Films that draw viewers into the gritty highs and lows of the music world are having a big cinematic moment. There is the new head-banging Queen biopic 鈥淏ohemian Rhapsody,鈥� yet another reincarnation of 鈥淎 Star is Born,鈥� featuring pop icon Lady Gaga, and the forthcoming 鈥淩ocketman鈥� that takes on the rise of Elton John.
Film experts and join host Frank Stasio to dissect listener鈥檚 favorite movies about musicians and talk about how movies featuring songwriting scenes, life on the road, and rocky relationships among artists have a long legacy in film.
Gordon is a film professor at and Boyes is a film curator for the and curator of the .
Here are some of our listeners' favorite movies about musicians:
The Commitments, 1991
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKfHC5eY5CI
A Star Is Born, 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLR03mQQMdI
Once, 2006
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oyQPGJ5848
The Glenn Miller Story, 1954
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a1rBYcHLFc
