SXSW Film Review: Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck

The late Nirvana rocker up close and personal. Bring a hankie.

"...and posthumous music released in the 16 years since Kurt Cobain’s suicide. Brett Morgen’s doc magically captures something few..."

March 20, 2015 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Suicide Notes Premiere “Kurt Cobain”

Hip-hop duo’s alter egos steal the mic

"...producer/rapper Hades, the pair debuts with a video for “Kurt Cobain,” directed by Ben Schneider. The clip finds the..."

Aug. 18, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Kurt and Courtney

"...Directed by: Nick Broomfield. Starring: Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love. Alas, despite the oceans of..."

April 10, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

So This Is Permanence

Move over Kurt Cobain Journals

"...hit "Love Will Tear Us Apart," among others. Like Kurt Cobain's posthumous Journals (2002), Permanence offers rare personal insight..."

Dec. 5, 2014 Music Feature by Neph Basedow

Elliott Smith Doc Debuts in Austin

Heaven Adores You scores a limited run

"...world glimpsed insight into the life and death of Kurt Cobain, thanks to Brett Morgen’s impeccable Nirvana documentary Montage..."

May 13, 2015 Screens Post by Neph Basedow

Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain

Sheet Music

"...Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobainby Charles R. Cross..."

Oct. 26, 2001 Music Review by Greg Beets

Last Days

Gus Van Sant concocts an abstruse film "loosely inspired" by the end of Kurt Cobain’s life.

"...Days, which is "loosely inspired" by the end of Kurt Cobain’s life, Gus Van Sant concludes his "death" triptych...."

Aug. 12, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Into the Pink

Interview With Filmmaker and Novelist Gus Van Sant

"...Pink you make explicit references to the legends of Kurt Cobain [a fellow artist who was also based in..."

Feb. 20, 1998 Screens Feature by Sid Moody

A Boy Named Emo

What was your favorite show on Red River at Emo's?

"...all others. Period." – Raoul Hernandez The Day Kurt Cobain DiedApril 5, 1994..."

Dec. 30, 2011 Music Feature

Lake of Fire

Meat Puppets, Chapter 3: Curt and Cris Kirkwood, reunited, and it feels so good

"...immediately extend to the Meat Puppets. Then, November 1993, Kurt Cobain invited the Kirkwoods to join him on Nirvana's..."

July 20, 2007 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Shooting Star

"...Six months before he splattered his brains, Nirvana superstar Kurt Cobain cited the Meat Puppets as a primary source..."

Jan. 1, 1999 Music Feature by David Holthouse

SXSW Film Announces 2015 Lineup

Circling the Thunderdome

"...Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck Director/Screenwriter: Brett Morgen Kurt Cobain:..."

Feb. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Killer Lifestyle

Patty Schemel doc Hit So Hard remembers living and dying in the 1990s

"...for a while with Love and her late husband, Kurt Cobain – with whom Schemel was very close –..."

March 11, 2011 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

The Greatest Gift

An oral history unearthing one of post-punk's most seminal acts: Austin's Scratch Acid

"...most ardent fans, including Soundgarden's Kim Thayil and Nirvana's Kurt Cobain, the latter of whom once listed the band's..."

Sept. 1, 2006 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Smells Like Preteen Spirit

Kid rockers Three Hourz Sleep confront their first major crisis when their drummer moves away.

"...11 and 13, still innocent of the interpretations of Kurt Cobain's jaded command. At an average age of 12,..."

Dec. 28, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

A Vision Shared

Sonya Cohen and Dick Connette Last Forever

"...song `In the Pines.' Now, the guy had heard Kurt Cobain's version of `In the Pines,' and maybe knew..."

Aug. 15, 1997 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Film

Daily reviews and interviews

"...Kurt Cobain About a Son..."

March 16, 2007 Screens Feature by Darcie Stevens

Whither Rock?

ii.

"...turgidly slow band whose leader Buzz Osborne had taught Kurt Cobain to play guitar and was often referred to..."

Oct. 17, 1997 Books Feature by Gina Arnold

Record Reviews

"...lovely, couldn't we all use a "Vacation" from Ms. Love-Cobain's relentless, shameless overexposure? 3 stars -- Christopher Gray..."

July 19, 1996 Music Review

Record Reviews

"...lovely, couldn't we all use a "Vacation" from Ms. Love-Cobain's relentless, shameless overexposure? 3 stars -- Christopher Gray..."

July 19, 1996 Music Review

The Man Who Wasn't There

"...no time to prepare, I ran out and rented Kurt and Courtney (1997), shoved it into the VCR, and..."

March 12, 1999 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Nirvana

Gift guide

"...brilliant string on the blink – 56 seconds of Kurt Cobain at 1992's Reading Festival intro-ing "Smells Like Teen..."

Dec. 10, 2004 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Daniel Johnston's Death Begins Its Reverberations Around the Globe

“He’s legendary, but he was first a legend in his own mind, then he became a real legend.”

"...Tom Waits and Yo La Tengo and championed by Kurt Cobain. His ongoing trials with schizophrenia and manic depression..."

Sept. 13, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Film 2015 Rundown

Reviews, interviews, photo galleries, and more

"...Ball Taught the World to Play Sneakerheadz Landfill Harmonic Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck Animated Shorts program Midnight Shorts..."

March 22, 2015 SXSW Post

About a Girl

Dani Neff shreds Megafauna to Maximalist effect

"...guitarist lets her hair tumble into her face – Kurt Cobain in a gauzy black dress. The dancers vanish..."

Sept. 5, 2014 Music Feature by Nina Hernandez

Ballroom Dancing

SXSW panels

"...wasn't the only legacy under examination. "When you met Kurt [Cobain of Nirvana], did you think he would be..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature by Dan Oko

Journals

Sheet Music

"...Journalsby Kurt Cobain..."

Nov. 22, 2002 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Twenty Flight Rock

The Art of Bob Dylan; The Life and Times of Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Mimi Baez-Fariña and Richard Fariña

"...entirely outdoes other analyses that insist on playing the "there-would-be-no-Patti-Smith-no-Kurt-Cobain-without-Bob-Dylan" game. Rather than attempt to rank the aging artist..."

July 20, 2001 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Gasoline Dreams

Rounding up 2000 LPs.

"...expiration date almost a full quarter-century to 1994 and Kurt Cobain's ill-fated home-remedy plaque-removal plan...."

Jan. 5, 2001 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

What Is This?

"...-- thing -- and why do the words of Kurt Russell from the 1982 sci-fi horror classic of the..."

April 9, 1999 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

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