In the Court of the Crimson King: King Crimson at 50

Unconventional music doc truly captures the prog pioneers

"...of the most precise bands in the history of rock music and their cantankerous leader...."

Nov. 3, 2023 Movie Review by Joe Gross

Meet Me in the Bathroom

NYC millennial music doc is as rambling as the city

"...After watching Disintegration Loops, David Wexler's documentary about avant-garde composer William Basinski's sonic response to 9/11,..."

Nov. 18, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Blowing the Dust Off Punk Record Collections

Jason Blackmore explores punk musicians' record collections in Records Collecting Dust II

"...has just finished making Records Collecting Dust II, a documentary featuring punk/hardcore/alternative/metal musicians talking about their musical evolution through..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Screens Feature by Tim Stegall

SXSW Film Review: Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck

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

"...the 16 years since Kurt Cobain’s suicide. Brett Morgen’s doc magically captures something few rock docs convey: the heart..."

March 20, 2015 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Variations on Carol of the Bells

Mermen, movies, and Whitney pulled me under for Christmas

"...any other. Mindblowing roadshow, Austin barn burning, a music doc stoking further exploration – let life’s sonic eddies dictate..."

Dec. 24, 2012 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Love Story (Within a Love Story)

For Marie Losier, no telling where 'filmmaker' ends and 'friend' begins

"...cheeks, it becomes apparent this is not your typical rock doc. And when the camera follows P-Orridge and Lady..."

March 18, 2011 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

Gay Place

Austin loves itself. Hard. Gayness abounds.

"...Magnetic Fields) is back in town to premiere another rock doc to end all prior notions of rock docs,..."

March 18, 2011 Column by Kate X Messer

Austin Film Festival Announces Full Lineup

AFF's finalized lineup

"...of Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire, Charlie Kaufman's directorial debut Synecdoche, New York, and Kelly Reichardt's followup to Old Joy,..."

Sept. 24, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

You're Gonna Miss Me

DVDnds

"...Gonna Miss Me. Considering that three generations of the rock & roll literate still haven't flashed back to 1966's..."

July 13, 2007 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Film

Interviews and reviews

"...This fly-on-the-wall account of the titular rock gods' 2004 reunion tour isn't about how great the..."

March 17, 2006 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

The Black Keys Turn Back the Clock With a Set of Raw Hill Country Blues at Mohawk

Thursday’s underplay proved more than a play-through of Delta Kream

"...appearance centered around the premiere of Jeff Dupre’s marquee rock doc This Is a Film About the Black Keys...."

March 15, 2024 SXSW Post by Kevin Curtin

Sheryl Crow Reflects Beyond the Music in New Documentary

No one said it would be easy

"...Sheryl Crow did not want to make a documentary about her career. Even as the superstar announced in..."

March 11, 2022 Screens Feature by Doug Freeman

Navigating the Unknown: Chris Brecht Talks ATX6 Documentary

Lift Me Up premieres Friday on KLRU

"...will on Friday air Lift Me Up, an hourlong doc about Project ATX6, which hinges on the collective experiences..."

June 16, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Cinematic Documentary Making Waves Might Get Loud

AFS screening the story of the people who bring sound to the movies

"...giving the right grunt to action films like The Rock and Con Air, and now as a professor in..."

Jan. 3, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Paranoid Android

Gary Numan doc gets to the heart of the matter

"...The music documentary has become formulaic: Faded star finds new fame on..."

March 18, 2016 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Mass Shootings and Musical History

Tower and A Song for You explore different sides of Austin

"...the massacre had been largely relegated to what the documentarian calls "deep history." Maitland's directorial debut, The Eyes of..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature by Sean L. Malin

ACL Teaser: Shakey Graves

Why is the local one-man-band in the new Pixies video?

"...early August. Director Ondi Timoner, famous for her notorious rock doc Dig about the Dandy Warhols and Brian Jonestown..."

Oct. 9, 2013 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

You Gotta Have the Mettle

Legendary Texas doc 'Hands on a Hard Body' keeps on truckin'

"...the most memorably outspoken subject of S.R. Bindler's 1997 documentary Hands on a Hard Body. Perkins' 20-year affiliation with..."

April 19, 2013 Screens Feature by Leah Churner

Kid Powers

Charlie Belle kicks up some Magnetic Fields buzz

"...Local kid wonders Jendayi and Gyasi Bonds of the..."

Sept. 23, 2011 Screens Post by Cindy Widner

He Needed a Hero

A regular schlub turns caped crusader in James Gunn's Super

"...of Western civilization (the real thing, not the punk rock doc)...."

March 11, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Where There’s a Willie…

Billy Bob documents Willie Nelson in The King of Luck

"...A doc about the Patron Saint of Texas will be the..."

March 2, 2011 SXSW Post by Kimberley Jones

Journey Through the Past

Down the digital rabbit hole of the Neil Young Archives Vol. 1

"...release Journey Through the Past, around which much 16mm documentation was gathered...."

Aug. 7, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Snider/Riders

Todd Snider's latest, and the reanimation of New Riders of the Purple Sage

"...Favorite Pastime” retells the story of Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Doc Ellis, who purportedly threw a no-hitter while on LSD...."

June 17, 2009 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Crude Therapy

Director Joe Berlinger talks about how working with Metallica lead to making Crude

"...In case you missed our interview with documentarian Joe Berlinger, his latest politically-charged picture Crude screens tonight,..."

April 25, 2009 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

'Night' Flight

The National, the documentary

"...well, which ultimately undermines the intent of the typical rock-doc or concert film format...."

May 22, 2008 Music Post by Doug Freeman

My SXSW

Music fest diary

"...I left Brooklyn, New York, I went to the doctor to make sure that the state of my liver..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature by Kaki King

Danielson

DVDnds

"...and around their native New Jersey and beyond. This rock doc follows the outfit preparing for a European tour..."

June 15, 2007 Music Review by Melanie Haupt

Music DVDs

"...and Jack Bruce. In its wake, 110 minutes of rock doc skimps on "Sunshine of Your Love" in favor..."

Dec. 22, 2006 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

What's in a Face?

A lot, Mike Woolf discovered while making his short doc 'Growin' a Beard' -- and especially If the face Has got whiskers on the chin and Jowls

"...At the end of the Shamrockers' dirgelike track "Hangman Drums," Kevin Russell erupts into a..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Screens Feature by James McWilliams

From Script to Screen

"...covered in the first two outings in Spheeris' ongoing documentary of the Los Angeles punk and metal scenes, this..."

Oct. 9, 1998 Screens Feature

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