Le Choc Du Futur (The Shock of the Future)
- Screen Reviews
- February 24, 2021
A day in the life a French woman as she invents electronica and rescues France from boring rock and roll.
Your Queen. Review by Stacey Zering.
From Macca To Mecca! (WICKED COOL RECORDS/UMe). Review by Joe Frietze.
The Red Planet (Madfish Music). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Robert Forster and Fred Williamson take matters into their own hands in William Lustig’s grindhouse classic Vigilante in this new 4K UHD release.
Pedernal (Relative Pitch Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
The Sparks Brothers is director Edgar Wright’s (Baby Driver, Shaun of the Dead) long awaited documentary on Ron and Russell Mael’s legendary musical outlet, Sparks, which has released over 25 albums during their career. Generoso reviews the film fresh from its world premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.
Shall We Hope. Review by Carl F. Gauze.
Light of the Sun (Earth Music). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
The Parlor (Cornelius Chapel/Music Maker Relief Foundation). Review by James Mann.
A low-energy author heads out on a book tour that becomes more and more nightmarish as his life falls apart.
New Haven CT. Makes a pretty sound argument it’s pizza is better than New York or Chicago. And Detroit? Please. Have some respect.
Generoso reviews Preparations to be Together for an Unknown Period of Time, the mesmerizing second feature by Hungarian writer/director Lili Horvát.
Live at Ronnie Scott’s with Eddie Gomez and Jack DeJohnette (Resonance Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Tell Me How You Feel. Review by James Mann.
Young Farjid has an exam, but dad wants her to deliver a package and pick up some cash. You can guess the rest.
Live at the BPC (JCA Recording). Review by Carl F. Gauze.
Meet the people who do more than rescue dogs. They rescue older dogs who are the hardest to place.
Guardrails. Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Music reviews covering the critical years of rock and roll from 1967 to 1973 by critic and band manager Michael Oberman.
Catspaw (Omnivore Recordings). Review by James Mann.