Movies

LLORANDO Over DAVID LYNCH 1946-2025

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17 January 2025

Virtuoso filmmaker DAVID LYNCH
passed away 2 days ago, at the age
of 78. R.I.P.

He was a once-in-a-lifetime movie fantasizer and a mysterious surrealist. He’s probably best known for the terrifying drama series Twin Peaks (three seasons, 1990/1991/2017).

But he also created memorable movies such as Eraserhead (1977), Blue Velvet (1986) Wild At Heart (1990) and my favorite Lynch nightmare MULLHOLLAND DRIVE from 2001.

Story: A mysterious woman has a traffic accident on Mulholland Drive in L.A. and loses her memory afterward. Meanwhile, a young woman comes to the City of Angels, hoping to start a film career. When she finds the mysterious woman in her flat, she decides to help her find out what happened to her. The two women embark on a bizarre quest for the truth.

All the great Lynch characteristics – (ir)reality, hallucination, delusions, fiction, absurdity, fantasy, nightmares – come together here and turn your mind upside down. Perplexing stuff.

My fav scene is when American songstress Rebekah Del Rio (what a name!), who has a three-octave vocal range, sings Roy Orbison‘s melodramatic hit Crying in Spanish, titled Llorando, in an obscure theatre watched by the two women, confused and in tears. Every single time I saw/see this fragment shivers go down my spine.

Breathtaking.

BOB DYLAN – Biopic ‘A COMPLETE UNKNOWN’ Out On Xmas Day

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14 December 2024

New BOB DYLAN biopic, titled A COMPLETE UNKNOWN is scheduled to be
released in the United States by Searchlight Pictures on 25 December. More
info, pictures, and screen shots here.

Trailer

Based on the 2015 book Dylan Goes Electric!: Newport, Seeger, Dylan, and the Night That Split the Sixties by American musician/writer Elijah Wald the film revolves around the controversy surrounding the switch to electrically amplified instrumentation by the living legend. Timothée Chalamet (who also produces) stars as Dylan, with Edward Norton, Elle Fanning, Monica Barbaro, Boyd Holbrook, and Scoot McNairy in supporting roles.

Story: Against the backdrop of a vibrant music scene and tumultuous
cultural upheaval, an enigmatic 19-year-old from Minnesota arrives with
his guitar and revolutionary talent, destined to change the course of
American music.

He forges intimate relationships with music icons of Greenwich Village
on his meteoric rise, culminating in a groundbreaking and controversial
performance at the Newport festival in 1965 that reverberates worldwide.

The film’s title is derived from lyrics from Bob Dylan‘s 1965
astounding, timeless classic single Like A Rolling Stone.

“How does it feel?
How does it feel?
To be without a home?
Like a complete unknown?
Like a rolling stone?”

Searchlight Pictures: Website

1 August 1970 – Movie ‘PERFORMANCE’ Featuring MICK JAGGER Premiered This Day 54 Years Ago

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1 August 2024

On 1 August 1970, this day 54 years ago
movie PERFORMANCE premiered in London.

A British crime drama directed by Donald Cammell and Nicolas Roeg.
The film stars James Fox as a violent and ambitious London gangster
who, after killing an old friend, goes into hiding at the home of a
reclusive rock star played by Mick Jagger.

The soundtrack album featured, of course, Jagger and also Ry Cooder,
Randy Newman, The Last Poets, Buffy Sainte-Marie and Merry Clayton.

TRAILER

JAGGER SCENE

MEMO FROM TURNER
(Released as a single)

BOB DYLAN – Watch Trailer For Upcoming Biopic ‘A COMPLETE UNKNOWN’

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26 July 2024

A Bob Dylan biopic, titled A COMPLETE UNKNOWN directed by
James Mangold and with actor Timothée Chalamet playing Dylan,
is coming up.

It’s based on the 2015 book Dylan Goes Electric by Elijah Wald.

Press info: “Set in the influential New York music scene of the early 60s,
the film follows the 19-year-old Minnesota songsmith’s meteoric rise as a
folk singer to concert halls and the top of the charts. His songs and mystique
becoming a worldwide sensation, culminating in his groundbreaking electric
rock and roll performance at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965.”

The biopic premieres in the United States in December 2024
and in the United Kingdom and Ireland in January 2025.

Trailer

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

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.

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

SCREAM VI In March 2023 – Watch The Trailer With Your Favorite Slasher GHOSTFACE

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22 December 2022

SCREAM VI is coming to haunt the world on 10 March 2023.

Tyler Gillett (director) in an interview with Entertainment Weekly:

“One of the things that was so exciting to us was bringing the story and bringing this
slasher icon into a new location. I think across the board, for the writers Guy [Busick]
and Jamie [Vanderbilt] as well, this was such a fun opportunity to explore what that
would feel like, bringing the world of Scream into that setting.

The teaser is a good example of how we’re having fun with that throughout the movie.
That is one of many sequences in the movie that uses the city really to its benefit and
in surprising and thrilling ways.”

Watch your back when you take the metro, certainly
in New York. Slasher Ghostface could be on it too.

THE TRAILER

SCREAM VI: Website

WHITE RIOT – Documentary About The ROCK AGAINST RACISM Movement In 1976

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Great music documentaries/movies

14 November 2022

WHITE RIOT

Released (DVD and Blue-Ray): 2019

Story: Filmmaker Rubika Shah documents the rise of Rock Against Racism (RAR).
The movie focuses partly on co- founder Red Saunders, photographer and Agitprop theater purveyor. Eric ‘fucking hypocrite’ Clapton supported the racist ideologies at
the time. More about Clapton‘s jaw-dropping nonsense here.

Rock Against Racism was a political and cultural movement, started in 1976 in reaction
to a rise in racist attacks on the streets of the United Kingdom, supported by the far-right National Front. RAR activists organised Carnivals, tours, but also local gigs all over Great-Britain, uniting black and white music fans.

– Trailer –

– Soundtrack –
(with The Clash, Steel Pulse & more)

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NEIL YOUNG – HARVEST Documentary Next Month In Cinemas Worldwide On 1 December

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10 November 2022

A new documentary movie about NEIL YOUNG’s classic LP HARVEST
is ready to screen and celebrates its 50th anniversary (released on
1 February 1972).

Created between January and September 1971, the docu-film takes us on an intimate journey to Young’s farm in Northern California for the ‘Harvest Barn’ sessions, to London
for an iconic performance with the London Symphony Orchestra and to Nashville where
the then 20-something Neil Young worked on various tracks of this signature album.

The feature is a fan piece that has never been seen before. Performance and rehearsal content is intertwined into creative storytelling and includes most of the tracks from the album including “Heart of Gold”, “A Man Needs A Maid”, “Alabama” and “Old Man”.

It’s set to be screened in cinemas on December 1
worldwide, with select encores on December 4.

Neil Young about the album: “This is a big album for me. 50 years ago, I was 24, maybe 23, and this album made a big difference in my life. I played with some great friends and it’s really cool that this album has lasted so long. I had a great time and now, when I listen to it, I think I was really just lucky to be there.”

NEIL YOUNG: Website