MAN ON THE RUN is a new documentary featuring rare unreleased music and footage from PAUL MCCARTNEY. It premiered at the Telluride Film Festival in Colorado last August.
Now it’ll get its premiere on streaming TV, on Prime Video, on February 27th.
Man on the Run takes viewers on an intimate journey through Paul McCartney‘s extraordinary life following the break-up of The Beatles and the formation of Wings with his wife, Linda.
Through unprecedented access to previously unseen footage and rare archival
materials, the documentary captures Paul’s transformative post-Beatles era
through a uniquely vulnerable lens.
“This is Ozzy Osbourne like you’ve never seen before: an honest, warm and deeply personal portrait of one of the greatest rock stars of all-time, detailing how the singer’s world shuddered to a halt six years ago, forcing him to contemplate who he really is, confront his own mortality and question whether or not he can ever perform on stage for one last time.
Addressing his health issues and impact of his Parkinson’s diagnosis, the film showcases
the central role music continues to play in Ozzy’s life – also proving his mischievous sense
of humor remains resolutely intact despite it all.”
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In addition to his family, many of Ozzy’s musical colleagues were interviewed for the film: Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath), Duff McKagan and Slash (Guns N’ Roses), Robert Trujillo and James Hetfield (Metallica), Billy Idol, Maynard James Keenan (Tool), Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers), Ozzy’s longstanding guitarist Zakk Wylde, Andrew Watt, Billy Morrison, Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine), Mike Inez (Alice In Chains) and Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins).
A new ELTON JOHN (aged 77) documentary, titled NEVER TOO LATE,
a co-production of Disney Branded Television and Rocket Entertainment,
profiles the mage star on his Farewell Yellow Brick Road concert tour, also
integrating historic performance footage, excerpts from his private journals,
and personal footage of his family life behind the scenes.
The film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival last
month and will have a limited theatrical release in the United States and UK
on November 15 before streaming on Disney+ on December 13.
A moving look at the couple’s life upon their entry into a transformative 1970’s New York, exploring their musical, personal, artistic, social, and political world. Set in 1972 against the backdrop of a turbulent era in American history, the film was directed by Kevin Macdonald.
At the core of the story are The One to One Concerts, John Lennon’s only full-length performances after The Beatles, accompanied by Yoko Ono, The Plastic Ono Band,
Elephant’s Memory and Special Guests.
With remixed concert audio produced by Sean Ono Lennon, the film features newly transferred and restored footage, as well as a wealth of previously unseen and unheard personal archives, such as phone calls and home movies recorded and filmed by John & Yoko themselves.
The docu premiered last week at the Venice Film Festival.
Public release date TBA.
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NME: “This is a terrific documentary from start to finish, beautifully structured and by turns bracingly political, informative and inspiring. It’s also profoundly bittersweet, because it’s impossible to watch the film and wonder what kind of figure Lennon would have become in
the 21st century. Just imagine.”5/5
The Guardian: “Fun, fierce, full-blooded portrait of Lennon and Ono. One to One, against the odds, makes Lennon feel somehow vital again. It catches him like a butterfly at arguably his most interesting period, when he felt liberated and unfettered and was living “like a student” in a two-room loft in Greenwich Village. He’s radioactive with charisma, tilting at windmills and kicking out sparks.”4/5
The Hollywood Reporter:“One to One is a reminder of the future we kids imagined in 1972. It’s also an act of encouragement. Lennon put it well when he told a concert audience, “OK, so flower power didn’t work. So what? We start again.” Here’s to that.”
Directed by Ian White, MUTINY IN HEAVEN (named after the BP’s song of the same name) is the story of THE BIRTHDAY PARTY ’s ascent, apex and inevitable collapse, a thrilling tale of epic struggle, artistic genius and total dysfunctionality. Told in the group’s own words, Mutiny In Heaven brings the band’s story to the screen for the first time.
“It’s a twisted tale of ascent, realisation and implosion whilst dealing with issues of
artistic muse, creativity, addiction, fame, interpersonal conflict and the unique relationship between creative vision and self-destruction – all underpinned by the dark, wry humour of the individual band members.
Utilising exclusive, incredibly candid interviews, a wealth of rare and unseen archives, original artwork, unreleased tracks, studio footage, animation and multimedia content, the film is as visually rich as it is narratively riveting, a revealing look back at its key members’ origins, dreams, hopes and motivations.”
Between 1977-1983 they released 4 albums, one under
the name of The Boys Next Door and 3 as The BP.
A special collectors edition double-disc DVD of Mutiny In Heaven
featuring 100 minutes of extra interviews with Mick Harvey, Henry
Rollins, Thurston Moore, Phill Calvert, Paul Goldman, Chris Haskett,
David Yow and more is available now. Order HERE (for unknown reasons the DVD is not available to the US/Canada).
Pitchfork says: “The new documentary of Cave’s early band the Birthday Party
is a thunderous post-punk time capsule. ‘Mutiny in Heaven’ chronicles the mayhem
surrounding the misunderstood group, whose music was marked by both seething
fury and wide-eyed earnestness.”
She entered The Rolling Stones world when they played Munich in 1965. Brian Jones,
who spoke German, connected with her and they started a tumultuous 2-year relationship. In the end Jones got paranoid following too many drugs and started beating Pallenberg.
Keef Richards kind of saved her from the violent Jones and they became a couple
for 14 years. They had 3 children together: son Marlon, daughter Dandelion and
son Tara Jo Jo who died after two weeks.
The docu doesn’t focus on Pallenberg‘s life with The Rolling Stones,
but on her own private, artistic and turbulent life. She passed away
in 2017, at the age of 75, due to complications from hepatitis C.
You can watch Catching Fire: The Story Of Anita Pallenberg
at home via Magnolia Pictures. Info HERE.
LOLLAPALOOZA was the banner devised by Perry Farrell for
the 1991 farewell tour of his Los Angeles-based band Jane’s
Addiction (who reunited later and are amidst their 2nd farewell
tour, right now).
It started in Chicago and has since become a defining cultural event for
alternative music enthusiasts worldwide, showcasing diverse talents and
fostering a global community of music and art lovers. Lollapalooza has also
become a platform for social change, encouraging activism and also
environmental consciousness.
The festival has since expanded into eight territories around the world
including Chicago, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Germany, France, Sweden and India.
A documentary series, named LOLLA: THE STORY OF LOLLAPALOOZA,
about the festival‘s conception and development over the years, has been
made now. It’s a three-part docu, premiering May 21 on Paramount+.
Poster for Lolla‘s first edition in 1991.
Farrell: “When a car is going real, real fast, it gets harder to jump out. Lollapalooza began in the summer of 1991 as a particularly underground event. In the more than three decades since, the festival has transformed into a popular culture staple where some of the biggest names in pop — from Ariana Grande and the Weeknd to Kendrick Lamar and Lana Del Rey — have delivered headlining performances.”
Rage Against the Machine, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ice Cube, Soundgarden, Tool, Hole, Foo Fighters, Sonic Youth, Arrested Development, Primus, Alice in Chains, the Verve, Beastie Boys, the Breeders, A Tribe Called Quest, the Smashing Pumpkins, Moby, Coolio, Beck, the Pixies, Pearl Jam, Kim Petra, Steve Aoki, Miley Cyrus, Sinead O’Connor, Questlove & the Roots, the Ramones, are among the artists that appear in the trailer.
The previously announced docu about SYD BARRETT, the late (1946-2006),
infamous co-founder and songwriter of prog-rock titans Pink Floyd will
premier in London today, 27 April. A wider U.K. release is scheduled for
May 15.
It was Barrett who gave the group their musical moniker by combining
the names of two obscure blues players — Pink Anderson and Floyd Council.
The docu titled HAVE YOU GOT IT YET? is named after
a daft Syd written jangler that the other Floyds didn’t like.
Check it out here.
The film features new interviews with the band’s surviving members — Roger Waters (Barrett’s classmate and Pink Floyd’s co-founder), Nick Mason, and David Gilmour — to provide insight into The Piper at the Gates of Dawn mastermind’s meteoric rise, acid-fueled breakdown and eventual exile from the band.
It also includes interviews with legions of the artists inspired by Barrett’s brief tenure with the band — The Who’s Pete Townshend, Blur’s Graham Coxon and more, plus former Pink Floyd managers Peter Jenner and Andrew King, playwright Tom Stoppard and Syd’s sister Rosemary Breen.
The movie was directed by Roddy Bogawa and the late album cover designer Storm Thorgerson, who created iconic Pink Floyd covers like The Dark Side of the Moon and
Wish You Where Here. Thorgerson died in 2006.
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The last words Barret said to a journalist who
tracked him down in the street where he lived
and asked him if he was the former Pink Floyd star.
Directed by Paul McCartney’s daughter MARY McCARTNEY a new documentary, named IF THESE WALLS COULD SING about the iconic Abbey Road Studios premieres on Disney+ on December 16 and includes interviews with The Beatles’ Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, as well as Elton John, Nile Rodgers, Noel Gallagher, Roger Waters, Celeste and George Lucas (whose Star Wars soundtracks were partly recorded at Abbey Road).
A new documentary movie about NEIL YOUNG’s classic LP HARVEST
is ready to screen and celebrates its 50th anniversary (released on
1 February 1972).
Created between January and September 1971, the docu-film takes us on an intimate journey to Young’s farm in Northern California for the ‘Harvest Barn’ sessions, to London
for an iconic performance with the London Symphony Orchestra and to Nashville where
the then 20-something Neil Young worked on various tracks of this signature album.
The feature is a fan piece that has never been seen before. Performance and rehearsal content is intertwined into creative storytelling and includes most of the tracks from the album including “Heart of Gold”, “A Man Needs A Maid”, “Alabama” and “Old Man”.
It’s set to be screened in cinemas on December 1
worldwide, with select encores on December 4.
Neil Young about the album: “This is a big album for me. 50 years ago, I was 24, maybe 23, and this album made a big difference in my life. I played with some great friends and it’s really cool that this album has lasted so long. I had a great time and now, when I listen to it, I think I was really just lucky to be there.”
