The film, which is being made in partnership with Lauper herself, will be directed by award-winning documentarian Alison Ellwood, who most recently directed the Emmy-nominated two-part documentary, “Laurel Canyon.” Ellwood has also previously collaborated with Fine Point Films on “The Go-Go’...
For the casual fan of theLaurel Canyon scene,LAUREL CANYONis chock a block full of footage and information about the bands and will be very informative. For music experts (like my husband), the documentary won’t tell you anything you already don’t know but you will see and hear photos ...
She's in Cannes to promote Laurel Canyon, Lisa Cholodenko's follow- up to her much admired directorial debut, High Art. With her long, streaked hair pulled back in a ponytail, and wearing a washed-out AC/ DC T-shirt and jeans, McDormand's isn't the usual movie-star image. "Yeah,...
He was nominated for outstanding documentary or nonfiction special in 2015 for Sinatra: All or Nothing at All and again in 2020 for Laurel Canyon: A Place in Time. Gibney’s other music and pop-culture documentaries include The Fifties (1997), AFI’s 100 Years…...
But the film from director Alison Ellwood (“Laurel Canyon”) will be a happy — if occasionally harrowing — occasion for fans of a band that has remained intermittently intact since “We Got the Beat” took the world by storm 40 years ago. Variety spoke individually with all five members...