Music biopics are notoriously tricky to pull off because the stories of well-known musicians/bands tend to follow similar trajectories. Some — like the Amy Winehouse film Back to Black — have followed ...

There was no shortage of major global events for the weekly news magazines to cover in October 1975. The last smallpox patient on Earth was treated in Bangladesh; Francisco Franco’s dictatorship came ...

Many people have tried to be like Bruce Springsteen. Some of them have even played The Stone Pony. As star of the new movie “Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere,” he had to master Springsteen’s ...

Most music biopics take place in a world of alternative facts where Queen broke up before Live Aid, Elton John named himself after John Lennon, Mötley Crüe‘s Vince Neil sang Billy Squier’s “My Kinda ...

In 1982, Todd Rundgren released an album called “The Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect.” In 2024, Taylor Swift released an album — albums — called “The Tortured Poets Department.” Bruce Springsteen ...

The most unfortunate thing about “Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere” is that the film, fundamentally, does everything right. The plot is trackable, director Scott Cooper doesn’t make any ...

Jeremy Allen White plays the singer-songwriter in an affecting drama about the making of his 1982 album “Nebraska” when he slipped into a terrible darkness. By Manohla Dargis When you purchase a ...

There were cheers — and a few tears — at the 2 p.m. preview showing of “Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere” Thursday, Oct. 23, at the AMC Freehold 14 in Freehold. “It was very powerful,” said ...

Mr. Handy is the author of “Hollywood High: A Totally Epic, Way Opinionated History of Teen Movies.” “Born to Run,” the record that made Bruce Springsteen a star, was released on Aug. 25, 1975, a week ...