By shael stolberg on March 22, 2013
CMW 13, festival news, Festival Spotlights, Reviews
by John Davidson for FILMbutton The first thing I learned while watching The Last Pogo Jumps Again is that most rock and rollers do not in fact burn out, they actually fade away. This lengthy study of the mostly underground and largely forgotten Toronto music scene of the 1970’s has some harsh lessons for the […]
By shael stolberg on March 20, 2013
cmw film fest, film festival, john davidson, levon helm, robbie robertson, rock star, the band
CMW 13, festival news, Festival Spotlights, Reviews
by John Davidson for FILMbutton Levon Helm was struggling. With the taxman, throat cancer, Grammy executives and with an enduring legacy that would rather see him be forever 25. Despite this, this simple and focused documentary finds him in good spirits during the final years of his life in upstate New York. Footage shot a […]