Bob Dylan has always had a fraught relationship with the world of progressive social change. He wrote some of the most penetrating socially conscious songs of the early 1960s — “Blowin’ in the Wind,” “The Times They Are A-Changin’,
After the events of A Complete Unknown, Pete Seeger went on to a long and successful career in both music and activism.
The artist born Robert Zimmerman may not have acknowledged his debt to her, but Seeger is widely regarded as a foundational voice of modern folk
There’s a priceless moment early in “A Complete Unknown” when folk icon Pete Seeger returns to the cabin where he lives with his family after offering a young singer named Bob Dylan a place ...
A Complete Unknown's account of Dylan's crucial transitional period misses the most interesting thing about it
In James Mangold's film A Complete Unknown, we get a cautious and reverent story of a musician who has always sought to transcend the limits imposed upon him.
After nearly a month of waiting, Neil Young has finally posted a review of A Complete Unknown on his website, The Neil Young Archives. He liked the movie, but even more interestingly than the rare Shakey movie review, Young revealed that he once threw Bob Dylan off his tour bus because he “didn’t recognize him.”
On January 16, 2025, in the sumptuous surroundings of the Hotel Bristol in Paris, a press conference was held with Timothée Chalamet, Edward Norton, Monica Barbaro and director James Mangold to mark the eagerly-awaited release of Un Parfait Inconnu, a daring biopic devoted to Bob Dylan.
Five years later, with Chalamet now one of the biggest actors in the world and Bob Dylan still alive and well, the film is out for new audiences to delve into his life, which doesn’t need star power to lead.