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January - #MusicAll
February - #BlackCreatorsInFilm
I started entry #50 of #MusicAll in January 🎼 and it ended in February so I’m also counting it as entry #1 of February’s tribute to #BlackCreatorsInFilm✊🏾
ONE THE COME UP(2022)📽️ premiered at TIFF and is a bit rough around the edges but features and excellent cast. It deserves to be seen more.
Entry #49 of #MusicAll January 🎼 is THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (2004)📽️. Having seen the live production 6 times, including Colm Wilkinson and Rebecca Caine several times and the final one with Paul Stanley of Kiss as the Phantom, all I can say about this movie is that the sets were nice.
Entry #48 of #MusicAll January 🎼 is RUMBLE: THE INDIANS WHO ROCKED THE WORKD (2011) 📽️, a documentary about the role of Native Americans in popular music history, a little-known story built around the incredible lives and careers of the some of the greatest music legends.
Entry #47 of #MusicAll January 🎼 is the documentary about one of the most successful First Nations musicians ever and the co-founder of Kashtin, FLORENT VOLANT (2025)📽️
Entry #46 of #MusicAll January 🎼 A MIGHTY WIND (2003)📽️ a mockumentary by Christopher Guest starring the usual group of comedians. It’s not my favourite of Guest’s films but it does have my favourite scene from all of his movies though.
Entry #45 of #MusicAll January 🎼 is KNEECAP(2024)📽️, the story of the rise of Kneecap, a hip-hop trio from Belfast. The film stars the band members as themselves. Highly recommend.
Feeling lazy so listing entries #41-44 of #MusicAll January 🎼 in one post.
STOP MAKING SENSE (1984)
INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS (2013)
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN (2024)
and QUADROPHENIA (1979) 📽️
Entry #40 of #MusicAll January 🎼 is URGH! A MUSIC WAR (1981) 📽️ a concert film featuring great performances by punk/new wave/post-punk/synth pop/reggae bands. A must-watch for fans of 80’s alternative music or any serious music fan, honestly. This was the perfect movie to start off the week!
Entry #39 of #MusicAll January 🎼 is DEEP IN MY HEART (1954)📽️, a biopic about composer Sigmund Romberg. He is most famous for the biopic about him I guess? I never heard of him. The poster is very boring which is fitting cause it’s a very boring movie.
Entry #38 of #MusicAll January 🎼 was SCORE: A FILM MUSIC DOCUMENTARY (2016) 📽️, a decent tribute to the great Hollywood composers and a must watch for any fan of movies
Entry #37 of #MusicAll January 🎼 was THE LURE (2015) 📽️a Polish musical-horror re-telling of THE LITTLE MERMAID that only made $108k at the box office, which is a shame, but thankfully was released for the home market by #TheCriterionCollection
Entry #36 of #MusicAll January 🎼 was Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus 📽️, and it kicked my butt
www.criterionchannel.com/videos/ryuic...
Entry #35 of #MusicAll January 🎼 was a bunch of shorts instead of a feature so I’ve combined them.WILD WOMEN DON’T HAVE THE BLUES(1989), HI DE HO(1934), BLACK AND TAN(1929),THE DAUGHTERS OF FIRE(2023), T’AIN’T NOBODY’S BUSINESS: QUEER BLUES DIVAS OF THE 1020’S(2013),ST. LOUIS BLUES(1928), NOW!(1985)
Entry #34 of #MusicAll January 🎼 was a movie that gets better every time I see it, LA LA LAND (2016)📽️ It has jumped 2 spots to become my favourite Ryan Gosling film and jumped 1 spot to become my favourite Emma Stone movie
Side note, next year’s watchlist will probably be called #Jazzuary now
Entry #33 of #MusicAll January🎼 is the beautifully shot PARIS BLUES (1961)📽️ featuring Paul Newman and Sidney Poitier as American jazz musicians living in Paris with an excellent soundtrack by Duke Ellington. Cinematography by Christian Matras (GRAND ILLUSION, THE MILKY WAY, LOLA MONTÈS, LE PLAISIR)
Entry #32 of #MusicAll January 🎼 is THE HORN BLOWS AT MIDNIGHT (1945)📽️ by Raoul Walsh (HIGH SIERRA, WHITE HEAT, THE ENFORCER, THEY DRIVE BY NIGHT) starring Jack Benny as an angel in a screwball comedy about the end of the world
Entry #31 of #MusicAll January 🎼 was HEAVY METAL IN BAGHDAD (2007)📽️ a documentary on Iraq's only metal band and their fight to play music.
Entries #28, #29 and #30 of #MusicAll January 🎼 were A STAR IS BORN (1954), (1976), and (2018)📽️. I also first watched the OG from 1937 but it doesn’t count for the challenge because it’s not a musical.
Entry #27 of #MusicAll January 🎼 was ONCE (2007) starring Markéta Iglová and Glen Hansard of the Swell Season who won a 2008 Oscar for Best Original Song. They also made a concert documentary following the film and released in 2011 called SWELL SEASON📽️ - and I intend to watch it soon too
Entry #26 of #MusicAll January🎼 was the best Elvis musicals parody, TOP SECRET (1984)📽️. Written and directed by ZAZ and starring Val Kilmer in his first film role. This has been a comfort film for me since I first saw it as a kid on a rented VCR.
Entry #25 of #MusicAll January 🎼 was BLUE HAWAII (1961)📽️, starring Elvis Presley as ‘Chad’ (that’s the plot, Elvis is Chad who acts like a chud) but you don’t watch an Elvis movie for the story this is all about the music. Great setting and costumes, this would have failed miserably without Elvis.
Entry #24 of #MusicAll January 🎼 was the fantastic LES CHORISTES (2004)📽️
Oscar nominated for Best Foreign Film and Best Original Song in 2005 and won Best Foreign Language Film at the Golden Globes, starring Gérard Jugnot who I feel is in every French movie and some great performances by the kids.
I once met a famous film critic in an airport on a work trip and I asked him what movie had he recently seen that deserved more eyeballs and without hesitation he told me SING STREET (2016)📽️, which is was entry #23 of #MusicAll January 🎼
He was right. It deserves to be seen by more people. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ½
Entry #21 of #MusicAll January🎼 was the documentary SOUND IT OUT (2011)📽️, my 3rd favourite film about working in a record store
Entry #20 of #MusicAll January 🎼 was HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH (2001)📽️, a film that i adored 25 yrs ago but it seems to have lost some of its lustre with this last viewing. The music, costumes etc are still top notch, but some of the character elements and trans stereotypes haven’t aged well. ⭐️⭐️⭐️½
Entry #19 of #MusicAll January🎼 was SUMMER OF SOUL (…OR WHEN THE REVOLUTION CAN NOT BE TELEVISED) (2021) 📽️. I love old-school festival films and this one does not disappoint.
Features legends such as Nina Simone, Stevie Wonder, B.B. King and more.. directed by Questlove. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Entry #18 of #MusicAll January 🎼 was ALL THAT JAZZ (1979)📽️, a movie that I did not care for when I first saw it when I was young as thought it was boring. Boy was I wrong. Good performances but the editing really stands out, it’s kinda rare that I’m particularly impressed about editing.
Entry #17 of #MusicAll January 🎼 was LAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI JUKES (2003)📽️, a documentary with some good music but it’s pretty thin on content. By far Morgan Freeman’s least known film.
Entry #16 of #MusicAll January 🎼 is LAST SHOP STANDING (2012)📽️, my 5th favourite film about working in a record store
