Director Ron Mann proves he's the doyen of pop culture documentaries with Twist, the story of how one song transformed a nation. During the 1950s, the soulful, gyrating rhythms of R & B , such as Hank Ballard's "The Twist," were barred from the squeaky clean dance floors of American Bandstand...

Rock historians and hard-core Buddy Holly fans can and do take issue with director Steve Rash's 1978 biopic of the Lubbock, Texas, rocker's life: the script liberally juggles details from Holly's brief but blazing career, replacing producer Norman Petty and Holly's original bassist and drummer with fictionalized composite characters...