9 Songs

Outside of porn and MTV, sex and rock and roll don't come much more explicit than Michael Winterbottom's daring film, an interesting, if not entirely successful attempt to trace the trajectory of a yearlong romance through sex scenes and documentary concert footage. The title says it all: In between 9 songs, played by several different bands at various London venues, a man and a woman meet, have sex, fall in love and face an uncertain future. Irish-born glacier specialist Matt (Kieran O'Brien) and Lisa (Margo Stilley), a footloose American, first lay eyes on each other at a Black Rebel Motorcycle Club concert at the Brixton Academy, and head home for a night of sex. ...