When Hollywood Depicts Broadway Genius, the Results Rarely Sing

The new Lorenz Hart biopic “Blue Moon” gets a lot right about the creation of musicals that a spate of 1940s films got wildly ...
The New Yorker

The Cinema Turns to Faust—Recital of a Week of Mediocrity

THE STRAND has “The Prince of Tempters,” a story of royal love with more than a certain amount of royal bunk, and which dwells on what happens to profane love when the real thing comes into a man’s ...

'Springsteen' buzz: Nine actors who won Oscars playing real musicians

"Springsteen: Deliver Me" from Nowhere arrives in theaters Friday, making it the latest musical biopic to get Oscar buzz.

The 9 most-lauded pop-music biopics in Oscars history: A ‘Springsteen’-inspired guide

As a new biopic of The Boss generates Oscar buzz, we look back at some of the most nominated pop-music biopics in the awards' ...

“It was a challenge to myself: ‘I’m not gonna have a chorus in this song’”: How Jack White created the riff of the century

Seven Nation Army was so named because the young Jack once misheard the name of the Salvation Army. According to White, the ...
Consequence

The 20 Best Music Biopics of All Time

A definitive ranking of the best music biopics including Selena, Elvis, 8 Mile, Straight Outta Compton, and Amadeus.