Rockumentaries, biopics, music movies and more
This Classic Albums documentary, released in 2005, features interviews with members of the band and Nevermind album producer Butch Vig about the recording of the album. Other interview highlights include Thurston Moore from Sonic Youth and Steve Diggle from the Buzzcocks.
Aja was the biggest selling album of Steely Dan’s career, reaching number 3 on the U.S. Billboard chart and number 5 in the UK. This portrait of the making of the 1977 jazz-rock album includes archival footage, newly recorded performances and interviews with Donald Fagen, Walter Becker, producer Gary Katz, songwriter Ian Dury, Doobie Brothers member Michael McDonald and session musicians involved in the recording.
The classic 1973 album by Pink Floyd stayed on the Billboard 200 for an astonishing 741 consecutive weeks. Echoing themes of alienation, paranoia and death, it is a dreamy, often trancelike tour through the subconscious of Floyd lyricist Roger Waters.
This 84-minute film takes a track-by-track look at the making of Dark Side of the Moon, featuring interviews with band members Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Richard Wright, plus rare acoustic versions of ‘Breathe’ and ‘Brain Damage’.
2005 documentary directed by Sam Dunn with Scot McFadyen and Jessica Wise. The film follows 31-year-old Sam, a Canadian anthropologist, who has been a heavy metal fan since the age of 12.
Ondi Timoner’s wildly entertaining documentary tells a familiar rock n’ roll tale, one filled with crazy nights, substance abuse, out-of-control parties, temper tantrums, art-versus-commerce debates, musical differences, onstage fights, and smashed sitars. What makes DIG! so electrifying is that you see it all unfold in front of the cameras, as Timoner follows the highs and lows of two bands – the Brian Jonestown Massacre and the Dandy Warhols – over the course of seven years.