by allan tong for FILMbutton In the age of YouTube, celebrity sex videos and reality TV, can a rock movie still shock? With a title like Cocksucker Blues, you’d imagine that this verite documentary about The Rolling Stones’ 1972 U.S. tour would. Backstory: Three years after the horrifying free concert at Altamont (brilliantly captured by […]
by allan tong for FILMbutton “There’s something in that mud,” says Bono about the Fame recording studios in this swampy hamlet in Alabama. Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, The Allman Brothers, The Rolling Stones and many others have recorded some of the best songs of the past 50 years here. Contemporary interviews and archival photos bring […]
NXNE FILM presents Stones in Exile Closing Night Gala – June 19, 9 p.m. Toronto Underground Cinema – 189 Spadina Avenue TORONTO, May 27, 2010 – NXNE Film is proud to present the Canadian Premiere of Stones in Exile as the Closing Night Gala. Fresh from Cannes Film Festival, Stones in Exile is director Steven […]
Rob Stefaniuk’s SUCK will be screening at the MoMA from March 19th – 22nd. The film “is a psychedelic comedy with a kick ass soundtrack featuring 11 original songs, and classics from Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, Alice Cooper, David Bowie, and the Rolling Stones”. “Participating in the Canadian Front is a singular honour for any […]
