The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble

The director of Twenty Feet From Stardom does another music doc

"...Directed by: Morgan Neville...."

July 8, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Won't You Be My Neighbor?

America's favorite neighbor, Fred Rogers, revealed as even kinder than you hoped

"...Directed by: Morgan Neville...."

June 15, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

20 Feet From Stardom

This film is an extended hosanna to an undersung artist, the backup singer, and what a joyful noise it makes.

"...Directed by: Morgan Neville...."

July 5, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain

The life, passions, and shattering death of the traveler

"...Directed by: Morgan Neville...."

July 16, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Wind

"...causes the U.S. team -- led by millionaire skipper Morgan Weld (Robertson) -- to lose the prize to the..."

Sept. 18, 1992 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

SXSW Film Reviews: 'Twenty Feet From Stardom'

Backup singers are in the spotlight in this music documentary from Morgan Neville

"...Twenty Feet From Stardom24 Beats per Second D: Morgan Neville..."

March 15, 2013 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Black Pumas Backline Lauren Cervantes and Angela Miller Maintain 20 Feet From Stardom – On Purpose

Respect and admiration remains the key to their success as co-frontwomen and backup singers

"...At the conclusion of 20 Feet From Stardom, director Morgan Neville shows a large group of starlings called a..."

May 28, 2021 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street

How one TV neighborhood became our shared classroom

"...than to the higher-profile Won't You Be My Neighbor?. Morgan Neville's biographical documentary about Fred Rogers was far more..."

April 30, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

Mister Rogers reminds us once again that we are loved

"...so would have been redundant in the context of Morgan Neville's incredible documentary from last year, the heartwarming/breaking Won't..."

Nov. 22, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Man Who Killed Don Quixote

Long-gestating commentary on fantasy and delusion is Terry Gilliam at his most Gilliamesque (for better or worse)

"...as implied in They'll Love Me When I'm Dead, Morgan Neville's documentary about Welles' posthumous swan song, it was..."

May 10, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Fight of the Century

Best of Enemies climbs back in the ring with Buckley and Vidal for their 1968 face-off

"...Chronicle asked author/filmmaker Robert Gordon why he and co-director Morgan Neville, acclaimed for their docs about music (Johnny Cash's..."

Aug. 21, 2015 Screens Feature by Robert Faires

SXSW Unleashes Massive Film List

High-concept horror A Quiet Place to open fest

"...must kill to truly be free. Cast: Olivia Wilde, Morgan Spector, Kyle Catlett, CJ Wilson, Tonye Patano, Chuck Cooper,..."

Jan. 31, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Best of Enemies

The 1968 debates between William F. Buckley and Gore Vidal are legend

"...Directed by: Morgan Neville and Robert Gordon...."

Aug. 21, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Film Announces 2015 Lineup

Circling the Thunderdome

"...Konigsberg, Mira Sorvino, Greg Germann, Kara Hayward, Kieran Culkin, Morgan Turner, Saffron Burrows, Scott Lawrence (World Premiere)..."

Feb. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...The Story of a Mouse Director: Jeff Malmberg, Producers: Morgan Neville, Meghan Walsh, Chris Shellen Mickey Mouse is one..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: Won't You Be My Neighbor?

Mister Rogers documentary reminds us of the bravery of kindness

"...angry with the assurance of continual love. Now, director Morgan Neville (20 Feet From Stardom) becomes the translator for..."

March 19, 2018 Screens Post by Katarina Brown

Nina on Netflix

Simone leads a chorus of music docs streaming online

"...World Theatre on Aug. 8 – but the director, Morgan Neville, premieres his new rock doc on Netflix Sept...."

July 29, 2015 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Adds 102 Movies to 2019 Film Festival Lineup

After Us, what else does the film fest have in store?

"...time together. Cast: Nick Kroll, Alexi Pappas, Gus Kenworthy, Morgan Schild, Jamie Anderson (World Premiere)..."

Jan. 16, 2019 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

All The Pieces Fall in to Place as SXSW Adds Tetris

New titles include experimental Visions and 24 Beats Per Second

"...Art for Everybody Director: Miranda Yousef, Producers: Morgan Neville, Tim Rummel Thomas Kinkade’s pastoral landscapes made him..."

Feb. 1, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Critics Association Announces 2018's Best Films and More

If Beale Street Could Talk, The Favourite big winners

"...Best Documentary: Won’t You Be My Neighbor? (D: Morgan Neville)..."

Jan. 7, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: Best of Enemies

Hugely fun doc about Buckley and Vidal's infamous debates

"...As Robert Gordon and Morgan Neville's documentary, Best of Enemies, would have it, it..."

March 20, 2015 SXSW Post by Anne S. Lewis

Familiar Features at Dallas International Film Festival

Revisit some favorites that hit Austin already

"...it front and center in this new documentary from Morgan Neville...."

April 4, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

SXSW Film Unveils March Lineup

So much ado!

"...Twenty Feet from Stardom Director: Morgan Neville The untold story of the backup singer in..."

Jan. 31, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Sundance '13: Day One

Marjorie Baumgarten kicks off the festival with a song in her heart

"...Morgan Neville's competition documentary puts the spotlight on the people..."

Jan. 18, 2013 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sundance Announces Competition Slate

Austinite Jeff Nichols will compete in Park City

"...in America and to social justice globally. Troubadours (Director: Morgan Neville) — A musical journey tracing the lives and..."

Dec. 1, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story

Stax Records Roundup

"...Peter Guralnick's Sweet Soul Music, directors Robert Gordon and Morgan Neville present the early history of Stax Records as..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Music Review by Greg Beets

Playback: 35 Years of Chronicle Music Covers

We wade through the roughly 300 issues stamped with the mug of a musician

"...Pam Hart, Tina Marsh, Willie Nicholson, Mady Kaye, Hope Morgan, Donna Menthol (6/7/96)..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Roll 'Em

March

"...Don Johnson, Ray McKinnon, Alex Rocco, Andre Gregory, John Neville...."

Feb. 26, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten