Sentences with phrase «concert films»

Few concert films dare to open in close to 1,000 theaters and those that do boast the presence of one of the world's most famous celebrities.

His previous comedy special, «David Cross: The Pride is Back,» aired on HBO in 1999, and was named one of the 25 best stand - up comedy specials and concert films of all time by ROLLING STONE in July 2015.

High praise will flow, deservedly, about Demme's virtuosity as a filmmaker; about the Oscars he won for The Silence of the Lambs; about his concert films, from Stop Making Sense to Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids, that brought audiences closer than ever before to the sweaty intimacy and creative pulse of music.

All of the sounds are captured perfectly in the performance, in one of the best sounding concert films I've ever heard.

It's considered one of the best concert films ever made, crafted with love from one of the great filmmakers of our time.

Director Jonathan Demme has a gift for framing rock performance, having directed countless superb concert films, including Stop Making Sense, widely seen as the high - water mark of the genre.

He followed it up by headlining comedy concert films such as the 2006 Finesse Mitchell: Snap Famous — Live and snagged roles in films such as the 2007 Big Boi - starrer Who's Your Caddy?

Most concert films follow familiar formulas, and this one is no exception... Cynics may find a motive for the film in Cohen's recent legal problems.

It encompassed a live show, a concert film (Justin Timberlake and the Tennessee Kids — it's on Netflix, and it's excellent), a «Part 2 of 2,» and a slate of glamorous music videos.

It's a shame the Newsboys of today are mostly known for God's Not Dead, the last quarter of which is basically just a Newsboys concert film.

In 1976, Ward attended the Last Waltz, the final concert by The Band at The Winterland in San Francisco, which Martin Scorcese turned into a celebrated concert film.

The new documentary «20,000 Days On Earth» is neither the career retrospective or concert film you might expect, but rather a snapshot of the musician, now 57, still trying to connect with his muse.

Black Sabbath - The End of The End: This concert film chronicles Black Sabbath's last show of their final tour.

He benefited hugely from his association with Foxworthy, who featured the comic in an occasional supporting role on his sitcom The Jeff Foxworthy Show; the two then teamed up with Larry the Cable Guy and Ron White for the mega-successful Blue Collar Comedy Tour, which spawned its own concert film in 2003.

Death Metal Angola starts as a brooding national crisis doc and ends as a concert film.

If Through the Never was a straight ahead concert film it would be a masterpiece of heavy metal showmanship.

Part comedy - concert film, part documentary, Ahmed Ahmed's «Just Like Us,» opening in limited release Friday (6/10/11), is an enjoyably sprawling travelogue with a point.

Metallica: Through the Never - three - quarters - concert film, one - quarter - disaster epic - is the most fun I've had at the movies this year.

Also new: the classic concert film Eddie Murphy: Delirious (1983, not rated).

Fusing fancy dress, Caribbean carnivals and Kierkegaard in a dizzy kaleidoscope of sounds and images, The Reflektor Tapes is exactly the sort of concert film youd expect from alt - rockers Arcade Fire.

When I originally heard about this film, I didn't know what to expect, but director Nimrod Antal has made the finest film of his career, and quite possibly the finest concert film in many years, at least since Iron Maiden's Flight 666.

Critic Consensus: Imaginatively shot and edited, Metallica Through the Never is an electrifying, immersive concert film, though its fictional sequences are slightly less assured.

Given that Demme's Stop Making Sense represents the high - water mark of the concert film as a genre, it should come as no surprise that Ricki And The Flash's musical numbers — filmed live, with Streep singing and playing rhythm guitar — are uniformly superb.

Premiering at Austin's vital SXSW Film Festival this week is Super High Me, part concert film and part investigative documentary.

Wolfen (Warner Archive, Blu - ray)-- The werewolf movie was revived and reworked with a vengeance in 1981 andWolfen, adapted from the Whitley Strieber novel and directed by Michael Wadleigh (his first feature since the epic concert film Woodstock), was a far more radical take on the genre than either An American Werewolf in Londonor The Howling, though not as popular as either.

This solid concert film also focuses on the fun - loving and kind - hearted side of Dave Chappelle, which hasn't always come across in his comedy.

Built around an extensive parody of the Talking Heads concert film Stop Making Sense, the episode involved coming...

Next Alyson Stoner Slideshow: Open Road Films JUSTIN BIEBER»S BELIEVE memoir and concert film, presented by Teen Vogue - Los Angeles California United States - Wednesday 18th December 2013

Timberlake also teamed - up with director Jonathan Demme for the dynamite concert film «Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids» for Netflix.

7:25 am — IFC — A Hard Day's Night Richard Lester's 1964 Beatles - starring film straddles several genres — musical, concert film, documentary, comedy.

I loved this new concert film, Still Trippin» and I gave it four stars, but I felt that you were just as funny on your previous DVD, Don't Trip, which was clean.

«Katy Perry: Part of Me» (Paramount) is an energetic concert film with behind scenes footage that «gives its target audience just about as much truth as it can handle,» according to MSN film critic Glenn Kenny.

Every truly popular music act gets to appear in at least one movie, whether it's a documentary, concert film,

Obviously, Sony has no problem releasing an unfinished concert film for the recently departed king of pop Michael Jackson.

Other New Releases this week: the British comic drama «The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel,» the pop concert film «Katy Perry The Movie Part of Me,» the Oscar - nominated, music - infused animated feature «Chico & Rita,» and «Hysteria» and «The Do - Deca - Pentathlon.»

Bono had been in Park City, too, where the soon - to - be-released, eye - popping concert film U2 3D was shown.

This is like Kevin Hart's second concert film, sort of a victory lap.

The director is so enamored of his world - music bands that «Rachel» sometimes stops in its tracks and threatens to become a concert film.

Director Peter Strickland follows his 2012 thriller Berberian Sound Studio and Björk's concert film Biophilia Live with this darkly comic erotic drama.

A plus - sized stand - up gets by on very thin material in «The Fluffy Movie,» a concert film built on the comic stylings of Gabriel «Fluffy» Iglesias.

Demme shot the final two nights of JT's 20/20 Experience World Tour and blended them into a fantastic, 90 - minute concert film.

Woodstock — I've been saying for years that Martin Scorsese won an Oscar for helping to edit this massive concert film, but I was wrong.

Anyway, while this works great as a concert film: great performances from The Who, Crosby, Stills and Nash, Ritchie Havens, Joe Cocker, Santana, Janis Joplin, Sly & The Family Stone and, of course, Jimi Hendrix.

Because it was directed by Jonathan Demme, who gave us «Talking Heads: Stop Making Sense» — the best concert film of all time — and shot by the legendary Declan Quinn, a regular collaborator of not just Demme but U2.

Why include a concert film about Justin Timberlake in the Toronto International Film Festival?

To understand what director Jonathan Demme does so well with Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids, watch just about any other concert film.

But the long - awaited Aretha Franklin concert film, shot during her recording of the 1972 gospel album of the same name, ended up a no - show.

20,000 Days On Earth At first glance, it seemed to be a Nick Cave concert film / documentary, but 20,000 Days On Earth appears to be something more.

An experimental film starring Neil Young and shot partially on smartphone, FF2 critic Katusha Jin saw the 73 - minute piece as more of a concert film than a cinematic feature, but explained that it «defied the rules of storytelling.»

Part concert film, part documentary, part performance art and wholly self - indulgent — Dylan plays «Renaldo» while his wife Sara plays «Clara» — the film is the work of an artist whose ambition, hubris and vanity know no bounds, but as the singer - songwriter in question was already at that point a mythical figure a few years shy of his fortieth birthday, who's to say how much is too much?