With Rocket Man and Bohemian Rhapsody having come out recently, what rock star who hasn't had a biopic made deserves one? Discuss poll here See results without voting » Make Your Choice Vote! Keith Moon Vote! David Crosby Vote! Keith Richards Vote! Mick Jagger Vote! Eric Clapton...
In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic effectively shuttered the filmmaking industry, leaving a whole bunch of Hollywood productions on hold for months. But now, post-pandemic, there's been a new surge of biopic announcements and other news relating to rock 'n' roll films. READ MORE:The Best Rock...
Few rock n’ roll biopics capture the rise and fall of a music legend as personally as “Control,” Anton Corbijn’s heartbreaking and darkly funny look into the life of Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis. Boldly shot in black-and-white, the film captures the radical verve of the 1970’s...
However, rock music biopics have reversed this narrative, so that the genre begins in parody and only gets serious later. This is partly because rock and roll music began as parody, mainly by white people imitating African Americans, what is known as blackface minstre...
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll: Regia di Mat Whitecross. Con Andy Serkis, Tom Hughes, Clifford Samuel, Joseph Kennedy. A biography of Ian Dury, who was stricken with polio at a young age and defied expectations by becoming one of the founders of the punk-rock
Eric Clapton seems to have soured on the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and went off on the organization in a new interview. Speaking with The Real Music Observer, Clapton referred to the Rock Hall as a “frat boys club” and “not a place for rebels.” Clapton, of course, is famously th...
Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President celebrates the man’s connection to the music of our country.
In the 1986 filmSid and Nancy, Gary Oldman takes the roll of the bassist for the Sex Pistols, Sid Vicious. Oldman is unrecognizable in his performance, as he is with many of the films that he takes on. The story focuses on the complicated relationship between Sid and Nancy Spungen (Chl...
“Elvis may be the King of Rock and Roll, but I am the Queen.” Richard Penniman, “Little Richard,”was a musical pioneer of the 1950s and one the first Black crossover artists. Known for his legendary hits — such as “Tutti Frutti,”“Long Tall Sally” and “Good Golly Miss Moll...
It was an era of rock and roll films that taught us to question authority and to fight for your vision. And a time to realize that second chances often do come about. As with previous features in this series, we should note that the films discussed here are dramatic movies either set ...