Faces (1968)

Small Faces: All Or Nothing 1965-1968 features 27 complete performances filmed from 1965 to 1968 when the band was challenging the The Who, The Kinks, The Rolling Stones, and The Beatles for domination of the charts. This documentary captures every aspect of their short but brilliant career including early Mod/R&B classics such as “What’cha Gonna Do About It”, “Sha La La La Lee” and “All Or Nothing”, timeless rockers like “Tin Soldier” and later psychedelic masterpieces including “Itchycoo Park”, and “Green Circles.” In between the performances, original members Ian McLagan, Kenny Jones, and Jimmy Winston talk about the songs and tell the band’s history in new interviews filmed exclusively for the documentary. Also interwoven into the story are archival interviews with Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane.

Our read · Faces (1968) (1968) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.