Song as story, from soundstages to concert films.
the best musical ever made, and a film about film
the choreography, and Bernstein
invented the visual language of music video
Best Picture, and Hepburn's most iconic role
critically patronised, universally seen
the stage musical that survived the transfer intact
the musical as political horror
the longest-running theatrical release in history
much darker than the soundtrack suggests
the highest-grossing musical of its era
Scorsese, and the best-shot concert film
'Rainbow Connection', and a road movie with frogs
a musical revue disguised as a car chase
pop culture in its bones
a thin drama built around extraordinary performance
the best concert film ever made
puppetry, doo-wop, and a man-eating plant
the biggest soundtrack ever recorded, attached to a film critics dismissed
Shakespeare as MTV, and it works
glam rock as myth
the sweet one
Palme winner, and unbearable
the Coens' songbook
a rock musical that's actually a rock musical
musicals allowed to be insane again
the battle scenes are the whole film
the Best Picture win that restarted the movie musical
Hudson, and one of the great screen performances of a song
the remake of a Waters film as a joyful studio musical
critic-proof, and a genuine cultural event
sung live on set, for better and worse
the a cappella comedy that became a rewatch institution
a circle, and a cat
the archive documentary that hurts
the group biopic, done with force
the musical revival, whatever you think of it
the one everybody shows everybody
mauled on release, then it wouldn't go away
the fourth version, and it works
a filmed stage performance that reached an audience films envy
footage lost for fifty years
a genuine cultural event, and the year's biggest
the second half; *Wicked* doesn't resolve without it
