Archive for the 'Movies' Category

marie antoinette dvd, a stocking stuffer…

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

The problem of leisure..Click to Play
After watching Sofia Coppola’s movie Marie Antoinette a few times now, and not just because Gang of Four’s ‘Natural’s Not In It’ is the title track, I’ve come to the conclusion that this movie was badly overlooked by the critics and the public alike. The New York Times movie critic [...]

what would jesus buy?

Friday, November 23rd, 2007

The Church of Stop Shopping Gospel Choir assists Reverend Billy as he performs an exorcism on Wal Mart (from the NYT)
‘For some of the parents interviewed in Rob VanAlkemade’s fast and funny documentary “What Would Jesus Buy?” the answer to the question posed by the title is simple: whatever gadget of the moment their spoiled-rotten [...]

joe strummer, the future is unwritten

Friday, November 9th, 2007

Julien Temple’s documentary about the life of Joe Strummer, The Future Is Unwritten, is out or will be very soon.
Pete Doherty - Janie Jones (Clash cover) [MP3]

control playing this friday at fox tower

Thursday, November 8th, 2007

For you Portland, OR folks the subject line says it all.
Josh k

i’m not there - bob dylan, sonic youth, malkmus, cat power, vedder

Thursday, October 18th, 2007

Featuring songs from and inspired by Todd Haynes’ Dylan biopic, the double-CD I’m Not There collection premieres new interpretations of Bob Dylan songs performed by an eclectic cavalcade of acclaimed and celebrated contemporary musicians including Eddie Vedder, Sonic Youth, Jim James, Stephen Malkmus, Cat Power, Jack Johnson, Sufjan Stevens, John Doe, Karen O, Iron & [...]

the black angels - no country for old men - the coen brothers

Tuesday, October 16th, 2007

I love it when worlds collide. I always believed that Cormac McCarthy’s novel ‘No Country For Old Men’ would one day hit the silver screen. In 2005 I read the book cover to cover in a day and a half on a Gang of Four tour; set in our own time along the bloody frontier [...]

brand upon the brain, live orchestra and movie narrated by stephen malkmus

Tuesday, October 9th, 2007

Guy Maddin + Orchestra + Stephen Malkmus + Foley Artists + Karen Black + Castrato
Brand Upon The Brain! Live Cinema Spectacular Comes To Portland 10/12 - 10/13
After sold-out performances in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, the film event of the year is coming to Portland! Brand Upon The Brain! will be performed with a [...]

todd haynes, bob dylan, i’m not there

Monday, October 8th, 2007

Portland-based film maker, Todd Haynes, is seemingly confusing the film world with his new movie. As this review says “Todd Haynes’s Dylan project is a biopic starring six people as Bob Dylan, or different incarnations of Bob Dylan, including a 13-year-old African-American boy, Marcus Carl Franklin, and an Australian woman, Cate Blanchett.” We’ll just have [...]