When a voice-off narration burbles something about a "convergence of the powerlines of the mind", you know you are in the presence of a film that has purchased at the refreshment kiosk of life more than it can consume.

| Oct 7, 2018

Too long, with too many shots of hands-in-the-air ravers and too much Damien Hirst, Glastonbury is still hugely evocative...

| Sep 26, 2017

It's hard to pin down the intent and even the honesty of the filmmaker.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 12, 2007

The sense of total immersion is breathlessly complete.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Apr 13, 2007

... as muddy as Yasgur's farm back in the day.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 7, 2007

For all the posers with light sticks and piercings, there are moments of Dada-esque beauty, not to mention some great music from Tinariwen, Bjork, David Bowie and the late, great Joe Strummer.

| Apr 5, 2007

The portrait is spectacular and inclusive, if sometimes a bit overwhelming and confusing.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 8, 2007

A warm and witty, detailed look at this parallel universe.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 2, 2007

The film is clearly an act of boosterism, and it makes a pretty good case for the Glastonbury cause.

Full Review | Original Score: B | Feb 24, 2007

The overall soundtrack seamlessly patches together a sonic quilt of eclectic music that evokes a kind of timeless flow. It's not a Glastonbury of any particular vintage, but rather a continuum of experiences that have occurred on this sacred ground.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Feb 22, 2007

A frenetic cut-and-paste job that is free of voiceover, commentary or even titles to introduce interviewees. Such calculated vagueness works, and the lingering impression is of a messy and hedonistic free-for-all.

| Jun 24, 2006

This is entertaining stuff, though and there's a big laugh when a hippy juggling flaming torches sets fire to himself.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 6, 2006

A Herculean task executed with wit, intelligence and unmistakable passion. The next best thing to being there.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 6, 2006

A magical documentary recounting the 35 tumultuous years of the Glastonbury Music Festival, this is an exhilarating experience.

| Original Score: 5/5 | May 6, 2006

The rest is a mishmash of sequences from many different sources including homemade video going back to the 1970s and stitched together at random.

Full Review | Apr 13, 2006

A long, structureless muddle that does justice to neither the stellar acts nor changing countercultural times event has encompassed.

| Feb 13, 2006