A new documentary about the gen X icon and “queen of grunge” Courtney Love caused a stir at the Sundance film festival – without the legendary Hole frontwoman in attendance. View image in fullscreen Courtney Love in 2003. “Everyone has a Courtney Love story,” she says ruefully while welcoming the film-makers to her London apartment. View image in fullscreen Courtney Love and Kurt Cobain in 1993. I got to remain alive.”Throughout Antiheroine, Love returns, again and again, to music – as a release valve, an escape, a balm.