ANVIL: THE STORY OF ANVIL
You don't have to give two cents about Heavy Metal music to appreciate Sacha Gervasi's joyous and touching documentary.…
Rock ‘n’ Roll
HIGH FIDELITY
Classic Cinema, Film Reviews, FIVE STARS, Music, Punk, Rock 'n' Roll, Romantic Comedy, Social Satire
Rob believes that it’s not what a person is like that’s important, but what they like, that reveals their real…
THE FILTH AND THE FURY
The Sex Pistols managed to offend more people and leave more destruction in their wake than any other punk group.…
ALMOST FAMOUS
Screenwriter/director Cameron Crowe (“Jerry Maguire”) has a knack for making contagious movies that pull audiences into a whirlpool of situations…
DUETS
“Duets” is a frustratingly mediocre road movie that connects three unlikely pairs of people in the much maligned phenomenon of…
MC5*: A TRUE TESTIMONIAL
This documentary about the Detroit rock group “The MC5” (1964-1972) gives a comprehensive look at the rise and fall of…
SHINE A LIGHT
Martin Scorsese returns to the rock ‘n’ roll concert documentary genre that he helped develop in 1978 with “The Last…
GIRLS ROCK!
Capsule Reviews, Children's Cinema, Coming-of-Age, Documentary, Music, Rock 'n' Roll, TWO STARS, Women's Cinema
Rhetoric far outweighs substance in this vaguely satisfying and preachy doc. Cole Smithey.
U2 3D
The transparent state-of-the-art 3-D look of a colorful U2 concert at a coliseum in Buenos Aries, Argentina is extraordinary. Cole…
TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS: RUNNIN’ DOWN A DREAM — NYFF 2007
American Cinema, Capsule Reviews, Classic Cinema, Documentary, FIVE STARS, Music, New York Film Festival, Rock 'n' Roll
Although frequently taken for granted, Tom Petty has had more hits than Bruce Springsteen and stands as one of America’s…
JOE STRUMMER: THE FUTURE IS UNWRITTEN — CANNES 2007
Indeed, “Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten” is intellectually satisfying as it is entertaining. Cheers Joe. Cole Smithey.
AIR GUITAR NATION
Put aside all of your preconceptions of air guitar as a hobby of shamelessly untalented wanna-be guitar players, and step…
TENACIOUS D IN THE PICK OF DESTINY
“Tenacious D” is a movie for fans of the hilarious spoof-rocking duo. You know who you, I mean we are.…
9 SONGS
BDSM, Capsule Reviews, ONE STAR, Porn, Rock 'n' Roll, Romantic Drama, sex, Sexploitation, Transgressive Cinema
“9 Songs” is high-art pornography that doesn’t neglect its compulsory gooey payoff scene. The movie is even bookended with travelogue…
ROCK SCHOOL
Music-teacher Green is shown with warts and all in Don Argott’s snappy documentary as the film’s subject whips his students…
COLE SMITHEY’S CLASSIC CINEMA
