A Complete Unknown, out in theaters on Dec. 25, stars Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan in a highly-anticipated biopic that traces the singer’s rise in the New York City folk music scene of the 1960s. Focusing on the period between 1961 and 1965—when Dylan first became a big star—the story is told chronologically,

Biopics are notorious for playing loose with facts. We understand, it’s poetic license, a desire by a filmmaker to add more drama to a not-compelling-enough real-life story. But we newspaper journalists are truth seekers.