Sing Me the Songs That Say I Love You: A Concert for Kate McGarrigle

Name: Sing Me the Songs That Say I Love You: A Concert for Kate McGarrigle
Genre: Music, Documentary
Released: June 26, 2013
Duration: 107 min
Rating: 61

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Sing Me the Songs That Say I Love You: A Concert for Kate McGarrigle

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| Release Date: June 26, 2013 | Not Rated

Summary: Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright, Norah Jones, Emmylou Harris, Jimmy Fallon and others perform in honor of the Wainwrights' mother, Canadian folk singer-songwriter Kate McGarrigle.

Director: Lian Lunson

Genre(s): Music, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 107 min

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Alan Scherstuhl

Jun 27, 2013

If you somehow manage to stay dry-eyed through the concert numbers, the end should set you bawling. Read full review

Nick Schager

Jun 26, 2013

Lian Lunson’s camera allows the music to take center stage via straightforward, graceful compositions—close-ups and medium shots dominate, and edits are kept to a relative minimum—that allow for long, unbroken views of the artists at forceful, mournful work. Read full review

Sophie Harris

Jun 25, 2013

Given that the entire show and film is dedicated to McGarrigle, you wish this exquisitely made, undeniably moving family album featured even more of the singer herself. Read full review

A.O. Scott

Jun 25, 2013

As a musical experience, it is generous and moving. But as a documentary, “Sing Me the Songs” is an awkward hybrid of concert film and rock-star biography. Read full review

Farran Smith Nehme

Jun 28, 2013

There are a handful of moments to entrance a non-fan. When the musicians and singers assemble to sing “Proserpina,” the last song McGarrigle ever wrote, with its haunting refrain (“Come home to Mama”), the effect is transcendent. Read full review

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Fitzpaula

Aug 14, 2013

This film is profoundly beautiful.
I (quite ignorantly) did not know Kate McGarrigle or her music before and only watched it beacuse I adore the Wainwright siblings, but in the end, I cried for her along with all those on the concert stage...which is a lie, because I actually cried theThis film is profoundly beautiful.
I (quite ignorantly) did not know Kate McGarrigle or her music before and only watched it beacuse I adore the Wainwright siblings, but in the end, I cried for her along with all those on the concert stage...which is a lie, because I actually cried the whole time.
Amazing.… Expand

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