American Songwriter

Born on This Day in 1933, the Piano Player Whose Unique Style Became the Backbone of Country Music’s Nashville Sound

Ninety-two years ago today, one of the key figures in the development of the Nashville Sound was born in Louisiana.
FirstShowing.net

Animated Doc About Bossa Nova - 'They Shot the Piano Player' Trailer

"His musical touch hasn't left my ear." Sony Pictures Classics has unveiled a full US trailer for a fascinating, jazzy Spanish documentary called They Shot the Piano Player, which first premiered at ...
The Hollywood Reporter

‘They Shot the Piano Player’ Review: A Deeply Felt Portrait of a Virtuoso Who Wandered Into the Crosshairs of a Police State

‘Chico & Rita’ helmers Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal reteam for another animated film, this time combining documentary material and invented sequences to tell the story of a beloved Brazilian ...
Variety

‘They Shot the Piano Player’ Review: When Breezy Bossa Nova Met Deadly Fascism, Told ‘Chico & Rita’-Style

For their next act, Oscar-nommed toon directors Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal focus on the disappearance of Brazilian jazz pianist Francisco Tenório Júnior in Argentina in the ’70s. So if you ...
The New York Times

‘They Shot the Piano Player’ Review: Taking on a Bossa Nova Mystery

The pianist Francisco Tenório Júnior, on tour in Argentina during the right-wing dictatorship of the 1970s, vanished. This animated feature picks up the trail. By Claire Shaffer When you purchase a ...