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Music documentary

July 2024

  • Brian Eno … in scene that may or may not appear.

    Eno review – stimulating and cerebral look at the high priest of art-tech experimentalism

    Produced using software that means that the film is different every time it is shown, this presents the former Roxy Music man as a restlessly creative mind

June 2024

  • ‘Do not cut that scene down’ … the singer in I Am: Celine Dion.

    ‘In one scene, Celine Dion’s dancing. Next, she’s on a gurney’: making the film about the singer’s tragic condition

  • Like Marmite … Ghost.

    Rite Here Rite Now review – soft-metallers Ghost offer skits and shreds in fan-service film

  • Looks like they’ve made it … Alex James and Damon Albarn in Blur: To the End.

    Blur: To the End review – sentimental journey for four likely lads on their way to Wembley

  • ARIA Awards 2006 - Arrivals<br>SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 29: Members of the band Midnight Oil arrive at the ARIA Awards 2006 at the Acer Arena on October 29, 2006 in Sydney, Australia. The ARIA Awards recognise excellence and innovation across all genres of Australian Music. (Photo by Patrick Riviere/Getty Images)

    The power and passion of Midnight Oil: the inside story of the band that changed Australia

May 2024

  • The Beach Boys, Disney

    The Beach Boys review – rather too sunny account of 60s pop legends’ story

    They were ‘America’s band’, with a run of golden-hued songs – but Disney’s documentary ignores the darker side of their extraordinary story
  • In a scene from Let It Be, Paul McCartney plays the guitar next to John Lennon, also with a guitar, opposite Ringo Starr on drums and George Harrison, all of them seated

    Let It Be review – reissued Beatles film takes long and winding road to eventual acclaim

    Reviled by the band when it came out and widely thought of as miserable, the film – restored to its original format – actually offers light and insightful moments
  • ‘The most gifted musician I’ve ever met’ … Lucy Illingworth.

    ‘Musical soulmates’: the extraordinary story of The Piano sensation Lucy and her doting teacher

    Lucy Illingworth wowed audiences on the TV talent show, but her journey started as a toddler with dedicated tutor Daniel Bath. Now, a documentary shows how they did it – and the shocking moment a royal disaster almost stopped them

April 2024

  • The Beatles performing on the Apple Headquarters’ rooftop in London 1969

    Peter Jackson to release restored version of Beatles’ 1970 documentary Let It Be on Disney+

    Directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg, the film captures the recording sessions of the band’s final album

February 2024

  • A musical education … Getting It Back: The Story of Cymande.

    Getting It Back: The Story of Cymande review – the second life of a cruelly ignored UK funk band

    They toured the US and headlined Harlem’s Apollo while no UK TV show would air them – but their legacy was rescued by hip-hop

January 2024

  • Refused to be boxed in … June.

    June review – country music legend who was much more than Johnny Cash’s wife

    Documentary on June Carter Cash who was born into music royalty and a tough, funny trailblazer star – and the co-writer of Ring of Fire

December 2023

  • Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible.

    Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible review – a straightforward portrait of unpretentious rockers

    From their punk origins to their stadium-level success in the Live Aid and Breakfast Club era, this music doc finds the Glasgow band still sweetly and likably down to earth
  • James Blunt: One Brit Wonder

    James Blunt: One Brit Wonder review – soldier-turned-singer’s brilliant Twitter game

    The witty singer’s superb comeback is a delight to behold in this entertaining fly-on-the-wall documentary
  • A Tiger in Paradise

    A Tiger in Paradise review – José González offers anxiety dreams as lifestyle brand

    Loosely organised documentary shows Swedish singer José González musing about mental health and drifting around his luxurious-looking house

November 2023

  • Welcome To The Darkness

    Welcome to the Darkness review – neo glam rockers light up the comeback trail

  • Peter Doherty: Stranger in My Own Skin.

    Peter Doherty: Stranger in My Own Skin review – portrait of the artist keeps its distance

October 2023

  • Keith Richards and Anita Pallenberg with their baby son Marlon in 1969

    ‘She enjoyed her power over men’: memoir reveals anarchic life of Rolling Stones’ muse Anita Pallenberg

  • Ghosts of the Chelsea Hotel (and Other Rock &amp; Roll Stories)

    Ghosts of the Chelsea Hotel (and Other Rock & Roll Stories) review – a roll call of dreamers and degenerates

September 2023

  • The songs are dynamic and compelling … David Byrne and Tina Weymouth in Stop Making Sense.

    Stop Making Sense review – Demme’s Talking Heads doc still burning down the house

  • Carlos Santana performing in Milan in 2013.

    Carlos: The Santana Journey review – profile of guitar hero very much in control

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