THU 22 MAY
Coming Soon to
Cinema 21
128 mins |
Rated
TBC
Directed by Alex Ross Perry
Starring Joe Keery, Michael Esper, Mark Ibold, Kathryn Gallagher, Stephen Malkmus, Scott Kannberg, Bob Nastanovich, Steve West, Jason Schwartzman
**PLEASE NOTE** Thursday May 22 show with special guests Lance Bangs and producer Arrow Kruse for a Q&A after the screening. (NO PASSES ACCEPTED FOR THAT SHOW).
An examination of the iconic 1990s indie band Pavement appears to be just another music documentary—until it isn’t. A prismatic hybrid of narrative, scripted, documentary, musical, and metatextual forms, the film intimately shows the band preparing for their sold-out 2022 reunion tour while simultaneously tracking the preparations for a musical based on their songs, a museum devoted to their history, and a big-budget Hollywood biopic inspired by their saga as the most important band of a generation.
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**PLEASE NOTE** Thursday May 22 show with special guests Lance Bangs and producer Arrow Kruse for a Q&A after the screening. (NO PASSES ACCEPTED FOR THAT SHOW).
An examination of the iconic 1990s indie band Pavement appears to be just another music documentary—until it isn’t. A prismatic hybrid of narrative, scripted, documentary, musical, and metatextual forms, the film intimately shows the band preparing for their sold-out 2022 reunion tour while simultaneously tracking the preparations for a musical based on their songs, a museum devoted to their history, and a big-budget Hollywood biopic inspired by their saga as the most important band of a generation.