In his home office in Nashville, Cidny Bullens glances at a photo perched behind him: a young, pouty-faced 28-year-old in a Superman T-shirt, cradling an electric guitar. “I look at me as a different person,” says Bullens, who now sports short hair and a wisp of a mustache. “I don’t say, ‘Oh, that’s a great picture.’ It’s like an entity, you know.”
That photo adorned the cover of Desire Wire, the 1978 debut album by the artist then-known as Cindy Bullens. By the time of its release, Bullens had a formidable résumé,...
That photo adorned the cover of Desire Wire, the 1978 debut album by the artist then-known as Cindy Bullens. By the time of its release, Bullens had a formidable résumé,...
- 11/2/2023
- by David Browne
- Rollingstone.com
When Alfred Hitchcock fired the composer behind “Vertigo” and “Psycho” over creative differences during the production of “Torn Curtain” in May 1966, it was clear that film music was changing. Although Bernard Herrmann’s theremin-laden score for “The Day the Earth Stood Still” had changed the game, his rugged determination not to succumb to rock ‘n’ roll, jazz, or (God forbid) “theme tune” scores that were quickly becoming all the rage in Hollywood made him an enemy of serial pragmatist Hitchcock. They never worked together again.
Three months later, The Beatles released “Revolver,” with what The Village Voice called a “bent and pulverised sound” — and pop music had gone electronic. Amid times a-changin’, Herrmann dug his heels in. His final score a decade later, for “Taxi Driver,” is as classic as they come.
When the synthesizer again altered the sound of film music in the 1980s, Herrmann’s fingerprints were, ironically,...
Three months later, The Beatles released “Revolver,” with what The Village Voice called a “bent and pulverised sound” — and pop music had gone electronic. Amid times a-changin’, Herrmann dug his heels in. His final score a decade later, for “Taxi Driver,” is as classic as they come.
When the synthesizer again altered the sound of film music in the 1980s, Herrmann’s fingerprints were, ironically,...
- 8/15/2023
- by Adam Solomons
- Indiewire
Queer music artists have always been influential. However, many have gone under appreciated throughout history. When it comes to award shows, queer artists have also been very much present, despite society’s homophobia and transphobia. So to celebrate Pride month, here are 10 music-related queer award show moments worth remembering. For 10 others, check here.
Angela Morley becomes the first openly trans person to earn an Academy Award nomination
The first trans person to be nominated for an Oscar contended for music. The great Angela Morley achieved this in 1974 as one of the four composers for the film “The Little Prince.” Morley’s nomination was a huge step forward in LGBTQ+ history, and it’s rare even to this day, with the number of trans individuals nominated for the Oscar still being very small.
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R.E.M. wins two Grammys...
Angela Morley becomes the first openly trans person to earn an Academy Award nomination
The first trans person to be nominated for an Oscar contended for music. The great Angela Morley achieved this in 1974 as one of the four composers for the film “The Little Prince.” Morley’s nomination was a huge step forward in LGBTQ+ history, and it’s rare even to this day, with the number of trans individuals nominated for the Oscar still being very small.
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R.E.M. wins two Grammys...
- 6/24/2023
- by Jaime Rodriguez
- Gold Derby
A couple weeks ago, we learned that Rue Morgue Magazine founder Rodrigo Gudiño’s film The Breach will be getting a VOD and digital release in the UK and Ireland on July 10th – and now it has been confirmed that the film will be reaching VOD and digital in the US just one day later, on July 11th! A trailer for The Breach can be seen in the embed above, so check it out and see if this looks like a movie you’ll want to watch next month.
The release date in Australia and New Zealand is July 12th.
Based on an Audible Original Podcast written by Nick Cutter (get the audiobook Here), The Breach follows John Hawkins, who is set to retire from his post as police chief of the small town of Lone Crow that is tucked away in the deep woods of northern Ontario. But following...
The release date in Australia and New Zealand is July 12th.
Based on an Audible Original Podcast written by Nick Cutter (get the audiobook Here), The Breach follows John Hawkins, who is set to retire from his post as police chief of the small town of Lone Crow that is tucked away in the deep woods of northern Ontario. But following...
- 6/13/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
JoBlo’s own Tyler Nichols already got to see Rue Morgue Magazine founder Rodrigo Gudiño’s film The Breach a year ago, but the film still doesn’t have a release date in the US. It does have a release date in the UK and Ireland, though, and it’s not far away: the movie will be getting a VOD and digital release there on July 10th. Along with the release date announcement comes the unveiling of a new trailer for The Breach, and you can check that out in the embed above.
If you’re in Australia or New Zealand and want to see The Breach soon, you’re in luck. The release date in those territories is coming just two days after the film will be available to watch in the UK and Ireland.
Based on an Audible Original Podcast written by Nick Cutter (get the audiobook Here), The Breach follows John Hawkins,...
If you’re in Australia or New Zealand and want to see The Breach soon, you’re in luck. The release date in those territories is coming just two days after the film will be available to watch in the UK and Ireland.
Based on an Audible Original Podcast written by Nick Cutter (get the audiobook Here), The Breach follows John Hawkins,...
- 6/1/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
The Beatles‘ Abbey Road is one of the band’s most acclaimed offerings. The album gave us massive hits in addition to sadly overlooked songs. Notably, John Lennon wished he had performed the vocals on one of the greatest tracks from The Beatles’ Abbey Road.
An image of the cover of The Beatles’ ‘Abbey Road’ | Krafft Angerer / Stringer 5. ‘Because’
In 1968, Wendy Carlos released the album Switched-On Bach, which featured selections of classical music played on a synthesizer. The Beatles accomplished something very similar in 1969 with “Because.” According to a 1980 interview from the book All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono, John said the synthesizer-laden tune was inspired by Ludwig van Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata.
Both Moonlight Sonata and “Because” have similarly haunting atmospheres. While listeners can project anything onto Beethoven’s instrumental, “Because” is a hippie meditation on the beauty of the universe.
An image of the cover of The Beatles’ ‘Abbey Road’ | Krafft Angerer / Stringer 5. ‘Because’
In 1968, Wendy Carlos released the album Switched-On Bach, which featured selections of classical music played on a synthesizer. The Beatles accomplished something very similar in 1969 with “Because.” According to a 1980 interview from the book All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono, John said the synthesizer-laden tune was inspired by Ludwig van Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata.
Both Moonlight Sonata and “Because” have similarly haunting atmospheres. While listeners can project anything onto Beethoven’s instrumental, “Because” is a hippie meditation on the beauty of the universe.
- 3/7/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Kim Petras is celebrating the significance of her Grammys win. In an interview at Universal Music Group's after-party, she discussed becoming the first transgender woman to win the award for best pop duo/group performance at the Feb. 5 event. "Labels matter so much. So, for the Recording Academy to honor me for the work that I put in . . .," she told Entertainment Tonight. "I was a singer who had transgender in front of their name for years . . . That's the first thing people know about me, and it just feels, as a musician and someone who's put in years and years - over 10 years of writing songs and being in the industry - it feels incredible."
She went on to thank her collaborator Sam Smith, who she shares her win for their song "Unholy" with. "I'm so grateful to Sam for putting me on that beautiful song and I love that song,...
She went on to thank her collaborator Sam Smith, who she shares her win for their song "Unholy" with. "I'm so grateful to Sam for putting me on that beautiful song and I love that song,...
- 2/6/2023
- by Eden Arielle Gordon
- Popsugar.com
Kim Petras marked her win for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance with Sam Smith by reminding folks how she trailblazed her way to the Grammy stage.
“Sam graciously wanted me to accept this award because I’m the first transgender woman to win this award,” she announced from stage to huge applause.
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Smith then encouraged folks to keep standing up for his partner on “Unholy.” This is Smith’s first Grammy win as a nonbinary artist (they came out as nonbinary after winning four Grammys in 2015).
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“I just want to thank all the incredible trangender legends before me who kicked these...
“Sam graciously wanted me to accept this award because I’m the first transgender woman to win this award,” she announced from stage to huge applause.
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Smith then encouraged folks to keep standing up for his partner on “Unholy.” This is Smith’s first Grammy win as a nonbinary artist (they came out as nonbinary after winning four Grammys in 2015).
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“I just want to thank all the incredible trangender legends before me who kicked these...
- 2/6/2023
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
Brian Wilson is sometimes called the “Beethoven of Rock.” Of all the classical composers, though, there’s one that “makes the most sense” to this Beach Boys songwriter. Here’s what Wilson said about J.S. Bach, who he called the “greatest musical innovator.”
Brian Wilson was a songwriter for the Beach Boys — sharing support for other musicians Brian Wilson of the rock and roll band The Beach Boys directs from the control room while recording ‘Pet Sounds’ | Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
They bring the “Good Vibrations.” The Beach Boys were known for their doo-wop-inspired harmonies, with the group also releasing rock hits and holiday songs. Most songs were co-written by band members Mike Love and Brian Wilson.
According to Far Out Magazine, Wilson was inspired by other chart-topping artists of the time. That includes The Ronettes’ “Be My Baby,” which holds some resemblance to the Beach Boys’ “Don’t Worry Baby.
Brian Wilson was a songwriter for the Beach Boys — sharing support for other musicians Brian Wilson of the rock and roll band The Beach Boys directs from the control room while recording ‘Pet Sounds’ | Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
They bring the “Good Vibrations.” The Beach Boys were known for their doo-wop-inspired harmonies, with the group also releasing rock hits and holiday songs. Most songs were co-written by band members Mike Love and Brian Wilson.
According to Far Out Magazine, Wilson was inspired by other chart-topping artists of the time. That includes The Ronettes’ “Be My Baby,” which holds some resemblance to the Beach Boys’ “Don’t Worry Baby.
- 1/28/2023
- by Julia Dzurillay
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Happy Monday, dear readers! We’re back today (after a slight delay) with the latest installment of Daily Dead’s 2022 Holiday Gift Guide, which focuses on a ton of great movie soundtracks released on vinyl throughout 2022. I’ve broken down all the titles by where you can find them, whether it’s on Waxwork Records or Mondo’s sites, or via other sites like Amazon and other retailers.
One of my favorite gifts to get every holiday season is soundtrack LPs, and I suspect it’s pretty similar for a lot of other horror fans out there, so be sure to check out the entire list so that it can help you as you finish up your shopping this holiday season.
Cheers!
Waxwork Records:
Nope Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Michael Abels
Oscar® winner Jordan Peele disrupted and redefined modern horror with Get Out and then Us. Now, he reimagines...
One of my favorite gifts to get every holiday season is soundtrack LPs, and I suspect it’s pretty similar for a lot of other horror fans out there, so be sure to check out the entire list so that it can help you as you finish up your shopping this holiday season.
Cheers!
Waxwork Records:
Nope Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Michael Abels
Oscar® winner Jordan Peele disrupted and redefined modern horror with Get Out and then Us. Now, he reimagines...
- 12/5/2022
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
So much of our collective love of horror is grounded in the visual: A splash of gore, an inventive creature design, an image so startling and unexpected it lingers long after the lights come back up. It’s only right for a genre that takes our greatest fears and gives them shape (perhaps even The Shape). But there’s a frightening power in the unseen as well, and many of horror’s crowning achievements have demonstrated that nothing sweetens a scare or ratchets the tension of a chilling set piece quite like a good instrumental score.
Horror has long been at the forefront of innovations in makeup, visual effects, sound design, and cinematography, and its impact on film and television music is no different. One of the earliest electronic instruments, the theremin, gave otherworldly texture to “The Spiral Staircase” and “The Thing From Another World” before its synthesizer and sequencer...
Horror has long been at the forefront of innovations in makeup, visual effects, sound design, and cinematography, and its impact on film and television music is no different. One of the earliest electronic instruments, the theremin, gave otherworldly texture to “The Spiral Staircase” and “The Thing From Another World” before its synthesizer and sequencer...
- 10/19/2022
- by Erik Adams
- Indiewire
On July 9, 1982, Disney unveiled the sci-fi actioner Tron in theaters, where it would gross $33 million and, decades later, get a sequel in Tron: Legacy. The Hollywood Reporter’s original review is below:
It would be all too easy to describe the Disney Studios’ Tron as yet another special effects movie in a year that has seen special effects achieve unprecedented heights of sophistication and technical virtuosity. It is that, of course, and it probably relies more heavily on computer-generated animations than any other movie yet produced. Both the eye and the mind are continually boggled by a bombardment of images that quite literally defy description. Who could hope to describe the electronically produced transformations that take place at faster-than-lightning speeds in the complex circuitry of a computer? They must be seen to be believed and even then you’re not quite sure.
But young Steven Lisberger, who both wrote and directed Tron,...
It would be all too easy to describe the Disney Studios’ Tron as yet another special effects movie in a year that has seen special effects achieve unprecedented heights of sophistication and technical virtuosity. It is that, of course, and it probably relies more heavily on computer-generated animations than any other movie yet produced. Both the eye and the mind are continually boggled by a bombardment of images that quite literally defy description. Who could hope to describe the electronically produced transformations that take place at faster-than-lightning speeds in the complex circuitry of a computer? They must be seen to be believed and even then you’re not quite sure.
But young Steven Lisberger, who both wrote and directed Tron,...
- 7/9/2022
- by Arthur Knight
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Perhaps the biggest moment of the 2022 Grammys was the coronation of Jon Batiste’s “We Are” as Album of the Year. To many, especially those who don’t really follow the Grammys closely, Batiste’s win was odd given that it wasn’t a particularly big hit or the most acclaimed of the pack. This win prompts us Grammy watchers to consider possible upsets in the future, especially since Batiste’s victory was the first since the decision to get rid of the nominations committees, which were small panels of Grammy voters who filtered through the top 15 or 20 most voted in each category in order to make nominations look better — according, of course, to their own tastes. This year another Americana-leaning artist like Batiste will be competing for the top prize, and unlike Batiste she already has a handful of Grammys to her name.
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- 6/30/2022
- by Jaime Rodriguez
- Gold Derby
While queer musicians have always been around, representation often comes in the way of gay, lesbian or bisexual artists. Unfortunately, transgender artists have been especially underrepresented. These days trans, nonbinary, or non-gender-conforming artists like Sam Smith, Arca, Janelle Monáe, Kim Petras, and Big Freedia have been able to create space for transgender artists. However, back in the 1960s, one artist was already pushing music forward. Let’s look back at Wendy Carlos, her monumental record “Switched-On Bach,” and how it helped both her and the trans community along the way — while also winning three Grammys.
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Wendy Carlos was always a genius. According to her bio, after mastering her piano skills she attended Brown University and double majored in physics and music. Afterwards she earned a master’s degree in music composition at Columbia University. With such knowledge, it’s no surprise she was working...
SEEBillboard Hot 100: Every #1 song of 2022
Wendy Carlos was always a genius. According to her bio, after mastering her piano skills she attended Brown University and double majored in physics and music. Afterwards she earned a master’s degree in music composition at Columbia University. With such knowledge, it’s no surprise she was working...
- 6/18/2022
- by Jaime Rodriguez
- Gold Derby
For Loki, composer Natalie Holt knew that there were two tracks that were essential to the score. After creating themes for Loki and the Tva, Holt found her score easily branching out to create themes for the other characters as well.
Loki takes place after Avengers: Endgame, when the god of mischief escapes and creates a parallel universe that alerts the Time Variance Authority, or Tva. When given a choice between helping the Tva or meeting his demise, Loki sets off on a time-traveling thriller in search of a much greater threat.
Holt worked closely with director Kate Herron on figuring out what instruments and musical styles would work for a character like Loki. When the pandemic shutdown production, she was given more time to experiment which led to a varied score that perfectly captures the chaotic nature of Loki.
Deadline: What did director Kate Herron have in mind for the score?...
Loki takes place after Avengers: Endgame, when the god of mischief escapes and creates a parallel universe that alerts the Time Variance Authority, or Tva. When given a choice between helping the Tva or meeting his demise, Loki sets off on a time-traveling thriller in search of a much greater threat.
Holt worked closely with director Kate Herron on figuring out what instruments and musical styles would work for a character like Loki. When the pandemic shutdown production, she was given more time to experiment which led to a varied score that perfectly captures the chaotic nature of Loki.
Deadline: What did director Kate Herron have in mind for the score?...
- 6/7/2022
- by Ryan Fleming
- Deadline Film + TV
The first episode of Season 2 of “Russian Doll” ends with Nadia (Natasha Lyonne) alone in Central Park, at an impressive new low for a woman who’s died dozens of times: After boarding the 6 train in 2022, she’s disembarked in 1982, on the night her mother, Nora (Chloë Sevigny), lost the 149 gold coins that made up Nadia’s family inheritance. To make matters worse, Nadia is (more or less) occupying Nora’s body.
But the episode also ends on a wonderful musical high, the crashing cymbals and blasting organ of “Get It While You Can” adding momentum to a rotating 360-degree shot that switches between Lyonne and Sevigny and back again. Janis Joplin’s rendition of the gleeful soul track isn’t really for either mother or daughter. It’s for us. It’s a celebration of the fact that “Russian Doll” is back and weirder than ever.
Music supervisor Brienne Rose...
But the episode also ends on a wonderful musical high, the crashing cymbals and blasting organ of “Get It While You Can” adding momentum to a rotating 360-degree shot that switches between Lyonne and Sevigny and back again. Janis Joplin’s rendition of the gleeful soul track isn’t really for either mother or daughter. It’s for us. It’s a celebration of the fact that “Russian Doll” is back and weirder than ever.
Music supervisor Brienne Rose...
- 4/20/2022
- by Sarah Shachat
- Indiewire
As society progresses, we’ve seen increasing acceptance of queer artists in the music industry, particularly in the past decade. While there have always been queer artists making iconic music — from Tchaikovsky to Wendy Carlos to K.D. Lang — these past few years have shown a great influx in not only the number of out artists, but also explicitly queer themes in their music. As such, the Grammys, self-described as music’s biggest night, have also evolved in their treatment of LGBTQ+ artists. And 2022 could be a banner year.
The 2022 Grammys already mark an important milestone for queer musicians. For Record of the Year, three openly queer artists are nominated. Lady Gaga, who’s bisexual, is nominated for her joyous jazz collaboration “I Get A Kick Out Of You” with Tony Bennett. Brandi Carlile, a lesbian, is nominated once again in this category with “Right On Time,” following her Record of...
The 2022 Grammys already mark an important milestone for queer musicians. For Record of the Year, three openly queer artists are nominated. Lady Gaga, who’s bisexual, is nominated for her joyous jazz collaboration “I Get A Kick Out Of You” with Tony Bennett. Brandi Carlile, a lesbian, is nominated once again in this category with “Right On Time,” following her Record of...
- 2/16/2022
- by Jaime Rodriguez
- Gold Derby
Retrospectives and focuses planned for Jane Campion, Satyajit Ray, Hayao Miyazaki.
Opening day screenings of The Wizard of Oz, and ongoing series highlighting among other subjects Oscar films directed by women and live conversations are among the roster of more than 115 films and events set for the first three months of Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.
Two performances of the classic 1939 fantasy adaptation The Wizard of Oz starring Judy Garland will open the museum on September 30, with live musical accompaniment by American Youth Symphony conducted by David Newman.
The inaugural programming schedule of series include ’Stories Of Cinema’ selections from...
Opening day screenings of The Wizard of Oz, and ongoing series highlighting among other subjects Oscar films directed by women and live conversations are among the roster of more than 115 films and events set for the first three months of Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.
Two performances of the classic 1939 fantasy adaptation The Wizard of Oz starring Judy Garland will open the museum on September 30, with live musical accompaniment by American Youth Symphony conducted by David Newman.
The inaugural programming schedule of series include ’Stories Of Cinema’ selections from...
- 7/21/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Academy Museum Reveals Launch Programs and Screenings for Fall, from Spike Lee to ‘The Wizard of Oz’
Finally, after years of delays, some caused by the pandemic, some not, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on La Brea and Wilshire has revealed its launch schedule of live screenings and public programs to begin on opening day, September 30. The first three months brings over 115 film programs, panels, and events, beginning with two screenings of MGM musical “The Wizard of Oz” (1939) with live musical accompaniment by the American Youth Symphony conducted by Oscar perennial David Newman.
Among the continuing virtual programs leading up to the museum’s opening are a conversation with Oscar-winner Spike Lee and writer-director-producer Shaka King, and a 20th anniversary screening of “Y tu mamá también”. Clearly, the Academy Museum is launching at a time when inclusion and diversity are front and center for curators and programmers. “As with all of our exhibitions and initiatives,” stated Bill Kramer, Director and President of the Academy Museum, “we...
Among the continuing virtual programs leading up to the museum’s opening are a conversation with Oscar-winner Spike Lee and writer-director-producer Shaka King, and a 20th anniversary screening of “Y tu mamá también”. Clearly, the Academy Museum is launching at a time when inclusion and diversity are front and center for curators and programmers. “As with all of our exhibitions and initiatives,” stated Bill Kramer, Director and President of the Academy Museum, “we...
- 7/21/2021
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Academy Museum Reveals Launch Programs and Screenings for Fall, from Spike Lee to ‘The Wizard of Oz’
Finally, after years of delays, some caused by the pandemic, some not, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on La Brea and Wilshire has revealed its launch schedule of live screenings and public programs to begin on opening day, September 30. The first three months brings over 115 film programs, panels, and events, beginning with two screenings of MGM musical “The Wizard of Oz” (1939) with live musical accompaniment by the American Youth Symphony conducted by Oscar perennial David Newman.
Among the continuing virtual programs leading up to the museum’s opening are a conversation with Oscar-winner Spike Lee and writer-director-producer Shaka King, and a 20th anniversary screening of “Y tu mamá también”. Clearly, the Academy Museum is launching at a time when inclusion and diversity are front and center for curators and programmers. “As with all of our exhibitions and initiatives,” stated Bill Kramer, Director and President of the Academy Museum, “we...
Among the continuing virtual programs leading up to the museum’s opening are a conversation with Oscar-winner Spike Lee and writer-director-producer Shaka King, and a 20th anniversary screening of “Y tu mamá también”. Clearly, the Academy Museum is launching at a time when inclusion and diversity are front and center for curators and programmers. “As with all of our exhibitions and initiatives,” stated Bill Kramer, Director and President of the Academy Museum, “we...
- 7/21/2021
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures has announced its inaugural in-person programming schedule, which features two screenings of “The Wizard of Oz” with a live accompaniment by the American Youth Symphony, conducted by composer David Newman, on opening day.
During the first three months of the museum’s opening, it will offer a diverse and robust slate of over 115 screenings, discussions and programs, along with ongoing special and standalone series
Special series and standalone screenings include:
“Malcolm X“ in 70mm: a screening for Academy Museum Members of the seminal film, with special guests Spike Lee and Denzel Washington. Oscar Frights: featuring screenings of Oscar-winning and nominated horror films, including “Get Out” (2017) and “Psycho” (1960). Hayao Miyazaki: in conjunction with the Academy Museum’s landmark exhibition on Hayao Miyazaki, the Academy Museum will screen the filmmaker’s complete body of work as a feature director, including “My Neighbor Totoro” (1988) and “Spirited Away...
During the first three months of the museum’s opening, it will offer a diverse and robust slate of over 115 screenings, discussions and programs, along with ongoing special and standalone series
Special series and standalone screenings include:
“Malcolm X“ in 70mm: a screening for Academy Museum Members of the seminal film, with special guests Spike Lee and Denzel Washington. Oscar Frights: featuring screenings of Oscar-winning and nominated horror films, including “Get Out” (2017) and “Psycho” (1960). Hayao Miyazaki: in conjunction with the Academy Museum’s landmark exhibition on Hayao Miyazaki, the Academy Museum will screen the filmmaker’s complete body of work as a feature director, including “My Neighbor Totoro” (1988) and “Spirited Away...
- 7/21/2021
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
“Loki” composer Natalie Holt immediately knew that she wanted the sliding, spacey eeriness of the theremin to musically convey the God of Mischief (Tom Hiddleston) trapped in the retro world of the Time Variance Authority (Tva). And director Kate Herron was on board with it too. They both had an appreciation for the electronic instrument’s iconic presence in “Spellbound,” “The Day the Earth Stood Still,” and “Star Trek.” They were also fans of theremin virtuoso Clara Rockmore, and even arranged to license a few of her pieces (including “The Swan”) to sprinkle throughout the score.
“Loki’s such a fascinating character and we can all identify with having a mischievous, cheeky side, a slightly naughty side,” Holt said. “So he’s just revealing more of his [vulnerability] in this show. I felt like it was really important for his theme to have [the theremin] and to integrate it with other instruments and...
“Loki’s such a fascinating character and we can all identify with having a mischievous, cheeky side, a slightly naughty side,” Holt said. “So he’s just revealing more of his [vulnerability] in this show. I felt like it was really important for his theme to have [the theremin] and to integrate it with other instruments and...
- 7/15/2021
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
Laurie Anderson performed a pair of songs off her trailblazing 1982 album Big Science for the latest installment of NPR’s Tiny Desk (Home) Concerts.
For the 20-minute set from New York’s Canal Street Communications, Anderson delivered “Let x=x” and her classic “O, Superman,” with the musician accompanied on keyboards by Roma Baran, who performed on and co-produced Big Science.
“We put this out a very long time ago… just yesterday,” Anderson said of Big Science, which was remastered and reissued on red vinyl in April, the first vinyl...
For the 20-minute set from New York’s Canal Street Communications, Anderson delivered “Let x=x” and her classic “O, Superman,” with the musician accompanied on keyboards by Roma Baran, who performed on and co-produced Big Science.
“We put this out a very long time ago… just yesterday,” Anderson said of Big Science, which was remastered and reissued on red vinyl in April, the first vinyl...
- 5/20/2021
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Electronic music — or, as we think of it today, most popular music — is so taken for granted that it’s easy to forget its original pioneers were iconoclasts of their time. Lisa Rovner’s new documentary Sisters With Transistors, about the women who expanded the technological and artistic possibilities of the form during the 20th century, presents those forebears with grace, accessibility, and a touch of the avant-garde.
Beginning with Clara Rockmore, the violin prodigy who dazzled audiences in the 1920s with her theremin (an electronic instrument played via hand movements through the air,...
Beginning with Clara Rockmore, the violin prodigy who dazzled audiences in the 1920s with her theremin (an electronic instrument played via hand movements through the air,...
- 4/29/2021
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For daily updates follow us @NotebookMUBI.NEWSAbove: Monte Hellman and his dog Kona. Monte Hellman, cult director of The Shooting (1966), Two-Lane Blacktop (1971) and Road to Nowhere (2010) has died. Hellman spoke with Notebook on several occasions about his films, decrying the committee-designed quality of new films while staying true to his own long-held principles: "I am aware of continually breaking rules." Léos Carax's first English-language film, the musical Annette, will be opening the 74th Cannes Film Festival on July 6th. The film will simultaneously be released in French cinemas. Two other Cannes titles have also been announced, having been selected for last year's postponed edition of the festival: Wes Anderson's The French Dispatch and Paul Verhoeven's Benedetta. Steven Soderbergh is undertaking the overwhelming creative task of staging this year's Oscars ceremony. As Soderbergh says, the project is "the walking...
- 4/21/2021
- MUBI
Musician Wendy Carlos wrote the score to Stanley Kubrick‘s “A Clockwork Orange,” “The Shining,” Disney’s “Tron” and helped popularize the Moog synthesizer in the 1960s and 1970s. Clara Rockmore helped popularize the otherworldly theremin instrument in the 1960s, but both figures are essentially still just obscure cult figures in music. That’s hopefully going to change a little bit with “Sisters With Transistors,” a new documentary about the female pioneers in electronic music whose radical 20th-century experiments redefined the boundaries of music.
Continue reading ‘Sisters With Transistors’ Exclusive Trailer: Wendy Carlos & The Female Synth Pioneers Get The Spotlight at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘Sisters With Transistors’ Exclusive Trailer: Wendy Carlos & The Female Synth Pioneers Get The Spotlight at The Playlist.
- 4/19/2021
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
Metrograph Pictures has acquired U.S. rights to “Sisters With Transistors,” a documentary about the women who were the pioneers of electronic music. The film will debut virtually on Metrograph’s website on April 23.
Directed by Lisa Rovner, “Sisters With Transistors” had its world premiere at the 2020 South by Southwest Film Festival and later played at AFI Fest.
“‘Sisters With Transistors’ was a true revelation to us,” said Metrograph Pictures’s head of distribution George Schmalz. “The untold story of the groundbreaking women who brought us some of the most revealing music ever created, ‘Sisters With Transistors’ is an impeccably crafted film that we’re thrilled to bring to audiences nationwide.”
The doc spotlights critical but little-known female leaders of electronic music, including Clara Rockmore, Daphne Oram, Bebe Barron, Pauline Oliveros, Delia Derbyshire, Wendy Carlos, Maryanne Amacher, Eliane Radigue, Suzanne Ciani and Laurie Spiegel. “Sisters With Transistors” was narrated by Laurie Anderson.
Directed by Lisa Rovner, “Sisters With Transistors” had its world premiere at the 2020 South by Southwest Film Festival and later played at AFI Fest.
“‘Sisters With Transistors’ was a true revelation to us,” said Metrograph Pictures’s head of distribution George Schmalz. “The untold story of the groundbreaking women who brought us some of the most revealing music ever created, ‘Sisters With Transistors’ is an impeccably crafted film that we’re thrilled to bring to audiences nationwide.”
The doc spotlights critical but little-known female leaders of electronic music, including Clara Rockmore, Daphne Oram, Bebe Barron, Pauline Oliveros, Delia Derbyshire, Wendy Carlos, Maryanne Amacher, Eliane Radigue, Suzanne Ciani and Laurie Spiegel. “Sisters With Transistors” was narrated by Laurie Anderson.
- 2/8/2021
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For daily updates follow us @NotebookMUBI.NEWSAbove: aKasha.We've been alerted by the programming team at the Toronto International Film Festival that Sudanese filmmaker Hajooj Kuka (aKasha), along with five other artists, has been sentenced to two months in prison.Speaking of TIFF, Chloé Zhao's Nomadland won the disrupted festival's People's Choice Award. Other notable winners this year include Michelle Latimer's Inconvenient Indian, Chaitanya Tamhane's The Disciple, and Dea Kulumbegashvili's Beginning.The great French actor Michael Lonsdale has died at the age of 89. Lonsdale's career range was incredible, including Jacques Rivette's epic Out 1, the James Bond film Moonraker, Marguerite Duras's India Song, and Spielberg's Munich. His physically towering presence was one of the great connective tissues across international cinema.Recommended VIEWINGSpike Lee has been having a big year, first with Da 5 Bloods...
- 9/23/2020
- MUBI
Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For daily updates follow us @NotebookMUBI.NEWSLuther Price's Sodom (1989)Experimental filmmaker Luther Price, best known for his reappropriation of found footage into vivid, often graphic and controversial painted images, has died. A number of available films, as well as a Q&a with Price, can be found here.Kirill Serebrennikov is set to direct a limited series based on the life of Andrei Tarkovsky. Due to the impact of the ongoing health crisis, the dates for next year's Oscars and BAFTA ceremonies have been pushed to April of 2021. Recommended VIEWINGThe official trailer for House of Hummingbird, Kim Bora's portrait of youth in 1990's Korea. Read our interview with Kim here.For GQ, martial artist Scott Adkins thoroughly breaks down fight scenes from movies like Ip Man, The Bourne Supremacy, and Rush Hour.A new short by David Lynch, The Story of a Small Bug,...
- 6/17/2020
- MUBI
Part of our on-going series Notebook Soundtrack Mixes.Wendy Carlos sits away from the limelight. Some might say she is somewhat a mysterious figure in the realms she is recognized in: film composition, classical composition, and electronic music. A pioneer of electronic music invention and application, Carlos is behind the development of much that we now take for granted in contemporary music, helping open up a word of new possibilities for future generations of composers and bedroom producers alike. Studying music and physics at Brown in the 1960s, Carlos went on to earn a masters in music at Columbia under the tutelage of electronic composer pioneer Vladimir Ussachevsky. It was there, a year before graduating, that Carlos met Robert Moog. The two began a partnership with a mutual vision: to create an instrument with the same expression as the piano, to update the form in the same way the piano updated the clavichord.
- 6/16/2020
- MUBI
[Editor’s note: “Le Choc du Futur” is one of more than 100 movies originally scheduled to screen at the SXSW Film Festival in March. After the coronavirus outbreak forced the festival to cancel, event organizers partnered with Amazon Prime to make seven of those features available to stream for free through Weds., May 6.]
Turn on just about any pop radio station at any point over the last quarter century, and chances are good that the vast majority of the sounds you’ll be hearing were created on machines. Yet on film, representations of musicmaking are still largely stuck in a more analog era. Maybe that’s due to a lingering generational bias, or maybe watching a girl strap on a Les Paul or sit down at a piano is just inherently more cinematic than watching her tapping away at an 808. Whatever the case, French musician Marc Collin’s debut feature “Le Choc du Futur...
Turn on just about any pop radio station at any point over the last quarter century, and chances are good that the vast majority of the sounds you’ll be hearing were created on machines. Yet on film, representations of musicmaking are still largely stuck in a more analog era. Maybe that’s due to a lingering generational bias, or maybe watching a girl strap on a Les Paul or sit down at a piano is just inherently more cinematic than watching her tapping away at an 808. Whatever the case, French musician Marc Collin’s debut feature “Le Choc du Futur...
- 5/1/2020
- by Andrew Barker
- Variety Film + TV
Polish composer and conductor Krzysztof Penderecki, whose often disturbing and challenging avant-garde music has turned up in films from “The Shining” to “The Exorcist” and “Children of Men,” and as recently as the TV series “Twin Peaks: The Return,” died at his home in Krakow on Sunday, March 29. He was 86 years old.
Penderecki’s greatest influence on any modern composer can perhaps be found in the work of Johnny Greenwood, the lead guitarist and keyboardist of Radiohead and musician behind the soundtracks for films including Paul Thomas Anderson’s “There Will Be Blood,” “Phantom Thread” and “The Master,” as well as Lynne Ramsay’s “We Need to Talk About Kevin” and “You Were Never Really Here.”
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“What sad news to wake to. Penderecki...
Penderecki’s greatest influence on any modern composer can perhaps be found in the work of Johnny Greenwood, the lead guitarist and keyboardist of Radiohead and musician behind the soundtracks for films including Paul Thomas Anderson’s “There Will Be Blood,” “Phantom Thread” and “The Master,” as well as Lynne Ramsay’s “We Need to Talk About Kevin” and “You Were Never Really Here.”
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- 3/29/2020
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Among the documentaries premiering at this year’s TriBeCa Film Festival is Stacey Lee’s debut feature-length project, “Underplayed,” about the gender inequality in electronic music. No stranger to the festival, Lee’s documentary short, “Live Fast, Draw Yung,” about a seven-year-old rap portrait artist and his relationship with his father, premiered at TriBeCa in 2015.
“Underplayed” was initiated by Bud Light Canada and presented to Toronto native and music video veteran Director X, who put Lee’s name forward. Shot over a period of six months, Lee brings viewers into the professional and personal worlds of established superstars like TOKiMONSTA and Alison Wonderland, newcomers like Sherelle and hardworking underground artists like Tigerpaw. Beautifully shot and creatively edited, “Underplayed” was made with an all-female crew.
“I’m a female filmmaker in an industry that is also underrepresented,” says Lee. “My own trajectory to being taken seriously was long and hard.”
While...
“Underplayed” was initiated by Bud Light Canada and presented to Toronto native and music video veteran Director X, who put Lee’s name forward. Shot over a period of six months, Lee brings viewers into the professional and personal worlds of established superstars like TOKiMONSTA and Alison Wonderland, newcomers like Sherelle and hardworking underground artists like Tigerpaw. Beautifully shot and creatively edited, “Underplayed” was made with an all-female crew.
“I’m a female filmmaker in an industry that is also underrepresented,” says Lee. “My own trajectory to being taken seriously was long and hard.”
While...
- 3/4/2020
- by Lily Moayeri
- Variety Film + TV
Following 2015’s stellar Carrie & Lowell (and the even better live album version), Sufjan Stevens kept busy providing tracks for Call Me By Your Name, releasing side projects, a few great singles, and more, but those enduring the wait for his next album can now rest easy. It’s been announced and, as expected, it’s totally unexpected.
Titled Aporia, the 21-track “mostly instrumental” album is a collaboration with his stepfather Lowell Bram, with whom he co-founded the label Asthmatic Kitty. Described as a “new age” album—and here’s where the film angle comes in—it was partially inspired by the scores for Blade Runner, Under the Skin, Hereditary, and The Last Temptation of Christ.
“In the spirit of the New Age composers who sanded off the edges of their synths’ sawtooth waves, Aporia approximates a rich soundtrack from an imagined sci-fi epic brimming with moody, hooky, gauzy synthesizer soundscapes,...
Titled Aporia, the 21-track “mostly instrumental” album is a collaboration with his stepfather Lowell Bram, with whom he co-founded the label Asthmatic Kitty. Described as a “new age” album—and here’s where the film angle comes in—it was partially inspired by the scores for Blade Runner, Under the Skin, Hereditary, and The Last Temptation of Christ.
“In the spirit of the New Age composers who sanded off the edges of their synths’ sawtooth waves, Aporia approximates a rich soundtrack from an imagined sci-fi epic brimming with moody, hooky, gauzy synthesizer soundscapes,...
- 2/5/2020
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
According to the late rock & roll historian Bon Scott of AC/DC and his barnstorming Old Testament scripture “Let There Be Rock,” the genre was born around 1955, when Pyotr Tchaikovsky said, “Let there be sound … light … drums … guitar,” all leading up to the revelation, “Let there be rock!” And while he may have gotten the timeline and provenance of rock & roll utterly and completely wrong, Scott captured the genre’s generally accepted origin story perfectly on the 1977 track. Within a few years, though, that definition was already changing, as new-wave...
- 1/15/2020
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
An electro-acoustic cello for a comic-book villain. Sampled whistling for young revolutionaries in a Latin American jungle. A German rendition of a Beatles song for a satire on the Third Reich. A retro synth score for the tribulations of a gambling addict. Angry, dissonant music for two men alone in a 19th-century lighthouse. Avant-garde saxophone solos digitally inserted into a soundtrack.
The rulebook for film composers has been thrown out, it seems. A number of this year’s films feature daring musical approaches, suggesting that filmmakers are more open to unusual soundscapes, which in turn makes their films even more interesting and provocative.
“It seems like there’s an openness of spirit, especially on the outskirts of Hollywood,” says Mica Levi, the British composer whose overpowering music for “Jackie” earned her a 2016 Oscar nomination. “There are always people who are interested in making something they haven’t seen, and therefore are open to taking risks.
The rulebook for film composers has been thrown out, it seems. A number of this year’s films feature daring musical approaches, suggesting that filmmakers are more open to unusual soundscapes, which in turn makes their films even more interesting and provocative.
“It seems like there’s an openness of spirit, especially on the outskirts of Hollywood,” says Mica Levi, the British composer whose overpowering music for “Jackie” earned her a 2016 Oscar nomination. “There are always people who are interested in making something they haven’t seen, and therefore are open to taking risks.
- 11/14/2019
- by Jon Burlingame
- Variety Film + TV
Doctor Sleep may be the sequel to The Shining, but it’s still very much its own book: The horrors aren’t just related to the Overlook Hotel and its ghosts, but also (spoiler alert) a roving pack of vampire-like creatures that feast on children who possess that psychic glimmer knowing as the shining. As such, the music for the upcoming film echoes the original Stanley Kubrick adaptation, but brings in its own special air of doom.
Consequence of Sound premiered two tracks scored by The Newton Brothers: “The Overlook,...
Consequence of Sound premiered two tracks scored by The Newton Brothers: “The Overlook,...
- 10/31/2019
- by Brenna Ehrlich
- Rollingstone.com
When I think about the American New Wave, I’m always traveling through the vast open roads of North America, its forever-changing landscapes and mythical American dreams, with all its bittersweet promise. Sonically speaking, I’m in that space, too. So much of the New Hollywood cinema is vast Americana; Death Valley and desert-hot gas stations, the ultimate nihilistic road movie. But so much of it is everywhere else too; sleek Manhattan apartment blocks, the old Wild West, and the outer regions of space. In my head it’s a mixtape of philosophical and artistic ideas, one of cinema’s counter-culture melting pots where more questions are raised than answered and the plot is not driven by a desire for resolution.This mix was dreamed up as a mixtape: driving across state lines, re-adjusting the radio station on the dashboard as the trip moves further towards a destination that is unknown.
- 10/13/2019
- MUBI
Burbank, CA, May 15, 2019 – Warner Bros. Home Entertainment announced today that The Shining, Stanley Kubrick’s terrifying 1980 horror masterpiece, will be released on Ultra HD Blu-ray and Digital on October 1. The 4K remastering is of Kubrick’s original 146 minute version of the film which premiered in the United States on May 23rd, 1980.
Now widely regarded as one of the greatest horror films ever made, The Shining was directed and produced by Kubrick, who wrote the screenplay with Diane Johnson. The film was based on the novel “The Shining” by Stephen King, and stars Jack Nicholson in an iconic role as Jack Torrance, Shelley Duval as Wendy Torrance, Scatman Crothers as Dick Halloran, and Danny Lloyd as Danny Torrance.
The 4K remastering was done using a new 4K scan of the original 35mm camera negative at Warner Bros. Motion Picture Imaging. Filmmaker Steven Spielberg and Stanley Kubrick’s former personal assistant Leon Vitali...
Now widely regarded as one of the greatest horror films ever made, The Shining was directed and produced by Kubrick, who wrote the screenplay with Diane Johnson. The film was based on the novel “The Shining” by Stephen King, and stars Jack Nicholson in an iconic role as Jack Torrance, Shelley Duval as Wendy Torrance, Scatman Crothers as Dick Halloran, and Danny Lloyd as Danny Torrance.
The 4K remastering was done using a new 4K scan of the original 35mm camera negative at Warner Bros. Motion Picture Imaging. Filmmaker Steven Spielberg and Stanley Kubrick’s former personal assistant Leon Vitali...
- 5/19/2019
- by ComicMix Staff
- Comicmix.com
Next year will mark the 40th anniversary of Stanley Kubrick's The Shining (based on Stephen King's novel of the same name) being released in theaters, and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment is starting the celebration this year with a 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray and Digital release of Kubrick's classic horror film on October 1st, featuring a 4K remaster that was overseen by Steven Spielberg and Leon Vitali, who worked as Kubrick's personal assistant.
From the Press Release: Burbank, CA, May 15, 2019 – Warner Bros. Home Entertainment announced today that
The Shining, Stanley Kubrick’s terrifying 1980 horror masterpiece, will be released on Ultra HD Blu-ray and Digital on October 1. The 4K remastering is of Kubrick’s original 146 minute version of the film which premiered in the United States on May 23rd, 1980.
Now widely regarded as one of the greatest horror films ever made, The Shining was directed and produced by Kubrick, who...
From the Press Release: Burbank, CA, May 15, 2019 – Warner Bros. Home Entertainment announced today that
The Shining, Stanley Kubrick’s terrifying 1980 horror masterpiece, will be released on Ultra HD Blu-ray and Digital on October 1. The 4K remastering is of Kubrick’s original 146 minute version of the film which premiered in the United States on May 23rd, 1980.
Now widely regarded as one of the greatest horror films ever made, The Shining was directed and produced by Kubrick, who...
- 5/15/2019
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
justice are The New York Dolls to Daft Punk’s Rolling Stones – brilliantly thieving acolytes whose giddily primitivist steez reminds you of what made their increasingly-baroque role models great in the first place.
This set is Justice’s third live LP, sorta — it’s essentially a studio remake of their current live set. Some songs are radically altered, others less so: their signature house banger “D.A.N.C.E” (66+ million streams on Spotify at last count) appears twice, in a teased-out disco version and a blow-out mash-up finale with...
This set is Justice’s third live LP, sorta — it’s essentially a studio remake of their current live set. Some songs are radically altered, others less so: their signature house banger “D.A.N.C.E” (66+ million streams on Spotify at last count) appears twice, in a teased-out disco version and a blow-out mash-up finale with...
- 8/29/2018
- by Will Hermes
- Rollingstone.com
Article by Jake Billingsley
Stanley Kubrick’s masterwork The Shining has been chosen by Marcus Wehrenberg Theatres as one of the four films in their October Friday night series. The Shining will be shown October 5th -7th and is presented by TCM. There will be one screening each night at 10 Pm. Admission is only $5. For more details and a list of participating theaters, go Here
http://www.marcustheatres.com/marcus-specials/marcus-film-series/october-horror-series-
The other films in the series include:
October 12-14: “A Nightmare on Elm Street”
October 19-21: “The Exorcist”
October 26-28: “Halloween”
In the year 1980, there were many memorable films. Most of us remember the magic of movies like Raging Bull, The Empire Strikes Back, Caddyshack, Ordinary People, and Airplane!. These films gave moviegoers the true “movie going” experience, and we are still going back for more 37 years later. Accompanying these films were 2 modern horror classics,...
Stanley Kubrick’s masterwork The Shining has been chosen by Marcus Wehrenberg Theatres as one of the four films in their October Friday night series. The Shining will be shown October 5th -7th and is presented by TCM. There will be one screening each night at 10 Pm. Admission is only $5. For more details and a list of participating theaters, go Here
http://www.marcustheatres.com/marcus-specials/marcus-film-series/october-horror-series-
The other films in the series include:
October 12-14: “A Nightmare on Elm Street”
October 19-21: “The Exorcist”
October 26-28: “Halloween”
In the year 1980, there were many memorable films. Most of us remember the magic of movies like Raging Bull, The Empire Strikes Back, Caddyshack, Ordinary People, and Airplane!. These films gave moviegoers the true “movie going” experience, and we are still going back for more 37 years later. Accompanying these films were 2 modern horror classics,...
- 10/5/2017
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Ryan Lambie Apr 10, 2017
What's The Shining really about? We delve into the underlying theme of Stanley Kubrick's horror classic...
Few horror films have been as closely studied and intimately dissected as Stanley Kubrick's The Shining. The simple story of a family ripped apart by the effects of a remote, haunted hotel, Kubrick's film has only grown in mystique since its release in 1980. Clearly, there's far more going on below the surface, but what does Kubrick's imagery and symbolism - much of it unique to the film, and absent from Stephen King's source novel - actually mean?
See related Quiz: Can you recognise these movie cats? Men In Black: David Schwimmer on turning down the lead role
Rodney Ascher's superb 2012 documentary Room 237 pulled together some of the more outlandish theories about The Shining. It's Kubrick's veiled confession that he helped Nasa fake the 1969 Moon landings,...
What's The Shining really about? We delve into the underlying theme of Stanley Kubrick's horror classic...
Few horror films have been as closely studied and intimately dissected as Stanley Kubrick's The Shining. The simple story of a family ripped apart by the effects of a remote, haunted hotel, Kubrick's film has only grown in mystique since its release in 1980. Clearly, there's far more going on below the surface, but what does Kubrick's imagery and symbolism - much of it unique to the film, and absent from Stephen King's source novel - actually mean?
See related Quiz: Can you recognise these movie cats? Men In Black: David Schwimmer on turning down the lead role
Rodney Ascher's superb 2012 documentary Room 237 pulled together some of the more outlandish theories about The Shining. It's Kubrick's veiled confession that he helped Nasa fake the 1969 Moon landings,...
- 4/4/2017
- Den of Geek
Becky Lea Sep 12, 2016
Our lookbacks at the screen adaptations of Stephen King arrive at the door of The Shining...
And so we arrive at the second in our series of lookbacks at the film adaptations of Stephen King's work. And it's a bit of a special one.
The Film: Well, you likely know. Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) is a writer in need of a job and so he takes the opportunity to spend the winter at Colorado’s Overlook Hotel, up in the mountains. With him is his wife Wendy (Shelley Duvall) and his son Danny (Danny Lloyd). Danny has an imaginary friend named Tony who warns him that heading to the Overlook is a really bad idea. When there, Danny talks with the cook, Dick Halloran (Scatman Crothers) and the pair reveal that they can communicate telepathically, something which Dick calls ‘shining’. Soon, the family are left on...
Our lookbacks at the screen adaptations of Stephen King arrive at the door of The Shining...
And so we arrive at the second in our series of lookbacks at the film adaptations of Stephen King's work. And it's a bit of a special one.
The Film: Well, you likely know. Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) is a writer in need of a job and so he takes the opportunity to spend the winter at Colorado’s Overlook Hotel, up in the mountains. With him is his wife Wendy (Shelley Duvall) and his son Danny (Danny Lloyd). Danny has an imaginary friend named Tony who warns him that heading to the Overlook is a really bad idea. When there, Danny talks with the cook, Dick Halloran (Scatman Crothers) and the pair reveal that they can communicate telepathically, something which Dick calls ‘shining’. Soon, the family are left on...
- 9/4/2016
- Den of Geek
Tony Sokol Jan 8, 2020
Nobody would blame you if you thought David Bowie was really an alien.
When David Bowie slipped away in 2016, he went out in a flurry of artistic output and a regret that he had more to say. His final album, Blackstar, held out the universal promise of the endless possibilities that can be found in vast emptiness of space. Bowie was an out of this world artist steeped in all forms of science fiction, and was even inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame in June 2013.
Bowie first cemented his public image as a stellar performer, we can’t really blame anyone for mistaking the man and the Starman. The rock and rolling space invader had been telling us not to be “afraid of the man in the moon because it's only me" since he promised to "Love You Till Tuesday" in 1967.
Bowie blasted...
Nobody would blame you if you thought David Bowie was really an alien.
When David Bowie slipped away in 2016, he went out in a flurry of artistic output and a regret that he had more to say. His final album, Blackstar, held out the universal promise of the endless possibilities that can be found in vast emptiness of space. Bowie was an out of this world artist steeped in all forms of science fiction, and was even inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame in June 2013.
Bowie first cemented his public image as a stellar performer, we can’t really blame anyone for mistaking the man and the Starman. The rock and rolling space invader had been telling us not to be “afraid of the man in the moon because it's only me" since he promised to "Love You Till Tuesday" in 1967.
Bowie blasted...
- 3/20/2016
- Den of Geek
“Babe, you made the best choice ever! You won’t regret this, I promise.” Created by Mezco Toyz, this Tiffany doll—based on her look from Bride of Chucky—speaks six phrases and is available to pre-order now. Also in this round-up: a Q&A with Kevin Riepl, the composer of the Cabin Fever reboot, and the Blu-ray details for the 1993 horror thriller The Crush!
Bride of Chucky Doll: From Mezco Toyz: “First introduced in the film Bride Of Chucky, Tiffany was the devoted girlfriend of killer Charles Lee Ray before his soul transferred into the ‘Good Guy’ doll that would come to be known as Chucky. After Chucky ended up in a police evidence vault, Tiffany used her feminine wiles to rescue him. When Chucky electrocutes her in a bathtub, he transfers her soul into a bridal doll. Now trapped in a doll body, Tiffany joins Chucky on his...
Bride of Chucky Doll: From Mezco Toyz: “First introduced in the film Bride Of Chucky, Tiffany was the devoted girlfriend of killer Charles Lee Ray before his soul transferred into the ‘Good Guy’ doll that would come to be known as Chucky. After Chucky ended up in a police evidence vault, Tiffany used her feminine wiles to rescue him. When Chucky electrocutes her in a bathtub, he transfers her soul into a bridal doll. Now trapped in a doll body, Tiffany joins Chucky on his...
- 2/27/2016
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
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The sensational, overlooked film scores from the years 1990 to 1999 that really are well worth digging out...
The movies went through tumultuous and exciting changes in the nineties. Quentin Tarantino exploded onto the scene with Reservoir Dogs, Generation X gave rise to slacker marvels like Clerks, and blockbusters like The Matrix put the awe back into special effects.
However, the 90s was also a sensational decade for film music, gifting us classics including the likes of Jurassic Park, Titanic, Total Recall, Braveheart and countless others. But the sheer quality of these soundtrack treasures shouldn’t overshadow those undervalued hidden gems that demonstrate the extraordinary range and versatility of our finest film composers, ones that may have passed you by. So here’s our selection of those incredible works: ranging from the earworming to the unsettling, the melodic to the chaotic, these are the scores that simply demand your attention.
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The sensational, overlooked film scores from the years 1990 to 1999 that really are well worth digging out...
The movies went through tumultuous and exciting changes in the nineties. Quentin Tarantino exploded onto the scene with Reservoir Dogs, Generation X gave rise to slacker marvels like Clerks, and blockbusters like The Matrix put the awe back into special effects.
However, the 90s was also a sensational decade for film music, gifting us classics including the likes of Jurassic Park, Titanic, Total Recall, Braveheart and countless others. But the sheer quality of these soundtrack treasures shouldn’t overshadow those undervalued hidden gems that demonstrate the extraordinary range and versatility of our finest film composers, ones that may have passed you by. So here’s our selection of those incredible works: ranging from the earworming to the unsettling, the melodic to the chaotic, these are the scores that simply demand your attention.
- 1/20/2016
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
10. Alien
Directed by Ridley Scott
Written by Dan O’Bannon
UK / USA, 1979
Genre: Sci-Fi Horror
Boasting one of the greatest taglines of all time – “In space, no one can hear you scream” – Alien blends science fiction, horror, and bleak poetry into what could have easily turned into a simple B-monster movie. In fact, the movie was originally pitched to producers as “Jaws in space,” but thankfully Ridley Scott, who was stepping behind the camera for only the second time, took the film far more seriously. Like Steven Spielberg’s great thriller, most of the running time relies on the viewer’s imagination since Scott carefully restricts how little we see of the creature. Alien can certainly test a viewer’s patience. This is an extremely slow burn (something unusual for the genre) and despite the budget, stellar effects, and ambitious set design, Alien in a sense is a minimalist film...
Directed by Ridley Scott
Written by Dan O’Bannon
UK / USA, 1979
Genre: Sci-Fi Horror
Boasting one of the greatest taglines of all time – “In space, no one can hear you scream” – Alien blends science fiction, horror, and bleak poetry into what could have easily turned into a simple B-monster movie. In fact, the movie was originally pitched to producers as “Jaws in space,” but thankfully Ridley Scott, who was stepping behind the camera for only the second time, took the film far more seriously. Like Steven Spielberg’s great thriller, most of the running time relies on the viewer’s imagination since Scott carefully restricts how little we see of the creature. Alien can certainly test a viewer’s patience. This is an extremely slow burn (something unusual for the genre) and despite the budget, stellar effects, and ambitious set design, Alien in a sense is a minimalist film...
- 10/31/2015
- by Ricky Fernandes
- SoundOnSight
Dreams and hallucinations can be the broadest of horror staples. Throw in some weird imagery, maybe a few jarring cuts, and you have an instant scare. But an effective dream sequence is more than technique, it’s a filmmaker capturing a specific type of fear: losing control, having your life shattered, or meeting a manifestation of your guilt. The dream or the hallucination is the character’s psyche putting the pieces together or falling apart completely. Of course, dreams don’t always require messages. Sometimes, they’re just damn scary.
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Aliens (1986)- Ripley’s nightmare
Aliens is the perfect sequel for many reasons. It follows in the footsteps of the original 1979 classic while existing as its own entity and delivering new characters that are just as memorable as the first’s. What’s more, it favors high-tension action scenes over more traditional horror-centric scenes, demonstrating the malleability of the series.
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Aliens (1986)- Ripley’s nightmare
Aliens is the perfect sequel for many reasons. It follows in the footsteps of the original 1979 classic while existing as its own entity and delivering new characters that are just as memorable as the first’s. What’s more, it favors high-tension action scenes over more traditional horror-centric scenes, demonstrating the malleability of the series.
- 10/14/2015
- by Staff
- SoundOnSight
Wikipedia
Popular music is built upon artists that have toyed with the gender binary. The influence of musicians like Prince, Wendy Carlos, and Genesis P-Orridge on the musical landscape is especially being felt in the modern age, where gender has become a much more openly discussed topic.
Artists that identify as transgender or non-binary are finally beginning to see an increased acceptance in the musical world. However this acceptance does not immediately equal an open door, which many of these artists are still fighting to kick open. The cisnormative lens of popular music keeps these musicians fighting for attention.
It’s important to highlight artists existing in certain minorities, as other people belonging to these groups can see themselves and see someone with a similar identity existing successfully. There is hope in recognition, and mainstream music is often very exclusive when it comes to someone who is not straight, cis,...
Popular music is built upon artists that have toyed with the gender binary. The influence of musicians like Prince, Wendy Carlos, and Genesis P-Orridge on the musical landscape is especially being felt in the modern age, where gender has become a much more openly discussed topic.
Artists that identify as transgender or non-binary are finally beginning to see an increased acceptance in the musical world. However this acceptance does not immediately equal an open door, which many of these artists are still fighting to kick open. The cisnormative lens of popular music keeps these musicians fighting for attention.
It’s important to highlight artists existing in certain minorities, as other people belonging to these groups can see themselves and see someone with a similar identity existing successfully. There is hope in recognition, and mainstream music is often very exclusive when it comes to someone who is not straight, cis,...
- 9/18/2015
- by Steve Beres
- Obsessed with Film
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