2013 · drama · music
CBGB
Directed by Randall Miller1h 41m2013
A look at New York's dynamic punk rock scene through the lens of the ground-breaking Lower East Side club started by eccentric Hilly Kristal in 1973 which launched thousands of bands.
Our read: CBGB (2013) reads as a neutral, kinetic, grounded drama · music entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, kinetic, gentle drama / music, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- brisk
- gentle
- intimate
Watching CBGB tonight? Spin for your lens.
Everyone on the couch spins once and gets one craft to watch for. After the credits, compare what you caught.
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Everyone on the couch gets one craft to watch for. Spin the wheel to get yours. Sound on: the narrator reads your mission.
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How CBGB feels to watch.
Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.
What watching it is actually like.
“You want scruffy 1970s punk mythology, cameo-heavy chaos, and messy club energy.”
Skip it tonight — Skip if music biopics need polish; this one plays loud and sloppy.
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Discussion
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