Pulp: What Do You Do for an Encore?

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Pulp: What Do You Do for an Encore?

Sep 2026

1h 39m

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Biography

Music

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Charting the Sheffield band's extraordinary journey from obscurity to cultural touchstone. Fusing footage from Pulp's biggest ever arena show -- part of the global tour for 'More', the band's first album in 24 years -- with four decades of colorful, never-seen-before archival material.

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Sam Davies

Sight & Sound

Sep 18, 2026

Director Garth Jennings’s film splits the difference between a Greatest Hits concert film and a Story Of documentary, putting the spotlight firmly on Jarvis.

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Tara Brady

Irish Times

Sep 17, 2026

4/5

...Pulp: What Do You Do for an Encore?, a scrapbook-meets-concert film, is a keen reminder that the alchemy of a band such as Pulp cannot be replicated.

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Emma Fraser

Little White Lies

Sep 16, 2026

4/5

What makes Pulp: What Do You Do for an Encore? so engaging is the mix of live material and archival footage that explores the drive to keep performing beyond financial benefit.

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Peter Lonsdale

Film Ireland Magazine

1 day ago

Will it become a classic of the concert movie genre? It’s too early to say. It’s certainly a moving and narratively satisfying experience; one that rewards watching as a whole, rather than skipping to the greatest hits.

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Chelsea Alexandra

MovieJawn

Sep 25, 2026

Pulp: What Do You Do for an Encore? is in no way reinventing anything with its approach. However, it is a celebration of Pulp’s legacy, music, and the loyal fanbase that has stuck by them from the beginning to this moment.

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Jessica Baxter

Hammer to Nail

Sep 24, 2026

5/5

Jarvis may no longer be able to walk down the street unnoticed, but he remains the Patron Saint of the Common People.

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Christian

Sep 25, 2026

I loved every bit of the documentary and I learned a lot about pulps life span.

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Donna H

@RT73773974 Sep 27, 2026

An absolutely joyous doc that is both moving and electrifying!!!

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Candida Doyle

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Synopsis

Charting the Sheffield band's extraordinary journey from obscurity to cultural touchstone. Fusing footage from Pulp's biggest ever arena show -- part of the global tour for 'More', the band's first album in 24 years -- with four decades of colorful, never-seen-before archival material.

Director: Garth Jennings
Producer: Octavia Peissel, Danny Gabai, Amy Rattray, Paul Dugdale
Distributor: MUBI
Production Co: MUBI
Genre: Documentary, Biography, Music
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 24, 2026, Limited
Runtime: 1h 39m

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