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“I carry my finger pick around all the time now, because it reminds me that I want to keep playing guitar”: After playing Joan Baez in A Complete Unknown, Monica Barbaro claims she is a guitar player for life

After learning the instrument for the once-in-a-lifetime role, Barbaro is now taking her guitar journey beyond the screen and into her day-to-day life

Guitar World

“I didn’t play guitar at all. The imposter syndrome was pretty rampant. It was incredibly challenging”: A Complete Unknown’s Monico Barbaro on how she went from never playing guitar to nailing Joan Baez's intricate fingerstyle technique

The actor reveals she had zero experience playing guitar before she landed the highly coveted role – and explains why the humble metronome was key to her learning-guitar-as-Baez journey

Guitar World

How Monica Barbaro "Embraces Her Own Looks" on the 2025 SAG Awards Red Carpet

Even with a major first-time nomination, the star stayed true to herself.

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Why A Complete Unknown should win the best picture Oscar

Despite being freewheelin’ with the facts, this Bob Dylan biopic has delighted fans old and new, with Timothée Chalamet proving more than just a Zimmerman mimic

The Guardian - UK

'A Complete Unknown' streaming release date: Here's when it's coming to Hulu

If you haven't yet seen Bob Dylan biopic "A Complete Unknown" in theaters, here's when and where you'll be able to stream it at home.

Tom’s Guide

How Oscar nominee James Mangold cracked the code of modern Hollywood

INTERVIEW: Few directors have had as varied a career as James Mangold, who has directed everything from the Wolverine spin-off ‘Logan’ to ‘Walk the Line’ to a Meg Ryan romcom. As his Bob Dylan biopic ‘A Complete Unknown’ becomes the one to beat at next month’s Oscars, Adam White speaks…

The Independent UK

Don’t look back: after decades of apathy, A Complete Unknown has turned me into a Dylan nut

I went into the cinema without expectation, I left feeling like a besotted teenager and have listened to little other music since

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Who is Monica Barbaro, the Latina Actress Nominated by the Oscars for Playing the Legendary Joan Baez?

The American actress is an up and coming star with familial roots in Mexico.

Latin Times

Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown has enormous resonance – but doesn’t break with gender stereotypes

In 1961, aged 19, Bob Dylan left home in Minnesota for New York City and never looked back. Unknown when he arrived, he would later be widely described as the voice of a generation.

The Conversation

‘The hair, the voice, the casual cruelty – they nailed it!’ Bob Dylan experts rate A Complete Unknown

Are the guitars right? Is Joan Baez sidelined? Who is this Sylvie Russo? And why is it an American shouting ‘Judas’? A Dylan tribute singer, two biographers, a superfan and more weigh in

The Guardian - UK

Folk festival which has featured Nick Cave and Joan Baez cancelled in 60th year

Organisers said the festival will return in 2026.

Evening Standard

A Complete Unknown: Chalamet’s brilliant performance captures the elusive essence of a young Dylan

The cultural sound and imagery of Bob Dylan has long eclipsed his personal identity. He has always been an elusive figure who seemingly endures fame in order to live freely and poetically through the expression of song and composition.

The Conversation

Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown is an enthralling depiction of the emergence of a singular musical genius and cultural disruptor, with Timothée Chalamet superb as a young Dylan

James Mangold's excellent Bob Dylan biopic will introduce a whole new generation to the icon's rough and rowdy ways

Louder

‘I’m literally Joan Baez right now’: gen Z women relate to Bob Dylan’s toxic situationship

The film A Complete Unknown has sparked interest in the folk singers’ doomed romance, and with it the realization that a similar dynamic is ‘happening to girls everywhere’

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Evening Standard

Meet Monica Barbaro: the breakout star of Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown

From flying planes with Cruise to playing Dylan’s muse, the roles are a-changin’ for the rising star

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Monica Barbaro met Joan Baez before playing her in A Complete Unknown

Monica Barbaro has discussed how she contacted Joan Baez before playing the folk legend in James Mangold's Bob Dylan biopic 'A Complete Unknown'.

Guitar World

“You've been an inspiration for so many, and will continue to be for centuries to come”: Peter Yarrow, guitarist, singer for Peter, Paul & Mary, and co-writer of Puff the Magic Dragon, dies at 86

A folk icon and dedicated political activist, Yarrow helped bring the songs of Bob Dylan to the wider public, but his career was later tainted by his conviction on child sex abuse charges

Guitar World

“Ed Norton was telling me stories about how to keep props. I was like, ‘I’m not stealing this guitar!’” Monica Barbaro played Joan Baez alongside Timothée Chalamet’s Bob Dylan – and her co-star encouraged her to take the 1929 Martin she used onscreen

Barbaro had used a vintage Martin 00-45 during her performance as the folk legend

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The Guardian - UK

‘It’s full of things that didn’t happen – but it feels right!’ Inside the making of Bob Dylan film A Complete Unknown

Starring an Oscar-tipped Timothée Chalamet, James Mangold’s biopic retells Dylan’s electric early career, but it resonates with today’s toxic fame and politics. The creative team explain their process – and what Dylan makes of it

Salon

Unmasking the "contrarian" Bob Dylan

Filmmaker James Mangold spoke with Salon about the musician's not-so-oblique songwriting and the women in his life

WhatToWatch

A Complete Unknown review: Timothée Chalamet's Bob Dylan biopic perfectly suits its subject

Timothée Chalamet and James Mangold’s A Complete Unknown offers a look into iconic musician Bob Dylan’s rise that rarely strikes a false chord.

Evening Standard

A Complete Unknown review: Timothée Chalamet is extraordinary as Bob Dylan in this rich biopic

4/5 This is an extraordinary performance, far deeper than an impersonation, that charts the progress of the young singer-songwriter as the times were a’changin’

The Guardian - UK

A Complete Unknown review – Timothée Chalamet’s Bob Dylan is an electric revelation

James Mangold’s biopic follows the rise of the era-defining star with Chalamet brilliantly embodying his shapeshifting allure

The Independent UK

Timothée Chalamet tries his best in A Complete Unknown, a Bob Dylan biopic that plays too safe

3/5 There’s something a touch too uncrumpled about the ‘Dune’ star here, in a movie that lacks the required bite

Louder

“We were limited by venues, by the number of people in the band. We wanted to play louder. Everyone had been talking about going electric as Dylan had. None of us had the budget…” Maddy Prior’s history of Steeleye Span

From breaking out of local clubs to touring with Jethro Tull and attracting guest spots from David Bowie and Peter Sellers, the leading light of British folk looks back – and forward

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