Saying something new about albums that have been loved and discussed over the moons can sometimes feel like gilding the lily, no matter what approach you can bring to it. Saying something new about ...

That is a question a 26-year-old Prince may well have been asking himself after “Purple Rain” transformed him into a global superstar virtually overnight (or whatever passed for “overnight ...

“Purple Rain,” both the film and the soundtrack, served as Prince’s vehicle to achieve such great heights and, as such, the Twin Cities are celebrating the 40th anniversary of “Purple Rain ...

“Dearly beloved, we’re gathered here today to get through this thing called…’Purple Rain.’” The influential film that skyrocketed Prince to superstardom, and won him an Oscar, is now ...

Forty years ago this summer, Prince scored his first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200. Purple Rain, the soundtrack to his hugely successful film, also earned him a couple of Grammy Awards and an ...

In 2016, producer Bob Cavallo said in a discussion with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences that many directors and studios initially passed on “Purple Rain,” concerned that it ...

On March 5, Warner Bros. Discovery and Dolby will re-release “Purple Rain” for one night, exclusively in Dolby Cinemas. The film will be presented in Dolby Vision High Dynamic Range (HDR ...

The list-loving Rolling Stone cultural arbiters love them some “Purple Rain,” declaring that the 1984 Prince project is the greatest movie soundtrack album ever. In a list of the 101 Greatest ...