Elton John has called Never Too Late “the definitive documentary of my career and last ever tour”, which is a tall order for several reasons. First of all, the rock icon’s ‘Farewell Yellow Brick Road’ tour was a 330-date juggernaut that ran for nearly five years – it could comfortably sustain a film of its…
If you were choosing a music icon to make a big Hollywood film about, you wouldn’t pick Bob Dylan. He’s not sexy like Elvis. Or as charming as The Beatles. His mannerisms are awkward, his nasally voice impossible to imitate in a way that doesn’t sound terrible. Then there’s the simple fact that no one,…
The best music documentaries take you into the heart of something – an album, a concert, a tour or an artist’s entire journey. They give you new insight into the music you love or the stories that have become so legendary they feel like myths. They make you feel like you’re a part of the…
Having blazed onto the scene with Anya Taylor-Joy leading his deliciously creepy folk horror sizzler The Witch in 2015, writer-director Robert Eggers has hit the mark twice more. The Lighthouse was a monochrome comedic oddity that saw Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe on bawdy form, while The Northman was a mighty blood-and-thunder Viking epic with…
Family legacy is at the heart of The Piano Lesson, the new film revival of August Wilson’s seminal 1987 play, both on screen and off. The adaptation is the latest reimagining of the American playwright’s seminal works from producer Denzel Washington, who’s vowed to bring the Pulitzer Prize winner’s complete oeuvre to the screen following…
Never mind Trump vs. Harris during the recent US election, the real dirt comes behind the closed doors of the Catholic Church in new movie Conclave. Based on the novel by Robert Harris, this highly satisfying drama-thriller follows what happens after the Pope dies of a sudden heart attack, zeroing in on the election of…
