A documentary about Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-inducted singer-songwriter Laura Nyro is in the works. Nyro’s son Gil Bianchini will serve as an associate producer on the still-untitled film, which will begin production later this year, Deadline reports. A music legend and feminist icon who emerged out of the …
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At one point duringIn the Court of the Crimson King, a new doc about mighty prog institution King Crimson, former drummer Bill Bruford zeroes in on the core philosophy of the band and its founder, guitarist Robert Fripp. “Change is essential,” says Bruford, who now resembles a pithy, distinguished university …
Read More »'Framing John DeLorean' Review: Muscle Cars, Meta-Docs and Alec Baldwin
General Motors division head, muscle-car godhead, the auto industry’s No. 1 noncomformist, glamorous jet-setter, busted (but not convicted) cocaine trafficker: American rise-and-fall stories don’t get any juicier than John DeLorean. He was the golden boy of Fifties gray-flannel-suit idealism, before morphing into a Sixties speed-demon enabler and symbol of Seventies’ …
Read More »Best TV to Watch in June: 'Big Little Lies 2,' 'Euphoria,' Chelsea Manning Doc
This month: Showtime trolls for a new hit by playing the odds with a hot-button documentary, a bio-series featuring an Oscar winner in the lead and a tough-as-nails crime story with Bawston accents. As for HBO, they’re putting big money on Zendaya, a Spanish-language DIY horror curio and the return …
Read More »Watch Kirk Hammett, Black Keys Talk 'Creem' Magazine Legacy in New Doc Teaser
Metallica’s Kirk Hammett, the Black Keys’ Patrick Carney, actor Jeff Daniels and more discuss the revolutionary work of Creem magazine in the teaser for the upcoming documentary, Boy Howdy! The film is set to premiere March 10th at SXSW in Austin, Texas with additional screenings to follow. The new clip …
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