SONIC WAVE Weekly
An ongoing music- and sound-rich series. Every Monday til almost the end of time…
Stop Making SenseOrpheum · Saugerties + Starr · Rhinebeck“The overwhelming impression throughout Stop Making Sense is of enormous energy, of life being lived at a joyous high...It's a live show with elements of Metropolis...But the film's peak moments come through Byrne's simple physical presence.”-Roger EbertPart of the SONIC WAVE weekly series.- I Went to the Dance (J’ai Été Au Bal)Orpheum · Saugerties“Passion, humor and common sense illuminate this classic from national treasure Les Blank.”– NY TimesPart of the SONIC WAVE weekly series.October 8 & 9
- Hipgnosis: Squaring the CircleOrpheum · Saugerties“...a fascinating and suitably maverick snapshot of a richly creative moment in music history, told through a couple of disreputable hippies who designed some of the most iconic album covers of all time.”– The GuardianPart of the SONIC WAVE weekly series.Monday, October 16
- Heaven Stood Still: The Incarnations of Willy DeVilleOrpheum · Saugerties“Mr. DeVille is a magnetic performer, but his macho stage presence camouflages an acute musical intelligence; his songs and arrangements are rich in ethnic rhythms and blues echoes, the most disparate stylistic references, yet they flow seamlessly and hang together solidly.”- music critic Robert PalmerPart of the SONIC WAVE weekly series.Monday, October 23
- Hedwig and the Angry InchOrpheum · Saugerties“Employing an array of homespun props, hand-drawn animation, and seedy locales, the film fashions itself into something both exquisitely alluring and delightfully garish out of extremely limited means, quite like its protagonist, a wannabe rock star named Hedwig.”- Slant MagazinePart of the SONIC WAVE weekly series.October 27 & 30
- Lee Fields: Faithful ManOrpheum · Saugerties“Just when you’re thinking soulman Lee Fields deserves a proper documentary about his remarkable life and creative blossoming, along it comes.”- Echoes MagazinePart of the SONIC WAVE weekly series.Monday, November 6
- In the Court of the Crimson KingOrpheum · Saugerties“This unflinching portrait of the prog rock band is like an episode of The Office but with huge drum kits, grizzled roadies and rapturous fans.”- The GuardianPart of the SONIC WAVE weekly series.Monday, November 13
- Buke & Gase w/live performance by Arone DyerOrpheum · Saugerties“In the smartly named Buke & Gase, band members Arone Dyer and Aron Sanchez explain their unique approach to music, which finds them playing dynamic oddball compositions on homemade instruments called the buke and the gase. The doc also chronicles Buke & Gase’s concert in an empty Basilica Hudson.”- StereogumPart of the SONIC WAVE weekly series.Monday, November 20
- PiaffeOrpheum · Saugerties“Nothing is phoned in here, everything is calibrated to a unique frequency so that even though you can trace the influence of Bette Gordon, Catherine Breillat, and Lucille Hadzhihalillovic, Piaffe is its own playful and majestic beast.”- IndieWirePart of the SONIC WAVE series.Monday, November 27
- We Were Famous, You Don't Remember: The EmbarrassmentOrpheum · Saugerties“The movie is full of incredible footage of the band (a rendition of Michael Jackson’s “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough” for a handful of children in a backyard is epic stuff) with wry, warmly reflective interviews from the members themselves. The doc is an inspiring reminder that creativity can sprout anywhere.” - LA TimesPart of the SONIC WAVE weekly series.Monday, December 4
- Mr. JimmyOrpheum · Saugerties“Peter Michael Dowd's beguiling documentary Mr. Jimmy chronicles the good times and bad times of Japanese Jimmy Page impersonator Akio Sakurai….It’s nonetheless the very slipperiness of Sakurai’s passion — to humbly become the god he worships — that continually compels.”,/em> - The Hollywood ReporterPart of the SONIC WAVE weekly series.Monday, December 11
- Mama Africa, Miriam MakebaOrpheum · Saugerties“What ultimately stands is a portrait of a woman for whom the term "cultural ambassador" was meant, whose dynamic range and earth-wide smile made the words and sounds pouring from her like a hand extended, a heart exposed, a story of the world made achingly real.”- Los Angeles TimesPart of the SONIC WAVE weekly series.Monday, December 18
