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A Complete Unknown: Chalamet’s brilliant performance captures the elusive essence of a young Dylan

The cultural sound and imagery of Bob Dylan has long eclipsed his personal identity. He has always been an elusive figure who seemingly endures fame in order to live freely and poetically through the expression of song and composition.

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Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown is an enthralling depiction of the emergence of a singular musical genius and cultural disruptor, with Timothée Chalamet superb as a young Dylan

Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown is an enthralling depiction of the emergence of a singular musical genius and cultural disruptor, with Timothée Chalamet superb as a young Dylan

James Mangold's excellent Bob Dylan biopic will introduce a whole new generation to the icon's rough and rowdy ways

‘I’m literally Joan Baez right now’: gen Z women relate to Bob Dylan’s toxic situationship

‘I’m literally Joan Baez right now’: gen Z women relate to Bob Dylan’s toxic situationship

The film A Complete Unknown has sparked interest in the folk singers’ doomed romance, and with it the realization that a similar dynamic is ‘happening to girls everywhere’

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Meet Monica Barbaro: the breakout star of Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown

From flying planes with Cruise to playing Dylan’s muse, the roles are a-changin’ for the rising star

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Monica Barbaro met Joan Baez before playing her in A Complete Unknown

Monica Barbaro has discussed how she contacted Joan Baez before playing the folk legend in James Mangold's Bob Dylan biopic 'A Complete Unknown'.

“You've been an inspiration for so many, and will continue to be for centuries to come”: Peter Yarrow, guitarist, singer for Peter, Paul & Mary, and co-writer of Puff the Magic Dragon, dies at 86

A folk icon and dedicated political activist, Yarrow helped bring the songs of Bob Dylan to the wider public, but his career was later tainted by his conviction on child sex abuse charges

“Ed Norton was telling me stories about how to keep props. I was like, ‘I’m not stealing this guitar!’” Monica Barbaro played Joan Baez alongside Timothée Chalamet’s Bob Dylan – and her co-star encouraged her to take the 1929 Martin she used onscreen

Barbaro had used a vintage Martin 00-45 during her performance as the folk legend

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‘It’s full of things that didn’t happen – but it feels right!’ Inside the making of Bob Dylan film A Complete Unknown

‘It’s full of things that didn’t happen – but it feels right!’ Inside the making of Bob Dylan film A Complete Unknown

Starring an Oscar-tipped Timothée Chalamet, James Mangold’s biopic retells Dylan’s electric early career, but it resonates with today’s toxic fame and politics. The creative team explain their process – and what Dylan makes of it

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Unmasking the "contrarian" Bob Dylan

Unmasking the "contrarian" Bob Dylan

Filmmaker James Mangold spoke with Salon about the musician's not-so-oblique songwriting and the women in his life

A Complete Unknown review: Timothée Chalamet's Bob Dylan biopic perfectly suits its subject

A Complete Unknown review: Timothée Chalamet's Bob Dylan biopic perfectly suits its subject

Timothée Chalamet and James Mangold’s A Complete Unknown offers a look into iconic musician Bob Dylan’s rise that rarely strikes a false chord.

A Complete Unknown review: Timothée Chalamet is extraordinary as Bob Dylan in this rich biopic

A Complete Unknown review: Timothée Chalamet is extraordinary as Bob Dylan in this rich biopic

4/5 This is an extraordinary performance, far deeper than an impersonation, that charts the progress of the young singer-songwriter as the times were a’changin’

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A Complete Unknown review – Timothée Chalamet’s Bob Dylan is an electric revelation

A Complete Unknown review – Timothée Chalamet’s Bob Dylan is an electric revelation

James Mangold’s biopic follows the rise of the era-defining star with Chalamet brilliantly embodying his shapeshifting allure

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Timothée Chalamet tries his best in A Complete Unknown, a Bob Dylan biopic that plays too safe

Timothée Chalamet tries his best in A Complete Unknown, a Bob Dylan biopic that plays too safe

3/5 There’s something a touch too uncrumpled about the ‘Dune’ star here, in a movie that lacks the required bite

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“We were limited by venues, by the number of people in the band. We wanted to play louder. Everyone had been talking about going electric as Dylan had. None of us had the budget…” Maddy Prior’s history of Steeleye Span

“We were limited by venues, by the number of people in the band. We wanted to play louder. Everyone had been talking about going electric as Dylan had. None of us had the budget…” Maddy Prior’s history of Steeleye Span

From breaking out of local clubs to touring with Jethro Tull and attracting guest spots from David Bowie and Peter Sellers, the leading light of British folk looks back – and forward

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Critics rave that Timothée Chalamet gives ’performance of the year’ as Bob Dylan

‘I am not exaggerating when I say that Timothée Chalamet delivers the performance of the year’ said one critic

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Timothée Chalamet refused to see friends or visitors for months while playing Bob Dylan

Chalamet stars as the great ‘Blowin’ in the Wind’ singer-songwriter in James Mangold’s ‘A Complete Unknown’

“Over time, her arrangements became more creative and composed and could stand on their own as melodic instrumentals”: A pioneering protest singer, American folk legend Joan Baez draws on jazz and flamenco for her intricate picking patterns

Ever since the '60s, Joan Baez has delivered a message with her music, but she was never going to be a two-chord folkie with a bellyful of fire. Her sound takes from jazz and flamenco with picking patterns that are as good as a fingerprint

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Francis McPeake obituary

Traditional Irish musician and the third in the lineage of pipers in an internationally renowned family

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Dune star Timothee Chalamet meets Joan Baez and gets booed out of the folk scene in new trailer for Bob Dylan biopic

A Complete Unknown hits theaters this Christmas

From 'Suavemente' to 'Amor Prohibido' and 'La Chona', U.S. National Recording Registry Latino Nominees

And yes, there's a bit of everything: from legends of the past to the hits we still can't get off our playlists. Check out the complete list of songs that could make history.

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Joan Baez changes lyrics to ‘America the Beautiful’ as she supports Kamala Harris

Folk musician encouraged her followers to ‘VOTE BLUE’ as she shared the pared-back recording

Film show: An unkindly triptych from Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos

We discuss "Kinds of Kindness", Yorgos Lanthimos' latest collaboration with Emma Stone and Willem Dafoe. Film critic Lisa Nesselson tells us why the Greek director has set himself up as a hard act to follow after 2023's award-winning "Poor Things". We also take a look at a new documentary charting…

Timothée Chalamet Stars As Young Bob Dylan In Biopic Film.

Get insights into the production of 'A Complete Unknown,' a Bob Dylan biopic starring Timothée Chalamet and directed by James Mangold in NYC.

Golden age: high jewellery takes its lead from ancient armour

High jewellery designers take their lead from ancient armour motifs to create a feast of striking pieces with a romantic element

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Joan Baez: I Am a Noise review – intimate doc about the folk legend and activist

Recovered memories of abuse are alluded to but not explored in this often painful look back at the sensational life and career of a true icon of counterculture

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