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March 28, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Steve Martin: The Television Stuff
Steve Martin The Television Stuff Shout! Factory This three-disc set is a reminder of Steve Martin’s “wild and crazy guy” persona, the seeds of The Jerk, the memory of him as a rock’n’roll star within comedy, the first hints of his more than decent abilities on the banjo, the early peak, and a portrait of [...]Archive
March 25, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Sound City: A film by Dave Grohl
Sound City Director: Dave Grohl Gravitas Ventures The documentary Sound City will be gushed over by many simply because Dave Grohl is the director and narrator; it’s his pet-project. It is – for the most part – a well-intentioned look at the titular recording studio, a hovel that helped to create some of rock’s enduring [...]Archive
March 16, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Neil Young: Journeys
Neil Young: Journeys Director: Jonathan Demme Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Neil Young returns to Omemee (the “town in North Ontario” from Helpless) to play two shows to end his solo tour of 2011 in support of Le Noise. Jonathan Demme captures it because they’ve already made two films together and Young will return to work [...]Archive
March 15, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Searching For Sugar Man: DVD
Searching For Sugar Man Director: Malik Bendjelloul studiocanal Searching For Sugar Man won the Oscar for best documentary, something music-lovers may well rejoice in/over but it’s worth remembering that this film is ultimately more about the search than the music; or it’s more about the search because of the music than it is about the [...]Archive
March 7, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Sigur Ros: Valtari Film Experiment
Sigur Ros Valtari Film Experiment EMI This DVD collects 16 short films commissioned by a range of international directors, each charged with making a short-film rather than music-video but they would use one or more songs from Sigur Ros’ Valtari album. They were all given the same $10,000 budget. The result is as pretentious as [...]Archive
March 6, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Produced By George Martin: DVD
Produced By George Martin Eagle Rock Shock Conceived as a BBC TV documentary/profile and then sent out to the rest of the world as a DVD Produced By George Martin is a loving portrait that Beatles fans will want to see. There’s a day in the life aspect, watching Sir George Martin interact with family [...]Archive
February 27, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
The Chieftains: Live Over Ireland – Water From The Well
The Chieftains Live Over Ireland: Water From The Well Shock The Water From The Well CD was a return-to-roots project for The Chieftains and the DVD of the same name shows performances, rehearsals and recording footage from the album and tour as well as generous interviews with band members tracing the history of the group [...]Archive
February 27, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
This Must Be The Place: Film
This Must Be The Place Director: Paolo Sorrentino Trinity Film I found it best, 10 minutes in, to think of Sean Penn’s character Cheyenne as not just Robert Smith of The Cure, but Robert Smith of The Cure post-stroke. And maybe that’s why they couldn’t go there completely with this as any sort of official [...]Archive
February 27, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Sound It Out: The Very Last Record Shop In Teesside, UK
Sound It Out The Very Last Record Shop In Teesside, UK Dogwoof Where The Last Shop Standing failed (click here to see my review), Sound It Out is a triumph, because it’s one thing to parade around celebrities – people who can always afford music and, therefore, are always given it for free – but [...]Archive
February 22, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Last Shop Standing: The Rise, Fall and Rebirth of The Independent Record Shop
Last Shop Standing The Rise, Fall and Rebirth of The Independent Record Shop Proper Films This well-meaning but ultimately go-nowhere documentary takes its title and cue from the fatuous, flabby and poorly written book of the same name. Less a waste of time (given this is only 50 minutes) the DVD struggles to really say, [...]Archive
February 11, 2013 by Simon Sweetman