Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese

It wouldn't take much work to make a case for Dylan as a criminally underrated vocal stylist based on these performances alone, approaching each new song as one more masterpiece he can't stop painting over.

Martin Scorsese's masterful account of Bob Dylan's 1975 Rolling Thunder Revue contains predictable treasures, jolting surprises, and a mischievous sprinkle of untruths.

With "Rolling Thunder Revue," [Martin] Scorsese remains at the top of his game, and is the perfect filmmaker to tell the story of a unique chapter in the life and career of a fellow creative legend.

The concert footage alone would make "Rolling Thunder Revue" worth seeing, but there are other gems.

It's not a doomed mission but it's a delicate and a difficult one, and the project collapses under the weight of its contradictory goals and its scattershot strategies to meet them.

An ingenious hybrid of fact and fiction that embodies the vital, slipshod, thrilling, confounding essence of the Rolling Thunder Revue itself.

Great songs, inspired performances and a good digital brush-up make this essential for fans, but the Dylan Machine is covering up a lot here.

Come for the metacommentary, but stay for the face-melting concert footage.

As a filmmaker, Scorsese isn't content with finding the legend; instead, he creates it right in front of your eyes.

Breathtaking performances - shot in close-up - of songs like "One More Cup of Coffee", "Hurricane", and "Romance in Durango" are padded by moments of joy and heartbreak.