A pop star meets with her estranged best friend to try to reconnect with herself and their shared past in David Lowery’s beautifully designed but muddled Mother Mary.
Tag Archives: Music
Mile End Kicks (2025)
A young writer decides to move to Montreal for the music scene and write a book about the impact of the album Jagged Little Pill.
Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story [2026] [MVD Visual Blu-ray]
The 50-year history of Redd Kross, the influential LA punk band, is tracked with new and old footage of brothers Jeff and Steven McDonald and friends in Andrew Reich’s wonderful documentary Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story. Now on Blu-ray and DVD from MVD Visual.
Elvis ’56 [1987] [Lightyear Blu-Ray]
The year Elvis shot to stardom is explored in Alan & Susan Raymond’s 1987 documentary Elvis ‘56, now on Blu-Ray via Lightyear Entertainment.
The Secret Lives of Bill Bartell [2025] [MVD Visual]
The multitude of secrets and strangeness of an enigmatic, but everywhere and known to all, figure of LA’s punk scene is explored in Dave Markey’s insanely engaging 2025 documentary, Secret Lives of Bill Bartell, now on Blu-ray from MVD Visual.
Rockers [1978] [MVD Rewind 4k UHD & Blu-Ray]
1978’s Rockers follows a musician and his friends & bandmates tries to get by selling records off his bike, until it gets stolen. Now on 4k UHD & Blu-Ray via MVD Rewind.
Song Sung Blue [2025]
The true story of husband-and-wife Neil Diamond tribute band “Lightning and Thunder” is told in Craig Brewer’s frustrating generic biopic Song Sung Blue.