Category Archives: Film

Where The Wild Things Are:: Original Songs By Karen O and The Kids

Monday August 24, 2009

Where The Wild Things Are:: Original Songs By Karen O and The Kids Where the Wild Things Are is a screenplay co-written by Spike Jonze and author Dave Eggers, with music by Karen O and a host of friends. Karen O and The Kids include Tristan Bechet (Services), Tom Biller (co-producer with Karen O and member of Afternoons), Bradford Cox (Deerhunter), Brian Chase (YYY), Dean Fertita (The Dead Weather), Aaron Hemphill (Liars), Greg Kurstin (The Bird and the Bee), Jack Lawrence (The Dead Weather), Oscar Michel (Gris Gris), Imaad Wasif (New Folk Implosion), Nick Zinner, (YYY) and an untrained children’s choir.

http://wherethewildthingsare.warnerbros.com/
http://www.myspace.com/wherethewildthingsare

Flyin’ Cut Sleeves

Friday August 21, 2009

Flyin Cut Sleeves Sleeping Dogs Films and MVD Visual are proud to announce the DVD release of Flyin’ Cut Sleeves on October 20th in North America. This 60-minute documentary was produced and directed by Henry Chalfant (of Style Wars fame) and Rita Fecher.

Flyin’ Cut Sleeves, completed in 1993, portrays street gang presidents in the Bronx. The project grew out of the experiences of Rita Fecher, the film’s co-producer, who taught in a South Bronx school in the late 1960′s and early 1970′s, became intimately involved with the gangs, their leaders, and the leaders’ families and began to document their lives. Their world was the streets, set against a backdrop of uprooted families, cultural alienation, drugs and violence.

Neighborhood teenagers responded by organizing into street groups known to the members as “families”, but labeled in the most alarming terms as violent gangs by the press. In fact, the “families” had a stabilizing effect, enabling the youths to cope with their troubled environment. The political climate at the time, movements of national liberation and such organizations as the Black Panthers and Young Lords Party influenced the young gang leaders to aspire to be more than warriors and to become, to some degree, a positive force in their communities.

When Rita Fecher returned after twenty years to see what had become of her old friends, she found that they had stayed in the community of their youth, that they were deeply committed to improving conditions there and that they were engaged in helping their own children survive in the hazardous street environment. The documentation of these lives over a twenty-year period offers a remarkable perspective on life in the ghetto (spanning four generations), and the means that people devise to cope from the time that they are children to when they serve as parents and role models for a new generation.

video:

http://www.seeofsound.com/p.php?s=MVDV4900

This Is Spinal Tap on Blu-ray

Tuesday August 11, 2009

This Is Spinal Tap on Blu ray In celebration of the 25th anniversary of This Is Spinal Tap, one of rock’s most famous and most re-watchable films has been released for the first time on Blu-ray. The package not only includes all of the extra features that were on the DVD version, but also a second disc of new bonus material, including Spinal Tap’s “Stonehenge” performance at the 2007 Live Earth Festival, and a National Geographic Stonehenge interview with Nigel Tufnel. While the film offers up all the hilarious commentary on the band and rock culture, the bonus scenes are sure to sit well with longtime fans. Did aliens really build Stonehenge or was it a large mass of people? Find out more within the confines of the new Blu-ray edition.

includes:
over 1 hour of deleted scenes and outtakes
commentary from members of the band
Catching up with Marty DiBergi
Flower People press conference
4 Spinal Tap videos
Spinal Tap on the Joe Franklin Show
and more…

video:
Tiny Stonehenge

These Go Up To 11

purchase from Amazon

Woodstock Diary 1969:: Friday Saturday Sunday

Thursday July 30, 2009

Woodstock Diary 1969:: Friday Saturday Sunday While there have been lackluster attempts to imitate the event, the original Woodstock Festival was far more than fires, hordes of dudes in backwards hats, and other idiocy. In honor of the 40th Anniversary, Woodstock Diary 1969: Friday Saturday Sunday will see a DVD Release on September 22nd via MVD Visual and Wienerworld. Directed and filmed by D.A. Pennebaker, and produced by Alan Douglas (who actually shot Woodstock), this is a 180-minutes that can never be repeated. August 15th 1969 was a day that went down in popular music culture when nearly 500,000 people descended on the infamous site of Woodstock to listen to 26 now-legendary artists over a 3 day period. It recaptures the days of the hippie movement when young people really believed that they could change the world.

Woodstock Diary 1969: Friday Saturday Sunday features appearances from The Who with ‘My Generation’, Janis Joplin giving a heart-stopping rendition of “Ball & Chain”, Arlo Guthrie performing Dylan’s “Walking Down The Line” and Tim Hardin’s tender reading of his own classic song “If I Were A Carpenter.” Richie Havens, Sha Na Na, Incredible String Band, Jefferson Airplane, Sly and the Family Stone, Johnny Winter, Crosby Stills & Nash, Jo Cocker, Country Joe and The Fish and Jimi Hendrix also turn in classic performances.

track listing:
I Can’t Make It Any More
Freedom
Fixin’ To Die
Rainbows All Over Your Blues
When You Find Out Who You Are
Jennifer
If I Were A Carpenter
Evening Raga
Walkin’ Down The Line
Drugstore Truck Drivin’ Man
Sir Galahad
Waiting For You
Soul Sacrifice
Leaving This Town
Southband Train
Love City
Try (Just A Little Bit Harder)
Ball & Chain
My Generation
Somebody To Love
White Rabbit
Let’s Get Stoned
(Thing Called) Love
I’m Going Home
The Weight
Mean Town Blues
Blackbird
Everything Gonna Be Alright
Duke of Earl
Star Spangled Banner
Woodstock Improvisation
Villanova Junction

http://www.seeofsound.com/p.php?s=WNRD2467

Michael Jackson:: The Trial and Triumph of The King of Pop

Wednesday July 1, 2009

Rock City Entertainment, Elbow Grease Productions and MVD Visual have announced the release of Michael Jackson – The Trial and Triumph of The King of Pop for worldwide distribution on August 11, 2009. Titled The Trial and Triumph of The King of Pop, this 76-minute documentary will examine (and go behind the scenes) of when the singer went to trial on child molestation charges, and was eventually proven not guilty by the court of law.

Wilson Ebiye, President and CEO of Rock City Entertainment states, “Michael Jackson was the greatest entertainer of all time. We want to help preserve his legacy of love and kindness that is evident in his music. Our goal with The Trial and Triumph of The King of Pop was to clearly establish the fact that Michael was found not guilty of child molestation in a court of law. The King of Pop will continue to live through his music.”

The Trial and Triumph of The King of Pop features appearances by a wide-ranging cast of characters, including Kanye West, Jermaine Jackson, Tom Mesereau, Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top), Jon Voight, Fantasia, Mo’Nique, Aphrodite Jones and Linda Deutsch.

Long considered one of rock/pop’s biggest stars, Jackson first rose to prominence as a member of the Jackson 5, before launching a massively successful solo career, which culminated in one of the biggest-selling blockbuster albums of all-time, 1983′s Thriller, which spawned such hit singles/videos as “Billie Jean,” “Beat It,” and the title track. Jackson was on the comeback trail at the time of his passing, as multiple dates of proposed Jackson performances at London’s 02 Arena had sold out.

Pearl Jr., the director of the film, states, “Elbow Grease Productions is continuing on the same path as before the death of the King of Pop. We have always believed the world deserves to know the true facts in the cases against Michael Jackson… that mission will continue.”

trailer:

http://www.seeofsound.com/p.php?s=MVDV4905

Bjork:: Voltaic: The Volta Tour Live in Paris and Reykjavik

Friday June 5, 2009

Björk’s Voltaic, is being released in the U.S. by Nonesuch Records on June 30 (One Little Indian in the UK, and Universal worldwide.) This June and July, the Paris concert from Voltaic: The Volta Tour will be screened nationwide in the U.S. Beginning on June 17 the more than 15 screenings will lead up to Voltaic’s release. Available in five different physical configurations, Voltaic is a homage to the past two years of activities surrounding Björk’s 2007 album Volta.

confirmed screenings:
June 17 Boulder, CO Boulder Theater
June 19, 20 Anchorage, AK Bear Tooth Theater
June 20 Philadelphia, PA 941 Theater
June 23 New York, NY School of Visual Arts Theater
June 23 Los Angeles, CA The Montalban Theater
June 23 Madison, WI The Orpheum Stage Door
June 23-28 Oxford, MS The Amp
June 23-28 Lake Geneva, WI Geneva Theater
June 24 Minneapolis, MN The Trylon Microcinema
June 26, 27 Seattle, WA Northwest Film Forum
June 26, 27 San Francisco, CA The Roxie
June 26, 27 Bellingham, WA Pickford Film Center
June 26, 27 New Orleans, LA Zeitgeist Arts Center
July 20 Austin, TX Alamo Drafthouse Ritz

video:
Declare Independence

http://bjork.com/special/voltaic/
http://www.cinemapurgatorio.com/

Dylan:: Beyond Here Lies Nothin’: A Short Film

Tuesday May 12, 2009

Dylan:: Beyond Here Lies Nothin: A Short Film A short film for Bob Dylan’s “Beyond Here Lies Nothin’” has been filmed by AFI and Sundance Film Festival award winning director Nash Edgerton, and can be seen exclusively on the IFC Channel and on IFC.com, beginning today, Tuesday, May 12 until Thursday, May 12. The video will make its broadcast premiere at 10:15pm this evening on the IFC Channel.

Watch:
Beyond Here Lies Nothin’ film

purchase:
Together Through Life from Amazon

http://www.columbiarecords.com
http://www.bobdylan.com

Super Furry Animals:: Dark Days / Light Years: The Film

Monday April 20, 2009

Pitchfork TV has been premiering a ‘SFA Presents’ film showing the full story behind the construction of Dark Days / Light Years, the new album from Super Furry Animals. This is a worldwide event and marks the first ever Pitchfork global premiere. Dark Days/Light Years is currently available on iTunes and will be in stores tomorrow.

In February Super Furry Animals went into the studio to record the album that would become Dark Days/Light Years. The production team of David Lane, Hopi Allard and Ghin Liew) were granted unprecedented access to Music Box Studios in the band’s home town of Cardiff as they rehearsed and recorded the new album.

http://www.superfurry.com/
http://www.myspace.com/superfurry

Cinema 16 at The Bell House

Monday April 6, 2009

On Sunday, April 19, 2009, Cinema 16 returns to The Bell House in Brooklyn, NY, and will feature original scores by edgewise musicians for a series of curated short films. Experimental Brooklyn musician and singer Julianna Barwick performs an original score for “1734″ (a short by Joel Schelmowitz and “Pleasure Dome” (by Kenneth Anger). Brooklyn filmmaker and sound artist (and also Parts & Labor guitarist) Sarah Lipstate as her solo project Noveller performs an original score to a selection of her own original films.

Named after the New York-based avant-garde film society in 1947 and inspired by Maya Deren’s Greenwich Village exhibition of experimental films, Cinema 16 pairs in-the-know contemporary musical artists with vintage films, curated and produced by photographer/curator Molly Surno.

WHEN: Sunday, April 19, 2009; 6pm doors; 7pm show
WHAT: CINEMA 16
WHERE: The Bell House (149 7th Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11215)
COVER CHARGE: $10
SPECIAL: Red Stripe Happy Hour from 6pm-7pm
http://www.cinemasixteen.com/
http://www.myspace.com/juliannabarwick
http://www.sarahlipstate.com/
http://www.myspace.com/noveller

Rachel Getting Married

Wednesday March 11, 2009

http://www.sonyclassics.com/rachelgettingmarried/

All Tomorrow’s Parties:: The Film

Monday March 9, 2009

I love the whole idea of All Tomorrow’s Parties. Each festival has an artist chose their favourites to perform over a weekend in an off-season holiday camp by the sea. What is just as fabulous is that these events virtually eliminate the riff-raff plaguing the American festival scene (I’m not speaking of just the bands). Moreover, All Tomorrow’s Parties bypasses the emerging red flag concerning the cross-pollination of the “post-Phish hippie” and “fratboy,” as the trend in the U.S., is to include an odd soup of bands; bringing together folks who don’t normally party together. While we won’t know the after effects of that cosmic size snafu for some time, there is much to celebrate as All Tomorrow’s Parties and its message have been put to film.

All Tomorrow’s Parties is a DIY concert film featuring performances from an eclectic mix of some of the influential artists including: Battles, Sonic Youth, Belle And Sebastian, Patti Smith, Grinderman, Iggy and the Stooges, Portishead, Mogwai, Slint, Grizzly Bear, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Gossip, Daniel Johnston and The Boredoms. The film is a semi-found bricolage made from Super8, camcorder and mobile phone footage contributed by over two hundred filmmakers, fans and musicians over the festival’s recent history, with key contributions from Jonathan Caouette (Tarnation) and Vincent Moon (The Take Away Shows, Arcade Fire). All Tomorrow’s Parties will have a UK multi-platform release this summer (dates tbc) with one night only theatrical events, a DVD release and digital download available through Warp Films. Warp X is a UK Film Council, Film4, EM Media, Screen Yorkshire, Optimum initiative.

video:
All Tomorrow’s Parties sneaker:

http://www.myspace.com/atpfilm
http://www.ourtrueintent.com/
http://www.warpx.co.uk/

Girls Rock!

Wednesday March 4, 2009

Girls Rock is a documentary film chronicling an all-girls rock ‘n’ roll camp in Portland, OR. The film centers around girls ranging from ages 8 to 18 who have one week to form a band, select an instrument they may have never played, and write a song. The film features appearances from female rockers Carrie Brownstein of Sleater-Kinney and The Gossip’s Beth Ditto.