bob dylan

Notebook Reviews: WONDER BOYS

Curtis Hanson – 2000. Wonder Boys is a first-rate film with an exceptional lead turn from a never better Michael Douglas. He’s assisted by some excellent support from Robert Downey Jr, Tobey Maguire and Frances McDormand. Curtis [...]

December 14, 2024

Trailer: Timothée Chalamet Is Bob Dylan In James Mangold’s A COMPLETE UNKNOWN

Director James Mangold knows a thing or two about music biopics, having directed the acclaimed Walk The Line, a film about the life of Johnny Cash starring Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon. Now, almost 20 years later Mangold is back on the [...]

July 25, 2024

Book Review: Jared Feldschreiber Tries To Unite Bob Dylan, Woody Allen & Dustin Hoffman In RECKLESS ABANDON

Bob Dylan, Woody Allen and Dustin Hoffman – three titans of the cultural arts in the 20th (and 21st) Century and three men who are woven into the tapestry of Jared Feldschreiber’s debut novella, Reckless Abandon. As someone who admires [...]

January 4, 2023

Uncovering Curiosities: Martin Scorsese’s THE LAST WALTZ

Martin Scorsese’s The Last Waltz opens with the declaration that ‘This film should be played loud!’. And it really should. Scorsese’s film charting The Band’s farewell concert at San Francisco’s Winterland [...]

May 19, 2021

If Jesus Was A Sheriff And I Was The Priest…

If I Was the Priest was one of the songs that helped Bruce Springsteen score a record deal with CBS Records (now Columbia/Sony Records) back in 1972. It was in the set of the songs that Springsteen played for CBS record producer John Hammond during [...]

November 25, 2020

Trailer For Music Documentary ONCE WERE BROTHERS: ROBBIE ROBERTSON AND THE BAND

One of the greatest groups of all-time, The Band delivered a scorching selection of music across their work and their music with Bob Dylan, right-up to their legendary swan song which was beautifully captured in Martin Scorsese’s The Last [...]

July 15, 2020

Notebook Reviews: THE HURRICANE

Norman Jewison – 1999 [usr 3.5 text=”false”] The Hurricane is a noble biopic of Rueben Carter, the middleweight boxer who was falsely accused of murder in 1966 (immortalised in the wonderful Bob Dylan song). Norman Jewison offers [...]

April 8, 2020

Bob Dylan’s MURDER MOST FOUL Is 17 Minutes Of Poetic Melancholy

The world is in a dark place at the moment and Bob Dylan has captured the mood perfectly with the release of his latest song, Murder Most Foul. On the surface this is a rumination on the assassination of John F Kennedy but this epic track is much [...]

March 27, 2020

ROLLING THUNDER REVUE: A BOB DYLAN STORY BY MARTIN SCORSESE – This Looks Like A Music Documentary!

Dylan. Scorsese. Netflix. This is a match made in music and movie lovers heaven. Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese looks like the real deal – a rich, textured music documentary. If anyone can do Bob Dylan and his [...]

June 4, 2019

Blu-ray Review: Martin Scorsese Joins Forces With The Band For Musical Masterpiece THE LAST WALTZ

November 7, 2018

All Eyez On Me: The Best Music Biopics

Musicians are often some of the most interesting, unique, scrutinised and debated over figures in popular culture, which has led to a plethora of music biopics over the years. While many simply follow the same well trodden narratives that biopics [...]

June 21, 2017

Robert Pattinson Listens To ‘The Band’

Robert Pattinson has been doing the Cannes thing, out shilling his latest non-Twilight release Cosmopolis. It’s looks good (it’s David Cronenberg, what do you expect?). That’s not the news-the news is that Pattinson has said that he’s [...]

May 25, 2012