Jimi: All Is By My Side
A movie made not with obligatory biopic beats but with verve and freedom, and offhand, I can't think of a better way to honor the genius of Hendrix.
Jimi: All Is By My Side
OutKast's André Benjamin stars as Jimi Hendrix in this revealing biopic from Academy Award-winning John Ridley (screenwriter of 12 Years A Slave). Covering a year in Hendrix's life from 1966-67 as an unknown backup guitarist playing New York's Cheetah Club to making his mark in London's music scene up until his Monterey Pop triumph, the film presents an intimate portrait of the sensitive young musician on the verge of becoming a rock and roll legend.
Genre
Bio-pic,
Drama,
Music
Runtime
116
Language
English
Director
John Ridley
Cast
Imogen Poots,
Hayley Atwell
FEATURED REVIEW
John DeFore, Hollywood Reporter
Imagining the year in which a sideman named Jimmy Hendrix turned into a star named Jimi, John Ridley's All Is by My Side is an oblique, offstage rock portrait, withholding many of the pleasures we expect from biopics in favor of a sometimes dreamy look at an inchoate artistic persona. One of the ...
Played at
NoHo 7 9.10.14 - 9.10.14
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