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ABC News Studios has acquired the new documentary Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery. The film about the famed music festival created by Sara McLachlan will premiere at Toronto Film Festival on Sept. 17 before debuting on Hulu Sept. 21.

Ally Pankiw directed the film, which is produced by Dan Levy’s Not a Real Production Company and commissioned by CBC. The film is produced with the support of the original Lilith Fair founders McLachlan, Terry McBride, Dan Fraser, and Marty Diamond. The film is based on the 2019 Vanity Fair article “Building a...

Sarah McLachlan’s late ’90s all-female touring festival Lilith Fair is the subject of a new feature-length documentary set to premiere on Hulu and Disney+ on Sunday, September 21st.

Titled Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery, the authorized film is inspired by the 2019 Vanity Fair article Building a Mystery: An Oral History of Lilith Fair, written by Jessica Hopper with former Consequence editor Sasha Geffen and Jenn Pelly. The film is directed by Ally Pankiw and pulls from more than 600 hours of archival footage, interviews, and stories from fans, festival organizers, and artists who played Lilith Fair.

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The documentary includes interviews with McLachlan herself, Sheryl Crow, Erykah Badu, Bonnie Raitt, Brandi Carlile, Natalie Merchant, Mýa, Jewel, the Indigo Girls, Emmylou Harris, and Olivia Rodrigo. The latter will presumably be talking about the festival’s influence since she wasn’t even born yet when Lilith Fair was founded.

Sarah McLachlan’s late ’90s all-female touring festival Lilith Fair is the subject of a new feature-length documentary set to premiere on Hulu and Disney+ on Sunday, September 21st.

Titled Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery, the authorized film is inspired by the 2019 Vanity Fair article Building a Mystery: An Oral History of Lilith Fair, written by Jessica Hopper with former Consequence editor Sasha Geffen and Jenn Pelly. The film is directed by Ally Pankiw and pulls from more than 600 hours of archival footage, interviews, and stories from fans, festival organizers, and artists who played Lilith Fair.

Get Sarah McLachlan Tickets Here

The documentary includes interviews with McLachlan herself, Sheryl Crow, Erykah Badu, Bonnie Raitt, Brandi Carlile, Natalie Merchant, Mýa, Jewel, the Indigo Girls, Emmylou Harris, and Olivia Rodrigo. The latter will presumably be talking about the festival’s influence since she wasn’t even born yet when Lilith Fair was founded.

ABC News Studios and the CBC have picked up the U.S. rights to Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery, director Ally Pankiw’s feature documentary about Sarah McLachlan’s 1990s all-female music festival.

On the heels of a world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival, Canada’s CBC network, which also backed the project, will air the indie doc on Sept. 17 as part of its The Passionate Eye series. Then, in the U.S., Hulu and Disney+ will stream the title from Sept. 21.

The film will also stream on Disney+ internationally later this year and will coincide with McLachlan launching her first studio album of new music in over a decade, Better Broken, on Sept. 19 and a Canadian concert tour.

“I’m so filled with pride and nostalgia watching this film,” McLachlan said about the Lilith Fair doc in a statement. “Ally and the team have beautifully captured the magic...

For the first time, every film fan’s favorite streamer and arthouse distributor Mubi is throwing a party in Chicago. Embodying Mubi’s ethos of culture, curation, and the love of cinema, Mubi Fest Chicago 2024 is set to bring a series of music-focused flicks, insightful live conversations, and happy hours to the Windy City on August 17th and 18th. The best part? You can win tickets!

Day one boasts a series of screenings that each explore the vital role music has played throughout film history. At both the Gene Siskel Film Center and the Music Box Theatre, attendees can catch The Last Days of Disco, Nashville (4K Restoration), and the Chicago premiere of My First Film, among many other pictures. The day also features a live taping of the Mubi Podcast with special guests Thrill Jockey, the legendary Chicago-based record label, as well as a free (!!) happy hour. (Note: Each showing is ticked individually.

Cinema Eye Honors, the organization that recognizes outstanding artistic achievement in nonfiction and documentary films & series, announced the first round of their 2023 awards and nominations at its annual Cinema Eye Fall Lunch held in Los Angeles.

In the five Broadcast categories, HBO film “Four Hours at the Capitol,” an inside look at the January 6th riot, led with three nominations: Broadcast Film, Broadcast Editing and Broadcast Cinematography. Other projects like the Disney+ docuseries “The Beatles: Get Back” and Showtime’s “We Need to Talk About Cosby” also received more than one nomination.

Other announcements at the event include the annual Shorts List, which spotlights 10 of the year’s top documentary short films, and the recipient of the Legacy Award this year, Terry Zwigoff’s 1995 film “Crumb.”

“I’m glad to find out you don’t have to be dead to receive this award,” Zwigoff said in a written statement. “I...

“Four Hours at the Capitol,” “The Beatles: Get Back,” “Playing With Sharks,” “We Need to Talk About Cosby,” “Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy” and “How To With John Wilson” are among the nonfiction television programs that have been nominated in the Cinema Eye Honors broadcast categories, Cinema Eye Honors announced at the organization’s annual fall lunch in Los Angeles on Thursday.

“Four Hours at the Capitol,” Jamie Roberts’ HBO film about the Jan. 6 insurrection, received three nominations to lead all programs. “Get Back,” “Cosby,” “Stanley Tucci,” “John Wilson” and “Playing With Sharks” each received two nominations.

Along with “Four Hours at the Capitol” and “Playing With Sharks,” broadcast film nominees were “Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes,” “Downfall: The Case Against Boeing” and “George Carlin’s American Dream.” Nonfiction series nominees were “Get Back,” “Cosby,” “Black and Missing,” “Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey,” “LuLaRich” and “Mind Over Murder.” Nominated anthology series...

Brian Gersh has been named president of Network Entertainment USA.

He brings three decades of experience in the entertainment industry, having worked as an executive, agent, manager, and producer, where he has greenlit scores of film and television projects around the world. Prior to his promotion, Gersh served as SVP at Network Entertainment USA.

“Brian brings to Network a deep roster of collaborative partners, top talent, and intellectual property relationships formed over his long and successful career, creating boundless new opportunities for Network,” said Derik Murray, Network’s founder and CEO . “Brian’s appointment as the president of Network Entertainment USA further solidifies our focus and commitment to our U.S. and global partners to continue delivering exceptional premium content that resonates with audiences and critics around the world.”

Gersh previously served as head of the talent department at Triad Artists, co-head of the motion picture department at the William Morris Agency,...

Epix announced that its upcoming adventure series “Billy the Kid” will premiere on April 24.

The series follows famous outlaw William H. Bonney, a.k.a. Billy the Kid (Tom Blyth), from his Irish roots to his cowboy days on the American frontier, including his role in the Lincoln County War.

The news came via Epix’s presentation at the Television Critics Association’s 2022 winter press tour, during which they also released a new trailer.

Epix also announced three newly greenlit docuseries: “Women Who Rock,” Season 2 of “NFL Icons” and “The Making of a Haunting: The Amityville Murders.” “Women Who Rock” is a tribute to female pioneers in the music industry and features artists including Nancy Wilson, Chaka Khan, Pat Benatar, Mavis Staples, Sheila E, Macy Gray, Rickie Lee Jones, Norah Jones, Aimee Mann, Tori Amos, Kate Pierson, Tina Weymouth and Nona Hendrix. The four-part series is from Network Entertainment. John Varvatos,...

Epix is continuing to rock with new music documentaries and is throwing some scares into the equation.

The MGM-owned cable network has ordered the four-part series Women Who Rock, exec produced by John Varvatos, who was behind its Punk series.

It is the latest music-focused series for the network, which recently aired Mr. A & Mr. M: The Story of A&m Records and has put a slew of titles into development (see the list below).

It has also ordered docuseries The Making of a Haunting: The Amityville Murders and renewed NFL Icons for a second season.

Women Who Rock will feature interviews with the likes of Nancy Wilson, Chaka Khan, Pat Benatar, Mavis Staples, Sheila E, Macy Gray, Rickie Lee Jones, Norah Jones, Aimee Mann, Tori Amos, Kate Pierson, Tina Weymouth and Nona Hendrix. It will pay homage to the legion of female pioneers in music who have stormed...

Every week, MTV’s writers and critics assemble and weigh in on new hotness, chart trash, and glimmers of hope in the pop music landscape. This week’s roundtable includes Ira Madison III, Hazel Cills, Jessica Hopper, Doreen St. Félix, Charles Aaron, Alex Pappademas, Molly Lambert, Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib, Simon Vozick-Levinson, David Turner, and Meredith Graves. Fergie, “M.I.L.F.... Read more »...

Every week, MTV’s writers and critics assemble and weigh in on new hotness, chart trash, and glimmers of hope in the pop music landscape. This week’s roundtable includes Ira Madison III, Hazel Cills, Jessica Hopper, Doreen St. Félix, Charles Aaron, Alex Pappademas, Molly Lambert, Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib, Simon Vozick-Levinson, David Turner, and Meredith Graves. Fergie, “M.I.L.F.... Read more »...

Every week, MTV’s writers and critics assemble and weigh in on new hotness, chart trash, and glimmers of hope in the pop music landscape. This week’s roundtable includes Hazel Cills, Jessica Hopper, Doreen St. Félix, Charles Aaron, Simon Vozick-Levinson, David Turner, Sasha Geffen, and Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib. Fall Out Boy feat. Missy Elliott, “Ghostbusters (I’m Not... Read more »...

Every week, MTV’s writers and critics assemble and weigh in on new hotness, chart trash, and glimmers of hope in the pop music landscape. This week’s roundtable includes Hazel Cills, Jessica Hopper, Doreen St. Félix, Charles Aaron, Simon Vozick-Levinson, David Turner, Sasha Geffen, and Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib. Fall Out Boy feat. Missy Elliott, “Ghostbusters (I’m Not... Read more »...

Every week, our critics assemble and weigh in on new hotness, chart trash, and glimmers of hope in the pop music landscape. This week’s roundtable includes Meaghan Garvey, Hazel Cills, Jessica Hopper, Charles Aaron, Carvell Wallace, Meredith Graves, Simon Vozick-Levinson, and David Turner. DJ Snake feat. George Maple, “Talk” Embedded from www.youtube.com. Hopper: DJ Snake... Read more »...

Every week, our critics assemble and weigh in on new hotness, chart trash, and glimmers of hope in the pop music landscape. This week’s roundtable includes Meaghan Garvey, Hazel Cills, Jessica Hopper, Charles Aaron, Carvell Wallace, Meredith Graves, Simon Vozick-Levinson, and David Turner. DJ Snake feat. George Maple, “Talk” Embedded from www.youtube.com. Hopper: DJ Snake... Read more »...

Every week, MTV’s writers and critics assemble and weigh in on new hotness, chart trash, and glimmers of hope in the pop music landscape. This week’s roundtable includes Ira Madison III, Meaghan Garvey, Jessica Hopper, Charles Aaron, Carvell Wallace, Alex Pappademas, Sasha Geffen, and Molly Lambert. Bear Hands, “2Am” Embedded from www.youtube.com. Pappademas: Probably not... Empire’s “All Nite,” Nick Jonas’s Problems, Maxwell, And K-Fed’s Comeback">Read more »...

Every week, MTV’s writers and critics assemble and weigh in on new hotness, chart trash, and glimmers of hope in the pop music landscape. This week’s roundtable includes Ira Madison III, Meaghan Garvey, Jessica Hopper, Charles Aaron, Carvell Wallace, Alex Pappademas, Sasha Geffen, and Molly Lambert. Bear Hands, “2Am” Embedded from www.youtube.com. Pappademas: Probably not... Empire’s “All Nite,” Nick Jonas’s Problems, Maxwell, And K-Fed’s Comeback">Read more »...

Every week, MTV’s writers and critics assemble and weigh in on new hotness, chart trash, and glimmers of hope in the pop music landscape. This week’s roundtable includes Ira Madison III, Hazel Cills, Jessica Hopper, Charles Aaron, Molly Lambert, Molly Beauchemin, Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib, Simon Vozick-Levinson, and David Turner. Rae Sremmurd, “By Chance” Embedded from www.youtube.com.... Read more »...

Every week, MTV’s writers and critics assemble and weigh in on new hotness, chart trash, and glimmers of hope in the pop music landscape. This week’s roundtable includes Ira Madison III, Hazel Cills, Jessica Hopper, Charles Aaron, Molly Lambert, Molly Beauchemin, Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib, Simon Vozick-Levinson, and David Turner. Rae Sremmurd, “By Chance” Embedded from www.youtube.com.... Read more »...

Every week, MTV’s writers and critics assemble and weigh in on new hotness, chart trash, and glimmers of hope in the pop music landscape. This week’s roundtable includes Ira Madison III, Meaghan Garvey, Hazel Cills, Jessica Hopper, Charles Aaron, Molly Beauchemin, Carvell Wallace, Simon Vozick-Levinson, and David Turner. Alex Newell, “This Ain’t Over” Embedded from... Read more »...

Every week, MTV’s writers and critics assemble and weigh in on new hotness, chart trash, and glimmers of hope in the pop music landscape. This week’s roundtable includes Ira Madison III, Meaghan Garvey, Hazel Cills, Jessica Hopper, Charles Aaron, Molly Beauchemin, Carvell Wallace, Simon Vozick-Levinson, and David Turner. Alex Newell, “This Ain’t Over” Embedded from... Read more »...

By Molly Beauchemin, Jessica Hopper, Ira Madison III, Alex Pappademas, David Turner, Simon Vozick-Levinson, and Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib Vozick-Levinson: Last night, as the curtain fell on the latest Gop debate debacle and a nation attempted in vain to cleanse all thoughts of Donald Trump’s fascist wang, Kendrick Lamar swooped in to save us with a surprise... Untitled Unmastered: A Kendrick Lamar Reaction Roundtable">Read more »...

By Molly Beauchemin, Jessica Hopper, Ira Madison III, Alex Pappademas, David Turner, Simon Vozick-Levinson, and Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib Vozick-Levinson: Last night, as the curtain fell on the latest Gop debate debacle and a nation attempted in vain to cleanse all thoughts of Donald Trump’s fascist wang, Kendrick Lamar swooped in to save us with a surprise... Untitled Unmastered: A Kendrick Lamar Reaction Roundtable">Read more »...

Earlier this year, former Pitchfork editor Jessica Hopper asked women and other marginalized people in music to share the first time they were made to feel that they didn’t “count.” Here’s mine: Hearing my college boyfriend declare, “Wow, you actually know this band, I’m impressed,” every time I talked about the kind of music he didn’t think someone like me — black, female, SoCal-raised — would know about. The first time it happened was at a Sigur Rós concert. I started humming and air-drumming my fingers to the beat of a song — "Olsen Olsen" — he assumed I didn’t know, so he “complimented” me on it. I nodded and grinned awkwardly, but inside I felt like shit because the subtext of his voice was: (a) You’re a poseur, (b) this is my music, (c) you need my approval to validate your opinion. You may think I was...

At the end of 2012, the year that her hypnotic breakout album Visions was released, the Canadian electro-pop musician Grimes, whose real name is Claire Boucher, gave an interview to the music critic Jessica Hopper. “I was interested in the Japanese archetype of a female protagonist who is very small and very cute and very physically powerful,” Boucher said, explaining the aesthetic that inspired her eminently Gif-able videos for “Genesis” and “Oblivion.” “You don’t see that archetype in America.” Earlier in the interview, Boucher had been asked to comment on the most controversial item for sale at her merch table, “pussy rings” — self-designed sets of plastic brass knuckles shaped like vaginas. She was dismayed about the supposed controversy and the fact that people still found this sort of imagery taboo, but she also seemed amused by unapologetic femininity’s surprisingly aggressive power to offend. “If you punched someone with the ring on,...

As I mentioned way back on this post from 2008, as much as I’ve tried to branch out, my tastes are pretty narrow when it comes to reading material.

I’d love to say that I’m broadly well-read when it comes to the more celebrated books of the day, but it’s just not true. If you’re looking to engage in a discussion about today’s most incisive fiction, you’re much better off speaking with my wife (who works in publishing) than one such as I. Truthfully, I’ve pretty much lost my taste for fiction almost entirely. Unless I have some vested interest (like, say, I know the author or it’s about something near and dear to me), I usually cannot muster up the interest to crack the binding.

As a result, whenever I’m perusing through the aisles of a bookstore (when I can still find one,...

First Daughter Malia Obama attended Chicago music festival Lollapalooza on Sunday, staying to see closing act Chance the Rapper.

Malia Obama Attends Lollapalooza

Obama, 15, attended Lollapalooza with a trio of friends – two boys and a girl – and her Secret Service detail, reported the Chicago Sun Times. The teen’s music festival wear was a matching crop top and skirt combo with a sunflower pattern, and she styled her hair in a pair of braids.

While enjoying the music, Obama told fellow concertgoers that she wasn’t permitted to take pictures with anyone – but made an exception for one lucky fan. “J chillin with Malia Obama,” the girl tweeted along with the picture.

J chillin with Malia Obama✌️ pic.twitter.com/IuM0A88g9B

— Sarah (@cleaaaaver) August 4, 2014

In addition to Chance the Rapper, President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama’s eldest daughter was also spotted enjoying the music...

Recently,CBS served up the new,official,synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "The Mentalist" season finale episode 22 of season 6. The episode is entitled, "Blue Bird," and it sounds like things will get quite interesting as Patrick might finally express his true feelings for Teresa before she leaves for D.C., and more. In the new, 22nd episode press release: a reopened cold case could be the last time that Jane and Lisbon work together unless he's able to admit his true feelings for her. Press release number 2: A new lead in a cold case will require Lisbon to delay her plans to leave for Washington, D.C. with Agent Pike, giving Jane time to finally come to terms with his feelings for her and decide on a course of action. Guest stars will feature: Skylar Brown (Colt), Josiah Blount (Barry), Kara Royster (Kiley), James Austin Kerr (Vince), Genesis Sol...

R. Kelly is back in the news these days because he has a new album. But R. Kelly has also been accused of rape multiple times, which is something that either gets glossed over or ignored completely. These serious and credible allegations first made major news in 2000, when Chicago Sun-Times music critic Jim DeRogatis and courts reporter Abdon M. Pallasch wrote a story detailing Kelly's predatory behavior toward teenage girls, including his marriage to a 15-year-old Aaliyah. DeRogatis has continued to report on Kelly, and in a story today he spoke with the Village Voice's Jessica Hopper.DeRogatis: I think in the history of rock & roll, rock-music or pop-culture people misbehaving and behaving badly sexually with young women, rare is the amount of evidence compiled against anyone apart from R. Kelly. Dozens of girls — not one, not two, dozens — with harrowing lawsuits. The videotapes — and not...

Depending on whom you read, Miley Cyrus’ new album “Bangerz” is a “sometimes great,” “not very fun” “party grenade” that “just sounds like noise.” Whether any of that means it’s good or bad, we can’t quite tell. Let’s allow the experts to explain further. See video: Miley Cyrus, Sinead O’Connor Duet in Unofficial ‘Wrecking Ball’ Remix (Video) Jessica Hopper of Spin wrote, “The entertainment value of Cyrus’ work is more than simply typical pop pleasure: It is the slow-motion horror of watching toxic sleaze replace toxic purity.” She continued, “‘Bangerz’ is a precise album that flits...

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Can we get the big controversy of the past week out of the way first? Riot Girl or Riot Grrrl? In the last F&M, Jessica Hopper's feature about the feminist punk movement's legacy referred to Riot Girl throughout. Jessica, an active (and sometimes controversial) participant in the original scene, had filed her copy with the Girl spelling, and many of you were not impressed.

"She may have been an active participant but anyone who read a music paper of that time referred to it as Riot Grrrl," LondonEye said. "It's the Guardian subs' job to know that or find it out and put the correct term down. Otherwise, it makes the Guardian look out of touch and stuffy." "Just because someone was an active participant, does that mean they get to choose or change the orthography? That's mildly ridiculous,...