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The Session Man

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date November 21 2025
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Director – Michael Treen – 2023 – UK – Cert. 12a – 90m *** A look at legendary pianist Nicky Hopkins who played with numerous bands and on numerous records – out in UK cinemas on Friday, November 21st Nicky Hopkins may not exactly be a household name, but anyone who paid attention to credits on […]

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Control

Director – Anton Corbijn – 2007 – UK – Cert. 15 – 122m ***** UK release date 05/10/2007 The story of Joy Division lead singer Ian Curtis: his disintegrating marriage, struggles with epilepsy and eventual suicide – review originally published in Third Way magazine, September 2007 For the uninitiated, post-punk Mancunian band Joy Division formed […]

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Pink Floyd at Pompeii

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date April 23 2025
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Director – Adrian Maben – 1972 – UK – Cert. PG – 93m ***** Around the time of Meddle, Pink Floyd perform in the amphitheatre at Pompeii and in a Paris sound studio; later, at EMI Abbey Road, they work on their next album The Dark Side of the Moon – Pink Floyd at Pompeii […]

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Harder Than The Rock
The Cimarons Story

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date October 4 2024
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The Cimarons Story
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Director – Mark Warmington – 2024 – UK – Cert. 12a – 100m **** The story of Cimarons, the first British reggae band, who were formed in 1967 – out in UK cinemas on Thursday, October 3rd As teenagers, they came from sun-soaked Jamaica to the UK to be confronted with a climate that was […]

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Sound Of Metal

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date May 17 2021
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Director – Darius Marder – 2019 – US – Cert. 15 – 120m ****1/2 A drummer must come to terms with a sudden loss of hearing which threatens everything he has worked to achieve – already out on Amazon Prime, in cinemas from Monday, May 17th This is a triptych about the onset of hearing […]