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The best music movies throughout history.
Classic Cinema, Modern Issues: A Woman Under the Influence
“Be yourself,” so says the husband to the wife. Said husband is Nick (Peter Falk), and he is losing his patience with his nerve-ridden wife Mabel (played by Gena Rowlands in a career-defining role). And whether Nick is aware of it or not, what started as social awkwardness laced with some inappropriate comments for Mabel can, and will, escalate into a full-blown psychotic bout when the right spousal pressure is applied. At this point in the film, we may realize this. Nick, however, in the role of a stubborn blue-collar patriarchal trope, never truly learns.
By J.C. Traverse4 years ago in Beat
Sunset Boulevard- Revisiting a Gothic Hollywood Tale
Now that the world is slightly more intact, I figured it was time to coerce my girlfriend into seeing an old classic with me. We’d been together nine months and were yet to go to a movie theater together, which as one may imagine, is incredibly rare for me. The film was Sunset Boulevard, playing in a matinee last Sunday at the Raleigh Rialto, one of the best places in my area to take in old classics and art-house films.
By J.C. Traverse4 years ago in Beat
Gazing into an Adolescent Void: Super Dark Times
If I were to just see the poster of teenage boys on bicycles and hear the title of Super Dark Times, I would likely write it off just as quickly, thinking it to be nothing more than a trite Stranger Things wannabe, catering to our nostalgia of your childhoods and of a different decade (in this case the 1990s).
By J.C. Traverse4 years ago in Beat
Documentary Review: 'The Sound of Scars' Charts the Emotional Career of Life of Agony
The Sound of Scars is an incredibly emotional documentary. The story behind the band, Life of Agony, The Sound of Scars details the trauma, the heartache, the tragedy and the triumph that created this legendary heavy metal band. I’d never heard of Life of Agony before this documentary, it’s not my kind of music, but after seeing The Sound of Scars, you can count me in as a fan.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Beat
ANNETTE: Star Dream Love Song": Never stare into the abyss
Following the " Phantom of the Flower City", after nearly ten years of violation, the French ghost director Leo Kaho , who has released a new work again , co-wrote the screenplay with the Sparks Orchestra, combining talk shows, operas, musicals and other forms to create an ultimate audio-visual feast. Starring actors such as "Marriage Story" Adam Trevor and "Rose Life" Mary Yong Cortia , the plot describes talk show superstar Henry and opera diva Ann. After the two fell in love, their careers developed after marriage. The gap has been overcome, and the marriage relationship has been put to the test. Then the daughter was born, which caused a storm for the two of them. ANNETTE : A Dream Love Song is the first English-language film and musical film directed by Leo Kaho. Not only was it selected for the 2021 Cannes Film Festival Opening Film and Competition, but it also won two awards including Best Director and Best Score.
By Stephen John Brigden4 years ago in Beat
Documentary Review: 'Song for Cesar' Documents the Music of a Movement
From pain, anguish, and strife often comes the greatest works of art. This has been true throughout civilization but in certain areas, it was crystalized. Flashpoints of great pain and suffering are marked in human history by great works of art and a strong example of that comes in the art that was born from the fields of toil in California in the 1940s to the 1960s and 1970s, much of it inspired by a man named Cesar Chavez.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Beat
MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name) Lyrics - Lil Nas X
The most popular American Rapper Lil Nas X the latest English song from the Album is “MONTERO”. The most popular and famous song "MONTERO" (Call Me by Your Name)" song sung by American rapper Lil Nas X and while the lyrics were written by Omer Fedi, Montero Lamar Hill, David Biral, Denzel Michael Akil Baptiste, Rosario Peter Iv Lenzo. while the beautiful video Choreography by Kelly Yvonne Music is given by Roy Lenzo, Omer Fedi & Take a Daytrip. Music Director by Tanu Muino & Lil Nas X
By Girijashankar Ray4 years ago in Beat
Iron Man (2008)
Iron Man is a 2008 American American hero film based on an unknown character from the Marvel comedy. Iron Man opens in Afghanistan when a convoy of U.S. troops carrying billions of arms producer Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) is attacked. In the film, after escaping capture by a terrorist group, renowned industrialist and engineer Tony Stark creates machine guns and becomes the hero of Iron Man. The entire film, written by Mark Fergus and Ostby Hawk and Art Markum and Matt Holloway, focuses on the fact that Tony Stark, a leading US gunman and a boy who plays everywhere, became Iron Man.
By Zuvin Maharzan4 years ago in Beat
Documentary Review: 'Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliche'
If you aren’t a fan of the British punk rock wave of the late 70s and early 1980s then you may not be aware of the trailblazer known as Poly Styrene. Poly Styrene was the rebellious and distinctive voice of the punk band X-Ray Spex. The band is arguably best known for being banned by the BBC over their song “Oh Bondage, Up Yours,” an anti-authority, anti-patriarchy punk anthem that became a big hit in spite of and because of the BBC ban.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Beat
Documentary Review: 'Charli XCX: Alone Together' Chronicles the Bond of Artist and Fan
I love fandoms. I love dedicated groups of people who take to an artist and their art and become a community. It’s an online phenomenon that did not exist when I was young and part of various fandoms. I am still a fan of many different artists and their work but I’ve never been part of a fandom and I envy those who have that connection and are able to share their love of pop ephemera with other like-minded people. I’m happy when I see a group of people who get along and are able to find a space to share their dedication to something.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Beat
Tick, Tick, Boom!
By Tomás G Robinson, January 13, 2022 (SPOILER ALERT – IF YOU HAVEN’T SEEN TICK TICK BOOM, AND DON’T WANT TO BE TOLD OF SCENES OR OUTCOMES TO THIS FILM, I SUGGEST YOU STOP HERE AND MOZY ON OVER TO NETFLIX AND CORRECT THAT. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED)
By Thomas G Robinson4 years ago in Beat
Review of 'Les Bicyclettes de Belsize'
As I mentioned on Twitter, Facebook, and all the usual places, I just added Engelbert Humperdinck's "Les Bicyclettes de Belsize," his 1968 hit record which I always loved -- and thought I loved more than I should have -- to my Science Fiction and Fantasy Songs playlist on Spotify, as you can see below. It's the 16th song on the list, but they're not in any kind of ranking. "Les Bicyclettes de Belsize" just seemed to go well with "Over the Rainbow," at #15. Both after all are fantasy songs, both come from motion pictures with fantasy narratives, and both motion pictures are musicals.
By Paul Levinson4 years ago in Beat
