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Rocumentaries: Curated links to the very best documentaries on streaming services

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Rocumentaries

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Rocumentaries

Watch the very best documentaries online. 200+ links to awe-inspiring films from your favourite channels: Netflix, Prime, YouTube, BBC, Channel 4, Vimeo and more.

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Rocumentaries

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Watch the very best documentaries online. 200+ links to awe-inspiring films from your favourite channels: Netflix, Prime, YouTube, BBC, Channel 4, Vimeo and more.

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This is Spinal Tap (1984)

Originally published November 27th, 2012

What made me want to see it?

I kept hearing that this was one of the greatest comedies "like forever."

What did I think of it?

It's a fake rocumentary and I have to give Rob Reiner (the filmmaker) and the actors who improvised so much of the dialogue credit for making it really hard to tell. It was funny.  No more depth than looking at a band with a bizarrely humorous lifestyle.

I hear this is based on the Martin Scorsese documentary The Last Waltz, which is regarded as "like the best concert documentary like forever?"  I didn't even know concert documentaries were such a thing.  I'm not against documentaries, but most of them bore me.  Considering there are hardly any bands I'm passionate about, I have a feeling concert documentaries aren't my thing.  Given that, it might be hard for me to appreciate the apparent satire This is Spinal Tap was.  

Nonetheless, it was a funny movie.  It did what I like best in comedies: Put effort into being funny.  Which is especially funny since it seems entirely effortless.  I wasn't cracking up like at Raising Arizona, but I definitely laughed at it.  I can't help but wish there was a rocumentary like this out there that wasn't fake.  That was just as stupefyingly funny and actually real.

Overall?

This is Spinal Tap is an impressively authentic account of a fake rock band's decidedly amusing misadventures.

[movieslicereviews]

MOVIE REVIEW: We Are Freestyle Love Supreme

WE ARE FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME

is a movie for people who love

FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME

the improvisational hip-hop comedy musical group

formed by

Lin-Manuel Miranda 

and

Anthony Veneziale 

in 2004

but if you don’t love

FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME

or have never heard of

FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME

or know what they are responsible for...

then you will feel

AWKWARD

like me 

and feel

not so different than being at a party with

A GROUP OF STRANGERS

who are best friends that have known each other since childhood

and get along so well its

CREEPY

and praise each other so much

its

CREEPY

until finally

after you fall asleep in a lawn chair by the pool

you go

“OH WAIT YOUR THAT GUY...YOU CREATED HAMILTON!”

but by that time the party is almost over and

you’ve felt excluded for more than an hour

you realize that it’s too late to care

and would rather go back to sleep in that lawn chair!

WE ARE FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME

is a positive movie about positive people

who rarely fight or disagree

which makes me feel even more guilty

 for not liking this documentary.

I recognize that the group is talented but if you are not

familiar with this act or care for the act

or have yet to see Hamilton

like me

I can’t recommend this film!

WE ARE FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME

TWO AND A HALF STARS (out of four)

Now Streaming On Hulu

[rockandrollhistory105]

Lecture 14: The epic rock anthem of the early 1970s, “Ziggy Stardust,” by David Bowie, a defining moment in modern rock history. This scene is from documentarian D.A. Pennebaker’s 1973 motion picture Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. Like all of Pennebaker’s work (including his outstanding 1968 documentary Monterey Pop), it is a riveting, almost hypnotic film. Not surprisingly, he won an Academy Honorary Award (a.k.a., “lifetime Oscar”) for his significant achievements as a filmmaker. Alas, Pennebaker passed away on August 1, 2019.

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OK, now I'm nervous! I month to present my documentary 😬🎬 #documental #monocilindrero #documentary #filmmaking #oaxaca #rocumentary #rockumental #rockband

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Check out our review of “Gridlocked: On Tour with The Briggs”. Chronicling a short west coast tour with punk band The Briggs. The seven year journey to get this film made results in this rocumentary #movie #cinema #film #thebriggs #tour #music #punk #moviereview #filmsnobreviews https://www.instagram.com/p/CexioJ-umgI/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Books Batch

Fear not, my friends. Though I haven't posted a book summary review, I have been reading. So here goes a book summary dump of sorts.

I hate to say it, but I've kind of hit a wall with my reading. I'm working on a book where the first couple of chapters haven't pulled me in, so I just haven't read it. It's called Libertie by Kaitlyn Greenidge. I'm sure I'll get into it a bit more later, but it's on hold for right now, and I need to pick up something else.

The Lost Apothecary - Sarah Penner - This was a an interesting read because of the historical time line and present day back and forth, but mostly this book about how an unfulfilled woman finds herself and her calling while exploring an apothecary bottle she found in the Thames while in London. I found the book lacked depth and the true nature of the elusive historical hunt.

Outlawed - Anna North - It was almost like The Handmaid's Tale meets the Old West. I really liked this book. Even with so brief a book, the characters had purpose and personality. The underlying looks at gender, race, and feminism were well done and I was satisfied.

The Sun Down Motel - Simone St. James - Not as compelling as her book The Broken Girls, but still a good read. After her mother's death, Carly heads to Fell, NY to search for clues in the 35 year old disappearance of her aunt that has never been resolved. She walks in the footsteps of her aunt and solves the mystery.

Gods of Jade and Shadow - Silvia Moreno-Garcia - This book is a slow start. Caseopia teams up with a God of Death in order to escape her stifling life in 1920s rural Mexico. By the end, I was surprised how much I liked it.

Daisy Jones & The Six - Taylor Jenkins Reid - This fictional Rocumentary was so sad and sweet at the same time. I almost wished they were polygamists so they could all be together.

The Final Revival of Opal & Nev - Dawnie Wilton - It's funny how most fictional rocumentaries are explored by a child of one of the main characters trying to get to know their parent. The genre is so rich with discovery about that life you never saw them lead. I love it. Opal did not disappoint. Nev was bah. I want to have long discussions with this fictional dynamo.

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Finding Kurt Hummel: Puppet Master

Masterpost

5x07: Puppet Master

Just when you thought season 5 couldn’t get any weirder - they decided to throw in drug-related hallucinations and puppets.  Because why not.  I actually love this episode, but, I mean, can you imagine the writers room discussion about early season 5? They just lost a castmate and friend - so they decide to go take the show in kind of a crazy direction (which also, let’s be honest, feels a little like vamping until they get to their 100th episode).  

Anyway - there’s a ton of Blaine meta here - which I’ll mostly be ignoring! It’s just interesting to me that I always think the Kurt story line in this episode is a lot bigger than it actually is.  And yeah, I’ll say this early on - Kurt is a puppet master just as much as Blaine is (they both have issues with control) - they just took Kurt’s story in a different direction.  Actually, I think it would have been interesting to see fallout of Kurt not having things work out for him, but Glee seems to have forgotten how to do its infamous parallels at this point. 

A Puppet Master

Kurt bounces into the episode on a high - he just booked Pamela Lansbury’s first gig -- at a Broadway hangout.  (Which also happens to be the place where his fiance sang a broken down version of their love song - so I don’t know, I’m torn between Kurt having sentimentality towards Callbacks and never wanting to set foot back in there again.  The show, meanwhile, didn’t seem like they wanted to create somewhere new, so Callbacks it is.)  

Rachel’s on board, but Elliott, Dani and Santana are not.  And in a scene much like the previous Blaine with the choir room scene, they proceed to tell Kurt that Callbacks isn’t such a great idea.  I tend to agree, for marketing purposes, probably best to find some place that’ll get you the right audience, but this is Glee, land of magic where the plot needs it.  (I say in loving jest) 

Kurt’s astounded they’re not on board with this (he looks to Rachel, who looks sad for him - it’s an interesting little moment of subtly in an otherwise kind of over the top scene).  And he insists that Callbacks is a funky place (why does the writing for Kurt sound like a 50yo trying to reclaim his youth? Was Ryan Murphy 50 at this point?).  And that they should trust his instinct and go with him on it.  

I love the little moment where Dani says she doesn’t think anyone else will come and Kurt says he disagrees (Dan-ni!).  Demi Lovato’s reaction is priceless.  She was so under used in this show.  

Anyway, Kurt has a vision of his band playing Madonna songs.  When has Kurt ever had rock star ambitions? Well, now apparently.  (Though - I will say, while not pronounced, Kurt does love and appreciate the attention from performing nearly as much as Rachel and Blaine.)  

So -- we get Madonna’s Into the Groove.  Hm.  

On the con side: I wish they had gone full on 80s.  I mean the clothes are there, but the hairstyles are not.  The juxtaposition feels a little weird to me.  I also wish it wasn’t so autotuned.  It’s nice that Kurt gets a fun, upbeat number, but it’s almost entirely electronic sounding.  I realize that’s supposed to match an 80s synth sound, but I guess it doesn’t work for me.  Also I don’t have a lot of meta for it.  It’s a fun dance number.  I suppose - for all of you complaining that Kurt doesn’t have enough lack of meaning songs - well here you go. 

On the pro side: Kurt’s having so much fun - he’s taking the lead on this one (I can barely hear anyone else on it), and his dancing is adorable and flirty.  It’s great that they let him relax in his own fantasy.  You work that crowd (and those hips)!!  

The intensity at the end cracks me up.  Even in Kurt’s fantasy - Rachel is way super intense.  

Does this sequence remind anyone else of Saved By the Bell’s Rocumentary episode where they sing Friends Forever? Just me? Okay moving on.... 

Oh - Kurt’s getting a call from his fiance - talk among yourselves.  

On close inspection, this scene is hilariously ridiculous.  I mean, I love that the show remembered the two of them were in a committed relationship.  I love that they’re making an effort to show them talking with each other on a pretty regular basis.  (And interestingly, the Klaine stuff has been consistent on the NYC side, though more so absent on the Lima said.  Weird? I know but true.)  

Let’s recap the episode so far: 

Blaine: I have awesome ideas for the direction of our musical group.  Everyone else: Yeah, we think your ideas are dumb  Kurt: I have an awesome idea for the direction of our musical group. Everyone else: Yeah we think it’s a dumb idea.  

Then this scene: 

Blaine: People think my ideas are dumb.  Kurt: Instead of letting you know I understand exactly what you’re talking about, I’m going to remind you that people don’t like it when you try to tell them to do things they don’t want to do - even though I’m going through the same thing at the moment.  

Okay Kurt - a) why the revisionist history considering the glee club.  no one ever had an equal vote on anything and b) hello pot, meet kettle.  Show, I mean what even?!? 

Okay, you know what though, I think this scene is hilarious though.  As it continues - Kurt’s all excited about his news and asks Blaine to come see him.  Blaine is like, yeah whatever.  Kurt’s thrilled about Blaine coming to see him again but Blaine is like KURT WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THIS PUPPET MASTER THING!!  

No, they aren’t really listening to each other in this scene.  I don’t really care.  It’s comedically satisfying.  

Oh - and can we take a moment to see that Blaine’s inbetween classes at the moment.  I wonder how many times Blaine texts or calls Kurt during his school day.  Idk - that cracked me up too for some reason. 

Kurt Puppet.  Okay, I’m not talking about Blaine’s stuff really - but can I just say I think the Kurt puppet is adorable, even if oh Blaine - you’ve got some issues.  However, I just need to throw out there that Sue doesn’t want to catch Blaine with his hand up the anything that isn’t human.  Uh...Sue? Does that mean you’re open to...oh never mind.  Oh - and I do kind of love that the Kurt Puppet comes alive after Sue confiscates it.  

Crushing Disappointment

Okay - so twenty minutes and a bunch of hallucinations later - Kurt’s chilling waiting for Blaine in the back room of Callbacks.  Kurt’s not gonna like the news.  Dude - you really need to stop inviting Blaine to Callbacks - it’s never gonna end well.  

Anyway - Blaine’s been putting this off (oh Blaine) but he tells Kurt he’s not there.  And Kurt’s first reaction - concern! It’s not until puppet Kurt appears that the anger is apparent.  

And so we get the shift from real Kurt to puppet Kurt.  How much of this conversation is real? How much a fantasy? (caught in a land slide - no escape from reality...)  

I’ve seen this scene be debated quite a bit - and to be honest, I can go either way on whether it’s real or not - so I like to take the happy medium approach.  I do think Kurt was frustrated (as evident as he throws his phone down after the conversation) -  that Blaine not only couldn’t make it, but that Blaine avoided talking to him about it until the last moment, too.  It is interesting, too, to note that Blaine being there for Kurt is really important to him.  

Meanwhile, I think a lot of the anger going on in the scene is Blaine’s own internalization of the situation - and the disappointment he keeps finding in himself.  Puppet Kurt’s reaction is a reflection of how he’s feeling with himself at the moment, and not necessarily a true representation of Kurt’s feelings on what’s going on.  

Still - I wish there had been a clearer resolution to the Klaine conflict (?) than how the episode ends.  (I hesitate to even call it a real conflict, tbh - more so a frustration on Kurt’s end and Blaine issues on the other.) Idk - I still think it feels a little unresolved.  

Meanwhile, Kurt’s got other problems as there’s only one person waiting to see Pamela Lansbury perform - and it’s not even a real fan.  (Dude - are there no other people in that bar?  Seriously on a Thursday in NYC?)  

What does a fox say?

It really is tragic that I can’t get a full shot of this outfit.  What even are those pants Kurt?  

Okay, so let’s recap the second half of the episode: 

Blaine: **has extensional crisis about being called a puppet master, has extensive hallucinations, plays with puppets, but at least gets some character development** Everyone else: Hey Blaine, we talked it over - and your ideas aren’t so bad.  Bonus - you get to be the star!  Kurt: **gets absolutely no development** Everyone else: Hey Kurt, we talked it over - and your idea wasn’t that bad.  Bonus - You get a second gig due to a ridiculously contrived plot point (that will be used again in a few episodes with Mercedes).  

Idk - I love this episode, but I could have done without the the Sue plot in favor of letting Kurt’s band be more than showcasing Adam Lambert and Demi Lovato.  

Meanwhile, the semi-ish conclusion to the Klaine stuff??  Blaine sends an “I’m sorry” box.  (How often does that happen?)  Kurt looks pretty pleased...until he opens it and seems really confused.  Kurt - I really think you may want to call Blaine and see if he’s okay.... 

Oh What Does the Fox Say.  Some people hate it (Lea Michele - it’s her least favorite Glee song apparently), some people love it (My 5yo niece thinks it’s the greatest thing ever), I’m cool with it.  It is super weird - but so is the rest of the episode.  

I’ve seen some interesting meta floating around about how Kurt is the fox because he does not sing in the song (he doesn’t even lip sync the back up vocals - he’s pretty silent).  I wish I remembered what people had said about that.  It was kind of interesting, even if I think this episode is purely a ‘for fun’ number.  

Fun fact: Originally Miley Cyrus’s We Can’t Stop was supposed to be the ending number.  No idea why it changed - but that would have been interesting to see, actually.  Probably makes more sense with the episode than The Fox, lol.