One of the most exciting collaborations in the 2010s was when Paul McCartney teamed up with the remaining members of Nirvana. While Nirvana was a legendary band of the 90s, the grunge-rock band couldn’t compare with the iconic status of The Beatles. So, it makes perfect sense that Nirvana’s bass guitarist Krist Novoselic was horrified of playing with Sir Paul.
Paul McCartney had no idea he was playing with Nirvana Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, Pat Smear, and Paul McCartney | Kevin Mazur/WireImage
In 2012, Foo Fighters’ lead singer and former Nirvana member, Dave Grohl, invited Paul McCartney to collaborate on a track for his 2013 documentary Sound City. The song is titled “Cut Me Some Slack”, and McCartney performed lead vocals. In an interview with DIY, McCartney said Grohl hadn’t informed him the other Nirvana members would be there, so McCartney had no idea who he was playing with.
Paul McCartney had no idea he was playing with Nirvana Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, Pat Smear, and Paul McCartney | Kevin Mazur/WireImage
In 2012, Foo Fighters’ lead singer and former Nirvana member, Dave Grohl, invited Paul McCartney to collaborate on a track for his 2013 documentary Sound City. The song is titled “Cut Me Some Slack”, and McCartney performed lead vocals. In an interview with DIY, McCartney said Grohl hadn’t informed him the other Nirvana members would be there, so McCartney had no idea who he was playing with.
- 4/9/2023
- by Ross Tanenbaum
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Many artists can only dream about having the opportunity to work with Paul McCartney. Fortunately, the former Beatle is open to collaborating with other artists, and many of these projects have been quite successful. Paul McCartney’s collaborations might not have produced the same magic with other artists that he did with John Lennon, but he still created fantastic music that had commercial success.
Here are 5 of the best Paul McCartney collaborations outside of The Beatles Michael Jackson Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson | Afro American Newspapers/Gado/Getty Images
Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney collaborated on two songs together: “The Girl is Mine” and “Say Say Say”. Both tracks were hits, with “Say Say Say” peaking at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and “The Girl is Mine” reaching No. 2. “Say Say Say” stayed on the chart for 22 weeks, the longest duration for any song from McCartney’s solo career.
While...
Here are 5 of the best Paul McCartney collaborations outside of The Beatles Michael Jackson Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson | Afro American Newspapers/Gado/Getty Images
Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney collaborated on two songs together: “The Girl is Mine” and “Say Say Say”. Both tracks were hits, with “Say Say Say” peaking at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and “The Girl is Mine” reaching No. 2. “Say Say Say” stayed on the chart for 22 weeks, the longest duration for any song from McCartney’s solo career.
While...
- 3/16/2023
- by Ross Tanenbaum
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Nirvana was one of the most popular bands of the 1990s, but their meteoric rise halted following the death of lead singer Kurt Cobain. The band disbanded after that, and many wondered if the grunge group would reunite. In 2012, Paul McCartney was fortunate enough to play in a Nirvana reunion with Dave Grohl, but he had no idea he was playing with the original band members.
Nirvana teamed up with Paul McCartney in 2012 for ‘Cut Me Some Slack’ Paul McCartney and Dave Grohl | Samir Hussein/WireImage
Dave Grohl, now the lead singer of Foo Fighters, directed and produced 2013’s Sound City, a documentary about Sound City Studios in Van Nuys, Los Angeles. Grohl also recorded an accompanying soundtrack for the documentary, featuring one song called “Cut Me Some Slack.”
The song contains a Nirvana reunion with Krist Novoselic on bass guitar, Pat Smear on guitar, and Grohl on the drums.
Nirvana teamed up with Paul McCartney in 2012 for ‘Cut Me Some Slack’ Paul McCartney and Dave Grohl | Samir Hussein/WireImage
Dave Grohl, now the lead singer of Foo Fighters, directed and produced 2013’s Sound City, a documentary about Sound City Studios in Van Nuys, Los Angeles. Grohl also recorded an accompanying soundtrack for the documentary, featuring one song called “Cut Me Some Slack.”
The song contains a Nirvana reunion with Krist Novoselic on bass guitar, Pat Smear on guitar, and Grohl on the drums.
- 1/27/2023
- by Ross Tanenbaum
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
“His influence will never wane; there simply isn’t anyone who’s any good who isn’t standing on his shoulders.”
That’s what Steven Soderbergh wrote about Gordon Willis, the cinematographer who changed the American cinema forever with his work on Francis Ford Coppola’s “The Godfather.” Though other filmmakers had used some of the same techniques as Willis — John Ford and Gregg Toland made extensive use of practically motivated light sources on “The Long Voyage Home,” and many noir films experimented with placing their characters in darkness — the revolution didn’t really take hold until he applied the approach to what became one of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful movies of all time.
“The Godfather” celebrates its 50th anniversary this year and Willis’ work continues to inform the ways in which cinematographers approach their work; look no further than Greig Fraser’s character and psychology-driven lighting on “The Batman” for proof.
That’s what Steven Soderbergh wrote about Gordon Willis, the cinematographer who changed the American cinema forever with his work on Francis Ford Coppola’s “The Godfather.” Though other filmmakers had used some of the same techniques as Willis — John Ford and Gregg Toland made extensive use of practically motivated light sources on “The Long Voyage Home,” and many noir films experimented with placing their characters in darkness — the revolution didn’t really take hold until he applied the approach to what became one of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful movies of all time.
“The Godfather” celebrates its 50th anniversary this year and Willis’ work continues to inform the ways in which cinematographers approach their work; look no further than Greig Fraser’s character and psychology-driven lighting on “The Batman” for proof.
- 4/14/2022
- by Jim Hemphill
- Indiewire
When Dave Grohl first heard a film studio was interested in making a horror movie with the Foo Fighters, he dismissed the notion. But when a former landlord emailed him about a vacant Encino property, the Foo frontman decided to make the most out of the “big creepy old house.” There, he wrote and recorded the band’s 10th album, “Medicine at Midnight,” in addition to filming “Studio 666” — a once “stupid idea” transformed into a feature film starring the Foo Fighters. The movie debuts Feb. 25 in limited release.
Ahead of the film’s arrival, Grohl sat down with Variety to discuss “Studio 666,” along with his real-life ghost story and the metal album he recorded as fictional band Dream Widow.
When and how did the idea of “Studio 666” come to you?
It started almost three years ago when a friend of mine who works in the industry was...
Ahead of the film’s arrival, Grohl sat down with Variety to discuss “Studio 666,” along with his real-life ghost story and the metal album he recorded as fictional band Dream Widow.
When and how did the idea of “Studio 666” come to you?
It started almost three years ago when a friend of mine who works in the industry was...
- 2/24/2022
- by Ethan Shanfeld
- Variety Film + TV
Dave Grohl hasn’t sat still for more than 30 years, so it’s not much of a surprise that he’s ended up creating and starring in his own feature film.
As Pat Smear, one of the founders of L.A. punk legends The Germs, touring guitarist in Nirvana and a cornerstone of Grohl’s Foo Fighters, told him, “Drummers are like sharks, if they stop moving, they’ll die.”
In Studio 666, a horror comedy in the vein of The Evil Dead, perpetual movement doesn’t necessarily prevent death either. (Watch the trailer below.)
Grohl, who came up with the idea of the Open Road Films-distributed film that debuts theatrically on February 25, is a fascinating creature.
For some, he is best known as the drummer of Nirvana; for many he is the founder and frontman of Foo Fighters, a group that began as a solo project and turned into one of the most successful,...
As Pat Smear, one of the founders of L.A. punk legends The Germs, touring guitarist in Nirvana and a cornerstone of Grohl’s Foo Fighters, told him, “Drummers are like sharks, if they stop moving, they’ll die.”
In Studio 666, a horror comedy in the vein of The Evil Dead, perpetual movement doesn’t necessarily prevent death either. (Watch the trailer below.)
Grohl, who came up with the idea of the Open Road Films-distributed film that debuts theatrically on February 25, is a fascinating creature.
For some, he is best known as the drummer of Nirvana; for many he is the founder and frontman of Foo Fighters, a group that began as a solo project and turned into one of the most successful,...
- 2/15/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Fan-favorite Scott Pilgrim is back! This time as an anime adaptation headed to Netflix.
“Scott Pilgrim, which has been a beloved comic, a cult classic film, and an absolutely addictive video game, has now reached boss level with an upcoming anime adaptation. Netflix and UCP are adapting Bryan Lee O’Malley’s comic series, with O’Malley writing and executive producing alongside Ben-David Grabinski (Are You Afraid of the Dark? reboot).”
Read more at The Mary Sue
Eternals is now streaming on Disney+! Let’s revisit the film’s post-credits scene and what it may be setting up for the MCU ahead.
“The scene sees Kit Harington’s Dane Whitman come dangerously close to wielding his family’s famed Ebony Blade for the first time, only to be stopped by the voice of an unseen stranger. Fortunately, it was revealed shortly after Eternals’ theatrical release that the scene’s mystery character...
“Scott Pilgrim, which has been a beloved comic, a cult classic film, and an absolutely addictive video game, has now reached boss level with an upcoming anime adaptation. Netflix and UCP are adapting Bryan Lee O’Malley’s comic series, with O’Malley writing and executive producing alongside Ben-David Grabinski (Are You Afraid of the Dark? reboot).”
Read more at The Mary Sue
Eternals is now streaming on Disney+! Let’s revisit the film’s post-credits scene and what it may be setting up for the MCU ahead.
“The scene sees Kit Harington’s Dane Whitman come dangerously close to wielding his family’s famed Ebony Blade for the first time, only to be stopped by the voice of an unseen stranger. Fortunately, it was revealed shortly after Eternals’ theatrical release that the scene’s mystery character...
- 1/12/2022
- by Lee Parham
- Den of Geek
The music documentary “Under the Volcano” is essentially a travelogue — not so much for its setting, the island of Monserrat in the West Indies, although there are luscious drone shots aplenty, as for the trip it takes back to the pop world of the 1980s. The subject is super-producer George Martin’s short-lived Air Studio on the Caribbean island, a magnet for big stars and even bigger recording budgets back in the boom time of the early MTV era, a time when “welcome to the jungle” meant you should put the record company on the hook for untold amounts of money to go record, as luxuriously as anyone ever has, in an actual jungle.
Newly available on digital and streaming platforms, the doc will be catnip to the class of record nerds who care about which great records came out of which bygone studios… and this one certainly offers better scenery than,...
Newly available on digital and streaming platforms, the doc will be catnip to the class of record nerds who care about which great records came out of which bygone studios… and this one certainly offers better scenery than,...
- 8/17/2021
- by Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
For his latest rockumentary “What Drives Us,” Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl has decided to go back to his roots and explore why touring in vans across the country has become a universal rite of passage for rock stars.
In the film, Grohl speaks with an assortment of rock legends both new and old about their experiences that all started from the back of a rusty old van and how they changed with their music along the way.
“What happens in a van is a foundation. It creates this unique perspective that we all share,” Grohl says in the trailer. “A lot of the attraction to doing this was the unknown. You were free.”
“What Drives Us” is Grohl’s latest documentary film since directing “Sound City” in 2013 and the 2014 docuseries “Sonic Highways” that explored the musical roots of eight different American cities, culminating in Foo Fighters recording a song in each.
In the film, Grohl speaks with an assortment of rock legends both new and old about their experiences that all started from the back of a rusty old van and how they changed with their music along the way.
“What happens in a van is a foundation. It creates this unique perspective that we all share,” Grohl says in the trailer. “A lot of the attraction to doing this was the unknown. You were free.”
“What Drives Us” is Grohl’s latest documentary film since directing “Sound City” in 2013 and the 2014 docuseries “Sonic Highways” that explored the musical roots of eight different American cities, culminating in Foo Fighters recording a song in each.
- 4/12/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
The Foo Fighters will curate a new limited-run SiriusXM station, which will launch February 3rd at 12 p.m. Et on channel 105 and wrap April 4th.
The station will premiere a few days before the February 5th arrival of the Foo Fighters’ new album, Medicine at Midnight. To mark the album’s release, the band will host a special track-by-track premiere, which will air right at midnight on the 5th. Additionally, on the 5th, the Foo Fighters will perform a live concert, Foo Fighters Live from the SiriusXM Garage, starting at 5 p.
The station will premiere a few days before the February 5th arrival of the Foo Fighters’ new album, Medicine at Midnight. To mark the album’s release, the band will host a special track-by-track premiere, which will air right at midnight on the 5th. Additionally, on the 5th, the Foo Fighters will perform a live concert, Foo Fighters Live from the SiriusXM Garage, starting at 5 p.
- 1/25/2021
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Sales
Distribution outfit Abacus Media Rights has announced sales on several documentary features and non-fiction series at the ongoing Asian Television Forum, which is part of the Singapore Media Festival.
“Rhys Darby: Big in Japan,” “Griff’s Great Kiwi Road Trip,” “Griff’s Great Australian Rail Trip” and “The Helper” have been acquired by National Geographic, while “Outback Lockdown,” “Alone Across the Arctic” and “Surviving the Outback” have been sold to The Outdoor Channel (Asia). Wowow Japan will air music documentaries “Lennon’s Last Weekend” and “Whitney: Can I Be Me.” Rthk Hong Kong has secured “Toxic Beauty.”
iwonder has picked up a few documentary features for its Asia and Australia markets, including “Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards,” “Jihad Jane,” “People You May Know,” “Redeemed and the Dominant: Fittest on Earth,” “Sound City” and “In Search of the Last Action Heroes.”
Intellectual Property
Singapore-based Darpan Global has acquired...
Distribution outfit Abacus Media Rights has announced sales on several documentary features and non-fiction series at the ongoing Asian Television Forum, which is part of the Singapore Media Festival.
“Rhys Darby: Big in Japan,” “Griff’s Great Kiwi Road Trip,” “Griff’s Great Australian Rail Trip” and “The Helper” have been acquired by National Geographic, while “Outback Lockdown,” “Alone Across the Arctic” and “Surviving the Outback” have been sold to The Outdoor Channel (Asia). Wowow Japan will air music documentaries “Lennon’s Last Weekend” and “Whitney: Can I Be Me.” Rthk Hong Kong has secured “Toxic Beauty.”
iwonder has picked up a few documentary features for its Asia and Australia markets, including “Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards,” “Jihad Jane,” “People You May Know,” “Redeemed and the Dominant: Fittest on Earth,” “Sound City” and “In Search of the Last Action Heroes.”
Intellectual Property
Singapore-based Darpan Global has acquired...
- 12/1/2020
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
A loving tribute through the eyes of Jakob Dylan and friends, Echo in the Canyon offers a behind the scenes approach to recapturing the magic of the mid-60s era Laurel Canyon music scene, which provided a friendly incubator to bands like The Byrds, The Mamas & the Papas, Buffalo Springfield, and The Beach Boys. Directed by Andrew Slater, the former president of Capital Records, the film crisscrosses between a casual conversation in Dylan’s living room–between himself, Beck, Regina Spektor, and Cat Power–and Dylan’s interviews with stars of the era like Brian Wilson, Graham Nash, Ringo Starr, and Eric Clapton. In between the gossip and insight we see Dylan and popular musicians of the late 90s like Fiona Apple and Norah Jones working on–and later performing before a live crowd–these Laurel Canyon tunes.
The resulting documentary is quite similar to Dave Grohl’s 2013 film Sound City,...
The resulting documentary is quite similar to Dave Grohl’s 2013 film Sound City,...
- 11/20/2018
- by John Fink
- The Film Stage
Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl is continuing to explore the world of documentaries, announcing today a two-part mini doc titled “Play” which he directed. Ever the overachiever, Grohl also plays seven different instruments during the film and on a resulting 23-minute recording. In revealing the project, Grohl released a sketch of his set up (see it below).
“Play,” arriving on Aug. 10, is described as “celebrating the rewards and challenges of dedicating ones life to playing and mastering a musical instrument.” Grohl has long advocated for music education and the importance of learning to play an instrument. Part one is mostly narrated and offers a look at the music-making process.
Grohl worked with Mark Monroe on the mini-doc, with whom he collaborated on the HBO series “Sound City” and film “Sonic Highways,” as well as Brandon Trost (“The Disaster Artist,” “This is The End”). “Play” is accompanied by an online interactive...
“Play,” arriving on Aug. 10, is described as “celebrating the rewards and challenges of dedicating ones life to playing and mastering a musical instrument.” Grohl has long advocated for music education and the importance of learning to play an instrument. Part one is mostly narrated and offers a look at the music-making process.
Grohl worked with Mark Monroe on the mini-doc, with whom he collaborated on the HBO series “Sound City” and film “Sonic Highways,” as well as Brandon Trost (“The Disaster Artist,” “This is The End”). “Play” is accompanied by an online interactive...
- 8/1/2018
- by Shirley Halperin
- Variety Film + TV
After conflicting reports as to his well being, Tom Petty has passed away at 66. The rock legend was found unconscious in his Malibu home after suffering cardiac arrest yesterday, eventually being taken to UCLA Santa Monica Hospital; though Petty held on much longer than original reports stated, several outlets now confirm his passing. If you’ve already made your way through your favorite songs on Spotify, spare some time for his most memorable music videos.
Read More:Tom Petty Death Report Pulled Back, Now ‘Clinging to Life’
“Mary Jane’s Last Dance”
Kim Basinger plays a dead woman in “Mary Jane’s Last Dance,” which won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video in 1994. “I said, ‘She’s got to look really good, or why would he keep her around after she’s dead?'” Petty once said of his reasoning for casting her. “I thought, ‘Kim Basinger would be good.
Read More:Tom Petty Death Report Pulled Back, Now ‘Clinging to Life’
“Mary Jane’s Last Dance”
Kim Basinger plays a dead woman in “Mary Jane’s Last Dance,” which won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video in 1994. “I said, ‘She’s got to look really good, or why would he keep her around after she’s dead?'” Petty once said of his reasoning for casting her. “I thought, ‘Kim Basinger would be good.
- 10/3/2017
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
John Cale Liverpool Sound City, UK Friday 26th May 2017
Fifty years on and it is time to remember one of the most innovative albums ever impressed onto wax. A delicious dark and jagged confection of nihilism and sulky sophistication unlike it's Liverpudlian counterpart Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, also now fifty, but which was sunny, funny and a bit vaudeville. Both represent a pair of wildly different bookends. The Velvet Underground and Nico was then a monumental, commercial flop, whilst the Beatles album sold in the millions. With half a century under its belt of shiny studded leather, the Velvets album now has an arc of influence that continues to reach into the hearts of those who wish to create a positive noise.
There is something incongruous about the weather, it is clammy and warm, and the sun is blinding, and yet the music we await really should be...
Fifty years on and it is time to remember one of the most innovative albums ever impressed onto wax. A delicious dark and jagged confection of nihilism and sulky sophistication unlike it's Liverpudlian counterpart Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, also now fifty, but which was sunny, funny and a bit vaudeville. Both represent a pair of wildly different bookends. The Velvet Underground and Nico was then a monumental, commercial flop, whilst the Beatles album sold in the millions. With half a century under its belt of shiny studded leather, the Velvets album now has an arc of influence that continues to reach into the hearts of those who wish to create a positive noise.
There is something incongruous about the weather, it is clammy and warm, and the sun is blinding, and yet the music we await really should be...
- 5/30/2017
- by robert cochrane
- www.culturecatch.com
Welcome back to the Weekend Warrior, your weekly look at the new movies hitting theaters this weekend, as well as other cool events and things to check out.
This Past Weekend:
Tom Hanks and Clint Eastwood’s real-life drama about airline pilot Sully (Warner Bros.) far surpassed all expectations, making nearly $10 million more than my prediction with an opening weekend of $35 million in 3,525 theaters, also making it one of the biggest openings for a movie opening the weekend after Labor Day. The Screen Gems thriller When the Bough Breaks disappointed compared to some of their similar releases, taking second place with around where we predicted with around $14 million. The lower profile animated film The Wild Life (Summit/Lionsgate) did end up in fifth place behind Don’t Breathe and Suicide Squad, but with a measly $3.3 million in 2,493 theaters. As expected, Relativity’s theatrical return with its own horror/thriller The Disappointments Room...
This Past Weekend:
Tom Hanks and Clint Eastwood’s real-life drama about airline pilot Sully (Warner Bros.) far surpassed all expectations, making nearly $10 million more than my prediction with an opening weekend of $35 million in 3,525 theaters, also making it one of the biggest openings for a movie opening the weekend after Labor Day. The Screen Gems thriller When the Bough Breaks disappointed compared to some of their similar releases, taking second place with around where we predicted with around $14 million. The lower profile animated film The Wild Life (Summit/Lionsgate) did end up in fifth place behind Don’t Breathe and Suicide Squad, but with a measly $3.3 million in 2,493 theaters. As expected, Relativity’s theatrical return with its own horror/thriller The Disappointments Room...
- 9/14/2016
- by Edward Douglas
- LRMonline.com
Michael Gudinski.s Mushroom group is re-activating its theatrical distribution arm, kicking off with the documentaries Unity and Heaven Adores Us.
Writer-director Shaun Monsoon.s Unity explores the themes of love, tragedy and hope as it examines humanity.s impact on the world.
The cast of 100 narrators includes Ellen DeGeneres, Geoffrey Rush, Jennifer Aniston, Adrian Grenier, Kevin Spacey, Helen Mirren, Amanda Seyfried, Rose Byrne, Minnie Driver, Missy Higgins, Moby, Olivia Wilde, Phil Donahue, Portia de Rossi and Susan Sarandon.
Mushroom Distribution has booked 21 cinemas and the limited season begins on August 12 in a simultaneous worldwide release.
The venues include the Jam Factory, Cinema Nova and Rivoli in Melbourne; Event Cinemas George Street, Palace Cinemas Leichardt and the Chauvel in Sydney; Palace Centro in Brisbane; Palace East End in Adelaide; and Cinema Paradiso in Perth. A New Zealand season will follow.
Mushroom.s Kate Gudinski decided to buy the rights for...
Writer-director Shaun Monsoon.s Unity explores the themes of love, tragedy and hope as it examines humanity.s impact on the world.
The cast of 100 narrators includes Ellen DeGeneres, Geoffrey Rush, Jennifer Aniston, Adrian Grenier, Kevin Spacey, Helen Mirren, Amanda Seyfried, Rose Byrne, Minnie Driver, Missy Higgins, Moby, Olivia Wilde, Phil Donahue, Portia de Rossi and Susan Sarandon.
Mushroom Distribution has booked 21 cinemas and the limited season begins on August 12 in a simultaneous worldwide release.
The venues include the Jam Factory, Cinema Nova and Rivoli in Melbourne; Event Cinemas George Street, Palace Cinemas Leichardt and the Chauvel in Sydney; Palace Centro in Brisbane; Palace East End in Adelaide; and Cinema Paradiso in Perth. A New Zealand season will follow.
Mushroom.s Kate Gudinski decided to buy the rights for...
- 8/11/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Foo Fighters Sonic Highways, Season 1, Episodes 1-8
Written by Mark Monroe
Directed by Dave Grohl
Airs Fridays at 9pm Et on HBO
If Rock and Roll and guitar rock is a dying breed, then the rock-doc is certainly becoming a quaint relic. How many documentaries can you make in which an aging rock star waxes poetic about a type of music from 40 years earlier? How much nostalgia, history and navel gazing can you pack into the genre before even the documentaries move on to being nostalgic about boy bands, Taylor Swift and Edm?
As a fan of true guitar rock, a good rock-doc is a welcome diversion from the 21st Century music industry. And yet, a film like last year’s Muscle Shoals can’t help but feel stale. Complete with endless talking heads and anecdotes about old legends who performed in long gone studios, the film aimed to capture...
Written by Mark Monroe
Directed by Dave Grohl
Airs Fridays at 9pm Et on HBO
If Rock and Roll and guitar rock is a dying breed, then the rock-doc is certainly becoming a quaint relic. How many documentaries can you make in which an aging rock star waxes poetic about a type of music from 40 years earlier? How much nostalgia, history and navel gazing can you pack into the genre before even the documentaries move on to being nostalgic about boy bands, Taylor Swift and Edm?
As a fan of true guitar rock, a good rock-doc is a welcome diversion from the 21st Century music industry. And yet, a film like last year’s Muscle Shoals can’t help but feel stale. Complete with endless talking heads and anecdotes about old legends who performed in long gone studios, the film aimed to capture...
- 12/11/2014
- by Brian Welk
- SoundOnSight
The food activism documentary Fed Up ranks as the top-grossing documentary for the year-to-date on iTunes and Amazon and has become the ninth biggest of all time on iTunes, according to distributor RADiUS.
To date Stephanie Soechtig’s film has amassed $1.1m via all digital provides, which includes iTunes, Amazon, Vudu, PlayStation, XBox and Google Play.
RADiUS declined to break out the iTunes portion of the digital number and said that number rose to $1.3m when factoring in VOD.
The distributor claims the number one documentary ranking on iTunes and Amazon for the year-to-date based on duration of rankings and an internal comparative analysis against other documentaries released in 2014.
The all-time documentary top 10 ranking on iTunes is Blackfish, Food Inc, Inside Job, Jiro Dreams Of Sushi, Sound City, Justin Bieber Never Say Never, Restrepo, Fed Up, Searching For Sugar Man and Man On Wire.
To date Stephanie Soechtig’s film has amassed $1.1m via all digital provides, which includes iTunes, Amazon, Vudu, PlayStation, XBox and Google Play.
RADiUS declined to break out the iTunes portion of the digital number and said that number rose to $1.3m when factoring in VOD.
The distributor claims the number one documentary ranking on iTunes and Amazon for the year-to-date based on duration of rankings and an internal comparative analysis against other documentaries released in 2014.
The all-time documentary top 10 ranking on iTunes is Blackfish, Food Inc, Inside Job, Jiro Dreams Of Sushi, Sound City, Justin Bieber Never Say Never, Restrepo, Fed Up, Searching For Sugar Man and Man On Wire.
- 11/20/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
When Dave Grohl first met country rock artist Zac Brown, he told him his idea to visit select cities around the country and record a song after spending a week in each location. Brown was immediately on board and even offered a suggestion.
"I was telling him about Southern Ground studios in Nashville, and he was just super stoked to come in because of all the history," the Nashville-via-Atlanta musician tells Rolling Stone. "I told him we'd love to host him there."
On Friday night's episode of Sonic Highways, which...
"I was telling him about Southern Ground studios in Nashville, and he was just super stoked to come in because of all the history," the Nashville-via-Atlanta musician tells Rolling Stone. "I told him we'd love to host him there."
On Friday night's episode of Sonic Highways, which...
- 11/1/2014
- Rollingstone.com
It’s white-knuckle time for the Napa Valley Film Festival’s organizers, filmmakers and fans, with a key venue and two hotels still fixing earthquake damage ahead of the Nov. 12 opening night. The post-quake craziness comes just as the four-year-old event is getting traction in Hollywood for its Oscar Season-adjacent timing, with companies setting encore screenings and star appearances, to tout awards contenders from earlier in the year.
The festival bills itself a mix of film, food and, of course, wine, with its own wine director pouring bottles from 150 of the region’s best-regarded vineyards. A recent Los Angeles event spotlighting the festival featured The Weinstein Co. President David Glasser, who said his company will use it to push awareness of several TWC awards contenders. Among those projects: The Imitation Game, with festival appearances scheduled for director Morten Tyldum and cast members for the biopic about martyred cryptography pioneer Alan Turing.
The festival bills itself a mix of film, food and, of course, wine, with its own wine director pouring bottles from 150 of the region’s best-regarded vineyards. A recent Los Angeles event spotlighting the festival featured The Weinstein Co. President David Glasser, who said his company will use it to push awareness of several TWC awards contenders. Among those projects: The Imitation Game, with festival appearances scheduled for director Morten Tyldum and cast members for the biopic about martyred cryptography pioneer Alan Turing.
- 10/22/2014
- by David Bloom
- Deadline
Foo Fighters Week kicked off Monday night on the Late Show With David Letterman with an unlikely collaboration doing a surprise cover: Dave Grohl and company joined up with Zac Brown for a four-guitar rendition of Black Sabbath's "War Pigs." "Well there, you see, that's what we're talking about," Letterman says. "Zac Brown. Black Sabbath. Foo Fighters. I don't know, what do you kids want from me?"
Prior to the performance, Grohl sat down with Letterman to talk about his eight-year-old daughter's love of Amy Winehouse and gangsta rap...
Prior to the performance, Grohl sat down with Letterman to talk about his eight-year-old daughter's love of Amy Winehouse and gangsta rap...
- 10/14/2014
- Rollingstone.com
As the 11-time Grammy-winning, 25-million-plus-selling Foo Fighters ready their eighth album for November release, Dave Grohl, the band’s frontman — and accomplished director of the acclaimed feature-film documentary “Sound City” – delivers Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways, an unprecedented eight-part documentary series that digs deep into the heart and soul of America’s musical identity. Directed by Grohl, each one-hour episode is devoted to a different American musical landmark, chronicling the history, cultural environment and people that define each city’s unique musical identity. With episodes set in (in alphabetical order) Austin, Chicago, Los Angeles, Nashville, New Orleans, New York, Seattle and Washington, D.C., Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways features appearances from local legends...
- 8/21/2014
- by Pietro Filipponi
- The Daily BLAM!
Emmy award-winner Lauren Sanchez, who is a frontrunner to join The View as a co-host, has formed Pursuit Productions with Dan Friedkin. Pursuit will focus on telling compelling real life stories from around the globe. The company already has its first documentary feature in the works, Found, and closed a deal with Mark Monroe (Sound City, The Tillman Story, The Cove) to write. Found follows the search for those pilots whose planes were lost in The Battle of Peleliu during World War II. Also joining the search for the missing pilots in the doc is former United States Navy Seal Marcus Luttrell, whose memoir Lone Survivor […]...
- 7/30/2014
- Deadline
©Apple Corps Ltd
Apple Corps Ltd., White Horse Pictures and Imagine Entertainment have announced they will produce a new authorized documentary for Apple, based on the first part of The Beatles’ career — the touring years.
The film will be directed by Academy Award-winning director Ron Howard and will be produced with the full cooperation of Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Yoko Ono Lennon and Olivia Harrison. White Horse’s Grammy Award-winning Nigel Sinclair, Scott Pascucci and Academy Award winner and multiple nominee Brian Grazer of Imagine Entertainment will produce with Howard. Imagine’s Michael Rosenberg and White Horse’s Guy East will serve as executive producers.
Howard said, “I am excited and honored to be working with Apple and the White Horse team on this astounding story of these four young men who stormed the world in 1964. Their impact on popular culture and the human experience cannot be exaggerated.”
This film...
Apple Corps Ltd., White Horse Pictures and Imagine Entertainment have announced they will produce a new authorized documentary for Apple, based on the first part of The Beatles’ career — the touring years.
The film will be directed by Academy Award-winning director Ron Howard and will be produced with the full cooperation of Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Yoko Ono Lennon and Olivia Harrison. White Horse’s Grammy Award-winning Nigel Sinclair, Scott Pascucci and Academy Award winner and multiple nominee Brian Grazer of Imagine Entertainment will produce with Howard. Imagine’s Michael Rosenberg and White Horse’s Guy East will serve as executive producers.
Howard said, “I am excited and honored to be working with Apple and the White Horse team on this astounding story of these four young men who stormed the world in 1964. Their impact on popular culture and the human experience cannot be exaggerated.”
This film...
- 7/16/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Rock out Thursday June 5th when Sound City screens at Schlafly Bottleworks in Maplewood at 7pm.
I’ve never seen Sound City. I’ve seen hardly any rock docs (unless you count Spinal Tap), not even Scorsese’s The Last Waltz. I did enjoy Anvil! The Story Of Anvil a couple of years ago. I saw the Led Zep film The Song Remains The Same when it was new and recall a midnight show of Black And Blue, a Black Sabbath/Blue Oyster Cult concert film around 1980 that I can’t imagine sitting through today. Anyway, A Film Series is kicking off a new Rockumentary film series with Sound City next Thursday, June 5th, at Schlafly Bottleworks in Maplewood (7260 Southwest Avenue, Maplewood, Missouri 63143). The movie begins at 7pm
Sound City Studios is a recording complex that opened in 1969 in Van Nuys, CA. While the studio looked utilitarian on the outside...
I’ve never seen Sound City. I’ve seen hardly any rock docs (unless you count Spinal Tap), not even Scorsese’s The Last Waltz. I did enjoy Anvil! The Story Of Anvil a couple of years ago. I saw the Led Zep film The Song Remains The Same when it was new and recall a midnight show of Black And Blue, a Black Sabbath/Blue Oyster Cult concert film around 1980 that I can’t imagine sitting through today. Anyway, A Film Series is kicking off a new Rockumentary film series with Sound City next Thursday, June 5th, at Schlafly Bottleworks in Maplewood (7260 Southwest Avenue, Maplewood, Missouri 63143). The movie begins at 7pm
Sound City Studios is a recording complex that opened in 1969 in Van Nuys, CA. While the studio looked utilitarian on the outside...
- 5/28/2014
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Dave Grohl and company recorded their new album in a unique way, and it played out on camera. Foo Fighters, the post-Nirvana band that’s celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, will be the subject of an HBO series focused on the making of the group’s untitled eighth record, due out in the fall. Grohl, who helmed the music documentary Sound City, is directing the project, which follows his band around the eight cities in which the record was made. The Foos traveled to Chicago, Austin, Nashville, Los Angeles, Seattle, New Orleans, Washington, D.C. and New York and recorded one song in each town, working with local musicians at a storied studio to capture each city’s musical heritage and cultural fabric. “Dave’s heartfelt passion for this project is contagious, and his talent as a musician and filmmaker is undeniable,” says Michael Lombardo, President of Programming at HBO.
- 5/15/2014
- by ERIK PEDERSEN
- Deadline TV
Dave Grohl is taking his “Sound City” concept onto the road. The release of Foo Fighters’ eighth album, and the band’s 20th anniversary, will be accompanied by an 8-part HBO series that chronicles the creation of the record and salutes the eight studios and cities in which it was created. The Foos recorded one song each in a well-known studio in Chicago, Austin, Nashville, Los Angeles, Seattle, New Orleans, Washington, D.C., and New York. In addition to documenting the recording, in which notable local musicians joined in, each episode celebrates that town’s musical history and traces the influence the city had on the local legend sitting in with the band. HBO isn’t saying who the guests are. However, Buddy Guy is quoted in the press release, so we can count him in for Chicago. Just as Foo Fighters switched it up and recorded 2010’s “Wasted Light...
- 5/15/2014
- by Melinda Newman
- Hitfix
Despite the fact that recording studios and record labels have long served to showcase a variety of musical talents, recent music documentaries on such subjects have framed their histories in largely genre-specific terms. Though Rick Springfield was one the studio’s biggest names, Dave Grohl’s Sound City was steadfast in its thesis that L.A.’s Sound City was the home of uncompromising, authentic rock. Danny O’Connor’s Upside Down similarly saw Creation Records’ promotion of both punk and New Wave as fitting a consistent definition of British rebellion. Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton, Jeff Broadway’s history of Los Angeles-based Stones Throw Records, refuses to make a false, simplified equivalence between label and genre. The documentary instead makes the case that a good label produces interesting work and develops talented, envelope-pushing artists by encouraging creative change and throwing caution to the wind. Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton decisively rejects genre borders by arguing that...
- 3/15/2014
- by Nonfics.com
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
BBC’s commercial arm to distribute TV rights to music doc directed by Dallas Buyers Club star.
BBC Worldwide has secured world TV rights, excluding Us to Artifact, the documentary directed by actor and musican Jared Leto under the pseudonym Bartholomew Cubbins.
The film follows Leto’s band, 30 Seconds to Mars, as they dispute a $30m lawsuit with their record label Emi, while writing and recording their third album ‘This is War’.
Artifact won the People’s Choice Award for Best Documentary at the Toronto Film Festival and the Audience Award at the Gotham Independent Film Awards. The film will be launched to television buyers at BBC Worldwide’s Showcase event in Liverpool this week.
Bbcw previously handled Dave Grohl’s music documentary Sound City, which sold to 87 territories globally. Other recent sales successes include TV and DVD sales for Robbie Williams’ One Night at the Palladium and Beyonce’s self-reflecting documentary Life is But a Dream...
BBC Worldwide has secured world TV rights, excluding Us to Artifact, the documentary directed by actor and musican Jared Leto under the pseudonym Bartholomew Cubbins.
The film follows Leto’s band, 30 Seconds to Mars, as they dispute a $30m lawsuit with their record label Emi, while writing and recording their third album ‘This is War’.
Artifact won the People’s Choice Award for Best Documentary at the Toronto Film Festival and the Audience Award at the Gotham Independent Film Awards. The film will be launched to television buyers at BBC Worldwide’s Showcase event in Liverpool this week.
Bbcw previously handled Dave Grohl’s music documentary Sound City, which sold to 87 territories globally. Other recent sales successes include TV and DVD sales for Robbie Williams’ One Night at the Palladium and Beyonce’s self-reflecting documentary Life is But a Dream...
- 2/25/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Youtube
From single-handedly saving modern rock music’s integrity by making sure we all never rely on technology too much with his movie Sound City, to giving one of the most motivational speeches of all time at last year’s SXSW, The Grohl’s work speaks for itself.
Quite simply, there isn’t another musician alive today who’s made more of an impact on the rock n’ roll landscape since the turn of the century. Even those who aren’t fans of his music know who Dave Grohl is; he’s literally been everywhere and done everything.
Multiple GRAMMYs, numerous outstanding collaborations and a shedload of classic albums already in his back catalogue, the guy’s done it all. Sure, he may have started out as ‘that drummer from Nirvana’, but boy has Dave come a long way since joining the band way back in 1990.
Still not convinced he’s simply the best?...
From single-handedly saving modern rock music’s integrity by making sure we all never rely on technology too much with his movie Sound City, to giving one of the most motivational speeches of all time at last year’s SXSW, The Grohl’s work speaks for itself.
Quite simply, there isn’t another musician alive today who’s made more of an impact on the rock n’ roll landscape since the turn of the century. Even those who aren’t fans of his music know who Dave Grohl is; he’s literally been everywhere and done everything.
Multiple GRAMMYs, numerous outstanding collaborations and a shedload of classic albums already in his back catalogue, the guy’s done it all. Sure, he may have started out as ‘that drummer from Nirvana’, but boy has Dave come a long way since joining the band way back in 1990.
Still not convinced he’s simply the best?...
- 2/9/2014
- by Matthew Aston
- Obsessed with Film
It was an incredible night at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards with amazing performances from Beyonce Knowles and Jay-z, along with Katy Perry and Lorde, just to name a few.
Hosted by the uber-talented LL Cool J, there were a plethora of winners this evening (January 26) including Macklemore and Ryan Lewis taking home the trophy for Best New Artist.
Daft Punk scored the biggest prize of the night with Album of the Year for Random Access Memories. In addition, the French electronic duo won Record of the Year with "Get Lucky" featuring Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers, along with Best Pop Duo/Group Performance and Best Dance/Electronica Album.
Another memorable moment went to Macklemore and Ryan Lewis when Madonna and Queen Latifah joined them on stage for "Same Love," during which 34 couples tied the knot!
Check out the full list of 56th Annual Grammy Award winners below!
Record of...
Hosted by the uber-talented LL Cool J, there were a plethora of winners this evening (January 26) including Macklemore and Ryan Lewis taking home the trophy for Best New Artist.
Daft Punk scored the biggest prize of the night with Album of the Year for Random Access Memories. In addition, the French electronic duo won Record of the Year with "Get Lucky" featuring Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers, along with Best Pop Duo/Group Performance and Best Dance/Electronica Album.
Another memorable moment went to Macklemore and Ryan Lewis when Madonna and Queen Latifah joined them on stage for "Same Love," during which 34 couples tied the knot!
Check out the full list of 56th Annual Grammy Award winners below!
Record of...
- 1/27/2014
- GossipCenter
Paul McCartney had a confession to make backstage after he and the remaining members of Nirvana grabbed the Grammy for Best Rock Song for "Cut Me Some Slack": He had no idea with whom he was playing. As part of the "Sound City" project, Dave Grohl has approached McCartney and suggested they get together and jam on a classic like "Long Tall Sally." Instead, McCartney thought they should write something new in the three hours they had together. Grohl showed up with two friends, Nirvana's Pat Smear and Krist Novoselic. "To tell you the truth, I didn’t kind of know who...
- 1/27/2014
- Hitfix
Did your favorite artists walk away with Grammy gold this year? See the full list of winners, then weigh in with your response!
Music’s biggest night is finally here! The 56th annual Grammy Awards went down Jan. 26 at Los Angeles’ Staples Center, and some of the hottest names in the biz showed up to accept top honors. HollywoodLife.com has the complete list of this year’s Grammy winners, so read to find out who won big — and who got snubbed.
Grammy Winners 2014 — Full List Revealed
Best Rock Album: Celebration Day, Led Zeppelin
Best Metal Performance: “God Is Dead?,” Black Sabbath
Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical: Pharrell Williams
Best Alternative Music Album: Modern Vampires Of The City, Vampire Weekend
Best Rock Performance: “Radioactive,” Imagine Dragons
Best Country Song: “Merry Go Round,” Kacey Musgraves
Best Country Solo Performance: “Wagon Wheel,” Darius Rucker
Best Country Duo/Group Performance: “From This Valley,...
Music’s biggest night is finally here! The 56th annual Grammy Awards went down Jan. 26 at Los Angeles’ Staples Center, and some of the hottest names in the biz showed up to accept top honors. HollywoodLife.com has the complete list of this year’s Grammy winners, so read to find out who won big — and who got snubbed.
Grammy Winners 2014 — Full List Revealed
Best Rock Album: Celebration Day, Led Zeppelin
Best Metal Performance: “God Is Dead?,” Black Sabbath
Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical: Pharrell Williams
Best Alternative Music Album: Modern Vampires Of The City, Vampire Weekend
Best Rock Performance: “Radioactive,” Imagine Dragons
Best Country Song: “Merry Go Round,” Kacey Musgraves
Best Country Solo Performance: “Wagon Wheel,” Darius Rucker
Best Country Duo/Group Performance: “From This Valley,...
- 1/27/2014
- by Andy Swift
- HollywoodLife
Which music stars went home with awards at the 2014 Grammy Awards? Find out with this full winners list.
Winners in each category are bolded.
Record of the Year
"Get Lucky" -- Daft Punk feat. Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers
"Radioactive" -- Imagine Dragons
"Royals" -- Lorde
"Locked Out of Heaven" -- Bruno Mars
"Blurred Lines" -- Robin Thick feat. T.I. and Pharrell
Album of the year
"The Blessed Unrest" -- Sara Bareilles
"Random Access Memories" -- Daft Punk
"Good Kid, M.A.A.D City" -- Kendrick Lamar
"The Heist" -- Macklemore and Ryan Lewis
"Red" -- Taylor Swift
Song of the year
"Just Give Me a Reason" -- Jeff Bhasker, Pink and Nate Ruess (Pink feat. Nate Ruess)
"Locked Out of Heaven" -- Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine and Bruno Mars (Bruno Mars)
"Roar" -- Lukasz Gottwald, Max Martin, Bonnie McKee, Katy Perry and Henry Walter (Katy Perry)
"Royals...
Winners in each category are bolded.
Record of the Year
"Get Lucky" -- Daft Punk feat. Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers
"Radioactive" -- Imagine Dragons
"Royals" -- Lorde
"Locked Out of Heaven" -- Bruno Mars
"Blurred Lines" -- Robin Thick feat. T.I. and Pharrell
Album of the year
"The Blessed Unrest" -- Sara Bareilles
"Random Access Memories" -- Daft Punk
"Good Kid, M.A.A.D City" -- Kendrick Lamar
"The Heist" -- Macklemore and Ryan Lewis
"Red" -- Taylor Swift
Song of the year
"Just Give Me a Reason" -- Jeff Bhasker, Pink and Nate Ruess (Pink feat. Nate Ruess)
"Locked Out of Heaven" -- Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine and Bruno Mars (Bruno Mars)
"Roar" -- Lukasz Gottwald, Max Martin, Bonnie McKee, Katy Perry and Henry Walter (Katy Perry)
"Royals...
- 1/26/2014
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Slightly overshadowed by the Oscar nominations early this morning, the 2014 New Music Express Awards unveiled their list of hopefuls today (January 16).
In an interesting twist, the NME’s category for Villain of the Year included nominees like Russell Brand, Robin Thicke, Harry Styles, Miley Cyrus, David Cameron and Vladimir Putin.
Furthermore, the Worst Band contenders are 30 Seconds to Mars, The 1975, Muse, Imagine Dragons, One Direction and The Wanted.
Of course, there are also plenty of positive categories such as Hero of the Year, with nominees like Alex Turner, David Bowie, Pussy Riot, Lou Reed, Este Haim, and Russell Brand.
The 2014 NME Awards nominees are:
Best British Band
Arctic Monkeys
Biffy Clyro
Disclosure
Foals
Palma Violets
Two Door Cinema Club
Best International Band supported by Austin, Texas
Arcade Fire
Haim
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Phoenix
Vampire Weekend
Queens Of The Stone Age
Best Solo Artist
David Bowie
Jake Bugg
Kanye West...
In an interesting twist, the NME’s category for Villain of the Year included nominees like Russell Brand, Robin Thicke, Harry Styles, Miley Cyrus, David Cameron and Vladimir Putin.
Furthermore, the Worst Band contenders are 30 Seconds to Mars, The 1975, Muse, Imagine Dragons, One Direction and The Wanted.
Of course, there are also plenty of positive categories such as Hero of the Year, with nominees like Alex Turner, David Bowie, Pussy Riot, Lou Reed, Este Haim, and Russell Brand.
The 2014 NME Awards nominees are:
Best British Band
Arctic Monkeys
Biffy Clyro
Disclosure
Foals
Palma Violets
Two Door Cinema Club
Best International Band supported by Austin, Texas
Arcade Fire
Haim
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Phoenix
Vampire Weekend
Queens Of The Stone Age
Best Solo Artist
David Bowie
Jake Bugg
Kanye West...
- 1/17/2014
- GossipCenter
American Hustle and Gravity are the two most nominated films for this year's Academy Awards, each film receiving 10 nominations, while 12 Years a Slave received nine; all three films are up for Best Picture. Actor Chris Hemsworth and the president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced 86th Oscar nominations today in Los Angeles. Other heavily nominated films include Dallas Buyers Club, Captain Phillips and The Wolf of Wall Street.
Peter Travers breaks down this year's most offensive snubs
The Best Song category features some unique musicians. In December,...
Peter Travers breaks down this year's most offensive snubs
The Best Song category features some unique musicians. In December,...
- 1/16/2014
- Rollingstone.com
Winners of the 7th Annual Cinema Eye Honors, recognizing the best documentaries of the year, were revealed and Joshua Oppenheimer's "The Act of Killing" (one of my faves of 2013) won the Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking while Sarah Polley took home the Outstanding Achievement in Direction for "Stories We Tell."
Another big winner was Zachary Heinzerling's "Cutie and the Boxer" which won Outstanding Debut for Heinzerling, Outstanding Graphics and Animation for production company Art Jail and Outstanding Original Score for Yasuaki Shimizu.
Incidentally, all three movies are part of the Oscar shortlist for Best Documentary, so we'll see if they all make the cut when the Academy Award nominations are revealed on January 16.
Here are the complete winners of the 7th Annual Cinema Eye Honors:
Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking
The Act of Killing
Directed by Joshua Oppenheimer
Produced by Signe Byrge Sørensen
Presented by...
Another big winner was Zachary Heinzerling's "Cutie and the Boxer" which won Outstanding Debut for Heinzerling, Outstanding Graphics and Animation for production company Art Jail and Outstanding Original Score for Yasuaki Shimizu.
Incidentally, all three movies are part of the Oscar shortlist for Best Documentary, so we'll see if they all make the cut when the Academy Award nominations are revealed on January 16.
Here are the complete winners of the 7th Annual Cinema Eye Honors:
Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking
The Act of Killing
Directed by Joshua Oppenheimer
Produced by Signe Byrge Sørensen
Presented by...
- 1/10/2014
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
The Act of Killing, Stories We Tell and Cutie and the Boxer among winners at seventh annual documentary awards.
Cinema Eye has announced the winners of its seventh annual awards for nonfiction film-making.
Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Act of Killing was named Outstanding Feature, while Sarah Polley took home Outstanding Director for Stories We Tell.
Zachary Heinzerling’s Cutie and the Boxer led the field with three awards for Outstanding Debut, Outstanding Graphics and Animation for Art Jail and Outstanding Original Score for Yasuaki Shimizu.
Nels Bangerter was presented with the Outstanding Editing award for Let the Fire Burn by Thelma Schoomaker, who commented that she could not have cut the improvisations for The Wolf of Wall Street without her earlier work in documentary film.
The inaugural Cinema Eye Television Award, recognising collaborations between film-makers and broadcasters, went to HBO Documentary Films’ The Crash Reel by Lucy Walker, while Dave Grohl’s Sound City won the Audience...
Cinema Eye has announced the winners of its seventh annual awards for nonfiction film-making.
Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Act of Killing was named Outstanding Feature, while Sarah Polley took home Outstanding Director for Stories We Tell.
Zachary Heinzerling’s Cutie and the Boxer led the field with three awards for Outstanding Debut, Outstanding Graphics and Animation for Art Jail and Outstanding Original Score for Yasuaki Shimizu.
Nels Bangerter was presented with the Outstanding Editing award for Let the Fire Burn by Thelma Schoomaker, who commented that she could not have cut the improvisations for The Wolf of Wall Street without her earlier work in documentary film.
The inaugural Cinema Eye Television Award, recognising collaborations between film-makers and broadcasters, went to HBO Documentary Films’ The Crash Reel by Lucy Walker, while Dave Grohl’s Sound City won the Audience...
- 1/9/2014
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
I've come to the conclusion that 2013 is the year when pop music died thanks to Katy Perry and Lady Gaga. Indie rock is the new norm, for some terrifying reason, as Arcade Fire and Vampire Weekend became more common than The Black Keys. Rap is more contrived than ever thanks to Kanye West and Jay-z's bloated egos and mediocre albums. And overall the music has suffered greatly because of it all making this past year far weaker in my eyes than 2012. Before I run down what I feel are my favorite and most disappointing albums of the year I have to acknowledge the very worthy runner-ups. Although they didn't make the list: Filter, Blue October, The Lonely Island, Gemini Syndrome, Dropkick Murphys, Eminem, Hatebreed, Queens of The Stone Age, Snoop Lion, Dave Grohl's 'Sound City' collaborations...
- 1/6/2014
- by Keven Skinner
- The Daily BLAM!
Each Monday we present you with the most up-to-date list of the top 10 (indie) movies in the iTunes store (combining rentals and purchases). "The Way, Way Back" and "The Spectacular Now" continue to dominate the list, along with other continually strong titles "Drinking Buddies" and "Blackfish." Thee top 10 indies in iTunes are listed below (number represents North American gross, where applicable): 1. The Way, Way Back (Fox Searchlight, $21,502,690) 2. The Spectacular Now (A24, $6,854,611) 3. Drinking Buddies (Magnolia Pictures, $343,341) 4. Blackfish (Magnolia Pictures, $2,073,582) 5. Spring Breakers (A24, $14,124,284) 6. The Bling Ring (A24, $5,845,732) 7. I Give It a Year (Magnolia, $34,657) 8. The Kings of Summer (CBS, $1,315,590) 9. Frances Ha (IFC, $4,066,582) 10. Sound City (Variance Films, $422,417)...
- 12/30/2013
- by Paula Bernstein
- Indiewire
December is a wonderful time of year, filled with holiday cheer, delicate snowflakes, warm nights next to crackling fireplaces and, my favorite, best-of lists. And looking back on 2013, I had my work cut out for me. It has been a truly fantastic year for cinema.
Sure, things started off slow with a certain amount of the typical drivel throughout January, February and March, but even then, Hollywood mixed in some truly interesting and compelling films. You won’t see Park Chan-wook’s deliciously sinister Stoker, Steven Soderbergh’s hair-raising psychological thriller Side Effects or Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl’s excellent doc Sound City here, but in a weaker year, all three could have easily made the cut.
As 2013 progressed and summer set in, cinema picked up steam with a sprinkling of surprisingly good blockbusters (The Great Gatsby, Fast & Furious 6) and smart, character-driven indies (The Kings of Summer, Drinking Buddies). Nothing,...
Sure, things started off slow with a certain amount of the typical drivel throughout January, February and March, but even then, Hollywood mixed in some truly interesting and compelling films. You won’t see Park Chan-wook’s deliciously sinister Stoker, Steven Soderbergh’s hair-raising psychological thriller Side Effects or Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl’s excellent doc Sound City here, but in a weaker year, all three could have easily made the cut.
As 2013 progressed and summer set in, cinema picked up steam with a sprinkling of surprisingly good blockbusters (The Great Gatsby, Fast & Furious 6) and smart, character-driven indies (The Kings of Summer, Drinking Buddies). Nothing,...
- 12/30/2013
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
A few days ago, we asked the online film community to rack their brains and submit their Top 10 films of 2013 for our annual poll. An incredible 94 movie bloggers answered the call, and we have sorted through the deluge of entries to find out what a handful of online journalists have deemed the best films of the year.
If you have a favourite journalist – or would like to follow other like-minded film fanatics through the power of the internet – you can find the blogger’s twitter account and website above their individual lists, which were compiled in no particular order and only take UK release dates into account. These various entries were then collated to bring about the definitive top 10. Have a look at the results below:
Predictably, it’s a landslide victory for Alfonso Cuarón’s magnificent space epic Gravity. Also of note however is the eclectic nature of the final results,...
If you have a favourite journalist – or would like to follow other like-minded film fanatics through the power of the internet – you can find the blogger’s twitter account and website above their individual lists, which were compiled in no particular order and only take UK release dates into account. These various entries were then collated to bring about the definitive top 10. Have a look at the results below:
Predictably, it’s a landslide victory for Alfonso Cuarón’s magnificent space epic Gravity. Also of note however is the eclectic nature of the final results,...
- 12/23/2013
- by Amon Warmann
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences longlisted 75 songs for the Best Original Song at this year's Oscars, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Among them are offerings from Dave Grohl and friends for Sound City, Coldplay for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Jay Z and Lana Del Rey for The Great Gatsby and Ron Burgundy for Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues, the latter of which is the mustachioed newsman's farewell to a shark named Doby. The Academy will announce their final nominations on Thursday, January 16th at 8:30 a.
- 12/17/2013
- Rollingstone.com
The longlist for the Best Song category in the Oscars has been announced – so what should make the cut?
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the longlist of songs for its Best Original Song Oscar in 2014, ahead of the nominations for the shortlist on January 14.
The list features 75 songs written for movies over the last year, with artists including Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, U2, Coldplay, Kings Of Leon, Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and M83 all making the grade. Pharrell is included for his hit Happy, currently in the top 5 of the UK charts, which appears in Despicable Me 2, and other animated films make up a large proportion of those selected: Epic, Turbo, The Croods, Planes, Escape From Planet Earth and Monsters University all also get a mention.
The Great Gatsby, with its bold and incongruous soundtrack of modern musicians, gets five mentions for songs by Jay Z,...
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the longlist of songs for its Best Original Song Oscar in 2014, ahead of the nominations for the shortlist on January 14.
The list features 75 songs written for movies over the last year, with artists including Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, U2, Coldplay, Kings Of Leon, Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and M83 all making the grade. Pharrell is included for his hit Happy, currently in the top 5 of the UK charts, which appears in Despicable Me 2, and other animated films make up a large proportion of those selected: Epic, Turbo, The Croods, Planes, Escape From Planet Earth and Monsters University all also get a mention.
The Great Gatsby, with its bold and incongruous soundtrack of modern musicians, gets five mentions for songs by Jay Z,...
- 12/17/2013
- by Ben Beaumont-Thomas
- The Guardian - Film News
The International Press Academy has announced its nominations for the 18th annual Satellite Awards and Alfonso Cuaron's "Gravity," David O. Russell's "American Hustle," and Steve McQueen's "12 Years a Slave" led the pack.
Winners will be announced on March 9, 2014 at a ceremony in Los Angeles. Here's the complete nominations:
Motion Pictures
Actress in a Motion Picture
Amy Adams American Hustle (Sony)
Cate Blanchett Blue Jasmine (Sony Pictures Classics)
Sandra Bullock Gravity (Warner Bros.)
Judi Dench Philomena (The Weinstein Company)
Adèle Exarchopoulos Blue Is the Warmest Color (Sundance)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus Enough Said (Fox Searchlight)
Meryl Streep August: Osage County (The Weinstein Company)
Emma Thompson Saving Mr. Banks (Disney)
Actor in a Motion Picture
Christian Bale American Hustle (Sony)
Bruce Dern Nebraska (Paramount)
Leonardo DiCaprio The Wolf of Wall Street (Paramount)
Chiwetel Ejiofor 12 Years a Slave (Fox Searchlight)
Tom Hanks Captain Phillips (Sony)
Matthew McConaughey Dallas Buyers Club (Focus Features...
Winners will be announced on March 9, 2014 at a ceremony in Los Angeles. Here's the complete nominations:
Motion Pictures
Actress in a Motion Picture
Amy Adams American Hustle (Sony)
Cate Blanchett Blue Jasmine (Sony Pictures Classics)
Sandra Bullock Gravity (Warner Bros.)
Judi Dench Philomena (The Weinstein Company)
Adèle Exarchopoulos Blue Is the Warmest Color (Sundance)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus Enough Said (Fox Searchlight)
Meryl Streep August: Osage County (The Weinstein Company)
Emma Thompson Saving Mr. Banks (Disney)
Actor in a Motion Picture
Christian Bale American Hustle (Sony)
Bruce Dern Nebraska (Paramount)
Leonardo DiCaprio The Wolf of Wall Street (Paramount)
Chiwetel Ejiofor 12 Years a Slave (Fox Searchlight)
Tom Hanks Captain Phillips (Sony)
Matthew McConaughey Dallas Buyers Club (Focus Features...
- 12/16/2013
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
12 Years a Slave continues to be the leader in the clubhouse when it comes to nominations. After leading the Spirit Award nominations it now leads the International Press Academy's (Ipa) 2013 Satellite Award nominations with a total of ten noms, followed by American Hustle and Gravity, each with eight nominations. The top five nominees were rounded out by Rush with seven nominations and Inside Llewyn Davis and Saving Mr. Banks with six nominations each. The Satellites, however, are an interesting bunch. As you can see there are several nominations in each category, leaving pretty much no stone unturned. I guess you could say no nomination for Octavia Spencer (Fruitvale Station) is a surprise and, in my personal opinion, with such a large field of nominees I'd like to see Joaquin Phoenix (Her) get a nomination, but that certainly isn't going to be a film for everyone even though Arcade Fire was...
- 12/2/2013
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
It's been a stellar year for music documentaries. Twenty Feet From Stardom, A Band Called Death and Sound City have all managed to tell important stories and still be crowd-pleasing films. Much like Dave Grohl's warm and friendly portrait of the Sound City studios out in Southern California, the movie Muscle Shoals invites us to take a closer look at a studio where some of the most important recordings of all time have been created.
Rick Hall opened Fame Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama in 1960 after establishing a music publishing business. With a life-altering personal tragedy behind him, he focused all of his energy into the studio and truly got hooked by producing local and regional artists. Shortly after Percy Sledge recorded "When A Man Loves A Woman" at Fame in 1966, the floodgates opened and the studio become a destination for Jerry Wexler at Atlantic Records to bring his...
Rick Hall opened Fame Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama in 1960 after establishing a music publishing business. With a life-altering personal tragedy behind him, he focused all of his energy into the studio and truly got hooked by producing local and regional artists. Shortly after Percy Sledge recorded "When A Man Loves A Woman" at Fame in 1966, the floodgates opened and the studio become a destination for Jerry Wexler at Atlantic Records to bring his...
- 10/17/2013
- by Matt Shiverdecker
- Slackerwood
"Now Muscle Shoals has got the Swampers," Ronnie Van Zant sang on the Southern rock anthem "Sweet Home Alabama." "And they've been known to pick a song or two."
For many, it was the first time they'd heard of Muscle Shoals, Ala., or the studio band that made first Fame Studios, and then the competing Muscle Shoal Sound Studios, legendary locales in American music.
This dinky little berg on the Tennessee River was the home to musicians, producers and studios that launched everyone from Aretha Franklin to the Allman Brothers, Percy Sledge to Jimmy Cliff. Everybody who was anybody in music from the 1960s through the '80s did transformative work there. And even today music's best and historically brightest make the pilgrimage to the little town on the Alabama / Tennessee state line to record and soak up a little of that gritty, funky "Muscle Shoals Sound."
Director Greg "Freddy...
For many, it was the first time they'd heard of Muscle Shoals, Ala., or the studio band that made first Fame Studios, and then the competing Muscle Shoal Sound Studios, legendary locales in American music.
This dinky little berg on the Tennessee River was the home to musicians, producers and studios that launched everyone from Aretha Franklin to the Allman Brothers, Percy Sledge to Jimmy Cliff. Everybody who was anybody in music from the 1960s through the '80s did transformative work there. And even today music's best and historically brightest make the pilgrimage to the little town on the Alabama / Tennessee state line to record and soak up a little of that gritty, funky "Muscle Shoals Sound."
Director Greg "Freddy...
- 10/4/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
The recording studio can be a magical place where the songs you now know and love are first born, and there are many factors go into making that magic a reality – a talented artist, just the right hook, a producer with a keen ear, a dedicated engineer, the perfect microphone placement. But there is one other factor that certain studios are also able to deliver: an iconic sound. Earlier this year Sundance premiered two different documentaries that gave audiences an inside look at two famous recording studios – one located in rural Alabama and the other on the outskirts of the entertainment capital that is Los Angeles (i.e. “The Valley”). Nearly a country apart in more ways than one. Muscle Shoals focused on the Alabama town that housed Fame Studios which produced some of the biggest hits of the 1960s and 1970s such as “I’ll Take You There,” “When a Man Loves a Woman,” “Mustang...
- 10/3/2013
- by Allison Loring
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
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