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Brothers of the Head

Director: Keith Fulton and Louie Pepe

Cast: Harry Treadaway, Luke Treadaway, Tom Bower, Bryan Dick, Steven Eagles, Tania Emery, Sean Harris, Will Kemp

(IFC Films, 2005) Rated: R

US DVD release date: 14 November 2006 (IFC)

[24 July 2006]

by Cynthia Fuchs

PopMatters Film and TV Editor

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Brothers of the Head explores the overlaps between fiction and reality as they constitute rock-stardom, and more expansively, sexuality, desire, and consumption.

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Review: Brothers of the Head (2005)

Kate Williams

11.Dec.06

This film is laden with creative possibilities, yet suffers from a surfeit of cinematic and artistic clichés.

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