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ELTON JOHN: NEVER TOO LATE – (Middleburg FF 2024) – Review by Leslie Combemale

October 23, 2024October 22, 2024 Leslie Combemale Bernie Taupin, David Furnish, documentary, elton john, Elton John: Never Too Late, Middleburg FF 2024, Middleburg Film Festival, Rocket man

Fans of the Rocket Man will be thrilled to know there’s a new documentary, co-directed by Elton’s life partner David Furnish no less, that follows Elton John’s last and final concert tour, while also traveling backwards to examine his long career. Given the sheer volume of hits Sir Elton (nee Reginal Dwight) created with his musical partner Bernie Taupin, it’s certainly true a docuseries could have been made, but that’s not what we have here. What we have is the story of Elton’s life and career, wrapped around his famous last tour, before retiring to spend time with his husband and the two sons he loves.

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My TIFF 2022 Diary: Highlighting Day-to-Day ‘IRL’ – Johanna Schneller reports (Exclusive)

October 3, 2022July 28, 2024 Johanna Schneller cameron bailey, covid, elton john, Hillary Clinton, Sarah Polley, TIFF 2022, toronto international film festival, viola davis

After two minutes, I realize I’m levitating an inch from my seat with happiness. This movie is everything I’d hoped and more. There is not one wasted syllable. I keep swatting away tears of anger (on behalf of the characters, and their real-life counterparts). I can feel the emotion rolling up and down the rows, that feeling you can only get in a theatre full of people who are having a collective experience. I won’t know this until a few days later, but Women Talking sets the tone for my whole TIFF: brilliant women directors, squaring their sites on the patriarchy. And experiencing their work in public again, finally.

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ROCKETMAN – Review by Susan Granger

June 6, 2019June 6, 2019 Susan Granger 0 Comments biopics, elton john, rocketman, Taron Egerton

Make no mistake: this jukebox musical/quasi-biopic offers little insight into the cryptic character of flamboyant Elton John. But as a campy musical – one that’s probably destined for Broadway – it’s ambitious – with 20 familiar songs, cleverly interwoven to cleverly depict significant sequences in the life of Reginald Kenneth Dwight, a pudgy musical protégé from suburban Middlesex, England.

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ROCKETMAN – Review by Diana Saenger

May 29, 2019June 2, 2019 Diana Saenger 0 Comments biopics, elton john, rocketman, Taron Egerton

Filmmakers couldn’t have found a better actor than Taron Egerton to play Elton John in Rocketman. Even before critics were invited into the theater, a buzz of anxiety whirled through the lobby. Chatter inside the theater turned into a screaming and clapping audience eager to become invested in the story.. For me, Rocketman is a bit of history, a ton of laughs — and a terrific musical.

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AWFJ Women On Film – “Union” Opens Tribeca Film Festival 2011 – Karen Martin comments

March 31, 2011March 23, 2024 Karen Martin 0 Comments awfj women on film, cameron crowe, elton john, karen martin, leon russell, tribeca film festival, union

Hey, film fans, need a reason to go to New York? The world premiere of Union, Cameron Crowe’s documentary about the collaborative album of music legends Elton John and Leon Russell, will open the Tribeca Film Festival April 20 in New York.