Pavements

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Pavements

2025,

2h 8m,

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Music

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It's not just a story about a band. It's a story about mankind.

Critics Consensus

Directed with a wry personal touch by Alex Ross Perry, Pavements distinguishes itself as a music doc by not only paying affectionate tribute to its subject but also unpacking the cultural philosophy it personifies.

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Nicolas Rapold

Sight & Sound

Dec 18, 2025

Part indie rock biopic, part absurdist jukebox-style stage musical, Alex Ross Perry’s kaleidoscopic portrait of the 1990s band Pavement is no ordinary music doc.

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Danny Leigh

Financial Times

Jul 14, 2025

5/5

And yet the film is droll but never snotty, richly inventive, and so smartly executed that reality blurs.

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

Jul 9, 2025

2/5

It is a palimpsest of approaches: four concepts placed on top of each other, but none can be seen clearly. For me, Perry’s masterpiece is still his 2015 drama Listen Up Philip. But this film might well provide something for the Pavement fanbase.

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Steve Newall

Flicks (AU, NZ, UK)

Jan 8, 2026

Alex Ross Perry utterly nails an unconventional approach that sits perfectly with the band’s aesthetic - and in particular, truculent contrarian (and sometimes savage) frontman Stephen Malkmus. Pavements layers fact and fiction wonderfully.

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John Serba

Decider

Aug 12, 2025

Perry tells this story in a rather head-spinning matter.

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Filipe Freitas

Always Good Movies

Jul 23, 2025

2/5

Sadly, Pavements fails to do justice to Stephen Malkmus and his unforgettable band.

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Synopsis

It's not just a story about a band. It's a story about mankind.

Director: Alex Ross Perry
Producer: Craig Butta, Alex Ross Perry, Robert Greene, Peter Klein, Danny Gabai, Lance Bangs, Alex Needles, Arrow Kruse, Chris Lombardi, Gerard Cosloy, Patrick Amory, Gabe Spierer
Distributor: Utopia
Production Co: Alldayeveryday Productions
Genre: Documentary, Biography, Music
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 2, 2025, Limited
Runtime: 2h 8m

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