Now 10 years old, The Boston IFF is filling out nicely. Here’s 5 good reasons to spend your weekend in the dark.

Wondering what this year’s SXSW Film Festival had to offer beyond rock documentaries? Here are five standouts.

The Sunset Strip’s history, an embryonic Big Star doc, the demise of LCD Soundsystem, Paul Simon’s “Graceland” controversy, and the surprising fact that 70′s hitmaker Paul Williams is still alive topped our list of new rock docs to keep an eye out for.

There’s only so much family socializing you can do once the presents are opened and the holiday dinner is making its way through your digestive tract. May I suggest something cinematic to get you out of the house? There’s certainly no lack of options right now, including a few that are safe for parents and kids who might want to tag along.

“Me and my girlfriend are [in a club] right up against the stage, we’re going to see REM and this opening band comes out. They’re the most obnoxious, loud, horrible band I’d ever seen in my life. They were the Replacements. Six months later, they were my favorite band…”

What is it about the innocuous TV show Glee that makes Slash, Dave Grohl, and The Kings of Leon so very angry?

Film Editor Melissa Starker examines “What makes a great fictional rock band?” It takes more than pretty faces up front or a solid…