Jonathan Demme's death at the age of 73 prompted an outpouring of online memorials from film lovers who remembered the Oscar-winning director for his varied career: everything from the chilling, intelligent thriller The Silence of the Lambs to the brittle 2008 indie drama Rachel Getting Married. But for music fans, those highlights don't even scratch the surface of what cemented his legacy.
It's not hyperbole to say that Demme was arguably the greatest concert filmmaker ever – look at the number of them that he made, the range of artists he chronicled...
It's not hyperbole to say that Demme was arguably the greatest concert filmmaker ever – look at the number of them that he made, the range of artists he chronicled...
- 4/26/2017
- Rollingstone.com
Jonathan Demme, the Oscar-winning director of Philadelphia and The Silence of the Lambs and the filmmaker who revolutionized concert movies with his 1984 Talking Heads movie Stop Making Sense, died Wednesday morning from esophegal cancer. He was 73.
"Sadly, I can confirm that Jonathan passed away early this morning in his Manhattan apartment, surrounded by his wife, Joanne Howard, and three children," Demme's rep said in a statement.
"I am heartbroken to lose a friend, a mentor, a guy so singular and dynamic you’d have to design a hurricane to contain him,...
"Sadly, I can confirm that Jonathan passed away early this morning in his Manhattan apartment, surrounded by his wife, Joanne Howard, and three children," Demme's rep said in a statement.
"I am heartbroken to lose a friend, a mentor, a guy so singular and dynamic you’d have to design a hurricane to contain him,...
- 4/26/2017
- Rollingstone.com
What do David Byrne, Neil Young, and Justin Timberlake have in common? Until recently, the answer was: “As little as three white, male musicians possibly could have in common.” Now, that’s no longer the case. Because now, with the arrival of “Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids,” each of them has been the subject of at least one concert film by Jonathan Demme. Timberlake may have nine Grammy Awards to his name, but make no mistake: Being placed on equal footing with Talking Heads and a folk-rock god is the most prestigious honor of the pop superstar’s endlessly surprising career.
It’s also one hell of an endorsement. Demme is among the film world’s most knowledgeable and outspoken music freaks (a fact as clear in his narrative work like “Something Wild” and “Rachel Getting Married” as it is in his docs), and his taste borders on the unimpeachable.
It’s also one hell of an endorsement. Demme is among the film world’s most knowledgeable and outspoken music freaks (a fact as clear in his narrative work like “Something Wild” and “Rachel Getting Married” as it is in his docs), and his taste borders on the unimpeachable.
- 9/18/2016
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Below you will find our favorite films of the 66th Berlin International Film Festival, as well as an index of our coverage.Daniel Kasmantop Picksi. From the Notebook Of..., Marble Ass, Tout une nuitII. A Quiet Passion, The Adventure of Denchu-Kozo & Isolation of 1/880000, Creepy, Things to Come, Short StayIII. Hanasareru Gang, Tempestad, Karla, A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery, Le fils de Joseph, Ta'angIV. Between Fences, Fire at Sea, Doomed Love – A Journey through German Genre FilmsCOVERAGEAwardsHail...Cinema?: Hail Caesar! (Joel & Ethan Coen)Two Women in Mexico's Storm: Tempestad (Tatiana Huezo)Why Not Stay in Philly?: Short Stay (Ted Fendt)The Title Says It Best: Creepy (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)Women Poets and Philosophers: A Quiet Passion (Terence Davies), Things to Come (Mia Hansen-Løve)Refugee Cinema: Fire at Sea (Gianfranco Rosi), Ta'ang (Wang Bing), Havarie (Philip Scheffner)Cryptograms: Crosscurrent (Yang Chao), Life After Life (Zhang Hanyi)Lost Souls of the...
- 3/7/2016
- by Notebook
- MUBI
Late-night variety shows require a host with various talents — fortunately for CBS, Stephen Colbert is one versatile dude. The “Late Show” host joined Pearl Jam for a performance of Neil Young’s ‘Rockin’ in the Free World” on Wednesday after a raucous, standing crowd convinced the Seattle grunge band to play an encore. While Colbert won’t be winning any Grammys for vocals — especially next to Eddie Vedder — the comic can hold his own and carry a tune. Also Read: Donald Trump Refuses to Apologize for Anything During Stephen Colbert Interview, Dodges Obama Birther Question (Video) Colbert’s other guests last night at.
- 9/24/2015
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Scream Factory gave many classic horror film fans a Halloween treat with the release of The Vincent Price Collection II, and now Arrow Films is looking to sate the viewing appetites of Price fans in England with Six Gothic Tales, due out on December 8th. Comprised of six Roger Corman movies based on Edgar Allan Poe’s works and starring Vincent Price, Arrow Films has unveiled their collection’s special features:
Press Release - “From the Merchant of Menace, Vincent Price, and the King of the B’s, Roger Corman, come six Gothic tales inspired by the pen of Edgar Allan Poe. Arrow Video is thrilled to announce the limited edition release of this Six Gothic Tales box set. Limited to a run of just 2000 copies, this much-anticipated release will include The Fall of the House of Usher, Tales of Terror, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Raven, The Haunted Palace...
Press Release - “From the Merchant of Menace, Vincent Price, and the King of the B’s, Roger Corman, come six Gothic tales inspired by the pen of Edgar Allan Poe. Arrow Video is thrilled to announce the limited edition release of this Six Gothic Tales box set. Limited to a run of just 2000 copies, this much-anticipated release will include The Fall of the House of Usher, Tales of Terror, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Raven, The Haunted Palace...
- 11/20/2014
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Interview Louisa Mellor 5 Jun 2013 - 07:00
We chat to The Returned’s director and producer about zombies, French fantasy TV, genre, style, Mogwai, and more…
“No tradition, status: non-existent” is the unequivocal reply from film and television producer Caroline Benjo when I ask her about the status of fantasy and sci-fi television in France. “A bit of Franju in the seventies perhaps, with L’Homme Sans Visage…”. Writer and director Fabrice Gobert agrees, “It’s not a very developed genre in French television. Perhaps it’s a question of culture”.
That culture is changing, chiefly thanks to Benjo and Gobert, the producer and director of Canal Plus’ Les Revenants, which arrives on Channel 4 this weekend as The Returned.
A supernatural series about people coming back from the dead that’s part emotional drama, part fantasy, and part crime thriller, The Returned met with critical acclaim in France last year...
We chat to The Returned’s director and producer about zombies, French fantasy TV, genre, style, Mogwai, and more…
“No tradition, status: non-existent” is the unequivocal reply from film and television producer Caroline Benjo when I ask her about the status of fantasy and sci-fi television in France. “A bit of Franju in the seventies perhaps, with L’Homme Sans Visage…”. Writer and director Fabrice Gobert agrees, “It’s not a very developed genre in French television. Perhaps it’s a question of culture”.
That culture is changing, chiefly thanks to Benjo and Gobert, the producer and director of Canal Plus’ Les Revenants, which arrives on Channel 4 this weekend as The Returned.
A supernatural series about people coming back from the dead that’s part emotional drama, part fantasy, and part crime thriller, The Returned met with critical acclaim in France last year...
- 6/4/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
DVD Playhouse June 2011
By
Allen Gardner
Kiss Me Deadly (Criterion) Robert Aldrich’s 1955 reinvention of the film noir detective story is one of cinema’s great genre mash-ups: part hardboiled noir; part cold war paranoid thriller; and part science- fiction. Ralph Meeker plays Mickey Spillane’s fascist detective Mike Hammer as a narcissistic simian thug, a sadist who would rather smash a suspect’s fingers than make love to the bevvy of beautiful dames that cross his path. In fact, the only time you see a smile cross Meeker’s sneering mug is when he’s doling out pain, with a vengeance. When a terrified young woman (Cloris Leachman, film debut) literally crossed Hammer’s path one night, and later turns up dead, he vows to get to the bottom of her brutal demise. One of the most influential films ever made, and perhaps the most-cited film by the architects...
By
Allen Gardner
Kiss Me Deadly (Criterion) Robert Aldrich’s 1955 reinvention of the film noir detective story is one of cinema’s great genre mash-ups: part hardboiled noir; part cold war paranoid thriller; and part science- fiction. Ralph Meeker plays Mickey Spillane’s fascist detective Mike Hammer as a narcissistic simian thug, a sadist who would rather smash a suspect’s fingers than make love to the bevvy of beautiful dames that cross his path. In fact, the only time you see a smile cross Meeker’s sneering mug is when he’s doling out pain, with a vengeance. When a terrified young woman (Cloris Leachman, film debut) literally crossed Hammer’s path one night, and later turns up dead, he vows to get to the bottom of her brutal demise. One of the most influential films ever made, and perhaps the most-cited film by the architects...
- 6/11/2011
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
"The finest Western you'll see this year is set in aristocratic 16th-century France, in the heat of Counter-Reformation," declares Nick Pinkerton. Segueing into his interview with Bertrand Tavernier, Aaron Hillis, also in the Voice, sums up the gist of The Princess of Montpensier: "Adapted from Madame de la Fayette's classic novel, the film concerns a nubile, wealthy heiress (Mélanie Thierry) who loves a rugged hothead from the wrong clan (Gaspard Ulliel), but is forced by her father to marry another prince (Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet), leaving her to dwell on the too-modern desire for free will — defiantly bucking against the rigid traditions of her breed." Back to Pinkerton: "The setting always serves the performers rather than vice versa — though the film is also greatly enhanced by the costuming, the rugged French countryside photographed in outdoor-adventure CinemaScope, and Philippe Sarde's baroque-tribal score, its martial and romantic poles matching a tale of...
- 4/18/2011
- MUBI
One of my favorite movies of all time is finally coming to Blu-ray, but you might have to search to find it -- it will only be available in Best Buy stores. Paramount Home Entertainment is finally releasing Cameron Crowe's acclaimed drama Almost Famous (The Bootleg Edition) on Blu-ray on January 30th 2011. For those of you who don't know, Almost Famous was edited down considerably for the theatrical release. While the 122 minute theatrical cut is probably the most publicly accessible version of the film, the bootleg "Untitled" cut is the true director's cut of the movie -- featuring about 40 minutes of additional footage. More details after the jump. Here is a low-res photo of the disc's cover art from /Film friend Neil Miller [1] of Fsr [2]. Almost Famous: The Bootleg Cut Blu-ray includes a the longer 162-minute unrated version of the movie. Discdish [3] lists the special features as follows:...
- 1/14/2011
- by Peter Sciretta
- Slash Film
David Cairns
The Forgotten: Red Tape
The Forgotten: Socko!
The Forgotten: 1001 Nights at the Cinema
The Forgotten: An Empty Room and the Right Kind of People
Fernando F. Croce
Office Spaces: "Babnik" (Alejandro Adams, 2010)
Adrian Curry
Movie Poster of the Week: The Films of Masahiro Shinoda
Movie Poster of the Week: "Despair"
Movie Poster of the Week: The 54th BFI London Film Festival
Movie Posters of the Week: "Black Swan" and "Black Cat"
Movie Poster of the Week: "For Colored Girls"
Michael Guillen
Cinema Is Dead / Long Live Cinema: A Conversation with Federico Veiroj
Meditating On Meteorites: A Conversation with Patricio Guzmán
Daniel Kasman
David Fincher and The Sad Facts
A Listen Back: Music Discovered at Tiff 2010
Nyff 2010. Doppelgangers and Masterworks
Tailor Made (On "Hereafter" and "You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger")
Images of the Day: Missing Images from "Eyes Wide Shut"
Video of the Day. "Goddamn Dracula-black":...
The Forgotten: Red Tape
The Forgotten: Socko!
The Forgotten: 1001 Nights at the Cinema
The Forgotten: An Empty Room and the Right Kind of People
Fernando F. Croce
Office Spaces: "Babnik" (Alejandro Adams, 2010)
Adrian Curry
Movie Poster of the Week: The Films of Masahiro Shinoda
Movie Poster of the Week: "Despair"
Movie Poster of the Week: The 54th BFI London Film Festival
Movie Posters of the Week: "Black Swan" and "Black Cat"
Movie Poster of the Week: "For Colored Girls"
Michael Guillen
Cinema Is Dead / Long Live Cinema: A Conversation with Federico Veiroj
Meditating On Meteorites: A Conversation with Patricio Guzmán
Daniel Kasman
David Fincher and The Sad Facts
A Listen Back: Music Discovered at Tiff 2010
Nyff 2010. Doppelgangers and Masterworks
Tailor Made (On "Hereafter" and "You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger")
Images of the Day: Missing Images from "Eyes Wide Shut"
Video of the Day. "Goddamn Dracula-black":...
- 11/3/2010
- MUBI
As many Criterion fans are surely aware, the cult film Head, starring The Monkees, will soon be released as part of the box set America Lost And Found: The Bbs Story. Preceding this cinematic bonanza by a month, Rhino Handmade will be releasing an expanded 3-cd edition of the film’s soundtrack on October 26, chock-full of previously unreleased goodies and rarities.
While this will certainly appeal more to hardcore Monkees fans than the average Criterion collector, it is worth noting that The Monkees’ music is not without merit, and the Head soundtrack in particular was one of their more adventurous albums.
From the get-go as a pop band manufactured for television in 1966 by Bert Schneider and Bob Rafelson, The Monkees chafed under the control of music coordinator Don Kirshner, who commissioned songs to be written (by professional songwriters such as Neil Diamond, Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart, and Harry Nilsson) and...
While this will certainly appeal more to hardcore Monkees fans than the average Criterion collector, it is worth noting that The Monkees’ music is not without merit, and the Head soundtrack in particular was one of their more adventurous albums.
From the get-go as a pop band manufactured for television in 1966 by Bert Schneider and Bob Rafelson, The Monkees chafed under the control of music coordinator Don Kirshner, who commissioned songs to be written (by professional songwriters such as Neil Diamond, Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart, and Harry Nilsson) and...
- 9/10/2010
- by West Anthony
- CriterionCast
If you aren’t watching Leverage, the modern Robin Hood show on TNT, you’re really missing out. Putting more fun and adventure into the con game every week, and providing a good mix of criminal comeuppance and character, the show is getting better and better.
I don’t know about you, but Eliot is definitely one of my favorites on the show, and Christian Kane took part in a Q & A recently. With not only several film and television titles under his belt, but also a blossoming singing career, Christian has a very interesting, multi-faceted guy, and the interview resulted in quite the exchange.
Before you get too wrapped up in the interview, check out his single. You’ll be glad you did.
Preview provided courtesy of iTunes
Download his single “Thinking of You”
The third season of Leverage opens with Nate in prison after having to make a...
I don’t know about you, but Eliot is definitely one of my favorites on the show, and Christian Kane took part in a Q & A recently. With not only several film and television titles under his belt, but also a blossoming singing career, Christian has a very interesting, multi-faceted guy, and the interview resulted in quite the exchange.
Before you get too wrapped up in the interview, check out his single. You’ll be glad you did.
Preview provided courtesy of iTunes
Download his single “Thinking of You”
The third season of Leverage opens with Nate in prison after having to make a...
- 7/19/2010
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
Acquarello:
Now on DVD: Chantal Akerman in the Seventies
David Cairns:
The Forgotten: Sunday, Lovely Sunday
The Forgotten: The Dumb Bomb
The Forgotten: The Man Who Never Was
The Forgotten: It Was So Nice Inside His Head
Fernando F. Croce:
“One for Them”? Scorsese’s “Cape Fear”
Now on DVD: “Il posto” (Ermanno Olmi, 1961)
Now on DVD: “Point Blank” (John Boorman, 1967)
Adrian Curry:
Movie Poster of the Week: "Do It Again"
Movie Posters of the Week: The Best of Rotterdam
Movie Poster of the Week: "The Art of the Steal"
Movie Poster of the Week: "I Am Love" and the Curious Case of Tilda Swinton
Marie-Pierre Duhamel:
Berlinale: Zhang Yimou's "A Woman, A Gun And A Noodle Shop" Review
Berlinale. Philip Scheffner's "Day of the Sparrow" Review
David Hudson:
Rotterdam 2010: 4 in the Running for Vpro Tiger Awards
Berlinale. "Apart Together" Review + Roundup
Berlinale. "The Ghost Writer" Review + Roundup
Berlinale.
Now on DVD: Chantal Akerman in the Seventies
David Cairns:
The Forgotten: Sunday, Lovely Sunday
The Forgotten: The Dumb Bomb
The Forgotten: The Man Who Never Was
The Forgotten: It Was So Nice Inside His Head
Fernando F. Croce:
“One for Them”? Scorsese’s “Cape Fear”
Now on DVD: “Il posto” (Ermanno Olmi, 1961)
Now on DVD: “Point Blank” (John Boorman, 1967)
Adrian Curry:
Movie Poster of the Week: "Do It Again"
Movie Posters of the Week: The Best of Rotterdam
Movie Poster of the Week: "The Art of the Steal"
Movie Poster of the Week: "I Am Love" and the Curious Case of Tilda Swinton
Marie-Pierre Duhamel:
Berlinale: Zhang Yimou's "A Woman, A Gun And A Noodle Shop" Review
Berlinale. Philip Scheffner's "Day of the Sparrow" Review
David Hudson:
Rotterdam 2010: 4 in the Running for Vpro Tiger Awards
Berlinale. "Apart Together" Review + Roundup
Berlinale. "The Ghost Writer" Review + Roundup
Berlinale.
- 3/1/2010
- MUBI
Zach Campbell
The Book He Never Wrote
David Cairns
The Forgotten: Head Shots
The Forgotten: The Radio Dicks
The Forgotten: The Dance of the Bread Rolls
The Forgotten: Who Killed Santa?
Images of the Day: Damsel in Distress #2
Adrian Curry
Movie Poster of the Week: "Small Change"
Movie Posters of the Decade
Movie Posters of the Decade: A Follow-Up
Manny Farber
Nervous from the Service
Films at Canadian Artists ’68: Art Gallery of Ontario
The New Breed of Filmmakers: A Multiplication of Myths
Daniel Kasman
Image of the Day: The Many Faces of Dr. Mabuse
Video Sundays: The Modern Charade Continued, Video Games Edition
Video Sundays: Flip Six Three Hole, or Football and The Great American Pastiche
Video Sundays, The Art of the Trailer Edition: "The Crazies" vs. "Green Zone"
The Notebook's 2nd Annual Writers' Poll: Fantasy Double Features of 2009, Part I
The Notebook's 2nd Annual Writers' Poll: Fantasy Double...
The Book He Never Wrote
David Cairns
The Forgotten: Head Shots
The Forgotten: The Radio Dicks
The Forgotten: The Dance of the Bread Rolls
The Forgotten: Who Killed Santa?
Images of the Day: Damsel in Distress #2
Adrian Curry
Movie Poster of the Week: "Small Change"
Movie Posters of the Decade
Movie Posters of the Decade: A Follow-Up
Manny Farber
Nervous from the Service
Films at Canadian Artists ’68: Art Gallery of Ontario
The New Breed of Filmmakers: A Multiplication of Myths
Daniel Kasman
Image of the Day: The Many Faces of Dr. Mabuse
Video Sundays: The Modern Charade Continued, Video Games Edition
Video Sundays: Flip Six Three Hole, or Football and The Great American Pastiche
Video Sundays, The Art of the Trailer Edition: "The Crazies" vs. "Green Zone"
The Notebook's 2nd Annual Writers' Poll: Fantasy Double Features of 2009, Part I
The Notebook's 2nd Annual Writers' Poll: Fantasy Double...
- 1/7/2010
- MUBI
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