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Britpop band Suede is set to be the subject of a major new feature documentary Suede: The Insatiable Ones.

The film is directed by Mike Christie, who has made films including BBC One doc Sir Alex Ferguson: Secrets of Success and BBC/CCTV/Arte co-pro The Art of China.

It was commissioned by European pay-tv giant Sky, which will air it on Sky Arts on November 24.

Suede: The Insatiable Ones comes 25 years after the band, which was formed by Brett Anderson, Matt Osman and Bernard Butler as well as Justine Frischmann, who left to form Elastica, released its debut eponymous album. In the U.S., the band was known as The London Suede.

It features behind the scenes footage of the band across its career, helped by 25 years of footage filmed by drummer Simon Gilbert.

The London-based band broke up in 2002 following the release of A New Morning but...

Long before “Galang” and “Paper Planes,” and prior to her Oscar nomination and universal fame, there was a time M.I.A. was Mathangi Arulpragasam, the daughter of Tamil refugees who fled conflict-stricken Sri Lanka to settle in 1980s England. More an account of her origins than a stylized tour documentary, Matangi/Maya/M.I.A. draws from over 700 hours of footage M.I.A. personally recorded at different stages of her career to offer an intimate pre- and-post-stardom bio-doc that feels just as magnetic as the artist it brings and dissects on screen.

Chronological and linear as it may be in its structure–Matangi, Maya, and M.I.A.; alluding to the different stages in the singer’s life before and under the spotlight–Stephen Loveridge’s debut feature and insider look conjures up an artist whose creative path and inspiration have drawn from several overlapping personas. M.I.A. the artist,...

It's that vocals that always gets you first – the snarl that comes through Joan Jett's singing, sandpaper-rough around the edges and 100-percent fuck-you attitude. Yes, she's a first-class rhythm guitarist (listen the opening of the Runaways' "You Drive Me Wild" and tell us that's not gloriously, gut-punchingly rifftastic). But that voice ... that's what rock & roll sounds like. Seductive. Jagged. Rebellious. Like her vocal cords are going to jump out of her throat and kick your ass.

Bad Reputation, Kevin Kerslake's doc on Joan of Rock that premiered Monday at Sundance,...

Normally, the landmarks and accomplishments memorialized in this space focus specifically on events within the United States, but today is different, mostly because there's an excellent excuse to post the awesomely adorable video below. On this day in 1999, Blur took the number one spot on the album chart in the United Kingdom with 13, netting them their fourth number one in the U.K. in the '90s. Only two other artists managed to match that feat: R.E.M. and, inexplicably, Simply Red. It's a great notch in the belt for Blur, especially considering their early decade rivalry with Oasis (who probably would have had four chart-topping albums in the '90s if they only were able to get it together enough to release four albums).

13 was Blur's follow-up to their huge self-titled album from 1997, which contained the still-massive hit "Song 2" (or, as it's known in football stadiums all over the world,...

Music has always been a major element of Allison Anders' films. "Border Radio," "Grace of My Heart" and "Sugar Town" are actually about musicians. "Sugar Town" is named after a Nancy Sinatra song and features John Taylor of Duran Duran, Martin Kemp of Spandau Ballet and John Doe of X in major roles. The lead character of "Things Behind the Sun" (named after a Nick Drake song) is about a music journalist who tracks down a childhood friend turned rising rock star.

"Things Behind the Sun" came out in 2001, and Anders hasn't done a film since, directed instead episodes of "The L Word" and "What About Brian" and founding the Don't Knock The Rock Film And Music Festival. But she has a new project with longtime collaborator Kurt Voss up on Kickstarter:

"Strutter" tells the story of 22 year old Brett (Flannery Lunsford), a singer for a Los Angeles rock...

It's a big day for birthdays, blues legend B.B. King, actress Alexis Bledel, former Elastica member Justine Frischmann and Hollywood icon Mickey Rourke will all be blowing out candles today. But it's an extra special one for Nick Jonas, who turns 18 years old today. It's remarkable how much the youngest member of the Jonas Brothers (though not the youngest Jonas brother — that's Frankie, aka Bonus Jonas) has accomplished before he is legally allowed to vote. His band has had four hit albums, two television series, a pair of ratings-busting TV movies centered around them, starring in a theatrically-released concert film and have sold out countless arenas around the world. Nick has been particularly busy, as earlier this year he embarked on his first project away from his primary group when he released Who I Am, a record cut with his band the Administration.

In addition to his work in music,...