WE ARE THE THOUSAND – ★★★★

Documentary about the efforts by residents of a small town in Italy who want to encourage the Foo Fighters to play a show for them. They do so by amassing 1,000 musicians together to play a Foo Fighter song and post it on YouTube to make the request. Well made, a nice short-ish length in time, and plenty of good feelings throughout. Whether you like the Foo Fighters or not, Dave Grohl seems like one of the most decent human beings in rock, and it shows here.

TOPSIDE – ★★★☆

Low-budget drama around a mother who lives with her daughter in the tunnels underneath the NY subway system, and what happens when they are cleared out. Particularly good performances and well filmed, but a difficult, gritty watch of poverty, drug addiction and homelessness.