An unusual and uplifting variation on the pop-music documentary by director Florian Habicht. It is set at and around the opulent hometown concert concluding alternative band Pulp's 2012 reunion tour. Habicht's primary goal is to place the band in the context of the city from which they sprang over 30 years ago, former steel town Sheffield. There is still a fair amount of concert footage, including a rousing sing-along rendition of "Common People" and a naughtily Gothic "This Is Hardcore," as well as interviews with band members such as keyboardist Candida Doyle and nerd-chic front-man Jarvis Cocker (a natural, droll raconteur), but the director also ventures into town with his camera in tow. Well beyond the stage lights, he finds and converses with a colorful group of people, from children to pensioners, from fishmongers to outcast musicians. And in them, the audience sees the empathy, left-field humor, and social mores also coursing through the veins of Pulp's songs. As a result, the film is not only a celebratory and nostalgic snapshot of a revived band (a type of high-toned tour souvenir), but also an edifying ode to a city, their city, and its denizens and their salty spirit.

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