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‘Ladies & Gentlemen…50 Years of SNL Music’ Documentary Review: Looking Back at Music and Television History

On October 11th, 1975, television changed forever. NBC premiered a revolutionary concept. It combined a bunch of young and innovative comedians who would perform sketches written during the week. The show, commanded by the young Canadian writer Lorne Michaels, was Saturday Night Live. Fifty years later, SNL became a place …

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Interview: Emmanuel Courcol on ‘The Marching Band’

In French director Emmanuel Courcol’s comedy drama, The Marching Band (En fanfare), the celebrated orchestra conductor, Thibaut Desormeaux (Benjamin Lavernhe) is diagnosed with leukemia. To his surprise, the tests to identify a bone marrow donor reveal that he was adopted. The search for his brother leads him to Jimmy (Pierre Lottin), …

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Arctangent 2024 Festival Review

Arctangent 2024 Festival Review

Arctangent celebrated its tenth anniversary in style with a wonderful, four-day celebration of post-rock and instrumental, probably the one festival where you could go an entire day, an entire weekend, and see purely instrumental bands if you wanted to. Its uniqueness and carefully curated, wonderfully diverse lineup make the festival in …

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1-800-On-Her-Own Documentary Review

‘1-800-ON-HER-OWN’ Documentary Review: Ani DiFranco Still Has Something to Say

Inside the entertainment business, industries switch. When we look back at the phonographic market, it is changing. For example, independent artists, a small percentage of the pool then, could live throughout their CD sales and concerts at small gigs. It is a reality that changed completely. Today, streamers’ royalties do …

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Linda Perry Let It Die Here Review

‘Linda Perry: Let It Die Here’ Review: An Immeasurably Moving Documentary

There is a reason you’ve probably never heard the name Linda Perry. The singer/songwriter has spent her life hiding from the spotlight, hiding from shame and her perfectionism, but mostly hiding from herself. She is best known for being behind the vocals of 4 Non Blondes and their 1992 mega-hit …

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