David Bowie’s ‘Heroes’: How Berlin Shaped Eclectic 1977 Masterpiece
Fully settled in Berlin, with a work system established and in a far better place, physically and emotionally, than he’d been…
The Birth of Joy Division
The Joy Division story has been told many times, yet it never stops seeming too bizarre to be true. Jon Savage, best known for his…
The Accidental Perfection of the Beatles’ White Album
To mark this month’s fiftieth anniversary of the Beatles’ ninth album, “The Beatles”—universally known as the White Album—several new expanded and enhanced editions…
The Velvet Revolution of Claude Debussy
Claude Debussy died a century ago, but his music has not grown old. Bound only lightly to the past, it floats…
Jimi Hendrix’s ‘Electric Ladyland’
“We’ve been doing new tracks that are really fantastic and we’ve just been getting into them,” Jimi Hendrix told Rolling Stone in February 1968, right…
Beatles’ Acid Test: How LSD Opened the Door to ‘Revolver’
Psychedelic drug inspired their masterpiece – but also opened wounds that never healed The story of Revolver began in a night of hell…
2001: A Space Odyssey
“There’s something in the human personality which resents things that…
What Makes Vertigo the Best Film of All Time?
Vertigo is the greatest motion picture of all time. Or so…
Three Perspectives on Fitzcarraldo
In Werner Herzog’s Fitzcarraldo, the jungle, oppressive and thick, provides…
Most Tragic Movies of All Time
Tragedy for the purposes of this list does not mean…
A Movie Lover’s Guide To The Films Of Ingmar Bergman
I’m beginning to think that the late Swedish director Ingmar…
The 10 Best Erotic Movies of All Time
It is in the interest of any aspiring filmmaker to…
The 10 Best Structured Movies of All Time
It’s amazing to think of the vast methods one can…
The Continuing Influence of Akira Kurosawa on World Cinema
One day in the middle of September 1951, Akira Kurosawa…