The film’s title, “A Complete Unknown,” serves as a guide for how it approaches its subject material. Mangold’s script works to uphold the mythology of Dylan as an unknowable artist — who, from the beginning, was reluctant to be defined by others and by himself.
Bob Dylan is a revered artist, loved by so many. He sang his protest songs at the 1963 March on Washington, opening for Martin Luther King, Jr. The Beatles spoke in reverence of Dylan’s talent, noting him as their hero. His folk music can be both spine-chilling and heartwarming. Dylan is not only the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize for Literature, but the source of my sanity.
Drawing from his repertoire of early mixtape songs after the debut of his sophomore album “All-Amerikkkan Bada$$,” Brooklyn rapper Joey Bada$$ performed at the Paradise Rock Club Tuesday on the...
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Rupert Wyatt’s “The Gambler” is something of an anomaly.
He insists that it is not a remake of the 1974 Karel Reisz drama of the same name, though the two share similar plot points. Rather, the...
There are a few moments in my life as a fan of live music that stick out. The ones that have bewildered me the most were moments when an artist performed in a way so that their music and their personal...
By pretty much any reasonable definition, I am a successful product of the U.S. educational system. I may not have gotten into an Ivy League school, but I still did well. At a school like Boston University,...
When Oscar Isaac agreed to take on the titular role in the Coen brothers’ newest film, Inside Llewyn Davis, he was prepared to literally walk in Llewyn’s shoes.
“I asked to have the shoes about...
