Television & Film

[rating=6.00] As part of the pantheon of quintessential American cinema, the mob movie is not only constantly revisited, but reinvented. Such is the case with Mob Town, a reframing of crime drama conventions, but still seems littered with the genre’s most reliable tropes. Director Danny A. Abeckaser, working from a script by Jon Carlo and […]

Neil Young has long been fascinated with the art of film-making, so it only stands to reason he would want to create a cinematic companion piece to an album he holds in such high esteem as the recently-released Colorado. Screened nationwide in theaters just prior to the record’s street date, Mountaintop is, by and large, […]

One of the year’s best films gets a thin home release.

Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice may be the most well-wrought bio-pic/documentary of a contemporary musical figure in recent memory. Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman’s film moves at a steady pace from the beginning to the end and, bereft of any melodrama whatsoever, it is a clear reflection of its down-to-earth subject. Notwithstanding the […]

Slash is one of those bonafide rock stars where everything he touches turns to rock & roll gold. But after leaving one of the biggest rock bands in the world, he had to find his place again in this crazy solar system of music. Of course, he could play shows with a group of friend […]

Wheels don’t need to be reinvented to be appreciated. If nothing else, Haunt proves that.

Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes is a film not only for jazz lovers, but music appreciators, historians, and culture buffs. It explores the vision behind the iconic jazz label, centered on the themes of artistic freedom, the continual forward push of creative expression, and the values of social consciousness. There’s more than just music […]

[rating=7.00] It’s a national conversation that has been repeated so often that it borders on parody. The self-aggrandizing Baby Boomers who scowl and rasp at the entitled and ungrateful Millennials, disparaging their inability to chase an American dream that their own generation has been single-handedly snuffing out since the late 1970s. That conflict is dead […]

[rating=7.00] Oftentimes, the term B-movie, or its counterpart term, grindhouse, can vary between overly wrought horror or aggressively retrofitted to harken back to the days of worn-out film stock and yellowed projection screens. Trespassers, which is available on demand today via IFC Films, manages to skillfully execute a standard home invasion horror film, and does […]

When The Rolling Stones first toured Germany in the fall of 1965, chaos ensued. They were still a very young band, having played their first official concert, sans drummer Charlie Watts, on July 12, 1962. With their love of blues music and, for the times, a scruffy wildness that drove the youth nuts with excitement, […]

The first thing you notice when Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out crackles into focus, is that you’re about to be taken on a ride, with not-perfect visuals, not-perfect sound and not-perfect symmetry. This is a bare-bones journey of a band out of late 1970’s England as they were ascending the mountain of fame. And […]

Black Phillip, Black Phillip, King of Sky and Land…

In lieu of a new archive release for early 2019, the Experience Hendrix team hearkens to a previous exhumation from the vault for selected nationwide theatrical showings of Electric Church, a film documenting the late guitar icon’s performance at the 1970 Atlanta Pop Festival. Somewhat admirable these limited movie house runs do not constitute any […]

M. Night Shyamalan’s latest hits stores today.

They were six weeks away from releasing their sophomore album when Foreigner, still riding a huge wave from the 1977 release of their eponymous debut album, played the Rainbow Theatre in London on April 27, 1978. Barely two years old, Foreigner had that youthful, energetic passion that helps blaze a trail to success. They had […]

Even at four hours running time, the bulk of which comprised of priceless footage spanning the various eras of Grateful Dead history, Long Strange Trip: The Untold Story of the Grateful Dead had a nebulous narrative at best. Director Amir Bar-Lev and editor John Walter were either lost for a thread of continuity or when […]

One thing that the Rolling Stones have always been good at is making the most of publicity. They’ve found unique ways to announce world tours (from a boat) and early videos (in drag); and in 2018 they’ve found a way to get two bangs back-to-back with a big 2019 US tour announcement on the heels […]

The director of ‘The Front Runner’ on truth, relevance, and whether our system favors the shameless

Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s…the hero we need right now!

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