Personality Crisis: One Night Only

Martin Scorsese turns his camera on David Johansen, celebrated as the lead singer-songwriter of the androgynous ’70s glam punk groundbreakers The New York Dolls and for his complete reinvention as hepcat lounge lizard Buster Poindexter in the ’80s, Johansen has created an entire genre unto himself, combining swing, blues, and rock for something at once mischievous and deeply personal. Scorsese and co-director David Tedeschi capture the entertainer’s January 2020 Cafe Carlyle set. (filmlinc.org)