New Pete Townshend Documentary Puts The Who Legend's Complexity Center Stage

A new documentary on Pete Townshend, the guitarist and songwriter behind The Who, builds its story around his contradictions rather than around a tidy narrative, according to a review from Variety Film. The film follows his growing pains and turmoil as both a person and a rock artist, treating that complexity as the point rather than something to resolve. The review credits the documentary for keeping that fuller, more complicated picture of Townshend in view throughout.

With reporting from Variety Film.