Lizzy Goodman: Last News

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaUtopia and Showtime have acquired the North American rights to Pulse Films’ “Meet Me in the Bathroom,” a documentary about the explosion of rock ‘n’ roll that helped define the early 2000s in New York City and ushered in a new generation of musical talent. The film, which is directed by Will Lovelace and Dylan Southern, premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival.

Meet Me In The Bathroom. Watch it exclusively on NME above.Finally hitting UK cinemas on March 10, Meet Me In The Bathroom is an immersive journey through the game-changing New York music scene of the early ’00s, following bands like The Strokes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Interpol and LCD Soundsystem.Set against the backdrop of 9/11, the film tells the story of how a new generation of artists kick-started a musical rebirth for New York City that reverberated around the world – and is based upon rock journalist Lizzy Goodman’s celebrated 600-page oral history of the scene from 2017.The film version of the book, directed by Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace – who made LCD Soundsystem‘s Shut Up And Play The Hits documentary and concert movie – features interviews, live footage and never before seen archive footage from those who spearheaded the scene.“What’s more important? A good sound or a good time?” Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs asks bandmate Nick Zinner in the clip.

Post-9/11 NYC was a music scene all its own, led by bands like The Strokes, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and LCD Soundsystem, among others. And music journalist Lizzy Goodman chronicled it in her 2017 book, “Meet Me In The Bathroom: Rebirth And Rock And Roll In New York City 2001.”   READ MORE: ‘Meet Me In The Bathroom’ Review: NYC 200s Rock Rebirth Doc Is Too By The Numbers [Sundance] Now, Goodman’s book gets the documentary treatment, thanks to Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace, directors of the LCD Soundsystem doc “Shut Up And Play The Hits.” “Meet Me In The Bathroom” brings Goodman’s extensive research, including 200 original interviews, to the big screen in a visceral way.