Review Ron Hogan 17 Nov 2013 - 13:05
The Tomorrow People offers some much-needed character development this week. Here's Ron's review...
This review contains spoilers.
1.6 Sorry For Your Loss
Throughout the first six episodes of The Tomorrow People, there's been one real stand-out character in the process and, unfortunately, he's the guy who has been getting the least amount of character development or screen time, probably because he's not a bland white person. Russell has been chronically undeserved, especially for one of the lead characters, but he's at least been one of the only Tomorrow People to have an emotion other than mope. He's been fun, cracking jokes, showing energy, apparently stealing everything that isn't nailed down using his powers... generally, he's been the likable one. Now, he gets his own episode.
Unfortunately, from the cold opening onward, it's pretty clear that Russell isn't going to get anything other than yet another...
The Tomorrow People offers some much-needed character development this week. Here's Ron's review...
This review contains spoilers.
1.6 Sorry For Your Loss
Throughout the first six episodes of The Tomorrow People, there's been one real stand-out character in the process and, unfortunately, he's the guy who has been getting the least amount of character development or screen time, probably because he's not a bland white person. Russell has been chronically undeserved, especially for one of the lead characters, but he's at least been one of the only Tomorrow People to have an emotion other than mope. He's been fun, cracking jokes, showing energy, apparently stealing everything that isn't nailed down using his powers... generally, he's been the likable one. Now, he gets his own episode.
Unfortunately, from the cold opening onward, it's pretty clear that Russell isn't going to get anything other than yet another...
- 11/17/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Review Ron Hogan 8 Nov 2013 - 10:45
Has The Tomorrow People already peaked? Here's Ron's review of a disappointing fifth episode...
This review contains spoilers.
1.5 All Tomorrow's Parties
The Tomorrow People is a show that loves to start in the middle of the action and then back up and show us how we got to the cold opening point of the episode. As if realizing that, by this point, the show is getting a little monotonous, we get a cold opening of Stephen and his Ultra minder Darcy (Meta Golding), who we've seen before but never heard her name that I know of. Unsurprisingly, they're chasing a renegade Tomorrow Person. Also unsurprisingly, Stephen wants to ignore protocol, ignore the order of his superior officer, and ignore good sense by chasing after the dangerous fugitive. Here's where things get different; Stephen isn't chasing a real fugitive, it's just a training exercise (that...
Has The Tomorrow People already peaked? Here's Ron's review of a disappointing fifth episode...
This review contains spoilers.
1.5 All Tomorrow's Parties
The Tomorrow People is a show that loves to start in the middle of the action and then back up and show us how we got to the cold opening point of the episode. As if realizing that, by this point, the show is getting a little monotonous, we get a cold opening of Stephen and his Ultra minder Darcy (Meta Golding), who we've seen before but never heard her name that I know of. Unsurprisingly, they're chasing a renegade Tomorrow Person. Also unsurprisingly, Stephen wants to ignore protocol, ignore the order of his superior officer, and ignore good sense by chasing after the dangerous fugitive. Here's where things get different; Stephen isn't chasing a real fugitive, it's just a training exercise (that...
- 11/8/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
"The Tomorrow People" isn't pulling any punches when it comes to revealing the show's secrets. In "All Tomorrow's Parties," the audience gets a glimpse at Ultra's "man behind the curtain." Cara finds out John's dark secret. And Astrid finally gets an answer to her many burning questions about Stephen.
It's exciting, and it may be the best "Tomorrow People" episode yet.
Their own worst enemy?
Summoned by the still mysterious big boss of Ultra, Stephen gets a bit of a shock when he learns that the man in charge is a Tomorrow Person. How does that work exactly? We don't learn to much about this right away, but there are undertones of war and choosing sides.
This will all become very important eventually. The important things right now are that Jedikiah has a boss, and even the Big Boss can't read Stephen's mind.
Eat, drink and be merry, for Tomorrow...
It's exciting, and it may be the best "Tomorrow People" episode yet.
Their own worst enemy?
Summoned by the still mysterious big boss of Ultra, Stephen gets a bit of a shock when he learns that the man in charge is a Tomorrow Person. How does that work exactly? We don't learn to much about this right away, but there are undertones of war and choosing sides.
This will all become very important eventually. The important things right now are that Jedikiah has a boss, and even the Big Boss can't read Stephen's mind.
Eat, drink and be merry, for Tomorrow...
- 11/7/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
If you're not watching "The Tomorrow People" on The CW, you're missing a ridiculously fun turn by Mark Pellegrino as Jedikiah, the evil head of Ultra. Check out this clip of Episode 1.05, "All Tomorrow's Parties," for an example.
"The Tomorrow People" Episode 1.05 - "All Tomorrow's Parties" (airs 11/6/13, 9-10pm)
After Stephen (Robbie Amell) breaks Ultra protocol during a training exercise, Jedikiah’s (Mark Pellegrino) mysterious boss insists on meeting Stephen. Stephen grows concerned when he learns Jedikiah is unable to protect him so he turns to John (Luke Mitchell), who is only interested for selfish reasons.
Elsewhere, the Tomorrow People are desperate to go topside to a party like normal people, but John and Cara (Peyton List) disagree on the dangerous plan. Meanwhile, Stephen makes a plan to go to Homecoming with Astrid (Madeleine Mantock), but when he bails on her once again, she decides to find out what he is really up to.
"The Tomorrow People" Episode 1.05 - "All Tomorrow's Parties" (airs 11/6/13, 9-10pm)
After Stephen (Robbie Amell) breaks Ultra protocol during a training exercise, Jedikiah’s (Mark Pellegrino) mysterious boss insists on meeting Stephen. Stephen grows concerned when he learns Jedikiah is unable to protect him so he turns to John (Luke Mitchell), who is only interested for selfish reasons.
Elsewhere, the Tomorrow People are desperate to go topside to a party like normal people, but John and Cara (Peyton List) disagree on the dangerous plan. Meanwhile, Stephen makes a plan to go to Homecoming with Astrid (Madeleine Mantock), but when he bails on her once again, she decides to find out what he is really up to.
- 11/4/2013
- by Debi Moore
- DreadCentral.com
New York, Oct 28: Lou Reed, one of the pioneers of rock music and lead singer of Velvet Underground band has died on Long Island here. He was 71.
He died Sunday. Although the cause of his death is unclear, Reed underwent a liver transplant in May, reports rollingstone.com.
A massively influential songwriter and guitarist, he helped shape nearly 50 years of rock music.
Some of his landmark songs are "Sister Ray", "Sweet Jane", "All Tomorrow's Parties", "What Goes On" and "Lisa Says".
Ians...
He died Sunday. Although the cause of his death is unclear, Reed underwent a liver transplant in May, reports rollingstone.com.
A massively influential songwriter and guitarist, he helped shape nearly 50 years of rock music.
Some of his landmark songs are "Sister Ray", "Sweet Jane", "All Tomorrow's Parties", "What Goes On" and "Lisa Says".
Ians...
- 10/28/2013
- by Machan Kumar
- RealBollywood.com
Lou Reed has died at 71, according to a report from Rolling Stone. No cause of death has been released, but Reed underwent a liver transplant in May. The tremendously influential guitarist, singer, and songwriter, was born in Brooklyn and grew up on Long Island. He founded the Velvet Underground, which served as the house band at Andy Warhol's studio, The Factory. Their debut album The Velvet Underground & Nico was not a commercial success when it was released in 1967, but it was later celebrated as one of the most significant albums of all time. Reed sang and wrote many of the band's biggest songs, including "Heroin," "Sister Ray," "Sweet Jane," "Rock and Roll," "Venus in Furs," "All Tomorrow's Parties," "What Goes On" and "Lisa Says." The group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996. Reed left the band in 1970 and went on...
- 10/27/2013
- by Margaret Hartmann
- Vulture
Ready for a look ahead to next month and what's in store for fans of "The Originals," "Supernatural," "The Tomorrow People," and "The Vampire Diaries"? Then you've come to the right place!
"The Originals" Episode 1.06 - "Fruit of the Poisoned Tree" (airs 11/5/13, 8-9pm)
When Klaus (Joseph Morgan) discovers Hayley’s (Phoebe Tonkin) life is being threatened, he goes to extreme lengths to protect her and their unborn baby. Having a difficult time dealing with the tragic events of her past, Cami (Leah Pipes) turns to Father Kieran (guest star Todd Stashwick) for guidance.
Feeling as though he can trust no one, Marcel (Charles Michael Davis) visits an old friend to seek out some advice, while Davina (Danielle Campbell) takes steps to learn how to control her magic. Finally, Klaus delivers some surprising news to Father Kieran.
Daniel Gillies, Claire Holt, and Daniella Pineda also star. Michael Allowitz directed the...
"The Originals" Episode 1.06 - "Fruit of the Poisoned Tree" (airs 11/5/13, 8-9pm)
When Klaus (Joseph Morgan) discovers Hayley’s (Phoebe Tonkin) life is being threatened, he goes to extreme lengths to protect her and their unborn baby. Having a difficult time dealing with the tragic events of her past, Cami (Leah Pipes) turns to Father Kieran (guest star Todd Stashwick) for guidance.
Feeling as though he can trust no one, Marcel (Charles Michael Davis) visits an old friend to seek out some advice, while Davina (Danielle Campbell) takes steps to learn how to control her magic. Finally, Klaus delivers some surprising news to Father Kieran.
Daniel Gillies, Claire Holt, and Daniella Pineda also star. Michael Allowitz directed the...
- 10/17/2013
- by Debi Moore
- DreadCentral.com
While festivals like Coachella, Lollapalooza, All Tomorrow's Parties and more have come to represent some the bigger and more popular gatherings of the moment, Burning Man has been doing it longer than all of them. The annual week-long event takes place in the Black Rock Desert, and doesn't just focus on music, but a variety of artistic disciplines, with like-minded souls traveling from around the world to gather and celebrate in a community unlike any other. And now, a documentary is offering a peek at the work it takes to make it happen each year. Directed by Steve Brown and Jessie Deeter, "Spark: A Burning Man Story" spends time with both the organizers and participants to help create a portrait of the individuals that make the festival happen. And in this exclusive clip, we see the tremendous work that takes place just to get the grounds set up, with crews...
- 8/8/2013
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
TV on the Radio's Tunde Adebimpe claims that he "sees tons of people looking lost and lethal, and I think we're all the same" on the band's latest single, but if "Mercy" is any indication, there's far more "lethal" than "lost" to come from the Brooklyn natives.
HuffPost Entertainment is glad to be premiere the new song, which the band teased when they curated All Tomorrow's Parties and comes as a signal of the band's return to making music (there have been no announced plans for a full LP). It also marks the group's first outing on member/producer Dave Sitek's new label, Federal Prism. In keeping with the band's interest in technology, a preview was first teased on The Huffington Post's account.
“Couldn't be more excited to be getting back into it, all together," band member Kyp Malone tells HuffPost. "The new songs 'Mercy' and 'Million Miles' came...
HuffPost Entertainment is glad to be premiere the new song, which the band teased when they curated All Tomorrow's Parties and comes as a signal of the band's return to making music (there have been no announced plans for a full LP). It also marks the group's first outing on member/producer Dave Sitek's new label, Federal Prism. In keeping with the band's interest in technology, a preview was first teased on The Huffington Post's account.
“Couldn't be more excited to be getting back into it, all together," band member Kyp Malone tells HuffPost. "The new songs 'Mercy' and 'Million Miles' came...
- 7/30/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
They may have a "silly, sweary name", but they headlined the Park stage at Glastonbury, featured in Danny Boyle's Olympic ceremony, and have just released their third album
In June, Benjamin Power attended his first-ever Glastonbury. He sat around, enjoyed the good weather, wandered over to the Healing Fields, "had a bit of nitrous oxide, just because I felt like I probably should". As the sun went down and Mick Jagger wound up his pre-gig pilates, Power headed over to the Park Stage. There he met his musical partner Andrew Hung, and together Fuck Buttons set about headlining Glastonbury.
Asking a band like – or, indeed, named – Fuck Buttons to play against the Rolling Stones might have seemed like a stunt booking on the part of the Eavises. Who, exactly, would turn down watching Mick and Keef do Brown Sugar in favour of a group the Radio Times carefully asterisked,...
In June, Benjamin Power attended his first-ever Glastonbury. He sat around, enjoyed the good weather, wandered over to the Healing Fields, "had a bit of nitrous oxide, just because I felt like I probably should". As the sun went down and Mick Jagger wound up his pre-gig pilates, Power headed over to the Park Stage. There he met his musical partner Andrew Hung, and together Fuck Buttons set about headlining Glastonbury.
Asking a band like – or, indeed, named – Fuck Buttons to play against the Rolling Stones might have seemed like a stunt booking on the part of the Eavises. Who, exactly, would turn down watching Mick and Keef do Brown Sugar in favour of a group the Radio Times carefully asterisked,...
- 7/19/2013
- by Louis Pattison
- The Guardian - Film News
Morning Brew - Fri. April 26: Portia chooses between two Ellens, Amber Heard in her new movie poster
Tags: Morning BrewAmber HeardSyrupTila TequilaKate McKinnonEllen DeGeneresPortia de RossiIMDb
Good morning and happy Friday!
In case you're wondering what Tila Tequila is up to...
Apparently The Valley has some lesbian kissing between two otherwise straight housemates. It's like the equivalent to Snooki and Deena.
Amber Heard looks stunning in the poster for her new film Syrup.
If you're heading to All Tomorrow's Parties, go see majorly queer band Css.
k.d. lang sings "How Did You Find Me Here?” for Vanguard Records' charity album Sweet Relief lll: Pennies from Heaven. You can get your copy July 9.
Here's what happened when Portia de Rossi thought Kate McKinnon was her wife on yesterday's Ellen.
Speaking of Kate, she looked lovely at the NBC up-fronts this week in L.A.
We Are The Youth is a project dedicated to highlighting young queer people. Meet Natasha. a 15-year-old from Iowa City.
This week's Modern Love is called "Yes,...
Good morning and happy Friday!
In case you're wondering what Tila Tequila is up to...
Apparently The Valley has some lesbian kissing between two otherwise straight housemates. It's like the equivalent to Snooki and Deena.
Amber Heard looks stunning in the poster for her new film Syrup.
If you're heading to All Tomorrow's Parties, go see majorly queer band Css.
k.d. lang sings "How Did You Find Me Here?” for Vanguard Records' charity album Sweet Relief lll: Pennies from Heaven. You can get your copy July 9.
Here's what happened when Portia de Rossi thought Kate McKinnon was her wife on yesterday's Ellen.
Speaking of Kate, she looked lovely at the NBC up-fronts this week in L.A.
We Are The Youth is a project dedicated to highlighting young queer people. Meet Natasha. a 15-year-old from Iowa City.
This week's Modern Love is called "Yes,...
- 4/26/2013
- by trishbendix
- AfterEllen.com
The National have been busting out new material during their most recent concerts. In Berlin last night, at the Michelbergerhotel, the rock group played three previously unheard tracks: "Heavenfaced," "Fireproof" and "Graceless." Before that, this winter, the National played a couple more newbies during All Tomorrow's Parties in the UK, and one for Q magazine. If that doesn't tell you enough, yes, the band has always done very well overseas. Speaking of which, frontman Matt Berninger had a sit-down with NME for this week's issue. He talks on how this new album, "Trouble Will Find Me," things get a little dark....
- 4/5/2013
- by Katie Hasty
- Hitfix
It's my birthday today, which means naturally I'm looking at movie listings for tonight and tomorrow. Should I finally see Argo, convince my husband to watch Cloud Atlas with me or give Wreck-It Ralph a chance? After reading Chale's Austin Polish Film Festival previews (parts one and two), I'm tempted to spend the weekend at The Marchesa. Otherwise, tonight's an unusually poor night for special screenings unless I want to go to a Dumb and Dumber quote-along, and considering I walked out of that movie when I saw it in a theater I'll pass. Besides, my husband keeps promising he's taking me to a fancy dinner at McDonald's.
On Saturday and Sunday, Alamo Ritz brings back its 70mm series with Cleopatra, that gorgeous flop with Elizabeth Taylor in the title role. And while I'm not a big cocktail girl, I do dearly love A Fish Called Wanda, which Alamo is...
- 11/2/2012
- by Jette Kernion
- Slackerwood
Building a name for himself as a cinematographer (All Tomorrow's Parties, Teenage Paparazzo) and documentary filmmaker in the New York City film scene, Jason Banker dropped his first feature, Toad Road, into the J.A.de Sève Cinema at Fantasia. A fictional story using hybrid documentary elements to tell a creep-filled horror tale centered around a Pennsylvania urban legend about a forest path leading to an abandoned mental asylum (long since burned into the ground) that causes strange hallucinations and intense sensory experiences, not unlike a Timothy Leary psychedelic trip. Banker was enthused with the reception to his very tiny and unconventional horror film, but was an endearing mix of excitement and nervousness during our conversation; as if the raw experience and highly personal relationships involved in making the film were...
- 7/29/2012
- Screen Anarchy
All Tomorrow's Parties has confirmed that all planned shows will go ahead despite Atp Concerts Ltd going into liquidation. Creditors of the company met on June 28 under section 98 of the Insolvency Act (1986), The Stool Pigeon reports, while a new company called Willwal Ltd was set up on May 31 to run the upcoming events. "To address the rumours going around; there are some changes currently happening with the company, however none of the currently scheduled events or future events will be affected," Atp said (more)...
- 7/4/2012
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
Jonathan Caouette made a name for himself some years back with his debut feature "Tarnation," a manic, prodding look into his family, created on the cheap using home videos and the trusty iMovie program. His stock blew up, and a successful screening at the Sundance Film Festival eventually lead to him helming the "All Tomorrow's Parties" documentary and a personal horror short "All Flowers In Time."
But the story about Caouette and his mother Renee Leblanc wasn't over, and the director revisited this for "Walk Away Renee," a documentary that serves as a sequel/proper-ending to his astonishingly affecting first film. You can check out "Walk Away Renee" right now online at SundanceNow, and in preparation for its release we spoke to Jonathan about its germination, the difficulty of making a work so intimate, and what he's up to for his next project.
Isn't That The Title Of...
Fans of...
But the story about Caouette and his mother Renee Leblanc wasn't over, and the director revisited this for "Walk Away Renee," a documentary that serves as a sequel/proper-ending to his astonishingly affecting first film. You can check out "Walk Away Renee" right now online at SundanceNow, and in preparation for its release we spoke to Jonathan about its germination, the difficulty of making a work so intimate, and what he's up to for his next project.
Isn't That The Title Of...
Fans of...
- 6/29/2012
- by Christopher Bell
- The Playlist
Born out of a truck load of home videos, answering machine recordings, and photographs, Jonathan Caouette's 2003 autobiographical "Tarnation" was a dearly personal and often frightening no-holds-barred look into a family torn apart by a tortured past. Cobbled together with iMovie before YouTube was even a twinkle in a vlogger's eye, the film bleeds honesty and its fearless look at the subjects (including the director himself) can be downright terrifying at times. But it wasn't just a family arguing or bitterly digging into old wounds -- Caouette had a manic, assaulting editing style and a penchant for some truly disturbing experimental sequences, an aesthetic that exhibited their emotional states in a fresh, genuinely perturbing way. A hit at the Sundance Film Festival, the movie went on to gather a number of ecstatic supporters and thrust the director into the spotlight. We're now in 2012, and after helming documentary "All Tomorrow's Parties...
- 6/27/2012
- by Christopher Bell
- The Playlist
Back in 2003, Jonathan Caouette dug through years of home video and answering machine recordings to assemble his debut feature film, the incredibly intimate documentary “Tarnation.” Focusing on his childhood and relationship with a schizophrenic mother (suffering from such disorders due to shock therapy), the movie was an intense punch to the gut, a frenetic autobiography that exposed a rather frightening and ugly side of family. After dabbling in other projects (including music festival doc "All Tomorrow's Parties" and the short film "All Flowers In Time" with Chloë Sevigny), Caouette has returned to the well with “Walk Away Renee,” a sequel which follows the director and his mother as they road trip to her new home in a New York-based assisted-living facility. Things are complicated after the duo discovers that most of the Renee’s medication has been lost and the prescriptions cannot be replenished until they reach her new home.
- 6/22/2012
- by Christopher Bell
- The Playlist
The U.S. version of the All Tomorrow's Parties festival is fully emphasizing their comedy programming with one major headliner this year: Louis C.K. The Atp event -- dubbed I'll Be Your Mirror USA 2012 in full -- features the legendary comedian sharing the marquee with newly reunited The Afghan Whigs, "Jimmy Fallon" house band and vet hip-hop troupe The Roots, reformed Dischord post-rockers The Make-Up, Jose Gonzalez and the Dirty Three. Atp USA, founded in 2008, returns to Jersey City, N.J. for a second year, running over the weekend of Sept. 21-23. Pre-sale for weekend passes has already begun, while general onsale...
- 2/24/2012
- Hitfix
After a quick revamp thanks to Guided By Voices' cancellation, All Tomorrow's Parties' I’ll Be Your Mirror music festival has announced its revised 2012 lineup. Headlined by the reunited Afghan Whigs (whose frontman Greg Dulli is curating the festival), Louis C.K., and The Roots, the lineup boasts more than 35 acts. Other performers include Jose Gonzalez, the Mark Lanegan Band, Dirty Three, The Antlers, The Dirtbombs, The Make-Up, Hot Snakes, Scrawl, Sharon Van Etten, Emeralds, The Magic Band, Autolux, Vetiver, Quintron and Miss Pussycat, Thee Oh Sees, Factory Floor, Death Grips, Questlove, Charles Bradley And The Extraordinaires ...
- 2/24/2012
- avclub.com
All Tomorrow's Parties America has announced their initial I'll Be Your Mirror USA 2012 lineup. As always, the lineup does not disappoint. This September 21-23 the Asbury Park, NJ Atp festival curated by Greg Dulli (The Afghan Whigs) will feature some of it's best performances to date. The headliners include Dulli's own Afghan Whigs along with The Roots and comedian Louis C.K....
- 2/24/2012
- Pastemagazine.com
The National have been confirmed as the curators of this year's All Tomorrow's Parties festival in December. The band will play their only UK show of the year at the 5,500-capacity event, which takes place at Butlins Holiday Centre, Minehead from December 7-9. Other acts confirmed for the event include Kronos Quartet, The Antlers, Owen Pallett, Boris, Tim Hecker, Sharon Van Etten, My Brightest Diamond, Wye Oak, Lower Dens, Megafaun, Suuns, Dark Dark Dark, Buke and Gase. The full lineup will feature 40 live acts across three indoor stages, as well as DJs, cinema and books curated by The National and more. Tickets, (more)...
- 1/18/2012
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
The Magnetic Fields have announced the release of their tenth studio album Love at the Bottom of the Sea. The Stephin Merritt collective revealed that their latest opus will be unveiled on March 5, 2012 - 21 years since their debut LP Distant Plastic Trees landed. Its release will be marked with a six-date tour of the UK and Ireland starting at the All Tomorrow's Parties festival in Minehead on March 11 and concluding April 29 at the Cork Opera House. Love at the Bottom of the Sea is made up of 15 tracks, all of which clock in at under three minutes long and feature their signature mix of synth and acoustic sounds. The Magnetic Fields' previous albums Realism (2010), Distortion (2008) and i (2004) were dubbed by Meritt as the band's "no-synth trilogy". Addressing the return to their trademark (more)...
- 12/13/2011
- by By Daniel Sperling
- Digital Spy
I'm still a little hot and bothered by the news of All Tomorrow's Parties London initial lineup for 2012: Slayer performing "Reign in Blood" in its entirety, the frequently afflicted Mogwai, Sleep (!!), the Melvins, newly reunited Guided By Voices and Yuck. (Fine, fine, and Mudhoney too. Whatever.) But included in that May 25-27 weekend will be a reunion of slow-core pioneers Codeine. That crew has put themselves back together for what might be a whole tour, in fact, with plans to released their three excellent Sub Pop records. "Frigid Stars" (1990), 1992's "Barely Real" Ep and 1994's "The White Birch" are...
- 11/9/2011
- Hitfix
Last year at the U.S. edition of All Tomorrow's Parties, Hope Sandoval sent me straight off to Dreamland, in many good ways. The light-dappled eddies of her butter-smooth voice shot me straight back to 1994, to Mazzy Star's "Fade Into You," just a couple years before the Cowboy Junkies charmed the world with the same sound on their cover of the Velvets' "Sweet Jane." It was a cool period where ladies sounded like women, somewhat of a predecessor to artists like Neko Case, Beach House and Liz Phair, at least to these ears. Mazzy Star -- the winning combination of Sandoval...
- 10/25/2011
- Hitfix
If you've ever fancied yourself as a movie producer but thought that it seemed like an awful lot of hassle, read on! Warp Films, All Tomorrow's Parties festival and director Vincent Moon have launched a kickstarter.com campaign to help fund four short films shot at the festival. It sounds like a pretty interesting venture, with your dosh going towards editing, sound mixing and more. You can donate as little as $1/£0.65p, and for those pledging $10/£6.42 or more get the chance for exclusive preview access and other...
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- 10/3/2011
- by Matt Maytum
- TotalFilm
Iggy and the Stooges - "Raw Power Live: In the Hands of the Fans", from Mvd Entertainment Group is now available on DVD and Blu-ray :
"...Iggy and the Stooges 'Raw Power Live: In the Hands of the Fans' is the visual document of the reformed Stooges' (Iggy Pop, Scott Asheton, James Williamson, Steve Mackay, Mike Watt) 'Raw Power' performance @ the All Tomorrow's Parties Festival, Friday, September 3, 2010.
"'Iggy Pop', now 63, was well aware that his body language translated into still photographs resembling Mannerist paintings..."
"Getting this top-notch performance of the entire 'Raw Power' album by The Stooges realized a life long dream," said Iggy . "We are so obviously a crack band in a class of our own."
Mvd launched the 'In the Hands of the Fans' series to utilize the energy and talents of fans.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek Iggy and the Stooges -...
"...Iggy and the Stooges 'Raw Power Live: In the Hands of the Fans' is the visual document of the reformed Stooges' (Iggy Pop, Scott Asheton, James Williamson, Steve Mackay, Mike Watt) 'Raw Power' performance @ the All Tomorrow's Parties Festival, Friday, September 3, 2010.
"'Iggy Pop', now 63, was well aware that his body language translated into still photographs resembling Mannerist paintings..."
"Getting this top-notch performance of the entire 'Raw Power' album by The Stooges realized a life long dream," said Iggy . "We are so obviously a crack band in a class of our own."
Mvd launched the 'In the Hands of the Fans' series to utilize the energy and talents of fans.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek Iggy and the Stooges -...
- 10/1/2011
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Iggy & the Stooges - "Raw Power Live: In the Hands of the Fans", from Mvd Entertainment Group will be released on DVD and Blu-ray, September 27, 2011 :
"...Iggy & the Stooges 'Raw Power Live: In the Hands of the Fans' is the visual document of the reformed Stooges' (Iggy Pop, Scott Asheton, James Williamson, Steve Mackay, Mike Watt) 'Raw Power' performance @ the All Tomorrow's Parties Festival, Friday, September 3, 2010.
"'Iggy Pop', now 63, was well aware that his body language translated into still photographs resembling Mannerist paintings..."
"Getting this top-notch performance of the entire 'Raw Power' album by The Stooges realized a life long dream," said Iggy . "We are so obviously a crack band in a class of our own."
Mvd launched the 'In the Hands of the Fans' series to utilize the energy and talents of fans.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek Iggy & the Stooges - "Raw Power...
"...Iggy & the Stooges 'Raw Power Live: In the Hands of the Fans' is the visual document of the reformed Stooges' (Iggy Pop, Scott Asheton, James Williamson, Steve Mackay, Mike Watt) 'Raw Power' performance @ the All Tomorrow's Parties Festival, Friday, September 3, 2010.
"'Iggy Pop', now 63, was well aware that his body language translated into still photographs resembling Mannerist paintings..."
"Getting this top-notch performance of the entire 'Raw Power' album by The Stooges realized a life long dream," said Iggy . "We are so obviously a crack band in a class of our own."
Mvd launched the 'In the Hands of the Fans' series to utilize the energy and talents of fans.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek Iggy & the Stooges - "Raw Power...
- 8/4/2011
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
An Assassin stumbles across a ritualistic cult in writer-director Ben Wheatley's upcoming horror film Kill List.
It will hit cinema screens on September 2, via Optimum Releasing. The story sees ex-soldier turned contract killer Jay pressured by his partner Gal into taking a new assignment, eight months after a disastrous job in Kiev left him physically and mentally scarred. As they descend into the dark and disturbing world of the contract, Jay begins to unravel once again - his fear and paranoia sending him deep into the heart of darkness.
In his first starring role, Neil Maskell plays Jay. His previous credits include It's All Gone Pete Tong, Basic Instinct 2, Atonement and The Football Factory. Michael Smiley (Burke and Hare, The Other Boleyn Girl) plays Gal, MyAnna Buring (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, The Descent, Lesbian Vampire Killers) is Shel and - in her first major film role - Emma Fryer plays Fiona.
It will hit cinema screens on September 2, via Optimum Releasing. The story sees ex-soldier turned contract killer Jay pressured by his partner Gal into taking a new assignment, eight months after a disastrous job in Kiev left him physically and mentally scarred. As they descend into the dark and disturbing world of the contract, Jay begins to unravel once again - his fear and paranoia sending him deep into the heart of darkness.
In his first starring role, Neil Maskell plays Jay. His previous credits include It's All Gone Pete Tong, Basic Instinct 2, Atonement and The Football Factory. Michael Smiley (Burke and Hare, The Other Boleyn Girl) plays Gal, MyAnna Buring (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, The Descent, Lesbian Vampire Killers) is Shel and - in her first major film role - Emma Fryer plays Fiona.
- 7/27/2011
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
Announcing their first time in 13 years, Portishead will be touring the states and the territories north and south thereof. Kicking it off on October 1st in Asbury Park, New Jersey at the All Tomorrow's Parties presentation, the tour will run for just a month and end in Denver. The talent lineup for the tour includes the regulars Beth Gibbons, Geoff Barrow and Adrian Utley along with Jim Barr (bass), Clive Deamer (drums), and John Baggott (keyboards).
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- 7/11/2011
- by Lex Walker
- JustPressPlay.net
You certainly can't put Jim Jarmusch into any kind of box. The filmmaker, musician, All Tomorrow's Parties curator and shining example of New York City cool has always marched to the beat of his own drum, but even we could never have guessed a move like this. Tiny Mix Tapes reveals Jarmusch has collaborated with Dutch minimalist composer/lute player Josef Van Wissem for the upcoming, awesomely titled album "The Joy That Never Ends." That's right, Jarmusch is getting baroque on your ass. It's been a while since our subscription to Wire magazine ran out (that shit's expensive) so we have…...
- 6/23/2011
- The Playlist
London International Documentary Festival
Two weeks, over 130 films and countless events and appearances, the nation's biggest factual film event gives you plenty to chew on – too much for any one mouth but whether it's Finnish saunas, morris dancing or Middle East politics, there's something for you here. Many key films assess influential individuals. Asif Kapadia's new Ayrton Senna film opens proceedings; Steven Soderbergh remembers Spalding Grey and Martin Scorsese honours Elia Kazan; Gomorrah author Roberto Saviano's threatened lifestyle is detailed; and Playboy's Hugh Hefner is recast as a liberal crusader – nothing to talk about there then.
Various venues, Fri to 28 May
Fire In Babylon & From The Ashes, Nationwide
Cricket is hardly underrepresented on the nation's airwaves, but for those who'd prefer a little bit of history to go with the hours of live coverage, you've got an enticing documentary double bill this month. From The Ashes remembers England's tumultuous 1981 Ashes campaign,...
Two weeks, over 130 films and countless events and appearances, the nation's biggest factual film event gives you plenty to chew on – too much for any one mouth but whether it's Finnish saunas, morris dancing or Middle East politics, there's something for you here. Many key films assess influential individuals. Asif Kapadia's new Ayrton Senna film opens proceedings; Steven Soderbergh remembers Spalding Grey and Martin Scorsese honours Elia Kazan; Gomorrah author Roberto Saviano's threatened lifestyle is detailed; and Playboy's Hugh Hefner is recast as a liberal crusader – nothing to talk about there then.
Various venues, Fri to 28 May
Fire In Babylon & From The Ashes, Nationwide
Cricket is hardly underrepresented on the nation's airwaves, but for those who'd prefer a little bit of history to go with the hours of live coverage, you've got an enticing documentary double bill this month. From The Ashes remembers England's tumultuous 1981 Ashes campaign,...
- 5/6/2011
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
Public Enemy have confirmed a gig in London this autumn during which they will play their third studio album Fear of a Black Planet. The band perform their 1990 LP in full at the Kentish Town Forum on September 8 as the latest gig presented by All Tomorrow's Parties/Don't Look Back. Tickets are priced at £25 and are available from tomorrow, April 15 at 10am. Doors open at 7pm and the gig ends at 11pm. Support acts are yet to be confirmed. (more)...
- 4/14/2011
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
At All Tomorrow's Parties in upstate New York last year, F*cked Up frontman Damian Abraham poured a box of cereal down into the front of his boxer shorts, the only clothes he was left wearing at the end of his set. And the punk band's "The Chemistry of Common Life" was on constant rotation for two of my most frantic months at the beginning of 2009. It is for these reasons that the band will be always on my radar, and why if they want to make a rock opera, I await it eagerly. The Matador act will release "David Comes...
- 3/30/2011
- Hitfix
If any of you have talked to me for more than 10 minutes in the last year or read any of my Facebook updates, you know I have become obsessed about a certain indie rock band and their certain album. For those of you not in the know, I have become a budding drooling hipster over Neutral Milk Hotel, a former Indie Rock band from Athens, Georgia.
This book, written by pop culture writer, Kim Cooper, who has edited Scram-- a journal of unpopular culture--and co-edited two books, Lost in the Grooves and Bubblegum Music is the Naked Truth.
Ms. Cooper's task here is to chronicle the sudden rise and fall of Neutral Milk Hotel, indie rock legends. If you are not familiar with the band, the book sets up the tone for what would become such a holy grail to their fans. Jeff Mangum, the lead singer/songwriter, has become...
This book, written by pop culture writer, Kim Cooper, who has edited Scram-- a journal of unpopular culture--and co-edited two books, Lost in the Grooves and Bubblegum Music is the Naked Truth.
Ms. Cooper's task here is to chronicle the sudden rise and fall of Neutral Milk Hotel, indie rock legends. If you are not familiar with the band, the book sets up the tone for what would become such a holy grail to their fans. Jeff Mangum, the lead singer/songwriter, has become...
- 3/23/2011
- by Tamatha Uhmelmahaye
The Criterion Collection is known as the most prestigious video-distribution company, releasing “important classic and contemporary films” to cinema aficionados. Created in 1984 by Janus Films and the Voyager Company, The Criterion Collection now has 562 titles under it’s belt. This week The company is releasing new versions of Samuel Fuller’s The Naked Kiss and Shock Corridor packed with special features and beautiful DVD cover art by comic book illustrator Daniel Clowes (Ghost World, Wilson).
Take a look at the new Criterion movie posters below (some of which were created for screenings at last year’s All Tomorrow’s Parties festival).
Check out ComicsAlliance to see more.
Shock Corridor by Daniel Clowes
Brute Force by Scott Morse (created for All Tomorrow's Parties) Read More: http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/01/31/criterion-collection-comic-books-artists/#ixzz1CeRd3GCG
The Naked Kiss by Daniel Clowes
Sweet Smell of Success by Sean Phillips. Check out a neat behind-the-scenes...
Take a look at the new Criterion movie posters below (some of which were created for screenings at last year’s All Tomorrow’s Parties festival).
Check out ComicsAlliance to see more.
Shock Corridor by Daniel Clowes
Brute Force by Scott Morse (created for All Tomorrow's Parties) Read More: http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/01/31/criterion-collection-comic-books-artists/#ixzz1CeRd3GCG
The Naked Kiss by Daniel Clowes
Sweet Smell of Success by Sean Phillips. Check out a neat behind-the-scenes...
- 1/31/2011
- by Kyle Reese
- SoundOnSight
Franz Ferdiand are preparing to return to the stage this December, reports suggest. The group, whose last album Tonight: Franz Ferdinand was released in 2009, are rumoured to be playing at an event hosted by All Tomorrow's Parties, called Bowlie 2 Weekender. The gig is currently being headlined by Scottish group Belle and Sebastian, with St. Etienne and The Go! Team also featuring in the line-up. Music Rooms quotes a source close to the group as saying: "The Bowlie Weekender was what started off (more)...
- 11/24/2010
- by By Robert Copsey
- Digital Spy
Animal Collective have been confirmed as the curators of next year's Atp festival at Butlins in Minehead. The group will pick the acts to play the All Tomorrow's Parties event at the holiday camp over the May 13-15 weekend. As well as Animal Collective themselves, other artists confirmed for the event include Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Meat Puppets, Broadcast and Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti. Atp (more)...
- 10/28/2010
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
When Jonathan Caouette appeared on the film scene with Tarnation in 2003 response was sharply divided between those who felt Caouette was a genius and those who thought he was simply self indulgent. Expect the same response to his latest effort, All Flowers In Time.
Caouette has kept a surprisingly low profile since Tarnation, directing only a pair of documentary shorts and co-directing a documentary about music festival All Tomorrow's Parties in the years since. And given that Tarnation itself was a quasi-doc then All Flowers In Time represents something entirely new for the director in that the doc form is shed entirely in favor of a surreal, fractured narrative.
Borrowing liberally from the David Lynch playbook, Afit is a sort of abstract riff on the red-eye phenomenon of flash photography and the obsessive idea that maybe we get red-eye not because of reflected light but because we've got demons living within us.
Caouette has kept a surprisingly low profile since Tarnation, directing only a pair of documentary shorts and co-directing a documentary about music festival All Tomorrow's Parties in the years since. And given that Tarnation itself was a quasi-doc then All Flowers In Time represents something entirely new for the director in that the doc form is shed entirely in favor of a surreal, fractured narrative.
Borrowing liberally from the David Lynch playbook, Afit is a sort of abstract riff on the red-eye phenomenon of flash photography and the obsessive idea that maybe we get red-eye not because of reflected light but because we've got demons living within us.
- 10/14/2010
- Screen Anarchy
The promising young film-maker's return with All the Flowers in Time prompts thoughts of cinema's other desert wanderers, including their patron saint, Terrence Malick
Any fan of Wim Wenders' timeless Paris, Texas will surely have a special place in their heart for the moment Harry Dean Stanton's amnesiac Travis first lurches out of the desert, parched and silent. As an opening scene, it's a marvel. It might also serve as useful visual shorthand for the film-maker who, through some combination of creative block, professional bad luck or simple chance, disappears out of sight for years at a stretch.
Of course, only when they finally emerge from the wilderness do you realise how long it's been – not that there's any less pleasure in reacquainting yourself. This week, I was delighted to find director Jonathan Caouette had reappeared seven years after his debut, Tarnation, a childhood memoir and biopic of...
Any fan of Wim Wenders' timeless Paris, Texas will surely have a special place in their heart for the moment Harry Dean Stanton's amnesiac Travis first lurches out of the desert, parched and silent. As an opening scene, it's a marvel. It might also serve as useful visual shorthand for the film-maker who, through some combination of creative block, professional bad luck or simple chance, disappears out of sight for years at a stretch.
Of course, only when they finally emerge from the wilderness do you realise how long it's been – not that there's any less pleasure in reacquainting yourself. This week, I was delighted to find director Jonathan Caouette had reappeared seven years after his debut, Tarnation, a childhood memoir and biopic of...
- 10/1/2010
- by Danny Leigh
- The Guardian - Film News
After bursting on to the international film scene in such a big way with 2003's Tarnation - a documentary culled largely from his own home movies - it is somewhat surprising that one-time wunderkind Jonathan Caouette has been out of the limelight for so long. Since his 2003 debut he has only three credits as a director: one on a TV documentary about himself, one a short doc about the Raindance Festival, and one as co-director of last year's All Tomorrow's Parties documentary. But he's about to be back in a more direct, more personal way.
Though details are sketchy, Caouette has partnered with Montreal based arts collective The Phi Group - the backers of Denis Villeneuve's Next Floor and Pedro Pires' Danse Macabre - to create a new short film titled All Flowers In Time. The first teaser has just arrived on the official website, giving you just...
Though details are sketchy, Caouette has partnered with Montreal based arts collective The Phi Group - the backers of Denis Villeneuve's Next Floor and Pedro Pires' Danse Macabre - to create a new short film titled All Flowers In Time. The first teaser has just arrived on the official website, giving you just...
- 9/9/2010
- Screen Anarchy
Jim Jarmusch was casually chatting with Pitchfork about the All Tomorrow's Parties NY music shindig he is curating this year and gave them some delicious scoops of news about some upcoming projects of his. As Jarmusch notes, last year he curated the film section of Atp NY, so they invited him back to work on the music as well. It's an interesting crossover since many of the musicians he picked for Atp NY have been involved in his films, like RZA and Gza, who were in that amazing scene with Bill Murray in Coffee and Cigarettes.
Music and musicians are a huge part of his films; for instance, Down by Law stars Tom Waits and John Lurie, and Jarmusch's friend Iggy Pop shows up in Dead Man. As he explains, "When I started out making films, I was a musician. I knew more musical people, really, than film people. So in my early films,...
Music and musicians are a huge part of his films; for instance, Down by Law stars Tom Waits and John Lurie, and Jarmusch's friend Iggy Pop shows up in Dead Man. As he explains, "When I started out making films, I was a musician. I knew more musical people, really, than film people. So in my early films,...
- 8/21/2010
- by Jenni Miller
- Cinematical
Time has not been kind to post-rock, a mostly instrumental brand of indie that combined prog, noise, electronic and jam elements for a swirling brew that ruled the underground for a few minutes at the turn of the millennium. Still, one of the key groups from that scene is back, as Canadian collective Godspeed You! Black Emperor is back after a seven year hiatus. In an online statement, they announced that not only will they be curating the All Tomorrow's Parties festival in the U.K. but they'll also play a handful of other dates in Europe as well as nine American cities. It's an exciting time for anybody who loves fuzz and volume.
Godspeed You! Black Emperor don't have a ton of recorded material, though their 2000 album Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven is largely considered a cornerstone of the whole genre (along with the likes of...
Godspeed You! Black Emperor don't have a ton of recorded material, though their 2000 album Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven is largely considered a cornerstone of the whole genre (along with the likes of...
- 4/9/2010
- by Kyle Anderson
- MTV Newsroom
All Tomorrow's Parties has announced that Jim Jarmusch will curate the New York version of the festival, according to Hit Fix. The Broken Flowers and Dead Man writer-director will host the three-day music festival at Kutsher's Country Club in Monticello, New York, in early September. Jarmusch handpicked the festival's musical acts, including The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Raekwon, Girls, Wooden Ships, The Black Angels, Sonic Youth, Explosions in the Sky, The Breeders and The Books. Other special events include Don't Look Back, which (more)...
- 2/13/2010
- by By Shannon McGarvey
- Digital Spy
When I first started the All Tomorrow's Parties festival, it was a hard sell. But the loyal support of our fans has helped us defy the cynics and become a live music institution
I started All Tomorrow's Parties 10 years ago because I wanted to give people an alternative to Reading and Glastonbury. When we started the event, a booker for one of the bigger festivals declared Atp would go down like a lead balloon: "Who in their right mind would pay £100 to go to an out-of-season holiday camp to see a load of indie bands that no one has heard of?"
It wasn't easy getting this off the ground and I'm surprised it's turned into a full-time job. But with three festivals a year in the UK, one in New York and offshoot events in Australia and Spain, we must have done something right to have kept this ship afloat for so long.
I started All Tomorrow's Parties 10 years ago because I wanted to give people an alternative to Reading and Glastonbury. When we started the event, a booker for one of the bigger festivals declared Atp would go down like a lead balloon: "Who in their right mind would pay £100 to go to an out-of-season holiday camp to see a load of indie bands that no one has heard of?"
It wasn't easy getting this off the ground and I'm surprised it's turned into a full-time job. But with three festivals a year in the UK, one in New York and offshoot events in Australia and Spain, we must have done something right to have kept this ship afloat for so long.
- 11/26/2009
- The Guardian - Film News
Grizzly Bear
The week's new DVDs are all over the map, but there are lots of options for indie music fans.
Read on for more!
The curated All Tomorrow's Parties is an annual gathering of the coolest bands your mom has never heard of, and this new documentary of the same name—co-directed by gay filmmaker Jonathan Caouette (Tarnation)— features a staggering lineup, including The Gossip, Nick Cave, Iggy Pop, Grizzly Bear (the gay-inclusive band is pictured above), Sonic Youth, Portishead, Daniel Johnston, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Belle and Sebastian, Patti Smith, The Mars Volta and many more.
Queer-inclusive British band Placebo tells their story in the new documentary The Sun Also Rises, which weaves together news reports, exclusive interviews, performance footage and other archival footage of the glam pansexual trio.
You can't get much sexier than a group that releases a new CD box that comes complete with, uh,...
The week's new DVDs are all over the map, but there are lots of options for indie music fans.
Read on for more!
The curated All Tomorrow's Parties is an annual gathering of the coolest bands your mom has never heard of, and this new documentary of the same name—co-directed by gay filmmaker Jonathan Caouette (Tarnation)— features a staggering lineup, including The Gossip, Nick Cave, Iggy Pop, Grizzly Bear (the gay-inclusive band is pictured above), Sonic Youth, Portishead, Daniel Johnston, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Belle and Sebastian, Patti Smith, The Mars Volta and many more.
Queer-inclusive British band Placebo tells their story in the new documentary The Sun Also Rises, which weaves together news reports, exclusive interviews, performance footage and other archival footage of the glam pansexual trio.
You can't get much sexier than a group that releases a new CD box that comes complete with, uh,...
- 11/25/2009
- by ADuralde
- The Backlot
The beloved All Tomorrow's Parties festivals have earned a reputation as the premier gathering for obsessive indie music fans. Now Atp has the concert documentary its fans deserve, simply called All Tomorrow's Parties. Jonathan Caouette, with a crew of 200 festival-goers-turned-camera operators, captures the frolicy vibe of the Atp getaway, mingling performance footage with off-stage antics, elliptical banter, and poignant moments of sincerity. Caouette, who made Tarnation, the surreal 2003 documentary about his childhood, draws from Cassavetes and Quadrophenia and uses the festival and its culture to tell a story about youth, nostalgia, and millenial expressions of tribal recreation. The end result isn't so much a collection of performances by some of the bands that have played Atp, but an ode to their moment, fleeting as it may be. Below, he explains some of his choices.
Alex Sherman: This movie took hundreds of people to make? Sounds epic.
Jonathan Caouette: The...
Alex Sherman: This movie took hundreds of people to make? Sounds epic.
Jonathan Caouette: The...
- 11/11/2009
- Interview Magazine
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