Allman Brothers Band’s Legendary 1971 Fillmore East Run: An Oral History

Allman Brothers Band’s Legendary 1971 Fillmore East Run: An Oral History

Forty-five years ago, on March 11th, 1971, the Allman Brothers Band took the stage at Bill Graham’s vaunted Fillmore East Theater in New York for the first of a series of shows that are among the most celebrated in rock history. The Allmans weren’t even supposed to be the headliners. The posters Graham had printed up read: “Johnny Winter […]

10 Movie Directors Who Made More Than 5 Masterpieces

10 Movie Directors Who Made More Than 5 Masterpieces

When the writers (and future film makers) of the influential French film journal Cahiers du Cinema formulated what became known as “the auteur theory” in the late 1950s and early 60s, it caused a lot of controversy in cinematic circles. Simply put, it stated that the director was the prime mover, the “author” of the […]