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Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine
Directed by
Scott Crawford
Not Rated
2019
75m
Documentary
,
History
,
and more
6.9
96%
97%
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Explores the seminal music magazine from its 1969 launch in Detroit to the untimely death of its publisher Barry Kramer in 1981.
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Cast of Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine
Lester Bangs
Self - Senior Editor (archive footage)
Barry Kramer
Self - Publisher (archive footage)
Alice Cooper
Self - Musician
Wayne Kramer
Self - MC5
Joan Jett
Self - Musician
Michael Stipe
Self - R.E.M.
Thurston Moore
Self - Sonic Youth
Paul Stanley
Self - KISS
Bob Gruen
Self
Dave Marsh
Self - Editor-in-Chief
Chris Stein
Self - Blondie
Jaan Uhelszki
Self - Senior Editor
Susan Whitall
Self
John Varvatos
Self - Fashion Designer
Chad Smith
Self - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Jeff Ament
Self - Pearl Jam
Gene Simmons
Self - KISS
Lenny Kaye
Self
Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine Ratings & Reviews
Arizona Republic
Ed Masley
Crawford's documentary celebrates the legacy of CREEM in all its dysfunctional glory, not only addressing but owning all the things about it that would never fly in 2020.
San Francisco Chronicle
Joel Selvin
"Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine" colorfully and convincingly makes the case for the magazine's lasting contributions, a sharp, hip piece of rock history told with the same kind of insolent wit that made Creem what it was.
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
Future scholars looking into the cultural mindset of the mid-'70s need to make a Creem immersion their first step. Without it, they won't have a clue what young people were thinking.
Austin Chronicle
Raoul Hernandez
Had the founding of firm Tyner, Thompson, Kramer, Davis & Smith not occurred directly beforehand, Creem might not have come to pass judgement on and ultimately fall victim to the barbarousness of North American "music" traditionalism.
Film Threat
Chuck Foster
It was a product of its time, and that time is long gone. Maybe that's a good thing; maybe it isn't.
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
That a new documentary about the people who wrote and published it is this close to a shambling mess is both appropriate and cheering.
812filmreviews
Robert Daniels
By film's end, Rock n' Roll and Creem Magazine feel synonymous. As they should.
Los Angeles Times
Mikael Wood
Yet "Creem..." does so little to showcase Creem's writing... that any viewer who hasn't read dozens of moldy back issues is left to wonder why anybody, inside or outside the magazine's office, would tolerate so much nonsense.
The Hollywood Reporter
Frank Scheck
Captures the irreverent energy perfectly.
Variety
Dennis Harvey
A brief, careening survey through the publication's two-decade life and times, filled with colorful personalities and commentary. Vintage rock fans will be in (cough) high heaven.
Cinemalogue
Todd Jorgenson
... spotlights the eccentric personalities on the Creem team while enabling an impressive roster of interviewees to wax nostalgic about its legacy. The result is both amusing and insightful.
eFilmCritic.com
Peter Sobczynski
A film that, although undeniably entertaining and clearly of value for anyone interested in music and/or journalism from that period, is little more than a sketch of a subject begging for a fuller examination at some future point.
The Weekend Warrior (Substack)
Edward Douglas
Definitely very informative and recommended if you want to know more about music history.
National Review
Armond White
Give credit to writer-director Scott Crawford and the Creem-magazine veterans Jaan Uhelszki, Susan Whitall, and others for caring as much about putting the publication's history on film as they do about getting it right.
North Shore Movies
Sean Burns
It's a melancholy experience watching the movie and reflecting on how timidly sycophantic our current culture coverage has become.
POV Magazine
Pat Mullen
Audiences expecting a larger probing of the state of publishing won't find it here, but Crawford crafts a freewheeling essay on one outlet's role in shaping the social history of popular music.
Solzy at the Movies
Danielle Solzman
CREEM: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine manages to dive into the history of the magazine in a brisk but informative 75 minutes.
Blu-ray.com
Brian Orndorf
There's a slickness to the work that doesn't sit right, but highlights of fandom are entertaining.
Vague Visages
Leslie Hatton
There was nothing else like 'CREEM' back then, and there's still nothing like it now. That's not only a testament to the importance of the magazine, it's also a sad commentary on what's lacking in modern music criticism.
Decider
Benjamin H. Smith
With affection, candor and the same irreverence it heaped on the rockers of yesteryear, Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine celebrates the coolest music rag of all-time and explains what made it great.
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