SPINAL TAP

THIS IS SPINAL TAP 

20:30 | Rob Reiner | 1983 | USA | 83mins | English language with English subtitles

The original mockumentary follows fictional British heavy metal band Spinal Tap on a disastrous American tour. Shot in mock documentary style, the film blurs the line between parody and reality so convincingly that many viewers initially believed the band was real.

Music is the joke and the subject. The songs are fully written, performed and recorded, not throwaway gags but authentic pastiches of arena rock excess. From amplifiers that go to eleven to miniature Stonehenge stage props, the film skewers the ego, mythology and fragile masculinity of rock stardom. Over time, it has become a cult classic, even cited by real musicians as painfully accurate.

It remains one of the sharpest films ever made about the absurd theatre of rock culture.

SPINAL TAP II: THE END CONTINUES

21:30 | Rob Reiner | 2025 | USA | 84mins | English language with English subtitles

More than forty years after the original mockumentary redefined music satire, Spinal Tap returns. The surviving members reunite for one final tour, revisiting old rivalries, inflated egos and unfinished business.

Like its predecessor, the SPINAL TAP II: THE END CONTINUES plays its music straight. The songs are performed in full, the backstage tensions feel uncomfortably plausible, and the industry absurdities are only slightly exaggerated. What makes the sequel compelling is the passage of time. Rock mythology ages, but the need for validation does not. The film quietly reflects on legacy, nostalgia and what it means to keep performing when the spotlight has moved on.

A sequel that understands both the joke and the cost of living inside it.