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There’s lots of potential in Taylor Mac’s 24-Decade History of Popular Music, but only Taylor Mac fully lives up to it.
Marco Porsia excavates something special with the subject of his latest rock inspired documentary, What You Could Not Visualize.
Overall, 8 Mile is a very entertaining movie and its lead performance is still strong away from Eminem’s initial massive fame.
Wilson Kwong spoke with Gene Back, composer of Shortcomings!
Everyone involved displays an appreciation to be on the screen telling this wacky, poignant, and compelling story, making this a total recommendation.
In this report, I talk about three documentaries. While they differ in subject matter, they each resemble some stage of a quest for a dream.
Compiling a list of the “greatest” use of songs in film history feels like an impossible task, but Film Inquiry does it!
Despite some hiccups, fans of Dolly Parton or Australian comedy will have a good time with Seriously Red.
For her first report from Sundance 2023, Kristy Strouse dives into some heavy-hitting dramas and a documentary that’ll stick with you!
In our latest report from the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, Wilson Kwong reviews Shortcomings and Jamojaya!
If all you want to do is go back in time and see these bands performing when they were at the peak of their powers, then Meet Me in the Bathroom certainly gets the job done.
From pensive and meditative to egotistically powerful, Todd Field’s Tár is a film for the senses.
Purple Hearts stands as a viable romance venture that is sure to pull at your heartstrings while delivering a platform of conversation for modern struggles.
Andrew Dominik’s two documentary productions with musician Nick Cave function more as hypnotic trance of visual, incandescent composition.
The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don McLean’s American Pie goes into the mythology around the song that runs deep and wide, resonating with so many.
