The opening film from Sundance last year was Brett Morgen’s Chicago 10, a “mixed media” documentary about the anti-war protest during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Although it wasn’t anything amazing, it was a very interesting and exciting attempt at exploring that incident in history. Morgen caught up with Collider recently and talked about his […]
Continue reading →If you didn’t know, today marks what would have been Kurt Cobain’s 41st birthday. Last year to commemorate Kurt’s life and his contribution to music, The Kurt Cobain Memorial Committee launched its inaugural benefit concert, “Lounge Acts,” in Hoquiam. The concert was a benefit for the committee, which is working to build a teen center […]
Continue reading →It sounds like the impossible task: demythologizing Kurt Cobain. Yet, AJ Schnack actually found a way to create and distribute a movie that doesn’t fawn over him, that doesn’t include Nirvana music, concert footage, or even a photo of Cobain–until very briefly at the end. About A Son is different. Instead, all you hear is […]
Continue reading →Legendary live-fast-die-young Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain would have been 41 tomorrow, February 20, had things turned out … differently. (Lord, why couldn’t you have taken Scott Stapp instead?! We all know he longs to be closer to Thee!!) Er, anyhoo, here’s an analysis of Kurt’s chart and the factors leading up to his untimely death. […]
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