Check out all of the posts tagged with "music documentary".
Loved it! Director Kevin Macdonald’s in-depth film Whitney is an extremely powerful and disturbing documentary telling the ultimately tragic story of chart-topping singer Whitney Houston, with marvellous archive footage and intimately revealing interviews. With access to the Houston […]
Martin Scorsese’s legendary 1978 rockumentary film of the 1976 farewell gig by The Band is a model of excitement and dynamism. No wonder The Last Waltz has been called one of the greatest concert films. […]
Director Taylor Hackford’s 1987 documentary is a flamboyant, thoroughly enjoyable salute to the seemingly immortal Chuck Berry, with archive footage from the early Fifties, fantastic interviews with Sixties survivors and the old rocker himself, plus footage […]
Director Ron Howard’s delicious documentary compilation of footage featuring music, interviews, and stories of The Beatles’ 250 concerts from 1963 to 1966 is fab – obviously. A labour of love, it features no personal lowdown stuff or […]
Director Asif Kapadia’s 2015 documentary Amy is extremely well done, informative and moving, but also very depressing and upsetting. Amy Winehouse had it all – an incredible jazz voice, the ability to turn her emotional pain into […]
Michael Wadleigh’s 1970 music documentary is absolutely fantastic, both for the astounding music and as a treasured time capsule. Released in cinemas to huge audiences and acclaim at the time, it’s essential viewing for all […]
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