89% (3) The Last Waltz 117 min, PG, [Documentary, Music] [Martin Scorsese] [26 Apr 1978]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 82%, Rotten Tomatoes: 98%, Metacritic: 88%, External Reviews
Awards: 2 wins & 3 nominations.
Actors: Garth Hudson, Levon Helm, Muddy Waters, Neil Young, Rick Danko, Robbie Robertson, The Band
Writer: Mardik Martin (treatment)
External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Middle English Country: USA
Plot: Thanksgiving, 1976, San Francisco's Winterland: the Band performs its last concert after 16 years on the road. Some numbers they do alone, some songs include guest artists from Ronnie Hawkins (their first boss, when they were the Hawks) to Bob Dylan (their last, when as his backup and as a solo group, they came into their own). Scorsese's camera explores the interactions onstage in the making of music. Offstage, he interviews the Band's five members, focusing on the nature of life on the road. The friendships, the harmonies, the hijinks, and the wear and tear add up to a last waltz.
Rotten Tomatoes: Martin Scorsese chronicles the most legendary night in rock history, as an unparalleled lineup of rock superstars -- including Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and Van Morrison -- take the stage for "The Band's" 1976 farewell concert.
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84% (3) Neil Young: Heart of Gold 103 min, PG, [Documentary, Music] [Jonathan Demme] [11 May 2006]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 78%, Rotten Tomatoes: 90%, Metacritic: 85%, External Reviews
Awards: 1 win & 2 nominations.
Actors: Ben Keith, Emmylou Harris, Neil Young, Pegi Young, Spooner Oldham
External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA
Plot: A film shot over during a two-night performance by Neil Young at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium.
Rotten Tomatoes: "Neil Young : Heart of Gold" is filmmaker Jonathan Demme's intimate musical portrait of legendary singer/songwriter Neil Young, filmed on the occasion of the world premiere of Young's 'Prairie Wind' concert at Nashville's hallowed Ryman auditorium last summer. Young's music provides an emotionally rich view into this unique artist's relationship to family, friends, mortality and the passage of time. Young is accompanied on stage by many long time musical companions, including country star Emmylou Harris, Neil's wife Pegi Young, and band leader/ steel guitarist Ben Keith.
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76% (3) Neil Young Journeys 87 min, PG, [Documentary, Music] [Jonathan Demme] [29 Jun 2012]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 66%, Rotten Tomatoes: 88%, Metacritic: 74%, External Reviews
Actors: Neil Young
External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA
Plot: This past May, Neil Young brought his solo tour to Toronto's Massey Hall, an iconic venue in the city of his birth. Jonathan Demme was on hand to capture the two nights, which highlighted new songs from the album Le Noise, produced by Daniel Lanois, mixed with classics like "Ohio" and "I Believe in You." At sixty-five, Young retains a youthful vitality and musical curiosity that balances his wisdom and experience. It's no wonder he's been an inspiration to the likes of Pearl Jam and Sonic Youth. In Neil Young Journeys, Demme intersperses the Massey Hall concert footage with brief scenes from a road trip through Ontario. Driving a 1956 Ford Crown Victoria, Young visits the rural town of Omemee, where he spent a key part of his formative years, and reminisces about his former neighbors and their daughters. As he drives past bulldozers transforming the landscape, he remarks, 'It's all gone... it's still in my head.'
Rotten Tomatoes: In May of 2011, Neil Young drove a 1956 Crown Victoria from his idyllic hometown of Omemee, Ontario to downtown Toronto's iconic Massey Hall where he intimately performed the last two nights of his solo world tour. Along the drive, Young recounted insightful and introspective stories from his youth to filmmaker Jonathan Demme. Demme, a long-time fan and collaborator, captured these tales of Young's childhood and masterfully weaved them together with his mesmerizing music including songs from the 2010 album Le Noise and powerful renditions of classics including "Ohio", Hey Hey, My My", "I Believe in You" and previously unreleased songs "Leia" and "You Never Call." Through the tunes and the tales, Demme portrays a personal, retrospective look into the heart and soul of the artist. -- (C) Sony Pictures Classics
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79% (2) Cane Toads: The Conquest 85 min, PG, [Documentary, Comedy] [Mark Lewis] [01 May 2011]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 70%, Rotten Tomatoes: 88%, External Reviews
Actors: Henry Richards, Neil Young
Writer: Mark Lewis
External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA, Australia
Plot: A documentary horror film about the environmental devastation left in the wake of the giant toads' unstoppable march across Australia.
Rotten Tomatoes: The first 3D film shot in Australia, Cane Toads The Conquest is director Mark Lewis' sequel of sorts to his 1987 cult classic Cane Toads: An Unnatural History, which broke the nature film mold wide open - not only due to its irreverent attitude, but because, unlike most popular documentaries about animals, it was not about a cuddly, endangered species. On the contrary, it was about a feared, reviled, some would even go so far as to say ugly, swamp-dweller run amok. This time around, Lewis takes a giant leap forward as he revs up the technology, giving us, as he puts it 'Avatoad' (in homage to a famous 3D milestone) to once again track the unstoppable march of the cane toad across the Australian continent, now occupying nearly a third of the country, and continuing to spread and evolve into a bigger, faster, even more robust creature. -- (C) Rialto
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58% (2) Year of the Horse 106 min, R, [Documentary, Music] [Jim Jarmusch] [08 Oct 1997]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 66%, Rotten Tomatoes: 48%, External Reviews
Awards: 1 nomination.
Actors: Billy Talbot, Frank 'Pancho' Sampedro, Jim Jarmusch, Neil Young, Ralph Molina
External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA
Plot: This film documents Neil Young and Crazy Horse's 1996 concert tour. Jim Jarmusch interviews the band about their long history, and we see backstage footage from the 1970s and 1980s.
Rotten Tomatoes: Independent film hero Jim Jarmusch followed Neil Young & Crazy Horse during their 1996 world tour and captured it on handheld Super-8. Spliced with archival footage shot by Young and with current interviews from all band members and Young's father, the result is not so much an overview of the band's career as an homage to the power of the band's consistent and timeless work as a four-piece. With three other Neil Young concert films available on home video (Rust Never Sleeps, Weld, Neil Young Unplugged) Year of the Horse seems a bit redundant, but was obviously a labor of love for Jarmusch. Though the current concert footage seems to drag on (Crazy Horse's propensity for endless jamming isn't exciting every night), the old backstage interviews and a classic clip of live Young from 1976 is worth the viewing.
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