Due to the proliferation of streaming services, and also the pandemic pushing a whole new class of movies to video on demand channels, there's been a sudden glut of documentaries in the late summer and early fall.
There are a number of great movies in which rock, and other musical genres, play an integral part in the larger social messages they are attempting to convey, and here's a list of some essential ones that do that better than most.
As much as we may try to deny it, the fact of the matter is that we actually love a good controversy; so let’s examine 4 circumstances where bad publicity have ironically helped properties achieve higher levels of success.
While Michael Jordan is undoubtedly the most famous NBA player to ever get involved with movies, he definitely wasn’t the only one and also wasn’t the first.
With Scorsese and Scott now in their 80s, it's time for us to shift our focus to a new generation. Here's 5 rising filmmakers to keep an eye on.
This year's Sundance Film Festival largely took place virtually, and in addition to its huge variety of feature films, this year's program featured lots of memorable documentaries. Here's 10 of the best.
The annual Tribeca Festival wrapped up on Sunday, both in New York and virtually, and as usual, the film contained a wide selection of music documentaries. Here are reviews of four of the most notable ones.
The second pandemic year of 2021 featured a wide variety of fantastic music documentaries. Some gave us better understandings of artists we've known for a long time, while others re-contextualized great performances in a new light. Here's the 20 best of the year.
We'd like to pay homage to this all-time great filmmaker by ranking Martin Scorsese's 10 most iconic characters within his massive filmography.
Yorgos Lanthimos' movies are all filled with the outrageous and surreal, and we ranked his 5 best, based on weirdness and distinctiveness.
This article is about those teachers that have stood out, that have challenged the norm, and made us question the basics and what we deem as fundamental. Highlighting what I think to be the most insightful tips on the craft of Screenwriting, I will list just a few, and hope that it will enlighten those who have reached a wall in their script or feel they need to make the hero/ heroine’s goal a little more challenging/relatable.
There are seemingly more documentaries released these days than ever before, and a great deal of them are about music. Here are the 16 best of the year.
The most talked-about filmmaker this Spring is a 76-year-old director who hasn't made a new movie since 2006, and yet, David Lynch is everywhere, at the forefront of both movie news and Film Twitter argument.
There won't be any of that 'Straight Outta Compton'/'Bohemian Rhapsody' stuff where the surviving band members who are involved with producing the movie use it to settle scores with their disassociated and/or deceased collaborators.
The ongoing Hollywood Writers’ strike has many wondering what the fuss is all about, but there's been a long history of our greatest storytellers fighting for their rightful share. Let's take a look.
Here are the 20 best music documentaries of 2024 that you won't want to miss, from films about all-time greats to tragic examinations.
The recent release of The Iron Claw raised the possibility of a new kind of pro wrestling movie, and here's some new ones that we'd love to see.
Hollywood has always had a certain fascination with casino games, especially ones like roulette, here's our 3 favorite scenes in film.
It's an election year, and if instead of watching the two party conventions this month you'd prefer a more cinematic view of politics, various streaming services and other platforms have launched a series of political documentaries throughout this summer.
Since cinema became a powerful medium, global artists and movements have emerged that have shaped pop culture and pushed the boundaries of what modern film could be. Here are 7 of the biggest movements thus far.
The DOC NYC film festival is running this month in New York, featuring a huge program of documentaries from around the world. This year's festival is especially strong in films about music; here are three of the most notable ones.
The late, great Gene Hackman was a revered leading man and character actor across five decades; these are his 10 best roles.
What was an overall strong year for movies was especially strong when it came to documentaries about music, musicians, and music history. Here are the year's 20 best.
It was a heavy year for music documentaries, telling the stories of everyone from longtime A-listers to one-hit-wonders, here's the 20 best.
