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Boy George & Culture Club

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David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter Jun 10
Ellwood gives Culture Club and its colorful frontman an affectionate salute that should please fans, even if, unlike the director’s more forthright 2020 Showtime doc, The Go-Gos, she generally chooses diplomacy over a deep dive. Go to Full Review Matthew Creith TheWrap Jun 6
Ellwood’s use of 1980s fonts and graphics overlaid on famous lyrics come across more like an episode of VH1’s “Behind the Music” rather than a fleshed-out documentary worth exploring. Go to Full Review Kent Turner Film-Forward.com Jun 29
3/4
The gift that fans of music publications like Melody Maker and NME would have clamored for 45 years ago, when the band was at the peak of its popularity. Go to Full Review Stephen Silver Living Life Fearless Jun 20
Being coy about sexuality, and trolling everyone who asked about it, was a key part of what the band was up to back in the day―and also, that they were having the time of their life with it. Go to Full Review Frank J. Avella The Contending Jun 11
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In Alison Ellwood’s incisive doc, Boy George & Culture Club, the figure of BG and his band and their phenomenal, albeit short lived impression on popular culture in the mid-to-late-‘80s is explored along with the internal jealousies and struggles... Go to Full Review Christopher Llewellyn Reed Film Festival Today Jun 11
3.5/5
We learn quite a bit about how the group was formed and the way the members’ respective musical influences merged to create Culture Club’s distinctive sound and hits. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Cast & Crew

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Alison Ellwood

Director

Boy George

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Jon Moss

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Mikey Craig

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Roy Hay

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Trevor Birney

Producer

Movie Info

Director
Alison Ellwood
Producer
Trevor Birney, Andrew Tully, Ben Silverman, Howard Owens, Natalia Nastaskin, Lawrence Mestel, David Blackman
Genre
Biography, Documentary, LGBTQ+, Music
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 36m