Classic Rock at the Movies

'Dirt,' the big-screen version of Motley Crue's autobiography, just found its director. Jeff Tremaine, fresh from work on the just-released hit 'Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa,' will be behind the cameras starting early next year, reports Deadline.

A day before they release 'Clockwork Angels Tour' on home video, Rush will bring their concert document to the big screen. And you have only one chance to see it.

"Now, Muscle Shoals has got the Swampers / And they've been known to pick a song or two." For nearly 40 years, people have heard Lynyrd Skynyrd sing those words in 'Sweet Home Alabama' and not known what they mean. A strong new documentary by Greg Camalier, 'Muscle Shoals,' looks at the musical history of the tiny northern Alabama town, which has birthed a staggering number of classic re

Thanks to his work as half of Tenacious D, Jack Black was almost a rock star before he was a movie star -- and clearly the perfect choice to play the lead in 'School of Rock.' A rock-infused comedy about ne'er-do-well musician Dewey Finn (played by Black), whose layabout ways and excessively flashy guitar solos get him kicked out of his band -- and almost his apartment -- in the opening act, 'Scho

As this list of the best 'Dazed and Confused' classic rock moments demonstrates, it's hard to imagine any movie that's used the music of our favorite genre better than this 1993 masterpiece.

"50,000 bands and one disgusting bathroom."

This October will see the premiere of 'CBGB," a movie about the legendary Manhattan club that witnessed the birth of punk. Yesterday (Aug. 2), the contents of the soundtrack were released, and it contains some of that scene's most familiar names.

There have been a host of strong rock documentaries making their way into theaters recently. This past summer has seen the release of '20 Feet From Stardom,' about professional backup singers, and 'Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me,' about the cult power-pop band of the early-'70s. And now we can add 'Springsteen & I' to the list.

Their voices have graced many of rock's most famous songs and biggest tours, yet their names are unknown to all but those who read liner notes with the devotion of a theology student. They're the backup singers, and they're the subject of Morgan Neville's extraordinary new documentary, '20 Feet From Stardom.'

The British Film Institute has announced that they'll screen the Beatles classic 'Magical Mystery Tour' with a new behind-the-scenes BBC TV 'Arena' series feature titled 'Magical Mystery Tour Revisited.' The Examiner reports that the event comes Oct. 2, a week before the rumored release of a Blu-Ray and restored DVD surrounding the film.