russell Simmons, Spike Jonez

If you like this movie, you’ll love the book

Dave

MUSIC TELEVISION

‘Dave’ Might be the Funniest Show on TV Right Now

April 9, 2020April 11, 2020 Elijah Pollack 0 Comments Atlanta, Chris Brown, Dave, Dave Burd, Donald Glover, Fetty Wap, Gata, Lil Dicky, Snoop Dogg, Trippier Redd, YG, Young Thug

The fantastic rise of Lil Dicky

Live Streaming

A Musician’s Take on the Sudden Live-Streaming Boom

March 20, 2020March 23, 2020 Jenny Parrott 0 Comments Jewel, Kurt Vile, live stream, Live streaming, Neil Young, Paul Simon, Willie Nelson

Will my ex be at my live-stream show?

Miles Davis

DOCUMENTARY FILM MUSIC

‘Miles Davis: The Birth of Cool’

March 19, 2020March 19, 2020 Jenny Parrott 0 Comments

The continual reinvention and resurrection of the jazz legend

Summertime

FILM MUSIC Theater

Wintertime, and the Livin’ is Easy

February 13, 2020February 19, 2020 Ayun Halliday 2 Comments Fathom Events, Porgy and Bess

At a “problematic” screening of Porgy and Bess

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