{"id":411592,"date":"2026-01-15T19:42:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T19:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/411592\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T19:42:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T19:42:08","slug":"a-new-robert-christgau-documentary-will-feature-randy-newman-thurston-moore-and-boots-riley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/411592\/","title":{"rendered":"A New Robert Christgau Documentary Will Feature Randy Newman, Thurston Moore, and Boots Riley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new documentary on Robert Christgau, The Last Critic, will premiere at SXSW Film Festival this March. <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/artists\/15999-randy-newman\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Randy Newman<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/artists\/8073-boots-riley\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Boots Riley<\/a>, and Village Voice writer-turned-novelist Colson Whitehead have signed up to tell the story of the self-appointed Dean of American Rock Critics. Naturally, having penned \u201c<a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/sonicyouth.bandcamp.com\/track\/i-killed-christgau-with-my-big-fucking-dick-live83-over-kill-yr-idols-7-2\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/sonicyouth.bandcamp.com\/track\/i-killed-christgau-with-my-big-fucking-dick-live83-over-kill-yr-idols-7-2&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/sonicyouth.bandcamp.com\/track\/i-killed-christgau-with-my-big-fucking-dick-live83-over-kill-yr-idols-7-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">I Killed Christgau With My Big Fucking Dick<\/a>,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/artists\/3872-sonic-youth\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sonic Youth<\/a>\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/artists\/3874-thurston-moore\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Thurston Moore<\/a> also chips in to help immortalize his onetime foe.<\/p>\n<p>Matty Wishnow directed the doc, which features music from Newman, Yo la Tengo, the Feelies, and Gina Birch. A murderer\u2019s row of critics also contributed, including Greil Marcus, Ann Powers, Rob Sheffield, Amanda Petrusich, and Kelefa Sanneh. A synopsis on the film\u2019s Instagram page notes that Christgau, whose work \u201chas inspired &amp; infuriated readers for sixty years, is still at it in his eighties\u2014grading records, interrogating commas &amp; listening to absolutely everything (except metal &amp; prog).\u201d Its SXSW premiere will be in the Documentary Feature Competition.<\/p>\n<p>Revisit Pitchfork\u2019s interview with author Devon Powers about how Christgau and his Village Voice colleague Richard Goldstein helped create rock journalism:<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"BaseWrap-sc-gzmcOU BaseText-eqOrNE BaseLink-eTpkqh ContentCardEmbedImageLink-eELFBx deqABF jfBpVC fyUolD XqBtt content-card-embed__image\" data-testid=\"ContentCardEmbedImage\" href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/features\/paper-trail\/9104-devon-powers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"article image\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ResponsiveImageContainer-eNxvmU cfBbTk responsive-image__image\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1ed013cc.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new documentary on Robert Christgau, The Last Critic, will premiere at SXSW Film Festival this March. 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