Walking into Edgar Wrightâs first documentary âThe Sparks Brothersâ (Focus Features-MRC-Complete Fiction Pictures, 2021, 140 min.), I confess I thought that Sparks was a one-hit wonder â80s new wave band, having only heard âCool Places,â their 1983 collaboration with Jane Wiedlin. Little did I know that Sparks â Ron and Russell Mael â have been around since the late â60s in conjunction with other players. If you show me a documentary about the Beatles or Monty Python, youâre preaching to the choir, as I feel I know a lot about them. But I love learning about stuff I knew nothing about, and âThe Sparks Brothersâ is a great crash course. And now I have decades of records to appreciate, thanks to the movie; I was talking to one of my co-workers after the fact, and he told me that he thinks âKimono My Houseâ (1974) is one of the greatest albums ever recorded.