Phil Ochs: There but for Fortune Directed by Kenneth Bowser USA, 2011 Phil Ochs: There but for Fortune stands apart from typical 1960s documentaries. This is due largely to the intelligence and passion of Phil Ochs himself. This is not a film about a moment of disillusionment with American culture, but rather the desire to …
Heavy Metal Parking Lot Directed by John Heyn and Jeff Krulik USA, 1986 Often hailed as a hidden anthropological gem, it seems too many misunderstand the context and importance of this Heavy Metal Parking Lot. There seems to be a feeling that this film is in some way, mocking it’s subjects. I am not sure …
Heavy Metal Picnic Directed by Jeff Krulik USA, 2010 Heavy Metal Picnic is a follow-up to the short cult film, Heavy Metal Parking Lot, which depicted the Maryland Heavy Metal scene during the mid-1980s. Heavy Metal Picnic mixes the home video footage from a 34 hour concert called the “Full Moon Jamboree”, as well as …
Surrogate Valentine If Paper Heart wasn’t precious enough for you, Surrogate Valentine might well be your dream movie; for the rest, keep back. Dave Boyle’s deeply tiresome musical travelogue’s greatest virtue is its brevity. The film stars San Francisco singer-songwriter Goh Nakamura as a version of himself as he takes on a “method” actor, Danny …
Color Me Obsessed: A Film About the Replacements Written by Gorman Bechard Directen by Gorman Bechard USA, 2011 Independent rock music inspires the kind of fandom that defies simple logic, transcending the bounds of what’s meant to represent taking a “healthy interest” in an obscure cultural property. There’s a reason that Michael Azerrad’s book on …
Fall is the best time of year for music and film fans in Montreal. Festivals and shows a-plenty, for most it becomes a draconian decision between what to see and what to miss. A select few become so totally fixated on this decision making process that they fail to see anything at all. For …
Pop Montreal unveiled it’s 2011 line-up at a Press Conference this morning, showcasing a diverse set of events that span all of the arts. Pop Montreal may be best known as Montreal’s premiere music festival, but it similarly includes events for those with an itch for fashion, passion for cinema and love of all things …
Pop Montreal is Montreal’s premiere annual music festival with more than 400 acts usually scheduled to play in more than 50 venues across the city. Along with music, Pop Montreal has music-related film (Film Pop), art events which we here at Sound On Sight will be covering this September. Since its creation by Daniel …
POP Montreal is an international music festival here in Montreal which is celebrating its 10th anniversary from September 21st to the 25th, 2011. POP is now recognized as an important multidisciplinary taste-making event, expanding its mission through various components: Puces POP, Art POP, Film POP, Kids POP and the Symposium. For the first time, …