It’s been 470 calendar days since Beyoncé gave her stans an inkling that a Renaissance visual album was coming. In the year following the release of her seventh studio album, the BeyHive relied on their improvisational skills to keep them engaged throughout its nontraditional rollout. They made viral dance challenges …
Read More »'We Never Thought We'd Be Making History': Watch the Trailer for Cypress Hill's Smoke-Filled Documentary
The weed-filled, lowrider-laced story of Cypress Hill is coming to the small screen. On Thursday, Showtime released the official trailer for Cypress Hill: Insane in the Brain about the rap group’s influence on hip-hop. The film is directed by Estevan Oriol and explores the group’s one-of-a-kind sound and how they …
Read More »'They Call Me Magic': Apple TV+ Drops First Trailer for Magic Johnson Doc
Following its debut Saturday at the 2022 SXSW Film Festival, Apple TV+ has dropped the new trailer for They Call Me Magic, the streaming service’s four-part documentary about Los Angeles Lakers great Earvin “Magic” Johnson. Featuring new interviews with Johnson, Barack Obama, NBA stars like Michael Jordan, Larry Bird and …
Read More »Netflix's 'The Sons of Sam' Depicts the Dangers of Our True Crime Obsession
Journalist Maury Terry was already neck-deep into trying to prove that David Berkowitz, a.k.a. the Son of Sam, did not act alone in his New York City killing spree when he received a letter from the serial killer in 1981, postmarked Attica Correctional Facility. “I am guilty of these crimes,” …
Read More »'Zappa' Review: A Modernist Mozart Who Happened to Be a Rock Star
There is no such thing as a casual Frank Zappa fan — it’s an all-or-nothing proposition. (Really, there’s no such thing as a casual Frank Zappa listener, period: You either immediately recoil from his grandiose, often goofy odes to dancin’ fools and yellow snow, self-promoting pimps and and S&M aficionados …
Read More »Bully. Tyrant. Genius: 8 Things We Learned From New Doc on Producer David Foster
It’s been virtually impossible to avoid David Foster for close to five decades. No matter the era, he’s been part of your pop life. Grew up in the Seventies? You probably remember his first hit, “Wildflower,” when he was in Canadian pop-R&B band Skylark; the Tubes’ “She’s a Beauty,” which …
Read More »Debbie Harry, Alice Cooper Appear in Suzi Quatro Documentary
Debbie Harry, Alice Cooper and more appear in the trailer for Suzi Q, a new film about pioneering female rock star Suzi Quatro, out this summer. Directed by Liam Firmager, the documentary chronicles Quatro’s career, from her beginnings in Detroit to her breakthrough in 1973. “She was the first, and …
Read More »Peter Jackson's Beatles Documentary Gets a Release Date
Peter Jackson‘s eagerly awaited The Beatles: Get Back, a new documentary on the band during its final year, will be released in theaters by Disney on September 4. Culled from 55 hours of footage shot in early 1969, as the Beatles were recording what would become Let It Be, the …
Read More »Hillary Clinton Gets Personal in New Hulu Documentary Trailer
Hillary Clinton looks back on her 2016 presidential campaign in the new trailer for Hillary, a four-part documentary series premiering March 6th on Hulu. The series weaves together Clinton’s biographical history with the rise and fall of her bid for president, featuring interviews with Clinton herself along with her husband Bill …
Read More »Ron Howard on the Making of 'Pavarotti'
Ron Howard doesn’t remember meeting Luciano Pavarotti so much as feeling his presence. “My memory has less to do with my brief handshake and fleeting eye contact with the maestro and more to do with the fact that it was at this giant Golden Globes event with major movie stars …
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