Thurs, May 19th 7:30 | Hollywood Theatre “That show was about freedom—freedom as an artist, freedom as a human being, freedom to fucking speak the truth.” —Jose Gutierrez Xtravaganza, dancer In 1991, the smash documentary Truth or Dare brought audiences behind the scenes of Madonna’s groundbreaking Blond Ambition tour, which courted controversy with the Vatican for…
DetailsThis past weekend was the U.S. premiere of Strike A Pose, the moving new documentary about Madonna’s backup dancers from her “Blonde Ambition” tour, and their lives since. Getty All of the dancers from the film-except Gabriel Trupin who died of complications from AIDS in 1995-were in attendance at the premiere, along with directors Ester…
DetailsPhoto: Courtesy of Strike a Pose For the cinephile navigating the dizzying lineup at the annual Tribeca Film Festival, it helps to narrow the scope—say, road movies (Detour and Folk Hero & Funny Guy); female directors (Mother and AWOL); or, in this case, thoughtful documentaries that touch on matters of health. The six standout picks…
DetailsShareTweet80 In Hear This, The A.V. Club writers sing the praises of songs they know well. This week, in honor of those pesky April showers, we’re looking at songs with “rain” in the title. Madonna, “Rain” (1992) For as much as early ’90s Madonna was all about the sex, she was perhaps even more about…
DetailsStrike a Pose will hit Belgian movie theaters on June 29, 2016. Check out the translated trailer for the Belgian market
Photo: Linda Posnick In the 1991 movie Madonna: Truth or Dare, the titular superstar plays the role of her lifetime: herself. Filmed during her 1990 Blond Ambition tour when the then-31-year-old pop star was at her commercial peak, the Alek Keshishian-directed concert film/backstage documentary finds Madonna reveling in the cult of her personality. “She doesn’t…
DetailsWe have just added this French electronic presskit to Who’s That Girl to our Who’s That Girl Filmography page.
Unfortunately we cannot embed this hilarious video, so we’ll have to share it like this. We all know Madonna and Molly Meldrum have great chemistry and it just goes to show in this rare video with outtakes during an interview in 1985. Madonna is trying to perfection her ‘Merry Christmas’ wish, but not all goes…
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