For me, the score or soundtrack is one of the most vital pieces of a film. It doesn't just set the tone for the story — it shapes the way you feel about it. Music can pull you right out of a scene if it doesn't fit or push you over the edge if you're on the verge of tears. It can fill your heart with happiness or punch you right in the gut. Music can also make you feel completely and totally understood.
None of us would be writing for /Film if we weren't compulsive in our love of movies and TV, but of all my obsessions — which also include books and comics — music is the one that I've always had the deepest ties to. I listen to music when I do literally anything. It's my gospel, the altar at which I worship, my lifeline. I truly believe my life...
None of us would be writing for /Film if we weren't compulsive in our love of movies and TV, but of all my obsessions — which also include books and comics — music is the one that I've always had the deepest ties to. I listen to music when I do literally anything. It's my gospel, the altar at which I worship, my lifeline. I truly believe my life...
- 12/28/2022
- by Jamie Gerber
- Slash Film
Steve Howe will go down in rock history as the guitarist who helped Yes craft their most ambitious works in the Seventies before leading them through very difficult years in the Nineties and 2000s as critical members either died or were sidelined due to health issues or persistent personality clashes. He’s the sole member of the early-Seventies lineup that produced Fragile and Close to the Edge who’s still in the group, which remains his primary creative outlet and touring act.
But during all that time, he’s also...
But during all that time, he’s also...
- 7/20/2020
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Believe us when we tell you we're exploring some of the best cults and quasi-religious groups on film. Join us ...
This week's Clip joint is by David Biddle.
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Next month sees the release of Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master, a film about a drifter who founds a cult with absolutely no relation to any litigious, real-life organisation whatsoever.
Cults and other shadowy quasi-religious organisations are common in pop culture, generally as antagonists, largely because the past few decades have seen some genuinely terrifying real-life examples. Here are some of my cinematic favourites.
1) The Wicker Man
This 1973 horror film has the distinction of being not only about a cult but also a cult film. Led by Christopher Lee's charismatic Lord Summerisle, a group of pagan islanders with a fondness for...
This week's Clip joint is by David Biddle.
Think you can do better? Email your idea for a future Clip joint to adam.boult@guardian.co.uk
Next month sees the release of Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master, a film about a drifter who founds a cult with absolutely no relation to any litigious, real-life organisation whatsoever.
Cults and other shadowy quasi-religious organisations are common in pop culture, generally as antagonists, largely because the past few decades have seen some genuinely terrifying real-life examples. Here are some of my cinematic favourites.
1) The Wicker Man
This 1973 horror film has the distinction of being not only about a cult but also a cult film. Led by Christopher Lee's charismatic Lord Summerisle, a group of pagan islanders with a fondness for...
- 10/16/2012
- The Guardian - Film News
Here are the new MPAA ratings from Bulletin No: 2208.
Bending The Rules Rated PG-13 For some violence and a sexual reference. A Bird Of The Air Rated PG-13 For some sexual content and accident images. Bullet to the Head Rated R For strong violence, bloody images, language, some nudity and brief drug use. Release Date: April 13, 2012 Cole Younger And The Black Train Rated PG For western violence, language and brief smoking. Fight The Fight Rated PG-13 For martial arts violence. Marley Rated PG-13 For drug content, thematic elements and some violent images. The Pirates! Band Of Misfits Rated PG For mild action, rude humor and some language. Release Date: April 27, 2012 Telstar: The Joe Meek Story Rated R For language, sexual content and brief violence. This Means War Rated PG-13 For sexual content including references, some violence and action, and for language. Release Date: February 14, 2012 Note: Re-rate. Film Edited. Previous "R" Rating Bulletin 2206 (1/18/12) Voided.
Bending The Rules Rated PG-13 For some violence and a sexual reference. A Bird Of The Air Rated PG-13 For some sexual content and accident images. Bullet to the Head Rated R For strong violence, bloody images, language, some nudity and brief drug use. Release Date: April 13, 2012 Cole Younger And The Black Train Rated PG For western violence, language and brief smoking. Fight The Fight Rated PG-13 For martial arts violence. Marley Rated PG-13 For drug content, thematic elements and some violent images. The Pirates! Band Of Misfits Rated PG For mild action, rude humor and some language. Release Date: April 27, 2012 Telstar: The Joe Meek Story Rated R For language, sexual content and brief violence. This Means War Rated PG-13 For sexual content including references, some violence and action, and for language. Release Date: February 14, 2012 Note: Re-rate. Film Edited. Previous "R" Rating Bulletin 2206 (1/18/12) Voided.
- 2/1/2012
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
The low-budget rock'n'roll biopic is fast emerging as British cinema's favourite new genre. Anton Corbijn's Control (2007), about Joy Division's ill-fated lead singer, Ian Curtis, kick-started a wave of films that has continued with Nick Moran's Telstar (about record producer Joe Meek), and now Sam Taylor-Wood's Nowhere Boy (about the youthful John Lennon) and Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (about Ian Dury). A feature is being planned about The Kinks and there have also been a rash of British-made feature documentaries about everybody from Scott Walker to Joe Strummer and Dr Feelgood. The new wave of rock biopics follows on from films like 24 Hour Party People, Backbeat and Stoned.
- 1/6/2010
- The Independent - Film
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