A Complete Unknown (2024)

Based very loosely on the book Dylan Goes Electric by Elijah Wald, this critically-acclaimed biopic focuses on the start of American music legend Bob Dylan’s career, from his arrival in New York to meet a hospitalized Woody Guthrie (Scoot McNairy) to his ground-shaking and controversial performance at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965. Bob (Timothée Chalamet) sings an original piece by Woody’s bedside in view of another folk legend, Pete Seeger (Edward Norton), who immediately recognizeds the young man’s talent. Pete takes Bob in, gives him a place to crash, and introduces him to New York’s folk scene, where he meets the genre’s rising star, Joan Baez (Monica Barbaro). Despite being in a semi-serious relationship with Sylvie Russo (Elle Fanning, playing an amalgamation of Dylan’s paramours at the time), he begins an on-again-off-again affair with Joan that kicks off during the Cuban Missile Crisis, and continues throughout his explosive journey towards fame and fortune. All three headliners, Timothée, Edward, and Monica, do their own singing and instrument playing, and all three earned Oscar nods for their performances. But Monica just doesn’t impress with her musical abilities, she also skin-presses with a post-coital scene where you can spot her perky pokies under a torn white tee. She’ll have you blowin’ (your load) in the wind!