Prepare to witness a chilling descent into darkness as Saint Clare, the highly anticipated thriller starring Bella Thorne, makes its UK premiere at this year’s Pigeon Shrine FrightFest in London. The film, set to screen on 25 August, promises to be a standout at the festival, offering a unique blend of psychological horror and supernatural intrigue.
Directed by Mitzi Peirone, the award-winning filmmaker behind Braid, and co-written with American Psycho’s Guinevere Turner, Saint Clare tells the harrowing story of a young woman with a divine mission to rid her small town of evildoers. Thorne, known for her roles in Midnight Sun and Scream: The TV Series, delivers a powerful performance as Clare, a solitary figure haunted by mysterious voices that guide her to eliminate those who believe they can act with impunity.
But as Clare’s vigilante justice leads her deeper into a labyrinth of corruption and human trafficking,...
Directed by Mitzi Peirone, the award-winning filmmaker behind Braid, and co-written with American Psycho’s Guinevere Turner, Saint Clare tells the harrowing story of a young woman with a divine mission to rid her small town of evildoers. Thorne, known for her roles in Midnight Sun and Scream: The TV Series, delivers a powerful performance as Clare, a solitary figure haunted by mysterious voices that guide her to eliminate those who believe they can act with impunity.
But as Clare’s vigilante justice leads her deeper into a labyrinth of corruption and human trafficking,...
- 8/24/2024
- by Oliver Mitchell
- Love Horror
Zia Anger is haunted by a long-abandoned film project in her feature directorial debut “My First Film.” A filmmaker, performance artist, and celebrated director of music videos for the likes of Beach House, Angel Olsen, Mitski, and Zola Jesus, Anger fuses ideas from that unrealized project with echoes of a touring stage piece she started in 2018 for this Mubi release, out at the end of August. Odessa Young stands in for Anger as the young filmmaker Vita, who 15 years before started making a film about a young woman adrift after becoming pregnant. IndieWire shares the exclusive trailer for the film below.
Here’s the official synopsis: “Vita (Odessa Young) revisits her first chaotic attempt at filmmaking — a semi-autobiographical feature made 15 years prior about a young woman who decides to leave home after becoming pregnant. Blending past with present, reality with fiction, Zia Anger’s ‘debut’ film navigates the tumultuous intersection...
Here’s the official synopsis: “Vita (Odessa Young) revisits her first chaotic attempt at filmmaking — a semi-autobiographical feature made 15 years prior about a young woman who decides to leave home after becoming pregnant. Blending past with present, reality with fiction, Zia Anger’s ‘debut’ film navigates the tumultuous intersection...
- 8/8/2024
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Now in its seventh year at the beachy southern edge of Queens, the Rockaway Film Festival has revealed its 2024 lineup, which IndieWire shares exclusively. The festival runs August 17-25, 2024 and features outdoor screenings and conversations at the Rff’s regular yearlong venue, the Arverne Cinema.
This year’s highlights include Jamil McGinnis and Pat Heywood’s looping, multi-screen installation “Waking Up (For the First Time),” a tribute to experimental animator Faith Hubley, with live music performances and DJ sets featuring members of indie bands Animal Collective and Mgmt.
Special events include bio-art and stop-motion animated workshops, children’s cinema, the U.S. premiere of “The Future Perfect” director Nele Wohlatz’s comedy of misunderstandings “Sleep with Your Eyes Open,” the New York premiere of Juan Palacios and Sofie Husum Johannesen’s “As the Tide Comes In,” plus the world premieres of Corey Hughes’ “Your Final Meditation” and Sam Fleischner’s “Jetty.
This year’s highlights include Jamil McGinnis and Pat Heywood’s looping, multi-screen installation “Waking Up (For the First Time),” a tribute to experimental animator Faith Hubley, with live music performances and DJ sets featuring members of indie bands Animal Collective and Mgmt.
Special events include bio-art and stop-motion animated workshops, children’s cinema, the U.S. premiere of “The Future Perfect” director Nele Wohlatz’s comedy of misunderstandings “Sleep with Your Eyes Open,” the New York premiere of Juan Palacios and Sofie Husum Johannesen’s “As the Tide Comes In,” plus the world premieres of Corey Hughes’ “Your Final Meditation” and Sam Fleischner’s “Jetty.
- 8/1/2024
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Saint Clare is a haunting, blood-soaked thriller set for its UK premiere in August at London’s FrightFest. Bella Thorne delivers an outstanding performance as the eponymous lead in a spiritually charged small-town tale in which American Psycho meets Joan of Arc.
In a small town, a solitary young woman is haunted by voices that lead her to assassinate people with bad intentions who think they can get away with it. But her last kill changes everything and sucks her headlong down a rabbit hole riddled with corruption, trafficking and twisted visions from the beyond. Can Saint Clare save herself from unimaginable terror as her pursuit for retribution takes a dangerous turn, carrying her deep into an unknown hell?
Based on a novel by Don Roff, the film is expertly helmed by award-winning Italian director Mitzi Peirone (Braid) who co-wrote the screenplay with Guinevere Turner (American Psycho). The stellar cast also includes Ryan Philippe,...
In a small town, a solitary young woman is haunted by voices that lead her to assassinate people with bad intentions who think they can get away with it. But her last kill changes everything and sucks her headlong down a rabbit hole riddled with corruption, trafficking and twisted visions from the beyond. Can Saint Clare save herself from unimaginable terror as her pursuit for retribution takes a dangerous turn, carrying her deep into an unknown hell?
Based on a novel by Don Roff, the film is expertly helmed by award-winning Italian director Mitzi Peirone (Braid) who co-wrote the screenplay with Guinevere Turner (American Psycho). The stellar cast also includes Ryan Philippe,...
- 7/16/2024
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Saint Clare starring Bella Thorne and Ryan Phillippe will open Italy’s Taormina Film Festival.
The film is described as a “thriller” and is based on Don Roff’s novel Clare at Sixteen. Set in a small town, the story follows a solitary young woman who is haunted by voices that lead her to assassinate ill-intended people and get away with it until her last kill sucks her down a rabbit hole riddled with corruption, trafficking, and visions from the beyond.
The film is directed by Italian film director and screenwriter Mitzi Peirone (Braid), who also co-wrote the script with Guinevere Turner (American Psycho). Thorne (Divinity) stars in the titular role with Ryan Philippe (Crash) and Rebecca DeMornay (Wedding Crashers) supporting. The pic was produced by David Chackler, Arielle Elwes, and Joel Michaely. The original soundtrack is by Zola Jesus.
“We couldn’t have dreamed of a better debut for...
The film is described as a “thriller” and is based on Don Roff’s novel Clare at Sixteen. Set in a small town, the story follows a solitary young woman who is haunted by voices that lead her to assassinate ill-intended people and get away with it until her last kill sucks her down a rabbit hole riddled with corruption, trafficking, and visions from the beyond.
The film is directed by Italian film director and screenwriter Mitzi Peirone (Braid), who also co-wrote the script with Guinevere Turner (American Psycho). Thorne (Divinity) stars in the titular role with Ryan Philippe (Crash) and Rebecca DeMornay (Wedding Crashers) supporting. The pic was produced by David Chackler, Arielle Elwes, and Joel Michaely. The original soundtrack is by Zola Jesus.
“We couldn’t have dreamed of a better debut for...
- 6/17/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Nachdem mit der italienischen Premiere von „Twisters“ bereits ein Highlight des 70. Taormina Film Festival feststand, meldete das italienische Traditionsfestival jetzt seinen Eröffnungsfilm, der am 13. Juli gezeigt wird: Mitzi Peirones „Saint Clare“ mit Bella Thorne.
Mitzi Peirones „Saint Clare“ mit Bella Thorne (Javo PR)
Das Taormina Film Festival hat die Weltpremiere von Mitzi Peirones „Saint Clare“ als Eröffnungsfilm seiner 70. Ausgabe angekündigt, bei der die Hauptdarstellerin Bella Thorne anwesend sein wird. Das Festival findet vom 12. bis 19. Juli in Sizilien statt.
„Saint Clare“ beruht auf Don Roffs Roman „Clare at Sixteen“ und erzählt von einer einsamen jungen Frau in einer Kleinstadt, die von Stimmen heimgesucht wird, die sie dazu bringen, böswillige Menschen zu ermorden und damit durchzukommen, bis ihr letzter Mord sie in einen Strudel voller Korruption, Menschenhandel und Visionen aus dem Jenseits zieht.
Regie führt die preisgekrönte italienische Regisseurin und Drehbuchautorin Mitzi Peirone („Braid“), die auch das Drehbuch zusammen mit Guinevere Turner („American Psycho“) geschrieben hat.
Mitzi Peirones „Saint Clare“ mit Bella Thorne (Javo PR)
Das Taormina Film Festival hat die Weltpremiere von Mitzi Peirones „Saint Clare“ als Eröffnungsfilm seiner 70. Ausgabe angekündigt, bei der die Hauptdarstellerin Bella Thorne anwesend sein wird. Das Festival findet vom 12. bis 19. Juli in Sizilien statt.
„Saint Clare“ beruht auf Don Roffs Roman „Clare at Sixteen“ und erzählt von einer einsamen jungen Frau in einer Kleinstadt, die von Stimmen heimgesucht wird, die sie dazu bringen, böswillige Menschen zu ermorden und damit durchzukommen, bis ihr letzter Mord sie in einen Strudel voller Korruption, Menschenhandel und Visionen aus dem Jenseits zieht.
Regie führt die preisgekrönte italienische Regisseurin und Drehbuchautorin Mitzi Peirone („Braid“), die auch das Drehbuch zusammen mit Guinevere Turner („American Psycho“) geschrieben hat.
- 6/17/2024
- by Thomas Schultze
- Spot - Media & Film
Mitzi Peirone’s feature Saint Clare starring Bella Thorne will open the 70th edition of the Taormina Film Festival, organizers unveiled Monday.
Thorne, who plays the lead in the adaptation of Don Roff’s novel Clare at Sixteen, will attend the screening, the film’s world premiere, at the festival’s iconic Teatro Antico open-air theater, Saturday July 13. Thorne plays a solitary young woman in a small town who is haunted by voices that lead her to kill the nastier folks in town and get away with it.
Peirone (horror thriller Braid) co-wrote the script with Guinevere Turner (American Psycho). Ryan Phillippe and Rebecca De Mornay co-star. David Chackler, Arielle Elwes and Joel Michaely produced the film, with an original soundtrack by Zola Jesus.
“We couldn’t have dreamed of a better debut for our oneiric film than the gorgeously historic Taormina. We are elated and humbled, especially for a...
Thorne, who plays the lead in the adaptation of Don Roff’s novel Clare at Sixteen, will attend the screening, the film’s world premiere, at the festival’s iconic Teatro Antico open-air theater, Saturday July 13. Thorne plays a solitary young woman in a small town who is haunted by voices that lead her to kill the nastier folks in town and get away with it.
Peirone (horror thriller Braid) co-wrote the script with Guinevere Turner (American Psycho). Ryan Phillippe and Rebecca De Mornay co-star. David Chackler, Arielle Elwes and Joel Michaely produced the film, with an original soundtrack by Zola Jesus.
“We couldn’t have dreamed of a better debut for our oneiric film than the gorgeously historic Taormina. We are elated and humbled, especially for a...
- 6/17/2024
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
U.S.-based Italian director Mitzi Peirone’s comic horror thriller “Saint Clare” has been set as the opening night film of Italy’s upcoming Taormina Film Festival with protagonist Bella Thorne in attendance.
“Saint Clare” follows Peirone’s debut, the horror film “Braid,” which launched from Tribeca in 2018.
Based on U.S. author Don Roff’s novel “Clare at Sixteen,” “Saint Clare” is set in a small town where “a solitary young woman is haunted by voices that lead her to assassinate ill intended people and get away with it, until her last kill sucks her down a rabbit hole riddled with corruption, trafficking and visions from the beyond,” as the provided synopsis puts it.
Peirone co-wrote the “Saint Clare” script with Guinevere Turner (“American Psycho”). Thorne stars in the lead with Ryan Philippe (“Crash”) and Rebecca DeMornay (“Wedding Crashers”) in supporting roles. The film is produced by David Chackler,...
“Saint Clare” follows Peirone’s debut, the horror film “Braid,” which launched from Tribeca in 2018.
Based on U.S. author Don Roff’s novel “Clare at Sixteen,” “Saint Clare” is set in a small town where “a solitary young woman is haunted by voices that lead her to assassinate ill intended people and get away with it, until her last kill sucks her down a rabbit hole riddled with corruption, trafficking and visions from the beyond,” as the provided synopsis puts it.
Peirone co-wrote the “Saint Clare” script with Guinevere Turner (“American Psycho”). Thorne stars in the lead with Ryan Philippe (“Crash”) and Rebecca DeMornay (“Wedding Crashers”) in supporting roles. The film is produced by David Chackler,...
- 6/17/2024
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
There’s a moment early on in Taylor Swift Era’s Tour concert film before she launches into her nearly dozen studio albums, but after she points to parts of the crowd to see how loud they’ll scream, when she looks into the audience. “This is getting dangerous, it’s about to start going to my head,” she says, absorbing the energy around her. “It makes me feel so powerful.”
This was the Taylor Swift I was here to observe in a Midtown AMC on a Saturday morning. Working for Rolling Stone for 13 years,...
This was the Taylor Swift I was here to observe in a Midtown AMC on a Saturday morning. Working for Rolling Stone for 13 years,...
- 10/23/2023
- by Elisabeth Garber-Paul
- Rollingstone.com
Covid-19 has put independent music venues in a state of crisis. As nightlife spaces across the U.S. shuttered in mid-March due to the pandemic, many set up their own emergency relief funds on GoFundMe and other donation sites for furloughed staff. The Brooklyn metal venue Saint Vitus went in a different direction. On April 7th, the venue launched its own Kickstarter page, utilizing a crowdfunding platform that is largely designed for startup projects and initiatives (e.g. albums, smartphone apps, board games, etc.) and not for helping struggling businesses keep the lights on.
- 6/5/2020
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
Minneapolis erupted in protests this week over the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who was killed in police custody on May 25th.
After video circulated of Officer Derek Chauvin pinning Floyd to the ground by pressing his knee into his neck for several minutes, the Mpd fired Chauvin and the three other officers involved, but protesters called for all four to be arrested and charged with murder. The tension over the incident escalated into clashes between civilians and Minneapolis police on city streets; on Thursday night, protestors...
After video circulated of Officer Derek Chauvin pinning Floyd to the ground by pressing his knee into his neck for several minutes, the Mpd fired Chauvin and the three other officers involved, but protesters called for all four to be arrested and charged with murder. The tension over the incident escalated into clashes between civilians and Minneapolis police on city streets; on Thursday night, protestors...
- 5/29/2020
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
Alice Bag, Fugazi’s Guy Picciotto, Speedy Ortiz, Diiv, Geoff Rickly of Thursday, and Sonic Youth’s Lee Ranaldo are among the hundreds of musicians to sign a new letter to Congress demanding more aid for musicians struggling during the Covid-19 crisis.
The organization behind the letter is the newly launched labor group, Union of Musicians and Allied Workers (Umaw), which was formed by a committee of musicians in response to the struggles brought on by the pandemic. While Covid-19 will be one of the union’s top priorities at the moment,...
The organization behind the letter is the newly launched labor group, Union of Musicians and Allied Workers (Umaw), which was formed by a committee of musicians in response to the struggles brought on by the pandemic. While Covid-19 will be one of the union’s top priorities at the moment,...
- 5/4/2020
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-mn) wants to convince Americans that she should be the next president of the United States — but her own cousin thinks otherwise. That cousin just happens to be Nika Danilova, a.k.a. goth-pop singer-songwriter/producer Zola Jesus.
“I’m not fucking around with my Bernie support,” Danilova tweeted earlier this week. “He’s running against my cousin. I’m going against bloodlines for this shit!” In case her support for Bernie Sanders in the Democratic primary isn’t clear, her Twitter display name also reads: “Zj...
“I’m not fucking around with my Bernie support,” Danilova tweeted earlier this week. “He’s running against my cousin. I’m going against bloodlines for this shit!” In case her support for Bernie Sanders in the Democratic primary isn’t clear, her Twitter display name also reads: “Zj...
- 2/5/2020
- by Brenna Ehrlich
- Rollingstone.com
In November 2019, Ariana Grande posted a photo with Bernie Sanders, exclaiming “My Guy,” while telling her fans that she promised to “never smile this hard again.” Just like that, the most important part of the 2020 Democratic race had officially begun: the musicians’ primary. Some stars have performed at rallies, supporting their candidates of choice with a Bob Dylan cover (or two), while others have used social media to make their endorsements known. Here are the most notable musical endorsements for each major candidate.
Bernie Sanders
Cardi B
The rapper interviewed Sanders in Detroit last year,...
Bernie Sanders
Cardi B
The rapper interviewed Sanders in Detroit last year,...
- 2/5/2020
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
It was a week filled with likes and dislikes, both undiscovered, unnamed and underscored. Prince revealed that he couldn’t stand how radio kept pushing artists he didn’t like, while Kanye West indicated he was no fan of a certain social media service.
Meanwhile, indie musicians indicated their displeasure with Amazon, and the Recording Academy vowed to disclose the unsung heroes of the biz in a new campaign.
This week in music:
Purple Passion: Notes discovered this week by the Prince estate indicate he was no fan of Katy Perry or Ed Sheeran. The notes, which the estate discovered as it poured through his archives, indicated that radio was “trying to ram Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran down our throats. We don’t like it no matter how many times they play it.” Prince died in 2016, before K-pop was a thing.
Kanye West Likes Twitter: Kanye West has a new movie and album out,...
Meanwhile, indie musicians indicated their displeasure with Amazon, and the Recording Academy vowed to disclose the unsung heroes of the biz in a new campaign.
This week in music:
Purple Passion: Notes discovered this week by the Prince estate indicate he was no fan of Katy Perry or Ed Sheeran. The notes, which the estate discovered as it poured through his archives, indicated that radio was “trying to ram Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran down our throats. We don’t like it no matter how many times they play it.” Prince died in 2016, before K-pop was a thing.
Kanye West Likes Twitter: Kanye West has a new movie and album out,...
- 10/26/2019
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
More than 100 musicians — including Deerhoof, Ted Leo, Guy Picciotto of Fugazi and Immortal Technique — have signed an open letter pledging to boycott all Amazon festivals and events until the tech giant stops working with Immigration Customs Enforcement.
The letter was posted Thursday via No Music for Ice, and states that the boycott will continue until Amazon meets four demands: Terminates its existing contract with Ice and other agencies “that commit human rights abuses”; stops providing Cloud services to companies like Peter Thiel’s Palantir, which aid deportations; end projects that encourage racial profiling and discrimination,...
The letter was posted Thursday via No Music for Ice, and states that the boycott will continue until Amazon meets four demands: Terminates its existing contract with Ice and other agencies “that commit human rights abuses”; stops providing Cloud services to companies like Peter Thiel’s Palantir, which aid deportations; end projects that encourage racial profiling and discrimination,...
- 10/24/2019
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Daniel Johnston, the outsider folk artist whose childlike pleas for love captivated the likes of Kurt Cobain, Matt Groening and Tom Waits, died Wednesday of natural causes, his family confirmed in a statement. He was 58.
“The Johnston family is deeply saddened to announce the death of their brother, Daniel Johnston,” his family said in a statement. “He passed away from natural causes this morning at his home outside of Houston, Texas.
“Daniel was a singer, songwriter, an artist, and a friend to all. Although he struggled with mental health issues...
“The Johnston family is deeply saddened to announce the death of their brother, Daniel Johnston,” his family said in a statement. “He passed away from natural causes this morning at his home outside of Houston, Texas.
“Daniel was a singer, songwriter, an artist, and a friend to all. Although he struggled with mental health issues...
- 9/11/2019
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
British rock band the Cult have announced a special live event to commemorate the 30th anniversary of its 1989 album Sonic Temple. Zola Jesus, Prayers, and Vowws will perform with The Cult on June 15th at Los Angeles’ Greek Theatre, transforming the venue into its own “sonic temple.”
“We’ve never thrown a party like this before,” lead singer Ian Astbury stated in a press release. “We want to celebrate the band’s DNA and especially the album Sonic Temple … Prayers and Vowws have both toured with us and the timing...
“We’ve never thrown a party like this before,” lead singer Ian Astbury stated in a press release. “We want to celebrate the band’s DNA and especially the album Sonic Temple … Prayers and Vowws have both toured with us and the timing...
- 4/3/2019
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
Filmmaker Jim Jarmusch and experimental lute player Jozef Van Wissem will release their fourth collaborative LP, An Attempt to Draw Aside the Veil, on February 8th via Sacred Bones Records. The duo teased the record with the shadowy track “Concerning the White Horse,” which unfurls metallic drones and throbbing toms over nearly 10 minutes.
Jarmusch and Van Wissen have been friends since 2006, after a chance meeting on the streets of New York City. The lute player contributed to the soundtrack of Jarmusch’s 2013 film, Only Lovers Left Alive, and they collaborated on three other 2012 records: Apokatastasis,...
Jarmusch and Van Wissen have been friends since 2006, after a chance meeting on the streets of New York City. The lute player contributed to the soundtrack of Jarmusch’s 2013 film, Only Lovers Left Alive, and they collaborated on three other 2012 records: Apokatastasis,...
- 1/10/2019
- by Ryan Reed
- Rollingstone.com
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- 11/1/2017
- MUBI
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- 9/9/2017
- by A.V. Club Staff
- avclub.com
Around the time of her last album, 2014’s Taiga, Zola Jesus told Billboard she dreamed of having a No. 1 hit. A couple things might be holding her back. First, there’s her voice—that gale-force, mascara-black blast of operatically trained magnificence that overpowers industrial beats and string quartets alike. Then…
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- 9/6/2017
- by Kenneth Partridge
- avclub.com
Photos: Zola Jesus Sang A Cappella at a Long Island Art Exhibition in a Fur Suit...
- 8/18/2017
- Pastemagazine.com
You'd normally be hard-pressed to find a link between color guards – those tween-to-teen troupes who do military-style dance routines involving waving flags and spinning rifles – hipster rock/Edm bands and micro-indie regional documentarians; a microscope used to be required to view the Venn diagram overlap. Enter David Byrne, an artist who's never found a bunch of disparate elements he couldn't turn into a creative goulash, and who became a fan of the Middle-America past time after a group asked to use his music for a routine. The former Talking Head...
- 3/1/2017
- Rollingstone.com
"What is it about color guard? Well, tonight you're going to find out." In the summer of 2015, legendary musician David Byrne staged an event at Brooklyn's Barclays Center to celebrate the creativity of Color Guard: synchronized dance routines involving flags, rifles, and sabers, colloquially known as "the sport of the arts." Contemporary Color is a performance documentary capturing the exhilarating experience of enjoying this once-in-a-lifetime show. Performers at the event included St. Vincent, Nelly Furtado, Devonté Hynes, Zola Jesus, Ad-Rock, tUnE-yArDs, and Ira Glass, collaborating with 10 color guard teams from across the Us and Canada. This looks like a very vibrant and energetic show captured exquisitely on camera. Here's the official trailer for Bill Ross IV & Turner Ross' doc Contemporary Color, from YouTube: In the summer of 2015, legendary musician David Byrne staged an event at Brooklyn's Barclays Center to celebrate the art of Color Guard: synchronized dance routines involving flags,...
- 1/30/2017
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
In the summer of 2015, former Talking Heads mastermind David Byrne recruited a crew of forward-thinking musicians – including St. Vincent, Devonté Hynes, Tune-Yards, Zola Jesus and Money Mark/Ad-Rock – to write original music for "Contemporary Color," a series of elaborately choreographed color guard events.
Oscilloscope Laboratories released a new trailer for the bizarre project, showcasing the 10 color guards and 10 composers (also including Nelly Furtado, How to Dress Well, Lucius and Nico Muhly/Ira Glass). "Everybody kinda gets one shot at this, and this is it," a giddy Byrne tells the camera crew.
Oscilloscope Laboratories released a new trailer for the bizarre project, showcasing the 10 color guards and 10 composers (also including Nelly Furtado, How to Dress Well, Lucius and Nico Muhly/Ira Glass). "Everybody kinda gets one shot at this, and this is it," a giddy Byrne tells the camera crew.
- 1/30/2017
- Rollingstone.com
Heads up: one of this year’s most exciting films, Contemporary Color, begins rolling out very soon. A concert movie that looks and moves like nearly no other — a spectacle often more along the lines of Metropolis or Koyaanisqatsi than Stop Making Sense — it nevertheless brings to mind the Jonathan Demme classic for, if no other reason, the involvement of David Byrne, who launched a nationwide performance series that mingles high-school color-guard teams with best-selling recording artists (St. Vincent, tUnE-yArDs, Nelly Furtado, and Byrne himself). Brothers Bill Ross IV and Turner Ross‘ documentary captures the efforts of both, resulting in a deeply sympathetic story of creative expression.
So I said in my review from last year’s Tribeca Film Festival, where I added, “[They’ve] created an experience that captures (and may even supersede) the fertile ground upon which it’s been built. In its formal inventiveness and compassion, Contemporary Color...
So I said in my review from last year’s Tribeca Film Festival, where I added, “[They’ve] created an experience that captures (and may even supersede) the fertile ground upon which it’s been built. In its formal inventiveness and compassion, Contemporary Color...
- 1/30/2017
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
John Malkovich's Playing Lynch series, where the actor reimagined some of David Lynch's most iconic character, concluded Monday with Malkovich recreating a scene from 1980's The Elephant Man.
The nearly unrecognizable Malkovich, assuming the role made famous by John Hurt, plays real life "Elephant Man" Joseph "John" Merrick in the pivotal scene where the deformed man quotes Psalm 23 of the Bible, which convinces doctors to allow him to remain under hospital care.
"The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want," Malkovich mutters under a thick mask of makeup and prosthetics.
The nearly unrecognizable Malkovich, assuming the role made famous by John Hurt, plays real life "Elephant Man" Joseph "John" Merrick in the pivotal scene where the deformed man quotes Psalm 23 of the Bible, which convinces doctors to allow him to remain under hospital care.
"The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want," Malkovich mutters under a thick mask of makeup and prosthetics.
- 10/4/2016
- Rollingstone.com
John Malkovich lends his intense glare to David Lynch's Eraserhead protagonist Henry Spencer in the new video from the Playing Lynch series, which reimagines the iconic director's weirdest characters through the Oscar-winning actor's interpretations.
In the latest video, Malkovich uses the dialogue from the scene where Henry has dinner with his neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. X, and transforms it into a creepy, paranoid one-sided conversation.
"So, I just cut them up like regular chickens? Hello, I'm Henry. I'm a printer. I'm very pleased to meet you," Malkovich says, replicating the character's halting,...
In the latest video, Malkovich uses the dialogue from the scene where Henry has dinner with his neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. X, and transforms it into a creepy, paranoid one-sided conversation.
"So, I just cut them up like regular chickens? Hello, I'm Henry. I'm a printer. I'm very pleased to meet you," Malkovich says, replicating the character's halting,...
- 10/1/2016
- Rollingstone.com
John Malkovich's strange foray into the work of David Lynch, Playing Lynch, continued Friday with the actor descending into the shadows and donning a wig and roughly 15 pounds of makeup to play Eraserhead's Lady in the Radiator. For his portrayal of the iconic, creepy scene, Malkovich sings and sways along with Zola Jesus' rendition of the Lady in the Radiator's mantra, "In Heaven."
Throughout the week, the chameleonic actor has immersed himself in Lynch characters like Twin Peaks' Agent Dale Cooper and the Log Lady and...
Throughout the week, the chameleonic actor has immersed himself in Lynch characters like Twin Peaks' Agent Dale Cooper and the Log Lady and...
- 9/30/2016
- Rollingstone.com
"Hello again. My log has something to tell you," John Malkovich says at the start of his latest installment in his Playing Lynch. He's dressed in a red wig with big glasses and is made to look like Catherine E. Coulson's Log Lady character on Twin Peaks."Our world is a magical smoke screen," he says. "How should we interpret the happy song of the meadowlark or the robust flavor of a wild strawberry?"
The vignette is one of several that Malkovich filmed for Playing Lynch, a vehicle for...
The vignette is one of several that Malkovich filmed for Playing Lynch, a vehicle for...
- 9/28/2016
- Rollingstone.com
We’ve yet to see any footage of next year’s “Twin Peaks” revival. In the meantime, you can whet your appetite for damn fine coffee with a new project sponsored by the David Lynch Foundation: Playing Lynch, a series of vignettes in which John Malkovich reenacts scenes from the singular filmmaker’s outré body of work. The scenes can be downloaded one by one, with proceeds going to Lynch’s transcendental meditation–inclined foundation. Watch a trailer for the series — as well as the first vignette — below.
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Malkovich plays Agent Dale Cooper of “Twin Peaks” in it, providing a new take on the character made famous by Kyle Maclachlan; he’s also set to reinterpret the same show’s Log Lady in addition to John Merrick (John Hurt) of “Elephant Man,” the Mystery Man (Robert Blake) from “Lost Highway,...
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Malkovich plays Agent Dale Cooper of “Twin Peaks” in it, providing a new take on the character made famous by Kyle Maclachlan; he’s also set to reinterpret the same show’s Log Lady in addition to John Merrick (John Hurt) of “Elephant Man,” the Mystery Man (Robert Blake) from “Lost Highway,...
- 9/27/2016
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
John Malkovich tests his acting mettle in a new project in which he portrays a number of David Lynch's quirky characters in unique vignettes: Twin Peaks detective Dale Cooper and the Log Lady, Eraserhead's Henry Spencer and the Lady in the Radiator, The Elephant Man's John Merrick, Lost Highway's Mystery Man and Blue Velvet's Frank Booth and Lynch himself.
The project, Playing Lynch, allows people to pay to download each of the scenes to raise money for the David Lynch Foundation, which aims to teach...
The project, Playing Lynch, allows people to pay to download each of the scenes to raise money for the David Lynch Foundation, which aims to teach...
- 9/27/2016
- Rollingstone.com
Rushes collects news, articles, images, videos and more for a weekly roundup of essential items from the world of film.NEWSThe great avant-garde filmmaker and musician Tony Conrad has died at the age of 76.If you're sending mail in Austria, now you can creep your family and friends out with an image of austere art-house task-master Michael Haneke on your stamps.A terrific-looking new book "by" Jean-Luc Godard is out via Contra Mundum Press: Phrases features the texts contained within several of Godard's films, including Germany Year 90 Nine Zero, Forever Mozart and In Praise of Love. After his feature documentary Junun and music video for Joanna Newsom, Paul Thomas Anderson is returning to the music world, having reportedly shot a video for Radiohead.Recommended VIEWINGFilmmaker (Traveling Light, Here's to the Future!) and Notebook contributor Gina Telaroli has shared online an exquisite new video work, Starting Sketches: Theresa and Jeanne.
- 4/13/2016
- by Notebook
- MUBI
Last year's surreal, star-studded musical tribute to David Lynch will be released as a double album, The Music of David Lynch, featuring performances from Karen O, the Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne and Steven Drozd, Duran Duran, Sky Ferreira, Moby and more, Pitchfork reports.
The one-night only concert/fundraiser for the David Lynch Foundation featured a variety of musicians tackling songs from and inspired by Lynch's projects. The filmmaker's longtime composer, Angelo Badalamenti, even recreated "Laura Palmer's Theme" and "Dance of the Dream Man" from Twin Peaks, which will open the album's first and second LPs,...
The one-night only concert/fundraiser for the David Lynch Foundation featured a variety of musicians tackling songs from and inspired by Lynch's projects. The filmmaker's longtime composer, Angelo Badalamenti, even recreated "Laura Palmer's Theme" and "Dance of the Dream Man" from Twin Peaks, which will open the album's first and second LPs,...
- 4/7/2016
- Rollingstone.com
If a theatrical re-release of Blue Velvet wasn’t enough to hold one over until next year, when we get what amounts to around 18 new hours of David Lynch-directed drama, we have some music to your ears today. Around a year ago, Los Angeles’ Ace Hotel held “The Music of David Lynch” concert, hosted by the Mulholland Dr. director’s foundation.
Featuring his go-to composer Angelo Badalamenti as well as Donovan, Karen O, Lykke Li, Duran Duran, Moby, The Flaming Lips, Twin Peaks (of course), and more as they cover various tracks from his work, it’s now been announced the show will get a double-lp vinyl release next week. While various low-quality recordings of it have made their way online since the concert, this will mark the first official release of the tracks, and we can’t wait to hear them.
Pre-order it here and check out the...
Featuring his go-to composer Angelo Badalamenti as well as Donovan, Karen O, Lykke Li, Duran Duran, Moby, The Flaming Lips, Twin Peaks (of course), and more as they cover various tracks from his work, it’s now been announced the show will get a double-lp vinyl release next week. While various low-quality recordings of it have made their way online since the concert, this will mark the first official release of the tracks, and we can’t wait to hear them.
Pre-order it here and check out the...
- 4/6/2016
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Earlier this year, El-p and Killer Mike teased that they were remixing their fantastic album Run the Jewels 2 with feline sounds, essentially creating the world's first cat-rap masterpiece. A lot of people obviously thought they were joking, since remixing an entire album with cat noises would be an arduous process, as well as a bizarre way to spend one's time. Well, we were wrong: You can download Meow the Jewels here. I, for one, welcome our feline overlords. Here is the track listing: 1. Meowpurrdy [ft. Lil Bub, Maceo, Delonte and Snoop Dogg] (remixed by El-p)2. Oh My Darling Don't Meow (remixed by Just Blaze)3. Pawfluffer Night (remixed by Zola Jesus) 4. Close Your Eyes and Meow to Fluff [ft. Zack de la Rocha] (remixed by Portishead's Geoff Barrow) 5. All Meow Life (remixed by Nick Hook) 6. Lie, Cheat, Meow (remixed by Prince Paul) 7. Meowrly (remixed by...
- 9/26/2015
- by Greg Cwik
- Vulture
From Broadway to the Acm Awards, organizers are scrambling to shuffle planned events because of the storm
As a crippling winter storm barreled into the Northeast Monday, millions of people braced for the worst including members of the entertainment industry.
The Academy of Country Music Awards announced its nominations for the 50th Acm Awards would be postponed “due to unforeseen weather circumstances on the East Coast,” the academy said in a statement. The group had planned to make the announcements Tuesday but will now release a list of nominees later this week.
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As a crippling winter storm barreled into the Northeast Monday, millions of people braced for the worst including members of the entertainment industry.
The Academy of Country Music Awards announced its nominations for the 50th Acm Awards would be postponed “due to unforeseen weather circumstances on the East Coast,” the academy said in a statement. The group had planned to make the announcements Tuesday but will now release a list of nominees later this week.
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- 1/27/2015
- by Itay Hod and Anita Bennett
- The Wrap
John Carpenter has long been known for creating eerie, engaging soundtracks to match his unsettling and action-packed movies like Halloween and Escape From New York. Recently, he used that approach to making an ominous, stand-alone album, Lost Themes – due out February 3rd – which serves as home to "Night," a chilly, slow-building synth-driven track that recalls his work on his action soundtracks like Assault on Precinct 13 and his Escape movies, which is now streaming.
"It's 'lost themes' in the sense that we were scoring the movies that many people have in their imaginations,...
"It's 'lost themes' in the sense that we were scoring the movies that many people have in their imaginations,...
- 1/12/2015
- Rollingstone.com
The HitFix Staff loves entertainment. We get it, from all angles. Throughout the year, some sings hit our ears harder than others. Below are some of the staff's favorites -- from our video team to our top editors to our music experts and our social voices. Songs by Charli Xcx, Miranda Lambert, "The Lego Movie," Mystery Skulls, Childish Gambino, Keisza, Zola Jesus, Antonio Sanchez, Clean Bandit, Rudimental, Broken Bells and Sinkane made our tally. And -- yup -- "Too Many Cooks" is on there too. Which singles are on your playlist? Which tracks will you still be hearing in 2015? Which artists do you anticipated great things from the most?...
- 12/26/2014
- by Katie Hasty
- Hitfix
First potato salad, now an album made entirely of cat sounds: The ideas behind high-profile crowdfunding projects are sounding more and more like a game of Mad Libs. Some background: Killer Mike and El-p, who make music together as the hip-hop duo Run the Jewels, joked in September about releasing a special edition of their next album that replaces all their beats with cat sounds. Then a Kickstarter user created a campaign to turn the joke into a reality. Soon, musicians like Zola Jesus, Boots, Just Blaze, and more clambered to contribute to Meow the Jewels. As goofy as the project is,...
- 10/9/2014
- by Teresa Jue
- EW.com - PopWatch
Each week I find myself writing about how much I hate performance-driven music videos but present you with an exception. I think it’s time to admit defeat and realise that there is actually a large population of artists and music video directors who can get creative and pull them off. Although I feel a little foolish for having this initial hatred for them I am also thrilled to see a number of videos surprising me each week as well as what feels like a sudden influx of them. It’s great to see that all hope hasn’t been lost just yet. I can’t believe I even included a video which features both Jessie J and Nicki Minaj (I have nothing against Ariana Grande, yet). There’s just something really empowering about watching an all female ensemble come together and celebrate different kinds of femininity and female sexuality simultaneously.
- 8/29/2014
- by Catstello
- SoundOnSight
After two years on the road supporting her breakthrough 2011 LP Conatus, Nika Roza Danliova decided it was time for a break. The 25-year-old songwriter better known as Zola Jesus discovered that Los Angeles is a difficult place to concentrate. "Writing in my apartment, I could hear the sounds of the city," she says. "It was really distracting, hearing my neighbor blasting Rihanna. You don't ever feel at peace to create something that feels very personal or intimate."
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So she moved on to rural Vermont,...
The 45 Best Albums of 2014 So Far
So she moved on to rural Vermont,...
- 7/16/2014
- by Elisabeth Garber-Paul
- Rollingstone.com
Acclaimed director and musician Jim Jarmusch will celebrate the opening of his 11th film Only Lovers Left Alive with a special pre-release event in New York, combining a screening of the film with live performance by his band SqÜRl.
New Jim Jarmusch Film Explores the Emotional Lives of Vampires
The April 1st event, held 10 days before the film's official release, will occur in two parts: the screening will be held at 7:00 p.m. at Sunshine Cinema, while the post-film concert will take place at nearby club Santos Party House.
New Jim Jarmusch Film Explores the Emotional Lives of Vampires
The April 1st event, held 10 days before the film's official release, will occur in two parts: the screening will be held at 7:00 p.m. at Sunshine Cinema, while the post-film concert will take place at nearby club Santos Party House.
- 3/13/2014
- Rollingstone.com
Perhaps this trailer doesn’t reveal much more of the movie than what we already know: Elysium is for the rich, Earth is for the poor. Matt Damon is ripped. He also gets a kick-ass exo-skeleton to help him in his mission to get to Elysium to save his life after radiation exposure.
But damn, if I didn’t get chills watching Damon try to save humanity, Sharlto Copley as a crazy soldier, and Jodie Foster’s pursed lips as she attempts to thwart Damon. And that last line, uttered by William Fichtner — “You have no idea what you’re...
But damn, if I didn’t get chills watching Damon try to save humanity, Sharlto Copley as a crazy soldier, and Jodie Foster’s pursed lips as she attempts to thwart Damon. And that last line, uttered by William Fichtner — “You have no idea what you’re...
- 7/2/2013
- by Amanda Taylor
- EW - Inside Movies
The first trailer for the newest adaptation of Romeo and Juliet is now online, and there’s plenty of ancient grudges, unclean civil hands, and death-marked love on display in this peek at the film.
While the other buzzy Shakespeare adaptation of 2013 — Joss Whedon’s Much Ado About Nothing — went the route of a fresh, modern interpretation, this Romeo and Juliet is going back to the play’s Elizabethan roots, with period costumes, a shoot in Verona and other Italy locations, and a young pair of actors playing the leads. The film’s Juliet, Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit), who shot...
While the other buzzy Shakespeare adaptation of 2013 — Joss Whedon’s Much Ado About Nothing — went the route of a fresh, modern interpretation, this Romeo and Juliet is going back to the play’s Elizabethan roots, with period costumes, a shoot in Verona and other Italy locations, and a young pair of actors playing the leads. The film’s Juliet, Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit), who shot...
- 4/12/2013
- by Emily Rome
- EW - Inside Movies
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