Michael Cohl Movies
Big Easy Express
2012
In April 2011, three folk acts - he Old Crow Medicine Show, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, and Mumford & Sons - shared billing at a significant folk music...
Sing Your Song
NR 2011
Harry Belafonte rose to fame in the 1950s as a singer and actor, bringing the Caribbean sounds of calypso music to the charts years before anyone coined the phrase "world...
Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune
2010
Documentary filmmaker Kenneth Bowser profiles American folk singer Phil Ochs, who rose to fame in the 1960s and whose hopeful, incisive ballads were written to inspire...
LennoNYC
NR 2010
In 1971, John Lennon could have lived practically anywhere he chose, but as he felt increasingly out of place in London, he and his wife Yoko Ono chose to relocate to New...
Shine a Light
PG13 2008
After exploring the careers of the Band and Bob Dylan in The Last Waltz and No Direction Home: Bob Dylan, respectively, acclaimed director Martin Scorsese turns his...
Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
PG 2007
The reflective documentary Pete Seeger: The Power of Song explores the legacy of revered American folk singer and activist Seeger - written and directed by filmmaker...
Mariah Carey: The Adventures of Mimi
2007
Mariah Carey: The Adventures of Mimi documents one night on the singer's 2006 tour. The setlist includes favorites like "Always Be My Baby," "Vision of Love," and {&"I'll...
The Rolling Stones: The Biggest Bang
2007
This musical release from legendary rock band The Rolling Stones captures key performances and backstage moments during the band's 2005/2006 world tour. Over fifty songs are...
Reeker
2005
Five students driving through the desert encounter the inescapable stench of death in director David Payne's retro-inspired slasher/monster/supernatural horror hybrid. The...
Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal
2004
In the early '60s, revolutionary music producer and promoter Harold Leventhal's contributions to the American folk scene forever changed the face of modern music. In...
The Circle Game
1994
This Canadian drama assumes the style of a documentary as it follows a bitter custody battle between a mother and grandmother over a little girl. Monika, a blues singer and...
The Rolling Stones: Live at the Max
NR 1990
The central figures in this documentary/performance are The Rolling Stones: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ron Wood et. al. Filmed at various Stones concerts in Turin, Berlin and...
The Burning
R 1981
Apart from early appearances by Jason Alexander and Holly Hunter, an interesting score by Rick Wakeman, and some typically effective work by effects icon Tom Savini,...