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The Sparks Brothers is a 2021 documentary film directed by Edgar Wright. The film is about Ron and Russell Mael, members of the pop and rock duo Sparks. The film had its world premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival on January 30, 2021, and was theatrically released in North America on June 18, 2021, by Focus Features. The documentary features lengthy interviews with Ron Mael and Russell Mael, along with short interviews with musicians such as Beck,

Jack Malik is a struggling singer-songwriter from Lowestoft who plays gigs to tiny audiences and is ready to give up, but his manager and childhood friend Ellie Appleton encourages him not to. During a freak 12-second global blackout, Jack is hit by a bus. After recovering, he sings the Beatles song “Yesterday” for his friends, who don’t recognize it. He discovers that the entire world is unaware of the Beatles and their music (as well as other obscure items, such as cigarettes and Coca Cola). He begins performing Beatles songs, passing them off as his own. Ellie has Jack record a demo with Gavin, a local music producer. Following ...

Dressed in a flamboyant devil’s outfit, Elton John enters an addiction rehabilitation session, recounting his life in a flashback (“The Bitch Is Back”). Reginald Dwight grows up in 1950s Britain, raised by his unaffectionate mother, Sheila, and more loving grandmother Ivy. Reginald is interested in music and hopes to perform for his father, Stanley, who takes no interest in his son (“I Want Love”). Reginald begins piano lessons, making his way into the Royal Academy of Music. Stanley abandons his family after Sheila has an affair. Reginald develops an interest in rock music and performs in local pubs ...

In January 2000, a boy named Cullen Active walks into his school in the Staten Island neighborhood of New Brighton, goes to a classroom, and shoots the teacher. After the bombing he prepared fails, a student, 13-year-old Celeste Montgomery, calmly and compassionately talks to Cullen, and offers to pray with him. However, he shoots her in the neck and kills himself before the SWAT arrives. As she slowly recovers from her injury, Celeste and her older sister, Ellie, write music together. Soon after, at an event held in memory of the shooting victims, Celeste sings a song that she and Ellie wrote called “Wrapped Up”. The song becomes an instant hit and Celeste is soon picked ...

The film is told with five distinct scenes punctuated with some home movie footage from early in the band’s career when they were successful—appearing on magazine covers, attending photo shoots, and receiving gold records. In the first scene, punk rock group Something She wraps up a show and lead vocalist Becky Something goes backstage to attend to a brief ceremony with her personal shaman. Her mood swings violently from happy to aggressive as her bandmates, ex-husband, manager, and a former musical collaborator all try to steer her toward positive choices: recording their next album, playing future shows, and finding stability for her child. The scene ends as she turns a corner ...

In 1977, Susie Bannion arrives in Berlin during the height of the German Autumn to audition for the Markos Dance Academy. Her arrival coincides with the sudden disappearance of a student, Patricia Hingle, who vanished after revealing to her psychotherapist, Dr. Josef Klemperer, that the school’s matrons are a coven of witches who worship the Three Mothers—a trio of witches who once roamed Earth, known individually as Mother Tenebrarum, Mother Lachrymarum, and Mother Suspiriorum. Susie befriends a wealthy classmate, Sara Simms, while her dancing quickly begins to attract attention from the head artistic director and choreographer, Madame Blanc.

In 1985, Queen prepares to take the stage at Bob Geldof’s benefit concert Live Aid at Wembley Stadium. Back in 1970, Farrokh Bulsara works as a baggage handler at Heathrow Airport and lives with his parents and sister. Farrokh goes to a pub to see the band Smile. Seeking them out after the show, Farrokh is attracted to Mary Austin and learns that she works at a boutique known as Biba. Farrokh finds drummer Roger Taylor and guitarist Brian May and learns that their lead singer, Tim Staffell just resigned. Farrokh offers himself as a replacement and impresses them with his vocal ability. Farrokh goes to Biba, encounters Mary, and they become a couple. With Farrokh as the lead ...

Rolling Stone: Stories From the Edge revisits such pivotal articles as: Michael Hastings’ piece that brought down Gen. Stanley McChrystal, commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan; Lawrence Wright’s intriguing insight into the rise and fall of televangelist Jimmy Swaggart; and Jann Wenner’s poignant day-after-the-election interview with Barack Obama in 2016. Along with the authors’ words are previously unheard audio recordings, including an interview with then-President Bill Clinton, and interviews with such world-renowned musicians and writers as John Lennon, Tina Turner, Bruce Springsteen, The Sex Pistols, Elvis, The Clash, Ice-T, Bob ...

Two years after their final competition, the Bellas have graduated from Barden University, but they all hate their jobs. And to make matters worse, Beca and Jesse’s relationship ended in between the second and third film, and Amy and Bumper’s relationship didn’t last too long either. Beca, Amy, Chloe, Aubrey, Lilly, Stacie, Cynthia Rose, Florencia, Jessica, and Ashley are thrilled when Emily, now a senior and leader of the current Barden Bellas, invites them to an event. Arriving at the reunion, they learn that Emily simply invited them to see the new Bellas, not sing. The Bellas later gather at a bar, disappointed, and express how much they miss each other. Aubrey ...

In Santa Cecilia, Mexico, Miguel dreams of becoming a musician, even though his family strictly forbids it. His great-great-grandmother named Imelda was married to a man who left her and their daughter named Coco to pursue a career in music, and when he never returned, Imelda banished music from her family’s life before starting a shoemaking business. Miguel now lives with the elderly Coco and their family, including Miguel’s parents and his abuelita, who are all shoemakers. He idolizes Ernesto de la Cruz, and secretly teaches himself to play guitar from Ernesto’s old films. On the Day of the Dead, Miguel accidentally damages the picture frame that holds a photo of ...

The series is set in the 1970s in the Bronx, New York City, and follows the rise of hip-hop and disco music through the eyes of a group of teenagers. Each episode begins with MC Books, a famous artist that raps his story to a large crowd during a concert in 1996. The short rap serves both as a recap of previous episodes and as a setup of the events of the next. Each episode is also intercut with real footage and newscasts from the 1970s. Part 1 begins in 1977 with Zeke (young MC Books), a young poet who lives with his aunt Wanda following the death of his parents, meeting Shaolin Fantastic, a graffiti artist and aspiring DJ. The two band together with Zeke’s friends to become ...

In a city of anthropomorphic animals called Calatonia, koala Buster Moon owns a struggling theater, and is threatened with foreclosure by bank representative Judith, a llama. He decides to hold a singing competition with a prize of $1,000, but a typing accident involving the glass eye of his iguana assistant Mrs. Crawley adds two extra zeros to the prize money. The misprinted flyers are blown out of the window by a fan before they can be proofread, and float across the city. Crowds of animals gather to audition, and Buster selects his contestants. These include housewife and mother of 25 piglets Rosita; punk-rock porcupine Ash; teenage gorilla ...