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Summer Meltdown

Lincoln Center screens some of cinema’s best rock films

by Josh Kurp   |   Aug 13, 2010

Summer Meltdown

Photo: vintageisclassic, via Flickr

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Earlier today, we mentioned The Last Waltz, so let’s continue to talk about rock ‘n’ roll movies, shall we? Over at Lincoln Center’s Walter Reade Theater, Film Comment magazine is presenting “Summer Meltdown,” featuring cinema’s finest music films, along with some other, well, badass movies. The series is co-presented by Other Music, WFMU, B-Music and Vice magazine.

A full list of films can be found here, but below are the ones we’re most looking forward to:

The Great Rock ’n’ Roll Swindle
Band: The Sex Pistols
August 13, 4:15; August 15, 1:45

The Kids Are Alright
Band: The Who
August 14, 6 p.m.; August 17, 4:15

Stones in Exile and Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out!
Band: The Rolling Stones
August 17, 8:30

Year of the Horse
Band: Neil Young and Crazy Horse
August 13, 6:30; August 17, 2 p.m.

Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
Band: David Bowie
August 15, 4 p.m.

What, no Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band?