Tag Archives: concert

Stop Making Sense (1984)

Posted on May 21, 2023 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Jonathan Demme Writers: Talking Heads & Jonathan Demme

Posted in Documentary, Musical | Tagged 1984, bernie worrell, big suit, chris frantz, concert, david byrne, documentary, gary goetzman, jerry harrison, jonathan demme, jordan cronenweth, lamp, lisa day, live, music, musical, stop making sense, talking heads, tina weymouth, tom tom club | Leave a comment

Taking Woodstock (2009)

Posted on February 23, 2023 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Ang Lee Writers: James Schamus (Based on the book “Taking Woodstock: A True Story of a Riot, A Concert and a Life by Elliot Tiber with Tom Monte)

Posted in Comedy, Drama | Tagged 1960s, 2009, adam pally, adaptation, ang lee, catskills, Celia D. Costas, comedy, concert, dan fogler, danny elfman, demetri martin, drama, drugs, elliot tiber, emile hirsch, Eric Gautier, eugene levy, farm, festival, gay, henry goodman, hippie, hippies, imelda staunton, james schamus, jeffrey dean morgan, jonathan groff, josh safdie, katherine waterston, Liev Schreiber, lsd, mamie gummer, motel, music, new york, paul dano, taking woodstock, tim squyres, tom monte, true story, woodstock | Leave a comment

Tár (2022)

Posted on January 21, 2023 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Todd Field Writer: Todd Field

Posted in Drama | Tagged 2022, alec baldwin, alexandra milchan, allan corduner, assistant, berlin, cate blanchett, classical, classical music, composer, concert, conductor, drama, florian hoffmeister, gay, germany, gustav mahler, hildur gudnadottir, internet, jessica hansen, julian glover, lgbt, mark strong, Monika Willi, monster hunter, music, musician, nina hoss, noemie merlant, online, orchestra, performance, Philharmonic, power, scott lambert, social media, Sophie Kauer, suicide, sydney lemmon, sylvia flote, tar, thailand, todd field, violin, violinist | Leave a comment

The Muppets (2011)

Posted on December 23, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: James Bobin Writers: Jason Segel & Nicholas Stoller (Based on The Muppets created by Jim Henson)

Posted in Adventure, Comedy, Musical | Tagged 2011, alan arkin, amy adams, band, bill barretta, bill cobbs, bret mckenzie, chris cooper, christophe beck, concert, dave goelz, dave grohl, david hoberman, david rudman, don burgess, donald glover, eddie pepitone, emily blunt, eric jacobson, frog, hobo, jack black, james bobin, james carville, james thomas, jason segel, jim henson, jim parsons, john krasinski, judd hirsch, ken jeong, kermit, kristen schaal, matt vogel, mickey rooney, miss pigg, muppet, muppets, neil patrick harris, nicholas stoller, performance, peter linz, puppet, puppets, rashida jones, reboot, reunion, rico rodriguez, sarah silverman, selena gomez, sequel, show, steve whitmire, telethon, the muppets, todd lieberman, tour, whoopi goldberg, zach galifianakis | Leave a comment

Jazz on a Summer’s Day (1959)

Posted on August 10, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Bert Stern Writers: Albert D’Annibale and Arnold Perl

Posted in Documentary, Musical | Tagged 1958, 1959, albert d'annibale, anita o'day, aram avakian, arnold perl, band, bang, bert stern, chico hamilton, chuck berry, concert, courtney hafela, dinah washington, documentary, festival, george shearing, gerry mulligan, gospel, group, jack teagarden, jazz, jazz on a summer's day, louis armstrong, mahalia jackson, music, musical, musician, newport, newport jazz festival, performance, ray phealan, raymond phelan, rhode island, thelonious monk, thelonius monk | Leave a comment

Sign ‘o’ the Times (1987)

Posted on August 9, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Prince

Posted in Documentary, Musical | Tagged albert magnoli, band, boni boyer, concert, david hogan, documentary, guitar, joseph ruffalo, minnesota, music, musical, musician, performance, peter sinclair, price, robert cavallo, sheena easton, sheila e., sign o the times, steve purcell, steven fargnoli, tour | Leave a comment

Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)

Posted on March 22, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Ahmir ‘Questlove’ Thompson

Posted in Documentary, Musical | Tagged 1960s, 2021, abbey lincoln, ahmir thompson, al sharpton, b.b. king, band, berry gordy, chris rock, concert, david dinerstein, david ruffin, documentary, festival, gladys knight, gospel, harlem, harlem cultural festival, high masekela, jesse jackson, joseph patel, joshua l. pearson, lin-manuel miranda, luis miranda, mahalia jackson, malcolm x, martin luther king, mavis staples, max roach, moon landing, motown, music, musical, musician, new york, new york city, nina simone, nyc, questlove, ray barretto, revolution, robert fyvolent, shawn peters, sheila e., sing, singer, sly & the family stone, sly stone, soul, stevie wonder, summer of soul, the 5th dimension, the chambers brothers, the pips, the staple singers | Leave a comment

Turning Red (2022)

Posted on March 12, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Domee Shi Writers: Julia Cho & Domee Shi (Story by Domee Shi & Julia Cho & Sarah Streicher) Really good! The best Pixar movies of the last few years.