This illuminating documentary profiles extraordinary women musicians who shaped electronic sound.
Amy Poehler’s second feature behind the camera misses the mark in its search for humour and solidarity.
A stirring and fraught mother-daughter relationship is at the centre of this lively punk rock doc.
Tessa Thompson and Nnamdi Asomugha shine in a heady tale of two lovers, set in 1960s Harlem.
Spike Lee’s filmed version of David Byrne’s celebrated concert shows a pop master at the peak of his powers.
By Erik Nielsen
Alex Winter directs this expansive portrait of the self-styled rock god, for hardcore fans and skeptics alike.
The entertaining story of the titular “Mother of the Blues” sees Chadwick Boseman shine in his final performance.
By Leila Latif
Pop music and women’s liberation come to the fore in director Unjoo Moon’s slight biopic of Helen Reddy.
The story of how Rock Against Racism combatted fascism in ’70s Britain has some disturbing contemporary parallels.
By Thomas Hobbs
Max Richter’s eight-hour concept album is brought to life via Natalie Johns’s immersive concert film.
How Brooklyn’s finest changed the rap game, as told by the group’s two surviving members.
Taylor Swift, TS Eliot and Digital Fur Technology combine to disastrous effect in this feline musical folly.
By BP Flanagan
Back in cinemas courtesy of the BFI, this adaptation of The Who’s rock opera is as wildly entertaining as ever.
Seamus Murphy’s globetrotting musical travelogue with PJ Harvey is a self-defeating creative exercise.
This tender portrait of the exuberant INXS frontman avoids tabloid hysteria in its search for a fragile soul.
By BP Flanagan
Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly’s timeless musical remains an effervescent, life-affirming wonder.
Berry Gordy leads a roster of iconic artists in paying tribute to one of the most successful record companies of the 20th century.
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