...an endearing tribute to the punk icon herself

Review

Interview with Patti Smith

5 Stars! "a beautiful, warm-hearted work"

Interview with Steven Sebring

4 Stars! "This isn’t just for hardcore fans. If you aren’t an admirer when you go into the screening, you will definitely be one when you come out"

"a true tribute to this celebrated American rock icon"

"Punk's not dead, but it can still be a tad eccentric"

"Her performance stole the show at TIFF and Patti Smith is set to rock the big screen"

"fashion photographer Steven Sebring's impressionistic study of the most influential of punk poets, disarms and charms with its honesty"

"it's riveting stuff"

"a portrait of a defiantly creative life. "

Interview with Steven Sebring

"Patti Smith documentary powerful"

"full of stark and striking imagery from her life seamlessly and hauntingly presented by director Steven Sebring"

"At a film festival, amid the stars and the hype and lurid glare of over-sponsored glamour, you live in hope that you’ll stumble across something thrilling, inspiring and wildly original that comes right out of the blue. Last night I saw exactly that. It wasn’t a film. And it wasn’t even officially part of the Toronto International Film Festival. It was a party celebrating a Patti Smith documentary that, due to a mysterious lapse in taste, had been excluded from the festival."

"TIFF bourgeoisie mistakes itself for social activists at Patti Smith concert at the Gardiner"

"Patti Smith ends fest fetes on a high note"

"There were other TIFF parties last night but who needs to hop when you’ve got Patti Smith?"