If you want to see an enormous divide between mainstream audiences and those who cast a more critical eye over the contemporary film industry, simply mention the concept of the musical biopic. These films have always existed and been quite popular over time, but in recent years they have reached a fever pitch, primarily because…
Category: music
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus (2023)
There is a quote I adore by Friedrich Nietzsche, who boldly proclaimed that “without music, life would be a mistake” – I’ve constructed many conversations around the power of music in the past, and it bears as much relevance today as it did when the words were first spoken. To be a musician is to…
The Rose (1979)
From its very first moment, in which we see a small group of people enter a garage, which has posters and photographs of many counterculture icons plastered across every inch of the walls, we know that The Rose is going to be a challenging film, precisely because in this group of people, the one person…
This Is America (2018)
I’ve reviewed roughly 550 films. I recently reviewed a television series (if you consider Twin Peaks to be a television series, but that’s not the discussion right now). However, today I am breaking a few boundaries and writing a piece on something entirely unconventional, something entirely new ground for me: a music video. Not just…
The Postmodern Pelican 