Jim Jarmusch's Stooges doc is awesome, go see it now

By Mike McGonigal

Oct 28, 2016 at 3:08 pm

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Jim Jarmusch's Stooges doc is awesome, go see it now

Ann Arbor's finest! Iggy Pop, Scott Asheton, Ron Asheton, and Dave Alexander in GIMME DANGER, a Magnolia Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Amazon Studios / Magnolia Pictures. Photo © Frank Pettis

The Detroit Institute of Arts’ lovely Detroit Film Theatre begins screening the deservedly celebrated Gimme Danger, a new documentary about the Stooges, this evening, Friday, Oct. 28.

Here are all the screening times for the thing over the course of the next two weeks. You have no excuse for missing it. Get your tickets right here.

Friday, October 28, 2016: 7:00 PM
Friday, October 28, 2016: 9:30 PM
Saturday, October 29, 2016: 7:00 PM
Saturday, October 29, 2016: 9:30 PM
Sunday, October 30, 2016: 2:00 PM
Sunday, October 30, 2016: 4:30 PM
Sunday, October 30, 2016: 7:00 PM
Wednesday, November 02, 2016: 7:30 PM
Thursday, November 03, 2016: 7:30 PM
Friday, November 04, 2016: 9:30 PM
Saturday, November 05, 2016: 9:30 PM
Saturday, November 05, 2016: 1:00 PM
Sunday, November 06, 2016: 7:00 PM
Sunday, November 06, 2016: 4:30 PM

Fun House is the single greatest album of the rock 'n' roll era, and Jarmusch one of our greatest living directors. We lucky ducks here at the Metro Times music editorial team were able to see an advance screening of the film yesterday. It is funny, heart-warming, accurate, and excellent — one of the best music docs in recent memory.

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Mike McGonigal

Metro Times music editor Mike McGonigal has written about music since 1984, when he started the fanzine Chemical Imbalance at age sixteen with money saved from mowing lawns in Florida. He's since written for Spin, Pitchfork, the Village VOICE and Artforum. He's been a museum guard, a financial reporter, a bicycle...