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Michael Cumming and Stewart Lee bring the story of Robert Lloyd and The Nightingales through insightful, lively conversations – and Neil Fox has one of his own with all three to celebrate the release.\ud \ud As part of my ongoing interest in music documentaries and concert films, which is part of my film criticism output and also long-term research for a book I am currently writing on the subject (BFI/Bloomsbury, 2022), I wrote about a film release for the website the Quietus, again focusing on King Rocker - A Film About Robert Lloyd and the Nightingales (dir. Cumming, 2020).

As part of my ongoing interest in music documentaries and concert films, which is part of my film criticism output and also long-term research for a book I am currently writing on the subject (BFI/Bloomsbury, 2022), I wrote a preview of the Doc N Roll Film Festival for the website the Quietus, a festival which focuses on music documentary.

As part of my ongoing interest in music documentaries and concert films, which is part of my film criticism output and also long-term research for a book I am currently writing on the subject (BFI/Bloomsbury, 2022), I wrote about a film release for the website the Quietus, this time focusing on Caroline Catz's Delia Derbyshire: The Myths and Legendary Tapes, at it's Premiere at the 2020 London Film Festival.

As part of my ongoing interest in music documentaries and concert films, which is part of my film criticism output and also long-term research for a book I am currently writing on the subject (BFI/Bloomsbury, 2022), I interviewed two filmmakers for their film release for the website the Quietus, this time focusing on the film Southern Journey (Revisited)

As part of my ongoing interest in music documentaries and concert films, which is part of my film criticism output and also long-term research for a proposed book on the subject, I wrote about a film release for the website the Quietus, this time focusing on Rubika Shah's White Riot, at it's Premiere at the 2020 Berlinale.

Feature and interview with the team cult online film museum and archive streaming project, byNWR, including filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn.

As part of my ongoing interest in music documentaries and concert films, which is part of my film criticism output and also long-term research for a proposed book on the subject, I wrote about a film release for the website the Quietus, this time focusing on a preview of the 2019 Doc'n Roll festival.

As part of my ongoing interest in music documentaries and concert films, which is part of my film criticism output and also long-term research for a proposed book on the subject, I wrote about a film release for the website the Quietus, this time focusing on Graham Bendel's film about Martin Newell and the Cleaners from Venus.

Interview with comedian Stewart Lee and director Michael Cumming about their in-progress music documentary about cult Birmingham musician Robert Lloyd.

Review of 2019 release Amazing Grace, for The Quietus

Review from Berlinale 2019 of new PJ Harvey documentary, for The Quietus.

Review of the 2019 release Teddy Pendergrass: If You Don't Know Me, for The Quietus

Review of 2018 release The Go-Betweens: Right Here, for Directors Notes.

Preview of Doc N Roll Festival 2018, with reviews of some of the films, for The Quietus.

Film-maker Jake Meginsky talks to Neil Fox about his new cinematic portrait of Milford Graves, his teacher for over fifteen years.

We’re told that it’s not possible anymore for bands to mean something real and true and authentic to people on any kind of large scale because the internet and the loss of reclaimed spaces have made cheap rehearsal rooms and community in urban places where grass roots can grow a thing of the past. However, as Christine Franz, director of the brilliant music documentary Bunch of Kunst says “that’s not true, is it?”. Because, here are Sleaford Mods.