"Crossfire Hurricane: The Rise of the Rolling Stones" the new HBO film by and about the Rolling Stones marks the 50th anniversary of the musicians who went from badass to beloved, from "moronic cavemen" to the greatest rock 'n' roll band in the world. The enduring appeal of the Stones stems from superb music, a capacity to reinvent themselves and the forceful personalities of the players - by turns outspoken, irreverent, shy, clownish, sensitive, clever, acerbic, funny and raw. The Stones' quick trajectory to fame was, as Keith Richards notes, kaleidoscopic. So is this must-see doc. Images are culled from more than 1,000 hours of film and "Crossfire" zips through the days at lightning speed. Early on, we see a label (July 25, 1972, a day before Mick Jagger's 29th birthday) and not much is time-stamped after that. But the chronology isn't hard to follow, given the film's tight pacing and focus on the early years. As narration, you hear the voices (but don't see the faces) of originals Richards, Jagger, Charlie Watts and Bill Wyman (he left the Stones in 1993) as well as Mick Taylor, who replaced Brian Jones (Jones died July 3, 1969) and was with the band until 1974, and Ronnie Wood, who replaced Taylor in 1975. There are no talking heads, i.e. rock critics, industry types or pop-culture commentators.