
Summer is coming to a close and it’s taking outdoor concerts and music festivals along with it. If you’re getting bummed out and suffering from the end of summer blues, you might find some comfort in the music/concert-centered movies coming to a theater near you. Sitting in a dark movie theater may lack a certain rockstar quality (plus they don’t sell booze), but slip on a leather jacket and conceal a flask in your pocket or purse and you have set the mood. Here are some movies that you might want to check out to get your concert fix.
· It Might Get Loud: Told from the perspective of three generations of electric guitar rock gods, this documentary delves deep into the sound, style and music writing process of The Edge (U2), Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin) and Jack White (The White Stripes). The movie follows these musicians to various locations, sparks candid conversations and reveals how they developed their unique individual sound. Directed by Davis Guggenheim; Release date: August 14
· Taking Woodstock: Ang Lee’s anticipated comedy-drama of how historic Woodstock came to be in the small town of Bethel, New York in 1969. The movie is based on the true life story of Eliot Tiber (played by Demetri Martin) who offered his parent’s Catskills motel and the use of the sole music festival permit to the festival’s organizers. Lee, who is known for his intense approach to filmmaking and synonymous with Brokeback Mountain, transforms the festival into an entertaining and lighthearted comedy focused on the people who made Woodstock possible and the hippies who made it iconic. Starring: Demetri Martin, Live Schreiber, Emile Hirsch and Eugene Levy; Release date: August 28
· The Boat That Rocked: Think of The Boat That Rocked as the music version of Pirates of the Caribbean set in the ‘60s. The movie delivers a well-cast ensemble comedy of a group of rock DJs who sail the high seas emitting rock and roll to Britain, a country who relegated against the genre and encouraged jazz music. The boat fights for its airwave freedom as the government hunts for loopholes to sink the ship. Phillip Seymour Hoffman plays the American ringleader DJ who is the first person to say the F-word on British radio. It’s the type of character that Hoffman plays particularly well and that movie audiences enjoy as a bawdy musical patriot, much like we’ve seen as his role in Almost Famous. Richard Curtis, who brought us British favorites such as Love Actually and Four Weddings and a Funeral, directs this nostalgia trip. Starring: Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans, Tom Sturridge and January Jones; Release date: November 6.




