Diana Ross: Her Life, Love and Legacy
Released on her 75th birthday, this celebration of the biggest diva called Ross since Friends showcases her rained-off 1983 concert in New York, AKA the Fire Island Festival AKA Gimme Shelter […]
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Music for 18 Musicians
This concert, hosted by the South Bank Centre, is a programme of all things Steve Reich, performed by the London Sinfonietta. For a minimalist work, the venue was rather maximalist, with […]
Bros: After the Screaming Stops
All I knew of ’80s band Bros was that drummer Luke Goss had been in Blade II and Hellboy II, and that this film was apparently the most Brentian documentary since […]
Long Strange Trip
Long Strange Trip is a Grateful Dead documentary produced by the band, their families, Martin Scorsese and David Lemieux; the archivist best known for getting distracted by nature. At 4 hours this […]
Beastie Boys Book: Live & Direct
They put it on wax and now they’re puttin’ it on paper: the Beastie Boys bring their book tour to London for a night of reading, reminiscing and the finest […]
Tommy
Written by The Who and director Ken Russell, Tommy is a 1975 rock opera (meaning the whole this is sung, or rather yelled) about a deaf, dumb and blind pinball champion […]
I Called Him Morgan
Not to be confused with My Name is Albert Ayler or He Named Me Malala, I Called Him Morgan is a 2016 documentary about jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan and his common-law wife Helen. […]
Bohemian Rhapsody
The long-awaited biopic of the Queen front man finally makes its way onto our screens, charting the journey of Freddie Mercury (Rami Malek) from the formation of Queen to their […]
Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami
Grace Jones has done everything. She was one of the first supermodels, is arguably the most influential Jamaican musician since Bob Marley, and even starred in an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie. […]
Brasilintime: Batucada com Discos
This 2006 documentary follows the musical collective Keepintime on their trip to Brazil, where they play shows, buy records, swap stories and buy more records. Despite its somewhat niche subject, […]
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