The 20th edition of the festival includes competition titles ’71 and Blind.
The Athens International Film Festival (Sept 17-28) kicks off its 20th edition today with 241 titles selected by artistic director Orestis Andreadakis.
The festival will open with Damian Szifron’s hit Wild Tales, which has proved a critical hit since its world premiere in competition at Cannes, and will close with David Fincher’s Us crime drama Gone Girl, marking its European premiere.
This year’s international competition includes Yann Demange’s Berlinale title, ’71, and Eskil Vogt’s Blind, which has picked up awards in Berlin and Sundance among others.
‘71, Yann Demange (UK)10,000 km, Carlos Marques-Marcet (Spa)Blind, Eskil Vogt (Nor)The Canal, Ivan Kavanagh (Irel)Manos Sucias, Josef Wladyka (Us-Col)The Mend, John Magary (Us)Natural Sciences, Matías Lucchesi (Arg)Thou Wast Mild and Lovely, Josephine Decker (Us)The Way He Looks, Daniel Ribeiro (Bra)When Animals Dream, Jonas Alexander Arnby (De)
A five-member Youth Jury, comprised...
The Athens International Film Festival (Sept 17-28) kicks off its 20th edition today with 241 titles selected by artistic director Orestis Andreadakis.
The festival will open with Damian Szifron’s hit Wild Tales, which has proved a critical hit since its world premiere in competition at Cannes, and will close with David Fincher’s Us crime drama Gone Girl, marking its European premiere.
This year’s international competition includes Yann Demange’s Berlinale title, ’71, and Eskil Vogt’s Blind, which has picked up awards in Berlin and Sundance among others.
‘71, Yann Demange (UK)10,000 km, Carlos Marques-Marcet (Spa)Blind, Eskil Vogt (Nor)The Canal, Ivan Kavanagh (Irel)Manos Sucias, Josef Wladyka (Us-Col)The Mend, John Magary (Us)Natural Sciences, Matías Lucchesi (Arg)Thou Wast Mild and Lovely, Josephine Decker (Us)The Way He Looks, Daniel Ribeiro (Bra)When Animals Dream, Jonas Alexander Arnby (De)
A five-member Youth Jury, comprised...
- 9/17/2014
- by alexisgrivas@yahoo.com (Alexis Grivas)
- ScreenDaily
Richard Tyler Epperson is described as a cross between John Mayer and Jason Mraz. This is strange, considering I love one of these guys and absolutely hate with every fibre of my being, the other. Thankfully, Epperson’s stylings trend more toward Mayer than Mraz. He has that simple, sing-songy quality that Mayer has, with almost the same level of intensity and haunting quality to his voice.
Epperson, as a singer-songwriter in the vein of Mayer or Elliot Smith, is brilliant. His lyrics evoke a lost youth or misspent youth quality to them, while also having a strong Unit 4+2 or even a Cat Stevens vibe to them.
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Epperson, as a singer-songwriter in the vein of Mayer or Elliot Smith, is brilliant. His lyrics evoke a lost youth or misspent youth quality to them, while also having a strong Unit 4+2 or even a Cat Stevens vibe to them.
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- 3/16/2014
- by Robert Ottone
- JustPressPlay.net
If Shaun White's latest career move is any indication, the 26-year-old Olympic gold medalist refuses to be remembered as simply The Flying Tomato. The snowboarder/skateboarder has now signed his first major-labor record deal.
White's band, Bad Things, is expected to release its debut album later this year on Warner Bros. Records, according to The Hollywood Reporter. White is one-fifth of Bad Things, which he formed in Los Angeles with childhood pals Anthony Sanudo (guitar) and Lena Zawaideh (drums). David LeDuke, formerly the lead singer of glam-punk band Billy Boy on Poison, will serve as frontman, while former Augustana member Jared Palomar will play bass.
Rob Schnapf (Beck, Elliot Smith, Tokyo Police Club) will produce the album. The band's first single, the indie rock-sounding track "Caught Inside," is currently streaming on SoundCould.
Bad Things also announced their first headlining tour, which kicks off July 11 in New York City and concludes Aug.
White's band, Bad Things, is expected to release its debut album later this year on Warner Bros. Records, according to The Hollywood Reporter. White is one-fifth of Bad Things, which he formed in Los Angeles with childhood pals Anthony Sanudo (guitar) and Lena Zawaideh (drums). David LeDuke, formerly the lead singer of glam-punk band Billy Boy on Poison, will serve as frontman, while former Augustana member Jared Palomar will play bass.
Rob Schnapf (Beck, Elliot Smith, Tokyo Police Club) will produce the album. The band's first single, the indie rock-sounding track "Caught Inside," is currently streaming on SoundCould.
Bad Things also announced their first headlining tour, which kicks off July 11 in New York City and concludes Aug.
- 6/27/2013
- by Matthew Jacobs
- Huffington Post
This joins the new poster we added for the Magnolia Pictures documentary which opens in theaters and on VOD from July 9th, 2013. Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me is a feature-length documentary about legendary Memphis band Big Star. While mainstream success eluded them, Big Star’s three albums have become critically lauded touchstones of the rock music canon. A seminal band in the history of alternative music, Big Star has been cited as an influence by artists including Rem, The Replacements, Belle & Sebastian, Elliot Smith and Flaming Lips, to name just a few. With never-before-seen footage and photos of the band, in-depth interviews and a rousing musical tribute by the bands they inspired, Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me is a story of artistic and musical salvation.
- 6/11/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Hollywood is still squeamish about homosexuality, money can't buy you happiness, and there is no conceivable situation in which Ryan Gosling doesn't look hot – these are the things you never truly learn until you have spent a week at the world's greatest film festival
Plastic surgeons are the new secular priests
The Cannes programmers give guests a religion they can at least relate to. First came La Grande Bellezza, Paolo Sorrentino's swooning fresco of Italian high society, in which an exacting cosmetic surgeon dispenses Botox injections as though he's offering holy sacrament. Then, not 24 hours later, came the sight of Rob Lowe's smirking little Frankenstein, resplendent in a Farrah Fawcett hairdo, in Behind the Candelabra. Lowe's character is tender, wise and knows what is right. He comes to make Matt Damon's chauffeur into Liberace's own image. It's what the man upstairs demands. Damon's response: "I suppose I should be flattered.
Plastic surgeons are the new secular priests
The Cannes programmers give guests a religion they can at least relate to. First came La Grande Bellezza, Paolo Sorrentino's swooning fresco of Italian high society, in which an exacting cosmetic surgeon dispenses Botox injections as though he's offering holy sacrament. Then, not 24 hours later, came the sight of Rob Lowe's smirking little Frankenstein, resplendent in a Farrah Fawcett hairdo, in Behind the Candelabra. Lowe's character is tender, wise and knows what is right. He comes to make Matt Damon's chauffeur into Liberace's own image. It's what the man upstairs demands. Damon's response: "I suppose I should be flattered.
- 5/23/2013
- by Xan Brooks, Elliot Smith, Henry Barnes, Charlotte Higgins
- The Guardian - Film News
As fans of Paul Thomas Anderson already know, the early part of his career found him in fruitful collaboration with producer/musician/genius Jon Brion, who scored the director's first four films. And while Brion is very well regarded as a producer (working with Fiona Apple, Kanye West, Of Montreal and many others), he's also earned great acclaim as a live musician, particularly through his concerts at famed venue Largo. Coupling an almost savant-like multi-instrumental ability with an encyclopedic knowledge of music history, Brion has dazzled many with his shows, and somebody thought his talents would be good for TV. That somebody was Paul Thomas Anderson. Right around 1999/2000 Anderson helmed a pilot for VH1 entitled "The Jon Brion Show" (natch), that was a test run at a variety show that would be led by Brion. They called in some musical guest favors with Elliot Smith and Brad Mehldau appearing (Brion...
- 1/17/2013
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Magnolia Pictures have announced that they have picked up N. American distribution rights to Drew DeNicola and Oliva Mori's Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me. The documentary follows 70s rock band Big Star and is executive-produced by Ardent Studios' John Fry alongside Gill Holland and David Armillei. Founded in Memphis by Chris Bell, and fronted by rock legend Alex Chilton, the original Big Star lineup also featured Jody Stephens and Andy Hummel. Together less than four years, the band flirted with mainstream success but never achieved it. Nonetheless, they produced a body of work of seminal importance to pop and alternative music, influencing major artists like Rem, the Replacements, Elliot Smith, the Flaming Lips and countless others.
- 1/9/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Magnolia Pictures have announced that they have picked up N. American distribution rights to Drew DeNicola and Oliva Mori's Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me. The documentary follows 70s rock band Big Star and is executive-produced by Ardent Studios' John Fry alongside Gill Holland and David Armillei. Founded in Memphis by Chris Bell, and fronted by rock legend Alex Chilton, the original Big Star lineup also featured Jody Stephens and Andy Hummel. Together less than four years, the band flirted with mainstream success but never achieved it. Nonetheless, they produced a body of work of seminal importance to pop and alternative music, influencing major artists like Rem, the Replacements, Elliot Smith, the Flaming Lips and countless others.
- 1/9/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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Portland, Oregon is an idiosyncratic place, so it’s fitting that one of the city’s best up-and-coming bands is as oddly charming as the place itself. Calling themselves The We Shared Milk, the trio of Boone Howard, Eric Ambrosius, and Travis Leipzig have been flying just below the radar of popular culture in Portland for a few years, but that all might start to change with their full-length debut album.
Like many independent bands, The We Shared Milk were low on funds when attempting to record their album History of Voyager & Legend Tripping, wanting to put out something more substantial that their previous EPs, Suh and Jesuses. Nonsensical as the band’s name, planning the album was anything but. Reaching out to other independent bands in the city, The We Shared Milk cultivated a team of musicians as producers, recording in a variety of spaces,...
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Portland, Oregon is an idiosyncratic place, so it’s fitting that one of the city’s best up-and-coming bands is as oddly charming as the place itself. Calling themselves The We Shared Milk, the trio of Boone Howard, Eric Ambrosius, and Travis Leipzig have been flying just below the radar of popular culture in Portland for a few years, but that all might start to change with their full-length debut album.
Like many independent bands, The We Shared Milk were low on funds when attempting to record their album History of Voyager & Legend Tripping, wanting to put out something more substantial that their previous EPs, Suh and Jesuses. Nonsensical as the band’s name, planning the album was anything but. Reaching out to other independent bands in the city, The We Shared Milk cultivated a team of musicians as producers, recording in a variety of spaces,...
- 9/26/2012
- by Aaron Colter
- Obsessed with Film
If you've heard Dean Winchester's off-key singing voice on "Supernatural," wailing to Bon Jovi and Reo Speedwagon songs, you might not guess that Jensen Ackles can actually carry a tune -- but he totally can!
Don't worry -- he's got no designs on a music career of his own, so his day job of hunting demons is safe for now.
In fact, Ackles and co-star Jared Padalecki recently worked out deals to stick with "Supernatural" through a possible 10th season, if The CW decides to keep it on the air that long. In his downtime, though, Ackles is known to pick up a guitar once in a while.
A few years back, he was convinced to duet with his pal Jason Manns for a cover of "Crazy Love," and now, he's joined another buddy for a second duet. Steve Carlson, who is well-known to die-hard "Supernatural" fans from the convention circuit,...
Don't worry -- he's got no designs on a music career of his own, so his day job of hunting demons is safe for now.
In fact, Ackles and co-star Jared Padalecki recently worked out deals to stick with "Supernatural" through a possible 10th season, if The CW decides to keep it on the air that long. In his downtime, though, Ackles is known to pick up a guitar once in a while.
A few years back, he was convinced to duet with his pal Jason Manns for a cover of "Crazy Love," and now, he's joined another buddy for a second duet. Steve Carlson, who is well-known to die-hard "Supernatural" fans from the convention circuit,...
- 9/8/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Long before Modest Mouse became guest stars on "The O.C." (remember that?) and best-selling Grammy nominees, they were just another Northwest indie rock band. But they showed tremendous promise from the start. And their second album, the sprawling double LP The Lonesome Crowded West, was an early highlight with the ambition (The Moon And Antarctica) and sharp songwriting (Good News For People Who Love Bad News) they would show on subsequent albums. It's hard to believe that it's been fifteen years since the album dropped on the tiny indie shingle Up Records.
Well, to help commemorate the occasion, Pitchfork has put together a pretty comprehensive, 45-minute documentary about the album. Frontman Issac Brock participates in the short film, talking about the influences (seeing Issaquah where he grew up get "mall fucked") along with drummer Jeremiah Green and bassist Eric Judy. Others lending their voices to help describe the climate that...
Well, to help commemorate the occasion, Pitchfork has put together a pretty comprehensive, 45-minute documentary about the album. Frontman Issac Brock participates in the short film, talking about the influences (seeing Issaquah where he grew up get "mall fucked") along with drummer Jeremiah Green and bassist Eric Judy. Others lending their voices to help describe the climate that...
- 6/22/2012
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Today sees the latest film from director Wes Anderson, "Moonrise Kingdom," hit theaters, and consistent with the music-obsessed filmmaker's work, it's as much a treat for the ears as it is for the eyes. 'Moonrise' boasts another soundtrack of unexpected cuts assembled with the great music supervisor Randall Poster, including Francoise Hardy, Hank Williams, and for the first time, a significant amount of classical music including Benjamin Britten and Leonard Bernstein. And if that's not enough, there's also additional pieces by Alexandre Desplat and drum percussion by old musical cohort Mark Mothersbaugh.
But as is the case with most films, not everything's on the official soundtrack release, which is in stores now: the movie features three additional Hank Williams songs, and pieces by Mozart and Schubert that aren't included on the disc. Given that Anderson's films are so replete with music, the soundtracks have quite often left out key songs for licensing or other reasons,...
But as is the case with most films, not everything's on the official soundtrack release, which is in stores now: the movie features three additional Hank Williams songs, and pieces by Mozart and Schubert that aren't included on the disc. Given that Anderson's films are so replete with music, the soundtracks have quite often left out key songs for licensing or other reasons,...
- 5/25/2012
- by The Playlist
- The Playlist
All the news, reviews, comment and buzz from the Croisette on day four of the Cannes film festival
10.41am: Bonjour and welcome to day four of the Cannes 2012 liveblog. It's a little different today, and by different I mean worse. Rather than Andrew Pulver in London with his snazzy, highly-informed, all-singing all-dancing liveblog, you'll have me, sat on a shelf in the press room at the Palais, with intermittent updates, no embedded pictures or tweets and a whole heap of typos. Sorry about that.
10.44am: A little scene setting. Twenty meters away, the photographers are baying for Tom Hardy, Shia Labeouf, Jessica Chastain, Mia Wasikowska and Gary Oldman to give em a smile. I can see this because it's being streamed into the press room on a big screen, which I can half see if I peer over the huge tangerine vase in my line of vision (the press room's...
10.41am: Bonjour and welcome to day four of the Cannes 2012 liveblog. It's a little different today, and by different I mean worse. Rather than Andrew Pulver in London with his snazzy, highly-informed, all-singing all-dancing liveblog, you'll have me, sat on a shelf in the press room at the Palais, with intermittent updates, no embedded pictures or tweets and a whole heap of typos. Sorry about that.
10.44am: A little scene setting. Twenty meters away, the photographers are baying for Tom Hardy, Shia Labeouf, Jessica Chastain, Mia Wasikowska and Gary Oldman to give em a smile. I can see this because it's being streamed into the press room on a big screen, which I can half see if I peer over the huge tangerine vase in my line of vision (the press room's...
- 5/19/2012
- by Catherine Shoard, Henry Barnes
- The Guardian - Film News
All the latest news, reviews, comment and buzz from the Croisette, as it happens
9.53am: Bonjour mesdames et messieurs, it's Wednesday 16th May and that can only mean one thing: the 2012 Cannes film festival is open for business. They've dusted down the red carpet, springcleaned the cinemas, and installed thousands of metal barriers for the 12-day frenzy of film on the Riviera.
Right around now the world's critics are pushing and shoving their way into the press screening for Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom, the festival opener; in a couple of hours from now we'll know whether it's hot... or not.
We've sent a crack team out to the Croisette to bring you all the news, reviews and reactions: Peter Bradshaw, Xan Brooks, Catherine Shoard, Charlotte Higgins, Jason Solomons, Henry Barnes and Elliot Smith. We'll also be running a daily live blog to be your one-stop shop for all things Cannes-related.
9.53am: Bonjour mesdames et messieurs, it's Wednesday 16th May and that can only mean one thing: the 2012 Cannes film festival is open for business. They've dusted down the red carpet, springcleaned the cinemas, and installed thousands of metal barriers for the 12-day frenzy of film on the Riviera.
Right around now the world's critics are pushing and shoving their way into the press screening for Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom, the festival opener; in a couple of hours from now we'll know whether it's hot... or not.
We've sent a crack team out to the Croisette to bring you all the news, reviews and reactions: Peter Bradshaw, Xan Brooks, Catherine Shoard, Charlotte Higgins, Jason Solomons, Henry Barnes and Elliot Smith. We'll also be running a daily live blog to be your one-stop shop for all things Cannes-related.
- 5/16/2012
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
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