Movies

Stream SOUNDTRACK For AMY WINEHOUSE Biopic ‘BACK TO BLACK’ Composed By NICK CAVE & WARREN ELLIS

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New striking strokes

12 April 2024

A new biopic BACK TO BLACK (named after her 2nd and final album, released in 2006) chronicles the life and music of the late British songstress with the golden soul voice
AMY WINEHOUSE, through the journey of adolescence to adulthood and the creation
of one of the best-selling albums of our time premieres today in the UK and runs from
10 May in the US.

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The long-time duo/friends Nick Cave and Warren Ellis composed the soundtrack.

Sam Taylor-Johnson (director of the movie, in the middle of the photo below):
“Nick and Warren were the only musicians in my mind to score Back To Black. Over
the years I’ve listened to everything they’ve composed and longed to realize the dream
of working together.  Their sensibility as well as understanding of this story has led to
a profoundly deep and moving film score.”


Photo via StudioCanal

The soundtrack is a full instrumental one, except for
one bittersweet musing, sung by Nick Cave For Amy.


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Also from today on you can stream the full Original Motion Picture Score via Spotify.


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Trailer For Upcoming AMY WINEHOUSE Biopic

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22 January 2024

BACK TO BLACK (named after her 2nd and final album, released in 2006)
chronicles the life and music of the late British songstress with the golden
voice AMY WINEHOUSE, through the journey of adolescence to adulthood
and the creation of one of the best-selling albums of our time.

It’ll be in the UK cinemas on 12 April and on 10 May in the US.

Winehouse, who struggled with drugs and alcohol, died in 2011, only 27.

A coroner’s inquest reached a verdict of misadventure. The report explained that Winehouse‘s blood alcohol content was 416 mg per 100 ml (0.416%) at the time of her death, more than five times the legal drink-drive limit. The “unintended consequence”
of so much drink was her “sudden and unexpected death”.

Actor: Marisa Abela as Amy
Director: Sam Taylor-Johnson
Writer: Matt Greenhalgh

5 Perfect Movies According To QUENTIN TARANTINO

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4 September 2023

Iconic, 60-year old filmmaker QUENTIN TARANTINO (born in
Knoxville, Tennessee) made several masterpiece movies over the
years.

Turn Up The Volume‘s favs: Reservoir Dogs (1992), Pulp Fiction (1994)
and Kill Bill Vol. (1 & 2) (2003/2004).

In 2019 he announced that his 10th film Once Upon A Time In Hollywood,
released the same year, was his final one. Tarantino said: “I know film history
and from here on end, directors do not get better.”

Recently, he revealed that the following 5 movies are perfect ones.

– TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE – (1974)

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– ANNIE HALL –

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– JAWS – (1975)

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– THE EXORCIST – (1973)

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– YOUNG FRANKENSTEN – (1974)

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Music Movies- SERGE GAINSBOURG: (2010)

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25 July 2023

That French singer/songwriter/actor SERGE GAINSBOURG was a controversial artist is the least you can say. He always said in a blunt way what was on his turbulent mind. He was a busy ladies man, even flirted openly with Whitney Houston on a TV Show (he actually said he wanted to fuck her) and wrote very explicit songs (many for other artists) like the 1969 world hit Je T’Aime Moi Non Plus sung with his then-wife Jane Birkin, who passed away
only 2 weeks ago, aged 76. He was also notorious for smoking 5 packs a day.

He passed away in 1991 following a heart attack, aged 62.

A docu-film titled GAINSBOURG (Vie Héroïque)  was
released in 2010. A fitting tribute to a unique artist.


English version poster

“A glimpse at the life of French singer Serge Gainsbourg,
from growing up in 1940s Nazi-occupied Paris through
his successful song-writing years in the 1960s to his
death in 1991 at the age of 62.” (IMDb)

Famous French actor/musician
Eric Elmosnino played Gainsbourg.

Trailer.

SERGE GAINSBOURG: Bio – Discography


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Music Movies – ‘ROLLING THUNDER REVUE: A BOB DYLAN STORY’ By Martin Scorsese

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22 July 2023

Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese

Released: 2019

The Rolling Thunder Revue was a 1975–1976 concert tour by Bob Dylan with
an impressive cast of artists. On this tour, Dylan wanted to play in smaller venues
in small cities to get intimate again with his fans.

The docu contains contemporary interviews with the whole group of big names that accompanied Dylan on the tour. Joan Baez, Sam Shepard, Ronee Blakley, Ramblin’ Jack
Elliott, Roger McGuinn, Ronnie Hawkins, Larry Sloman, Rubin “Hurricane” Carter among
others and also old chats with Scarlet Rivera and poet Allen Ginsberg.

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The soundtrack.


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BOB DYLAN: Website – Instagram

Music Movies From The Past – QUADROPHENIA 1979

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21 July 2023

Movie: QUADROPHENIA
Featuring Phil Daniels, Leslie Ash, Toyah,
Philip Davis, Mark Wingett, Sting, Ray Winstone

Quadrophenia was a 1979 British film,
loosely based on THE WHO‘s 1973 rock
opera of the same name.

The film was set in London in 1964, a time when the working class youth broadly aligned themselves with one of two factions, who frequently fought each other. The Mods wore sharp suits, listened to current pop and soul music, took amphetamines, and rode scooters. Rockers rode powerful British motorcycles such as Triumph and BSA, wore
black leather jackets and listened to 1950s rock’n’roll and soul.

Story: “London, 1965: Like many other youths, Jimmy hates the philistine life, especially
his parents and his job in a company’s mailing division. Only when he’s together with his friends, a ‘Mod’ clique, cruising London on his motor-scooter and hearing music such as
that of The Who and The High Numbers, does he feel free and accepted. However, it’s a
flight into an illusionary world.”

Original movie picture soundtrack.


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Music Movies From The Past – THE ROLLING STONES 1968

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20 July 2023

SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL (originally titled 1 + 1; also One Plus One, by the producer,
and distributed under that title in Europe) is a 1968 avant-garde movie shot by legendary famous French filmmaker JEAN-LUC GODDARD who passed away last year, aged 91.

It was a juxtaposing documentary, with fictional scenes and dramatised political readings. It featured the making/recording of the Stones infamous song Sympathy for the Devil at Olympic Studios in London.

Whoo-hoo Whoo-hoo

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STONES: Website – Instagram

50th Birthday Edition Of ‘ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS: THE MOTION PICTURE’ In July

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3 June 2023

On 3 July 1973, the late artistic genius DAVID BOWIE retired ZIGGY STARDUST,
his most celebrated/successful alter-ego, in front of 5,000 disbelieving fans on
stage at London’s Hammersmith Odeon. Fifty years to the day, Ziggy will return
to that same stage for one night only.

On 3 July 2023, The Eventim Apollo (formerly the Hammersmith Odeon) will host
the global premiere of the digitally restored Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from
Mars: The Motion Picture with the film also being shown in over 1,000 cinemas worldwide throughout July.

The film screening will be preceded by an exclusive on-stage conversation with Bowie collaborators and contemporary musicians. They will address the original show’s legacy and Ziggy‘s pan-generational resonance.

While Bowie‘s decision to retire his beloved extra-terrestrial rockstar persona and
to dissolve The Spiders From Mars was a shock to fans (and to the band as well!), it
was a pivotal moment in securing his future. Moving past Ziggy was a crucial early
step on Bowie‘s journey to becoming the restless, inquisitive and shape-shifting artist
that would have unparalleled influence on music, film, fashion and beyond.

The band’s performance on July 3, 1973, was captured on film by award-winning
director D.A. Pennebaker (famed for Dylan’s classic ’67 doc, Don’t Look Back).

The new version of the film features: The full uncut performance featuring seldom seen scenes with the legendary guitar player Jeff Beck not included on previous DVD and soundtrack releases, including his high-octane performance on Bowie‘s anthemic 1972 hit, The Jean Genie.

Movie Trailer.

The movie soundtrack will be released on 2CD & BLU-RAY, 2CD, 2LP Limited Edition Gold Vinyl set and digital on 11th August.

Pre-order here.

Music Movie Posters – ‘AMERICAN HARDCORE’

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Inspired by Steven Blush‘s book American Hardcore: A Tribal History (cover of the book this 2006 film is a chronicle of the underground hardcore punk years from 1979 to 1986. With interviews and rare live footage from artists such as Black Flag, Bad Brains, Minor Threat, SS Decontrol and the Dead Kennedys.

More info here.

Original trailer.

American Hardcore: A Tribal History by Steven Blush

New LITTLE RICHARD Movie Named ‘I AM EVERYTHING’ – Watch The Trailer

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23 March 2023

The film will feature archival footage from the rock ‘n roll pioneer’s career and personal life, as well as never-before-seen interviews with the man himself as well as new interviews with musicians, his family and friends and Black and queer scholars – all of whom discuss his cultural impact.

Press info: “Little Richard: I Am Everything tells the story of the Black queer origins of rock n’ roll, exploding the whitewashed canon of American pop music to reveal the innovator – the originator – Richard Penniman. Through a wealth of archive and performance that brings us into Richard’s complicated inner world, the film unspools the icon’s life story with all its switchbacks and contradictions.”

Release Date – Theaters: Apr 11, 2023
Release Date – Streaming): Apr 21, 2023

TRAILER:

LITTLE RICHARD: Bio – Discography