Brazilian production powerhouse Gullane, which is behind Netflix’s “Senna” and Karim Aïnouz’s Cannes competition title “Motel Destino,” has closed international co-production pacts on new projects from Cao Hamburger (”The Year My Parents Went on Vacation”) and Sandra Kogut (“Three Summers”).
France’s Playtime Group and Portugal’s Ukbar Filmes will co-produce Hamburger’s “School Without Walls.” A Playtime Group company will also handle international sales on the true and inspiring story of Braz Nogueira, principal of a public school in Heliopolis, one of Brazil’s biggest slums.
Kogut will direct “New Cancun,” co-created by and starring Sundance actress winner Regina Casé. The film teams Gullane with Kogut’s regular producer in France, Gloria Films. It’s slated to shoot by the first quarter of 2025.
In the film, Casé plays Madá, who has never dwelled on her family’s tragedy in an environmental disaster. When chosen for a Christmas campaign,...
France’s Playtime Group and Portugal’s Ukbar Filmes will co-produce Hamburger’s “School Without Walls.” A Playtime Group company will also handle international sales on the true and inspiring story of Braz Nogueira, principal of a public school in Heliopolis, one of Brazil’s biggest slums.
Kogut will direct “New Cancun,” co-created by and starring Sundance actress winner Regina Casé. The film teams Gullane with Kogut’s regular producer in France, Gloria Films. It’s slated to shoot by the first quarter of 2025.
In the film, Casé plays Madá, who has never dwelled on her family’s tragedy in an environmental disaster. When chosen for a Christmas campaign,...
- 5/19/2024
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente and John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
The music business is all about the next big act, the next big performer. Who’s going to break out. Who’s going to be the next household name. The Grammys, over the years and to varying degrees of success, has delivered that prediction with its Best New Artist prize.
Starting with Bobby Darin in 1960, the award has been the harbinger of who’s going to be topping the music world … some of the time. Darin didn’t do too bad in his long music and acting career. In 1965, a little combo from the UK made the cut and The Beatles went on to become one of the greatest bands ever.
Some other highlights of the Best New Artist roster. In 1962, Peter Nero was the first jazz musician to win. Bobbie Gentry was the first woman to win in 1968. The Carpenters, Richard and Karen, was the first duo to win...
Starting with Bobby Darin in 1960, the award has been the harbinger of who’s going to be topping the music world … some of the time. Darin didn’t do too bad in his long music and acting career. In 1965, a little combo from the UK made the cut and The Beatles went on to become one of the greatest bands ever.
Some other highlights of the Best New Artist roster. In 1962, Peter Nero was the first jazz musician to win. Bobbie Gentry was the first woman to win in 1968. The Carpenters, Richard and Karen, was the first duo to win...
- 2/5/2024
- by David Morgan
- Deadline Film + TV
If there’s a pop musician of the last 60 years who deserves a great documentary, it’s Antonio Carlos Jobim. Some might bristle at my description of him as “pop.” In Brazil, where Jobim, one of the prime architects of bossa nova, is considered a national treasure, he’s simply thought of as a composer, placed on a pedestal along with classical Brazilian composers like Heitor Villa-Lobos. Jobim’s gorgeously complex chord structures — the aural equivalent of melty-colored Impressionist paintings — were arguably more jazz than pop.
Yet we’re long past the point where pop can’t include all that. Just consider Steely Dan’s “Aja,” an album of luminous jazz modalities that also happens to be the purest pop. Jobim, though he wrote in assorted forms, was quintessentially a composer of pop songs, and they had a tranquil forlorn incandescence all their own. There was something in the air...
Yet we’re long past the point where pop can’t include all that. Just consider Steely Dan’s “Aja,” an album of luminous jazz modalities that also happens to be the purest pop. Jobim, though he wrote in assorted forms, was quintessentially a composer of pop songs, and they had a tranquil forlorn incandescence all their own. There was something in the air...
- 10/13/2023
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
Proving that music really knows no borders, documentary “Elis and Tom” – about the fateful meeting of singer Elis Regina and legendary composer Antônio Carlos Jobim – has now sold to U.S. to Outsider Pictures and Portugal’s Midas.
“Elis Regina and Antônio Carlos Jobim came to Los Angeles to create the legendary ‘Elis & Tom’ [album]. I can’t wait to share the film with audiences in the U.S.,” said Outsider Pictures’ CEO Paul Hudson.
The film will be released theatrically on Sept. 15 in Los Angeles. According to Brazil’s O2 Play, which is handling international sales, “advanced conversations” with Japan and Australia are also taking place.
“I was Elis’ manager back then and I recorded rehearsals, conversations and the atmosphere that reigned behind the scenes,” revealed director Roberto de Oliveira, referring to five hours of “memorable” footage of the 1974 recording.
“All this material was stored away, but all these years...
“Elis Regina and Antônio Carlos Jobim came to Los Angeles to create the legendary ‘Elis & Tom’ [album]. I can’t wait to share the film with audiences in the U.S.,” said Outsider Pictures’ CEO Paul Hudson.
The film will be released theatrically on Sept. 15 in Los Angeles. According to Brazil’s O2 Play, which is handling international sales, “advanced conversations” with Japan and Australia are also taking place.
“I was Elis’ manager back then and I recorded rehearsals, conversations and the atmosphere that reigned behind the scenes,” revealed director Roberto de Oliveira, referring to five hours of “memorable” footage of the 1974 recording.
“All this material was stored away, but all these years...
- 8/22/2023
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
Astrud Gilberto, the Brazilian crooner whose detached, almost observational singing style imbued “The Girl From Ipanema” with inherent cool, died Monday. Her friend, musician Paul Ricci, posted the news to Facebook but did not reveal her cause of death. She was 83.
Gilberto had never performed in public when she recorded “The Girl From Ipanema” with her husband, guitarist João Gilberto and saxophonist Stan Getz, in 1963. Only 22 at the time, the singer — who was born Astrud Evangelina Weinert to a linguistics professor father and singer-violinist mother in Salvador, Brazil on March...
Gilberto had never performed in public when she recorded “The Girl From Ipanema” with her husband, guitarist João Gilberto and saxophonist Stan Getz, in 1963. Only 22 at the time, the singer — who was born Astrud Evangelina Weinert to a linguistics professor father and singer-violinist mother in Salvador, Brazil on March...
- 6/6/2023
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Brazilian singer Astrud Gilberto, best known for her version of the bossa nova classic “The Girl from Ipanema,” has died at the age of 83.
Sofia Gilberto, the artist’s granddaughter, shared the news on Instagram. “I’m here to bring you the sad news that my grandmother became a star today, and is next to my grandfather João Gilberto,” Sofia wrote. “She was a pioneer and the best. At the age of 22, she gave voice to the English version of ‘Girl from Ipanema’ and gained international fame.”
New York-based guitarist Paul Ricci, who collaborated with Gilberto, also confirmed the news on Facebook, saying he had been asked to post it by Gilberto’s son Marcelo. “She was an important part of All that is Brazilian music in the world and she changed many lives with her energy,” Ricci wrote.
Born March 29th, 1940 in the Brazilian state of Bahia, Astrud Weinert...
Sofia Gilberto, the artist’s granddaughter, shared the news on Instagram. “I’m here to bring you the sad news that my grandmother became a star today, and is next to my grandfather João Gilberto,” Sofia wrote. “She was a pioneer and the best. At the age of 22, she gave voice to the English version of ‘Girl from Ipanema’ and gained international fame.”
New York-based guitarist Paul Ricci, who collaborated with Gilberto, also confirmed the news on Facebook, saying he had been asked to post it by Gilberto’s son Marcelo. “She was an important part of All that is Brazilian music in the world and she changed many lives with her energy,” Ricci wrote.
Born March 29th, 1940 in the Brazilian state of Bahia, Astrud Weinert...
- 6/6/2023
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Music
Oscar-nominated actress Amy Irving is ready to release her first album.
The performer tells The Hollywood Reporter that Born In a Trunk, featuring 10 cover songs pulled from her life and career, will be released digitally on April 7. “Why Don’t You Do Right?” — the first single which Irving sang as Jessica Rabbit in Who Framed Roger Rabbit — will be available on digital platforms on March 3.
Irving, 69, made her film debut in Brian De Palma’s Carrie in 1976 and two years later was in supernatural thriller The Fury. Her role in Yentl earned her an Oscar nomination for best supporting actress and she scored best actress Golden Globes nominations for Crossing Delancey and Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna. She also has a number of stage credits, earning an Obie Award for her off-Broadway performance in a production of The Road to Mecca.
Born In a Trunk also features Irving covering songs...
The performer tells The Hollywood Reporter that Born In a Trunk, featuring 10 cover songs pulled from her life and career, will be released digitally on April 7. “Why Don’t You Do Right?” — the first single which Irving sang as Jessica Rabbit in Who Framed Roger Rabbit — will be available on digital platforms on March 3.
Irving, 69, made her film debut in Brian De Palma’s Carrie in 1976 and two years later was in supernatural thriller The Fury. Her role in Yentl earned her an Oscar nomination for best supporting actress and she scored best actress Golden Globes nominations for Crossing Delancey and Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna. She also has a number of stage credits, earning an Obie Award for her off-Broadway performance in a production of The Road to Mecca.
Born In a Trunk also features Irving covering songs...
- 2/15/2023
- by Mesfin Fekadu
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
From “Walk on By” to “The Look of Love” to “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head” to “The Blob,” Burt Bacharach composed indelible pop songs that became staples of the soundtrack of their eras.
The prolific tunesmith, who died Feb. 8 at age 94, grew to prominence early in his career by penning film scores and hits (with lyricist partner Hal David) for movies such as “Casino Royale,” “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” “Alfie,” “What’s New Pussycat,” “After the Fox,” “Arthur” and “Night Shift.” And yes, Bacharach and lyricist Mack David (brother of Hal) wrote the late 1950s novelty hit “The Blob,” which stemmed from the 1958 horror comedy that helped propel Steve McQueen to stardom.
From the March 24, 1954, edition of weekly Variety
Bacharach’s first reference in Variety came in the March 24, 1954, edition of weekly, when he was name-checked as the musical director for the Ames Brothers, as part of a...
The prolific tunesmith, who died Feb. 8 at age 94, grew to prominence early in his career by penning film scores and hits (with lyricist partner Hal David) for movies such as “Casino Royale,” “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” “Alfie,” “What’s New Pussycat,” “After the Fox,” “Arthur” and “Night Shift.” And yes, Bacharach and lyricist Mack David (brother of Hal) wrote the late 1950s novelty hit “The Blob,” which stemmed from the 1958 horror comedy that helped propel Steve McQueen to stardom.
From the March 24, 1954, edition of weekly Variety
Bacharach’s first reference in Variety came in the March 24, 1954, edition of weekly, when he was name-checked as the musical director for the Ames Brothers, as part of a...
- 2/11/2023
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
Grammy® Award-Winning Producer, Guitarist & Singer John Pizzarelli joins Jimmy’s Jazz & Blues Club’s 2022 Schedule of Shows which now includes 9 Nea Jazz Masters, 52 Grammy® Award-Winning Artists, 46 Blues Music Award-Winners, and a comprehensive list of talented musicians with 575+ Grammy® Award Nominations amongst them. Tickets for John Pizzarelli at Jimmy’s Jazz & Blues Club, as well as the current list of 2022 & 2023 shows, can be found on Ticketmaster.com and Jimmy’s Online Event Calendar at: http://www.jimmysoncongress.com/events.
Jimmy’s Jazz & Blues Club Features Grammy® Award-Winning Producer, Guitarist & Singer John Pizzarelli on Thursday December 15 at 8 P.M. World-Renowned Jazz Guitarist John Pizzarelli has been hailed by the Boston Globe for “reinvigorating the Great American Songbook and re-popularizing jazz.”
While plenty of jazz greats influenced his work—Benny Goodman, Les Paul, Zoot Sims, Clark Terry and Slam Stewart, among others—Nat King Cole has been Pizzarelli’s hero and foundation over the last 25+ years.
Jimmy’s Jazz & Blues Club Features Grammy® Award-Winning Producer, Guitarist & Singer John Pizzarelli on Thursday December 15 at 8 P.M. World-Renowned Jazz Guitarist John Pizzarelli has been hailed by the Boston Globe for “reinvigorating the Great American Songbook and re-popularizing jazz.”
While plenty of jazz greats influenced his work—Benny Goodman, Les Paul, Zoot Sims, Clark Terry and Slam Stewart, among others—Nat King Cole has been Pizzarelli’s hero and foundation over the last 25+ years.
- 11/25/2022
- by Music Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid Music
Biopic of Brazilian singer premiered last month at Telluride.
Austrian doc specialist Autlook Filmsales has taken global sales rights for Brazilian music documentary Miúcha, The Voice of Bossa Nova.
The film premiered in Telluride, showed at TIFF and is due to screen in Brazil at the Festival do Rio Brazilian gala premiere on October 12.
Directed by Daniel Zarvos, a cousin of Miúcha, with Liliane Mutti, the documentary tells the story of the renowned Brazilian singer Heloísa Maria Buarque de Hollanda, known as Miúcha.
Although she recorded with legends of Bossa Nova like João Gilberto, Antônio Carlos Jobim and Stan Getz,...
Austrian doc specialist Autlook Filmsales has taken global sales rights for Brazilian music documentary Miúcha, The Voice of Bossa Nova.
The film premiered in Telluride, showed at TIFF and is due to screen in Brazil at the Festival do Rio Brazilian gala premiere on October 12.
Directed by Daniel Zarvos, a cousin of Miúcha, with Liliane Mutti, the documentary tells the story of the renowned Brazilian singer Heloísa Maria Buarque de Hollanda, known as Miúcha.
Although she recorded with legends of Bossa Nova like João Gilberto, Antônio Carlos Jobim and Stan Getz,...
- 10/10/2022
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
Gru and the minions are back in an all new blast from the past adventure. “Minions: The Rise of Gru” takes viewers back to Gru’s childhood where, on the brink of adolescence, Gru wants nothing more than to join The Sinister Six, a group of villains notorious for their collaboration in crime.
The adventures of all these characters as well as the minions are backed by a reimagined soundtrack full of ’70s hits.
Produced by Jack Antonoff, the soundtrack includes St. Vincent’s rendition of Lipps Inc’s 1979 hit “Funkytown,” H.E.R.’s version of “Dance to the Music” from Sly and the Family Stone in 1967, Bleachers’ rendition of John Lennon’s 1970 song “Instant Karma” and Phoebe Bridgers’ version of The Carpenters’ 1972 ballad “Goodbye to Love.” Even the Minions get a few spotlight moments like when they sing Paul Simon’s “Cecelia.”
Here are all the songs in...
The adventures of all these characters as well as the minions are backed by a reimagined soundtrack full of ’70s hits.
Produced by Jack Antonoff, the soundtrack includes St. Vincent’s rendition of Lipps Inc’s 1979 hit “Funkytown,” H.E.R.’s version of “Dance to the Music” from Sly and the Family Stone in 1967, Bleachers’ rendition of John Lennon’s 1970 song “Instant Karma” and Phoebe Bridgers’ version of The Carpenters’ 1972 ballad “Goodbye to Love.” Even the Minions get a few spotlight moments like when they sing Paul Simon’s “Cecelia.”
Here are all the songs in...
- 7/1/2022
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
On paper, the prominent use of sensitive American singer-songwriter music from the 1970s and ‘80s in a modern Norwegian romantic comedy might seem rather incongruous, if not downright anachronistic. But five decades on from some of their biggest successes, Art Garfunkel, Todd Rundgren, Harry Nilsson and Christopher Cross are back on the big screen helping soundtrack Danish/Norwegian director Joachim Trier’s acclaimed “The Worst Person in the World,” which is nominated for best original screenplay and best international feature film at the upcoming Academy Awards.
Co-written by Trier and longtime collaborator Eskil Vogt, “Worst Person” has already won best foreign language film from the New York Film Critics Circle and garnered Renate Reinsve the best actress award at Cannes. The movie follows Reinsve’s Julie as she navigates the restless transition from her 20s into her 30s, spanning two long-term relationships that conjure tough existential questions about love, fidelity,...
Co-written by Trier and longtime collaborator Eskil Vogt, “Worst Person” has already won best foreign language film from the New York Film Critics Circle and garnered Renate Reinsve the best actress award at Cannes. The movie follows Reinsve’s Julie as she navigates the restless transition from her 20s into her 30s, spanning two long-term relationships that conjure tough existential questions about love, fidelity,...
- 3/9/2022
- by Jonathan Cohen
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: A new musical stage adaptation of the Oscar-winning 1959 film Black Orpheus is being readied for a Broadway premiere next season, producers said today. The production will feature a book by Pulitzer Prize winner Nilo Cruz, original music by Brazilian music icon Sergio Mendes, and direction and choreography by Sergio Trujillo, the Tony-winning choreographer of Ain’t Too Proud.
In addition to winning both the Cannes Palme d’Or and the 1959 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, the 1959 film directed by Marcel Camus based on a play by Vinicius de Moraes played a seminal role in launching the international popularity of Bossa Nova music. The stage adaptation will feature both new, original music by Mendes and selections from the beloved movie score by Antonio Carlos Jobim, Luiz Bonfa and Vinicius de Moraes.
In a statement, producers Stephen Byrd and Alia Jones-Harvey said, “It is our privilege to ready Black...
In addition to winning both the Cannes Palme d’Or and the 1959 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, the 1959 film directed by Marcel Camus based on a play by Vinicius de Moraes played a seminal role in launching the international popularity of Bossa Nova music. The stage adaptation will feature both new, original music by Mendes and selections from the beloved movie score by Antonio Carlos Jobim, Luiz Bonfa and Vinicius de Moraes.
In a statement, producers Stephen Byrd and Alia Jones-Harvey said, “It is our privilege to ready Black...
- 1/20/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
“I’m on my way, I’m going fast,” Lil Baby promised us on his debut single “My Dawg.” The Atlanta rapper was describing his excitement to get home and have sex, Three years later, the line could just as easily stand as the perfect epigraph for the breakneck speed at which has career has advanced.
Baby’s trajectory spiked the moment he started rapping in early 2017, when he got out of jail after serving a two-year bid. Within six months, he had a Young Thug co-sign, a deal with Quality Control,...
Baby’s trajectory spiked the moment he started rapping in early 2017, when he got out of jail after serving a two-year bid. Within six months, he had a Young Thug co-sign, a deal with Quality Control,...
- 3/3/2020
- by Danny Schwartz
- Rollingstone.com
Following thousands of jazz events taking place in 195 countries on all seven continents, International Jazz Day 2019 came to a thrilling close this evening in Melbourne, Australia with an extraordinary All-Star Global Concert at the Melbourne Arts Centre’s renowned Hamer Hall.
Herbie Hancock, Kurt Elling, Somi, Igor Butman, James Morrison, Lizz Wright and Jane Monheit
Credit/Copyright: Graham Denholm/Getty Images for Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz
Led by artistic co-directors Herbie Hancock (USA) and James Morrison (Australia), and musical director John Beasley (USA), the concert was streamed live by the United Nations and Unesco and on www.jazzday.com. It featured riveting performances by over 30 international artists: Cieavash Arian (Iran), William Barton (Australia), Brian Blade (USA), A Bu (China), Igor Butman (Russian Federation), Theo Croker (USA), Joey DeFrancesco (USA), Eli Degibri (Israel), Kurt Elling (USA), James Genus (USA), Paul Grabowsky (Australia), Antonio Hart (USA), Matthew Jodrell (Australia), Aditya Kalyanpur...
Herbie Hancock, Kurt Elling, Somi, Igor Butman, James Morrison, Lizz Wright and Jane Monheit
Credit/Copyright: Graham Denholm/Getty Images for Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz
Led by artistic co-directors Herbie Hancock (USA) and James Morrison (Australia), and musical director John Beasley (USA), the concert was streamed live by the United Nations and Unesco and on www.jazzday.com. It featured riveting performances by over 30 international artists: Cieavash Arian (Iran), William Barton (Australia), Brian Blade (USA), A Bu (China), Igor Butman (Russian Federation), Theo Croker (USA), Joey DeFrancesco (USA), Eli Degibri (Israel), Kurt Elling (USA), James Genus (USA), Paul Grabowsky (Australia), Antonio Hart (USA), Matthew Jodrell (Australia), Aditya Kalyanpur...
- 5/10/2019
- Look to the Stars
Norman Gimbel, an Oscar and Grammy-winning composer whose lyrics graced hit songs such as Roberta Flack’s “Killing Me Softly with His Song” and Jim Croce’s “I Got a Name,” died at the age of 91 on December 19 at his longtime home in Montecito, Calif.
His death was confirmed by Bmi, which paid tribute on its website, noting: “Bmi was greatly saddened to learn of the passing of renowned songwriter Norman Gimbel, a truly prolific and gifted writer who will be greatly missed by his many friends and fans here.”
The Brooklyn native wrote the words to both “The Girl from Ipanema” and the “Happy Days” theme, earning an Academy Award with David Shire for Jennifer Warnes’ “It Goes Like It Goes,” the Best Original Song winner for 1979’s “Norma Rae,” which also garnered Sally Field her first of two Best Actress Oscars.
With his longtime writing collaborator Charles Fox,...
His death was confirmed by Bmi, which paid tribute on its website, noting: “Bmi was greatly saddened to learn of the passing of renowned songwriter Norman Gimbel, a truly prolific and gifted writer who will be greatly missed by his many friends and fans here.”
The Brooklyn native wrote the words to both “The Girl from Ipanema” and the “Happy Days” theme, earning an Academy Award with David Shire for Jennifer Warnes’ “It Goes Like It Goes,” the Best Original Song winner for 1979’s “Norma Rae,” which also garnered Sally Field her first of two Best Actress Oscars.
With his longtime writing collaborator Charles Fox,...
- 12/28/2018
- by Roy Trakin
- Variety Film + TV
Fourteen years ago, Luca Guadagnino and his longtime editor Walter Fasano decided that the soundtrack for their 2005 feature “Melissa P.” should be made up of “music of the now.” With the help of Carlo Antonelli, editor in chief of Rolling Stone Italy, they scored the film using 40 songs they believed would resonate with teenagers all around the world. On IndieWire’s Filmmaker Toolkit Podcast, Guadagnino said what the trio had created was impressive, but the ultimate end result was a disaster.
“We did that in a little bit of an irresponsible way because we didn’t know if we could afford it,” said Guadagnino. “The studio hated it because they found that not having a theme in the soundtrack, but going from song to song, like in ‘Goodfellas,’ you could not really connect with Melissa (María Valverde) in the way Hollywood makes you believe a soundtrack should connect with a character,...
“We did that in a little bit of an irresponsible way because we didn’t know if we could afford it,” said Guadagnino. “The studio hated it because they found that not having a theme in the soundtrack, but going from song to song, like in ‘Goodfellas,’ you could not really connect with Melissa (María Valverde) in the way Hollywood makes you believe a soundtrack should connect with a character,...
- 11/1/2018
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
Nearly 20 years after its original release, the soundtrack to David Lynch’s “Lost Highway” is being reissued on vinyl. Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails — and, more recently, collaborations with directors like David Fincher and Peter Berg — produced the soundtrack, which featured pieces from Angelo Badalamenti, David Bowie and Marilyn Manson.
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“Lost Highway” wasn’t much of a commercial success, but its soundtrack actually reached #7 on the Billboard chart way back when. Norman Records is handling the reissue, which will see the album released on 180g yellow vinyl. The album is now available for pre-order, and you can find the full tracklist below.
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David Bowie: “I’m Deranged” Trent Reznor: “Videodrones; Questions” Nine Inch Nails: “The Perfect Drug” Angelo Badalamenti...
Read More: ‘Twin Peaks’ Soundtrack to Be Released on ‘Damn Good Coffee’ Vinyl
“Lost Highway” wasn’t much of a commercial success, but its soundtrack actually reached #7 on the Billboard chart way back when. Norman Records is handling the reissue, which will see the album released on 180g yellow vinyl. The album is now available for pre-order, and you can find the full tracklist below.
Read More: Three David Cronenberg/Howard Shore Soundtracks Are Coming to Vinyl, Including ‘Crash’
David Bowie: “I’m Deranged” Trent Reznor: “Videodrones; Questions” Nine Inch Nails: “The Perfect Drug” Angelo Badalamenti...
- 10/4/2016
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
It's week four of blind auditions on The Voice and the show ain't messing around - we're getting fifteen acts taking to the stage this week in a bid to win an all-important chair spin from the coaches.
And if you want to know a little bit more about those 15 hopefuls, you're in luck, because we have all their pictures, song details and info. Read on for everything you need to know before Saturday night...
1. Tim Arnold - 39, London
Song: 'Running Up That Hill' - Kate Bush
What you need to know: Tim's mum is Polly Perkins who played Rose Cotton in EastEnders - June Brown is a close family friend. Tim also had a taste of success with Britpop band Jocasta in the '90s, but they were dropped on the day their album came out (way harsh). He's still working on music and recently recorded with Gary Kemp.
And if you want to know a little bit more about those 15 hopefuls, you're in luck, because we have all their pictures, song details and info. Read on for everything you need to know before Saturday night...
1. Tim Arnold - 39, London
Song: 'Running Up That Hill' - Kate Bush
What you need to know: Tim's mum is Polly Perkins who played Rose Cotton in EastEnders - June Brown is a close family friend. Tim also had a taste of success with Britpop band Jocasta in the '90s, but they were dropped on the day their album came out (way harsh). He's still working on music and recently recorded with Gary Kemp.
- 1/29/2015
- Digital Spy
Prolific director George C. Wolfe and Pulitzer-winning playwright Lynn Nottage are on board with producers Stephen Byrd, Alia Jones-Harvey and Paula Marie Black to recast Marcel Camus’ Black Orpheus as a Broadway musical. The steamy 1960 Best Foreign Film Oscar winner, which set the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice in modern-day Rio de Janeiro against the orgiastic background of carnavale, had a celebrated score by Luiz Bonfa and Antonio Carlos Jobim that’s widely credited with launching the Bossa Nova craze in the U.S. with such classics as its theme, “Manha de Carnaval.” Rick Miramontez, a spokesman for the show, said that […]...
- 7/7/2014
- Deadline
By Lee Pfeiffer
When it opened in 1970, director Lewis Gilbert's film version of Harold Robbins' best-seller The Adventurers was reviewed by New York Times, which referred to the production as "a spectacular blast-furnace lulu of human waste". Indeed, Gilbert himself said of the film a few years ago that it was "terrible" and that he regretted having been involved with it. With such a reputation, it's no wonder that even retro movie lovers such as myself have never made the effort to watch the movie. However, the Warner Archive has just re-issued Paramounts original DVD release of the film and, upon receiving the screener, I had enough morbid curiosity to give it a try. How, after all, could a film by a major director and featuring a big all-star cast go so completely wrong? The answer is: it didn't. The Adventurers is not high art, but it doesn't...
When it opened in 1970, director Lewis Gilbert's film version of Harold Robbins' best-seller The Adventurers was reviewed by New York Times, which referred to the production as "a spectacular blast-furnace lulu of human waste". Indeed, Gilbert himself said of the film a few years ago that it was "terrible" and that he regretted having been involved with it. With such a reputation, it's no wonder that even retro movie lovers such as myself have never made the effort to watch the movie. However, the Warner Archive has just re-issued Paramounts original DVD release of the film and, upon receiving the screener, I had enough morbid curiosity to give it a try. How, after all, could a film by a major director and featuring a big all-star cast go so completely wrong? The answer is: it didn't. The Adventurers is not high art, but it doesn't...
- 11/4/2013
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
New York — Chick Corea took the unusual step of releasing four major recordings last year covering a wide gamut of music – everything from solo piano improvisations to a concerto for jazz quintet and chamber orchestra.
Now, the 71-year-old jazz pianist and composer is in the unusual position of competing against himself in two categories at the Feb. 10 awards show in Los Angeles.
"People in the music business say don't make too many records because they'll compete against one another," Corea said in a phone interview. "Well, it's exactly what's happening, but I'm very happy about it because what I love to do is making a lot of music."
His album "Hot House," the latest chapter in his 40-year partnership with vibraphonist Gary Burton, has three nominations – best jazz instrumental album, improvised jazz solo for the title track and instrumental composition for "Mozart Goes Dancing."
"Further Explorations," on which he pays...
Now, the 71-year-old jazz pianist and composer is in the unusual position of competing against himself in two categories at the Feb. 10 awards show in Los Angeles.
"People in the music business say don't make too many records because they'll compete against one another," Corea said in a phone interview. "Well, it's exactly what's happening, but I'm very happy about it because what I love to do is making a lot of music."
His album "Hot House," the latest chapter in his 40-year partnership with vibraphonist Gary Burton, has three nominations – best jazz instrumental album, improvised jazz solo for the title track and instrumental composition for "Mozart Goes Dancing."
"Further Explorations," on which he pays...
- 2/2/2013
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Washington — Walk into any Sweetgreen restaurant and alongside your locally grown mesclun topped with organic dressing you're likely to get a helping of Hot Chips – the band, not the food.
"Music for us is part of our DNA," says Jonathan Neman, the 27-year-old co-founder of the Washington restaurant chain. In fact, he and his two partners care so much about the music that plays in their dozen locations, they personally crafted the playlists, creating eclectic blends that run from The Cure to today's British indie Blood Orange.
"When you're dining the food is important, the smell is important, the way it looks is important. And what you're listening to is important," he said.
Until recently, many restaurants were content to turn on the radio or let the manager fire up his iPod. But for a growing number of foodies and restaurateurs, what's on the playlist is almost as important as what's on the menu.
"Music for us is part of our DNA," says Jonathan Neman, the 27-year-old co-founder of the Washington restaurant chain. In fact, he and his two partners care so much about the music that plays in their dozen locations, they personally crafted the playlists, creating eclectic blends that run from The Cure to today's British indie Blood Orange.
"When you're dining the food is important, the smell is important, the way it looks is important. And what you're listening to is important," he said.
Until recently, many restaurants were content to turn on the radio or let the manager fire up his iPod. But for a growing number of foodies and restaurateurs, what's on the playlist is almost as important as what's on the menu.
- 6/1/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
The Cannes Marche du Film has a new initiative, the Doc Corner, which allows buyers and programmers priority access to a digital video library including all documentaries presented in Cannes. Furthermore, the Documentary Brunch brings together the documentary film community in a friendly networking atmosphere.
The Doc Corner, has been showing new documentaries online and at their stand in the Palais in Cannes and some have connected with the Sales community here. This new initiative of Marche Directeur Delegue Jerome Paillard is designed to help Marche participants to find distribution, sales and festival play for their feature length (70 minutes plus) documentary new and completed films.
Among other services 220 completed documentary films are available to view only at the Doc Corner stand in the Palais. After Cannes Fest and Marche finish in late May, all films will be available to screen online at the Marche website Cinando.com. All of the completed international films are available for all rights for sales, distribution and fests. These films are meant for cinemas, not "just" TV. There are also 'a few' docs here (12 in all) from the Marche adjacent event, Short Film Corner. Additionally 6 documentary features from Cannes Ff and also from the concurrent Critic's Week and Director's Fortnight events are here. There are also a running series of 'Meet With ...' events where an expert comes for group discussions with no more than 15 filmmakers who are pre-registered. The idea 'Meet With...' sessions are to help films find sales, distribution and festival play worldwide. There are also documentary funding agencies here to discuss projects. Among these are Cinereach / USA and Jan Vrijman Fund / Netherlands. Lastly, again this year the well attended 'Docu Brunch' will take place in the Majestic for several hundred attendees and docu experts to meet, mingle and network.
The Music According to Antonio Carlos Jobim, a new Portugese feature docu Directed by Nelson Pereira Dos Santos, is negotiating their sales deal now.
Half a century ago, Brazilian composer and musician Antonio Carlos Jobim (1927-1994) introduced bossa nova to a worldwide audience with ''The Girl from Ipanema.'' This musical collage of countless seamlessly edited excerpts of concert footage covers decades of events all over world. There is no commentary; the music speaks for itself. Picture postcards, private photos, official documents, posters, album covers, and sheet music complement the concert footage.
The film is in Portugese and English, 84 minutes. It has now, in Cannes, screened twice, out of Competition.
The important Paris based international sales company Wide House has selected this film for its new documentary division.
The Doc Corner, has been showing new documentaries online and at their stand in the Palais in Cannes and some have connected with the Sales community here. This new initiative of Marche Directeur Delegue Jerome Paillard is designed to help Marche participants to find distribution, sales and festival play for their feature length (70 minutes plus) documentary new and completed films.
Among other services 220 completed documentary films are available to view only at the Doc Corner stand in the Palais. After Cannes Fest and Marche finish in late May, all films will be available to screen online at the Marche website Cinando.com. All of the completed international films are available for all rights for sales, distribution and fests. These films are meant for cinemas, not "just" TV. There are also 'a few' docs here (12 in all) from the Marche adjacent event, Short Film Corner. Additionally 6 documentary features from Cannes Ff and also from the concurrent Critic's Week and Director's Fortnight events are here. There are also a running series of 'Meet With ...' events where an expert comes for group discussions with no more than 15 filmmakers who are pre-registered. The idea 'Meet With...' sessions are to help films find sales, distribution and festival play worldwide. There are also documentary funding agencies here to discuss projects. Among these are Cinereach / USA and Jan Vrijman Fund / Netherlands. Lastly, again this year the well attended 'Docu Brunch' will take place in the Majestic for several hundred attendees and docu experts to meet, mingle and network.
The Music According to Antonio Carlos Jobim, a new Portugese feature docu Directed by Nelson Pereira Dos Santos, is negotiating their sales deal now.
Half a century ago, Brazilian composer and musician Antonio Carlos Jobim (1927-1994) introduced bossa nova to a worldwide audience with ''The Girl from Ipanema.'' This musical collage of countless seamlessly edited excerpts of concert footage covers decades of events all over world. There is no commentary; the music speaks for itself. Picture postcards, private photos, official documents, posters, album covers, and sheet music complement the concert footage.
The film is in Portugese and English, 84 minutes. It has now, in Cannes, screened twice, out of Competition.
The important Paris based international sales company Wide House has selected this film for its new documentary division.
- 5/26/2012
- by Peter Belsito
- Sydney's Buzz
Los Angeles, California (X17online) - The Recording Academy is awarding the late Steve Jobs a posthumous Grammy. The Apple co-founder will be recognized for his technological contributions to the arts. "Steve Jobs helped create products and technology that transformed the way we consume music, TV, movies, and books," the Academy said in a statement. "A creative visionary, Jobs’ innovations such as the iPod and its counterpart, the online iTunes store, revolutionized the industry and how music was distributed and purchased." This year’s honorary Grammy recipients also include Diana Ross, the Allman Brothers, Antonio Carlos Jobim, George Jones, Glen Campbell, the Memphis Horns and recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder. The 54th Grammy Awards will broadcast live on Sunday, Feb. 12 at 8 p.m. Et/Pt on CBS.
- 12/23/2011
- x17online.com
Diana Ross has been announced as a recipient of the Grammys Lifetime Achievement Award. The legendary singer joins Allman Brothers Band, Glen Campbell, Antonio Carlos Jobim, George Jones, the Memphis Horns and Gil Scott-Heron as Lifetime Achievement honourees. Recognized for their contribution in the music industry, Ross and the rest of the Lifetime Achievement recipients will be honored at a private ceremony by the Grammy organization on February 11, 2012. There will be a formal mention of (more)...
- 12/21/2011
- by By Kristina Bustos
- Digital Spy
Earlier this week, Universal Music Group UK Ltd. sent out an email announcing the tracklist for Amy Winehouse’s posthumous album “Lioness: Hidden Treasures.”
What made the announcement so haunting is that 1) It came on Halloween and 2) the sender was listed as “Amy Winehouse” who, of course, died earlier this year at the age of 27.
The new 12-track album, due out Dec. 5, was compiled by Winehouse’s longtime collaborators, Salaam Remi and Mark Ronson, who, according to the label, sifted through “previously unreleased tracks,...
What made the announcement so haunting is that 1) It came on Halloween and 2) the sender was listed as “Amy Winehouse” who, of course, died earlier this year at the age of 27.
The new 12-track album, due out Dec. 5, was compiled by Winehouse’s longtime collaborators, Salaam Remi and Mark Ronson, who, according to the label, sifted through “previously unreleased tracks,...
- 11/2/2011
- by WSJ Staff
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Title: Music According To Tom Jobim Director: Nelson Pereira dos Santos Music is a consistent theme at this year’s New York Film Festival. Documentaries and concert films about George Harrison and Andrew Bird make up the festival’s line-up but not to be overlooked, a documentary about musician and composer, Antonio Carlos Jobim is not to be missed. “Music According To Tom Jobim” is a wonderful film that follows the career and influence of this musical visionary, and is probably the most fun you’ll have during the whole film festival. Antonio Carlos Jobim, also known as “Tom Jobim,” created and revolutionized pop music in the 60s, not only in his native...
- 9/24/2011
- by Rudie Obias
- ShockYa
Critics swoon over CG animation so colorful it 'glows' in this Brazilian bird tale voiced by Jesse Eisenberg, will.i.am and others
By Eric Ditzian
"Rio"
Photo: 20th Century Fox
If "Hop" has proved anything with its two straight weekends at the top of the box office (including a $37.5 million debut), it's that animated fare is so often review-proof. The Russell Brand-starring tale about the Easter Bunny has owned the multiplex all this month despite being a critical dud.
Now comes "Rio," a film that not only has been garnering stellar reviews but is dropping into theaters as spring vacations unleash students from schools around the country. Is it any surprise, then, that some box-office prognosticators are suggesting the 3-D flick could gross as much as $50 million in its opening weekend?
Critics have been lauding the film's eye-popping visuals, winning musical numbers and memorable cast of supporting characters.
By Eric Ditzian
"Rio"
Photo: 20th Century Fox
If "Hop" has proved anything with its two straight weekends at the top of the box office (including a $37.5 million debut), it's that animated fare is so often review-proof. The Russell Brand-starring tale about the Easter Bunny has owned the multiplex all this month despite being a critical dud.
Now comes "Rio," a film that not only has been garnering stellar reviews but is dropping into theaters as spring vacations unleash students from schools around the country. Is it any surprise, then, that some box-office prognosticators are suggesting the 3-D flick could gross as much as $50 million in its opening weekend?
Critics have been lauding the film's eye-popping visuals, winning musical numbers and memorable cast of supporting characters.
- 4/15/2011
- MTV Music News
Critics swoon over CG animation so colorful it 'glows' in this Brazilian bird tale voiced by Jesse Eisenberg, will.i.am and others
By Eric Ditzian
"Rio"
Photo: 20th Century Fox
If "Hop" has proved anything with its two straight weekends at the top of the box office (including a $37.5 million debut), it's that animated fare is so often review-proof. The Russell Brand-starring tale about the Easter Bunny has owned the multiplex all this month despite being a critical dud.
Now comes "Rio," a film that not only has been garnering stellar reviews but is dropping into theaters as spring vacations unleash students from schools around the country. Is it any surprise, then, that some box-office prognosticators are suggesting the 3-D flick could gross as much as $50 million in its opening weekend?
Critics have been lauding the film's eye-popping visuals, winning musical numbers and memorable cast of supporting characters.
By Eric Ditzian
"Rio"
Photo: 20th Century Fox
If "Hop" has proved anything with its two straight weekends at the top of the box office (including a $37.5 million debut), it's that animated fare is so often review-proof. The Russell Brand-starring tale about the Easter Bunny has owned the multiplex all this month despite being a critical dud.
Now comes "Rio," a film that not only has been garnering stellar reviews but is dropping into theaters as spring vacations unleash students from schools around the country. Is it any surprise, then, that some box-office prognosticators are suggesting the 3-D flick could gross as much as $50 million in its opening weekend?
Critics have been lauding the film's eye-popping visuals, winning musical numbers and memorable cast of supporting characters.
- 4/15/2011
- MTV Movie News
Film snobs love to cite the explosive, musical, colorful and exciting opening to Marcel Camus' 1959 masterpiece Orfeu Negro (Black Orpheus) as one of cinema's best celebrations of sight and sound. Should the child audiences of today go to film school tomorrow, there may be lingering images from a different story set atop the villages overlooking Rio De Janeiro ready to give Camus a run for its centavos.
The opening sequence of Rio, the forthcoming animated feature from Blue Sky Studios, opens with an absolutely gorgeous and adorable samba-themed "Busby Berkeley in the sky" number by way of Crayola. It is wild, it is bright, it will charm the pants off of anyone with a pulse.
It's here where we see Macaws and other tropical birds in their natural element. (You know, dancing and singing.) Sadly, trappers arrive and cage some of our feathered friends, including a baby blue Macaw...
The opening sequence of Rio, the forthcoming animated feature from Blue Sky Studios, opens with an absolutely gorgeous and adorable samba-themed "Busby Berkeley in the sky" number by way of Crayola. It is wild, it is bright, it will charm the pants off of anyone with a pulse.
It's here where we see Macaws and other tropical birds in their natural element. (You know, dancing and singing.) Sadly, trappers arrive and cage some of our feathered friends, including a baby blue Macaw...
- 2/9/2011
- UGO Movies
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Sure, David Fincher might have done a fantastic job in bringing the Facebook story to the big screen, but how would other directors have handled it? This hilarious parody imagines how The Social Network would look if the Zuckerberg legacy were put into the hands of authorship-heavy directors like Wes Anderson, Michael Bay, Christopher Guest, Quentin Tarantino, Guillermo del Toro, and Frank Capra. The Wes Anderson spoof is especially perfect.
See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor. In a world where frozen food products recklessly corrode the insides of their faithful customers, finally … one man is brave enough to review them all. Greg is a regular guy with a nice kitchen, a big freezer and a microwave. He also has a deep passion for frozen foods,...
Sure, David Fincher might have done a fantastic job in bringing the Facebook story to the big screen, but how would other directors have handled it? This hilarious parody imagines how The Social Network would look if the Zuckerberg legacy were put into the hands of authorship-heavy directors like Wes Anderson, Michael Bay, Christopher Guest, Quentin Tarantino, Guillermo del Toro, and Frank Capra. The Wes Anderson spoof is especially perfect.
See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor. In a world where frozen food products recklessly corrode the insides of their faithful customers, finally … one man is brave enough to review them all. Greg is a regular guy with a nice kitchen, a big freezer and a microwave. He also has a deep passion for frozen foods,...
- 12/8/2010
- by Nick Allen
- The Scorecard Review
Marcel Camus' 1959 film Black Orpheus is the Rosetta Stone of favela chic. The film's portrayal of what were then underexposed aspects of Brazilian culture -- Carnaval, bossa nova music, voodoo, black people -- planted an image in many people's heads that came to represent country. As revealed by The Criterion Collection's new Blu-Ray, Black Orpheus is still an absorbing and beautiful film. However, some elements of the film don't resonate as strongly as they did in1959.
Marcel Camus' film, which is derived from Vincinius de Morae's musical play Orefu De Conceição, is a take on the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Here, the tale of the lovers is transferred from Greece to the favelas during Carnaval in Rio de Jainero. Orpheus (Bruno Mello) is a street car conductor whose true passion is singing and playing guitar (Orpheus was associated with the lyre). He is engaged to a...
Marcel Camus' film, which is derived from Vincinius de Morae's musical play Orefu De Conceição, is a take on the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Here, the tale of the lovers is transferred from Greece to the favelas during Carnaval in Rio de Jainero. Orpheus (Bruno Mello) is a street car conductor whose true passion is singing and playing guitar (Orpheus was associated with the lyre). He is engaged to a...
- 8/24/2010
- Screen Anarchy
As much as Criterion seems to love their austere period dramas, their extreme genre pushing pieces, and their black and white French coming of age films, every so often, they release, or in the case of Black Orpheus, re-release a film that takes the collection to a completely different place.
When looking at the collection as a whole, very few releases are as stand out as the 1959 Marcel Camus directed love letter to Brazil and it’s then ever growing art scene, Black Orpheus. Based on the legendary Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, takes the story, and plants it in the heart of a favela in Rio de Janeiro, during the then rarely filmed Carnaval, and follows Orfeo, a trolley conductor and aspiring musician, who is engaged to the lively and utterly breathtaking Mira. However, during Carnaval, after being chased from her home by a mysterious stalker dressed in a skeleton costume,...
When looking at the collection as a whole, very few releases are as stand out as the 1959 Marcel Camus directed love letter to Brazil and it’s then ever growing art scene, Black Orpheus. Based on the legendary Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, takes the story, and plants it in the heart of a favela in Rio de Janeiro, during the then rarely filmed Carnaval, and follows Orfeo, a trolley conductor and aspiring musician, who is engaged to the lively and utterly breathtaking Mira. However, during Carnaval, after being chased from her home by a mysterious stalker dressed in a skeleton costume,...
- 8/17/2010
- by Joshua Brunsting
- CriterionCast
The 2010 Sundance Film Festival opens today, and indieWIRE correspondent Eric Kohn and La Weekly's Karina Longworth have already both weighed in rather astutely on the festival's Next section, a showcase for low-budget indies. In that particular mix is the intimate relationship dramedy The Freebie, the directorial debut of The Puffy Chair star Katie Aselton—who can also be seen at the fest in Cyrus, co-directed by her husband Mark Duplass. Dax Shepard (Idiocracy, Employee of the Month) co-stars: Darren (Shepard) and Annie (Aselton) have an enviable relationship built on love, trust, and communication. After seven years of marriage, they wouldn’t change their relationship one bit. They still enjoy each other’s company and laugh at each other’s jokes, but, unfortunately, they can’t remember the last time they had sex. When a dinner party conversation leads to an honest discussion about the state of their love life, and...
- 1/21/2010
- GreenCine Daily
Stumped for what to buy your friends and family this year? Forget the socks and chocs and bubble bath – our critics have chosen 40 of the best music, film and TV box sets
Pop by Kitty Empire
1 The Beatles Remastered Stereo Box Set (Parlophone)
At £145, the Beatles box set probably costs roughly what a small car did in the early 1960s. But the startling detail on these CDs will repay the outlay for Beatles nerds and mere mortals alike. Its sister release, The Beatles in Mono – 1960s scooter prices, at a guess – is even more desirable, audiophiles reckon.
2 Kraftwerk The Catalogue (Mute/Emi)
Eight albums by the electronic Beatles, dating from 1974's Autobahn, all gleamingly remastered. Costing considerably less than one of Ralf Hütter's beloved bicycles, this is the master text of most electronic genres – electro, techno, even hip-hop – today.
3 Spiritualized Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space Deluxe...
Pop by Kitty Empire
1 The Beatles Remastered Stereo Box Set (Parlophone)
At £145, the Beatles box set probably costs roughly what a small car did in the early 1960s. But the startling detail on these CDs will repay the outlay for Beatles nerds and mere mortals alike. Its sister release, The Beatles in Mono – 1960s scooter prices, at a guess – is even more desirable, audiophiles reckon.
2 Kraftwerk The Catalogue (Mute/Emi)
Eight albums by the electronic Beatles, dating from 1974's Autobahn, all gleamingly remastered. Costing considerably less than one of Ralf Hütter's beloved bicycles, this is the master text of most electronic genres – electro, techno, even hip-hop – today.
3 Spiritualized Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space Deluxe...
- 11/29/2009
- The Guardian - Film News
Sweet As Pie
By: Steve Labate
Nellie McKay’s gorgeously understated new album, Normal As Blueberry Pie, is everything a tribute record should be. McKay shows a genuine love and respect for her subject, not to mention a seemingly intuitive understanding of the long-forgotten appeal of singer/actress Doris Day—who, over the years, has become synonymous with the stodgy, overly sentimental schmaltz of the irony-free era from which she came, an era that seems to lie across the chasm of history, out of our reach. Backed by some fantastically talented jazz musicians, McKay bridges this gap, breathing life into Day’s out-of-vogue material; giving old standards a new sense of purpose that transcends nostalgia and makes them feel at home in the modern world. She tackles both popular and obscure Day-delivered numbers—written by legends like George and Ira Gershwin, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Burt Bacharach and Hal David, Johnny Mercer,...
By: Steve Labate
Nellie McKay’s gorgeously understated new album, Normal As Blueberry Pie, is everything a tribute record should be. McKay shows a genuine love and respect for her subject, not to mention a seemingly intuitive understanding of the long-forgotten appeal of singer/actress Doris Day—who, over the years, has become synonymous with the stodgy, overly sentimental schmaltz of the irony-free era from which she came, an era that seems to lie across the chasm of history, out of our reach. Backed by some fantastically talented jazz musicians, McKay bridges this gap, breathing life into Day’s out-of-vogue material; giving old standards a new sense of purpose that transcends nostalgia and makes them feel at home in the modern world. She tackles both popular and obscure Day-delivered numbers—written by legends like George and Ira Gershwin, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Burt Bacharach and Hal David, Johnny Mercer,...
- 10/12/2009
- Pastemagazine.com
We are women, hear us roar. We can bring home the bacon, fry it up in a pan, and inspire many a chart-topping song!
10 Songs Inspired by Real WomenLucy in the Sky with Diamonds
The real-life Lucy from the Beatles' song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" has died at the age of 46. Lucy Vodden was classmates with John Lennon's son, Julian. One day, the young Lennon came home from school with a drawing that he entitled, "Lucy in the sky with diamonds."
Peggy Sue
Buddy Holly wrote his hit "Peggy Sue" about Peggy Sue Gerron, who married Buddy Holly and the Crickets' band member Jerry Allison. Holly actually never had a romantic relationship with Peggy Sue, but he really, really, really liked her name.
It Ain't Me Babe
Bob Dylan wrote "It Ain't Me Babe" about his ugly breakup with former squeeze folksinger, Joan Baez. Baez must've been thrilled.
10 Songs Inspired by Real WomenLucy in the Sky with Diamonds
The real-life Lucy from the Beatles' song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" has died at the age of 46. Lucy Vodden was classmates with John Lennon's son, Julian. One day, the young Lennon came home from school with a drawing that he entitled, "Lucy in the sky with diamonds."
Peggy Sue
Buddy Holly wrote his hit "Peggy Sue" about Peggy Sue Gerron, who married Buddy Holly and the Crickets' band member Jerry Allison. Holly actually never had a romantic relationship with Peggy Sue, but he really, really, really liked her name.
It Ain't Me Babe
Bob Dylan wrote "It Ain't Me Babe" about his ugly breakup with former squeeze folksinger, Joan Baez. Baez must've been thrilled.
- 10/1/2009
- Momlogic
Whatever Works
Directed by: Woody Allen
Cast: Larry David, Evan Rachel Wood, Patricia Clarkson
Running Time: 1 hr 35 mins
Rating: PG-13
Release Date: June 26, 2009 (Limited)
Plot: An intelligent misanthrope (David) has an unlikely relationship with a girl from Mississippi (Wood) who is nearly 40 years younger than him.
Who’s It For? Woody Allen fans, especially those who can appreciate his lighter fare. Whatever Works is also for people who want to experience dating comedies that are a bit more fruitful and still incomparable to the other stuff coming out today.
Expectations: After a morbid trip to London (Scoop, Cassandra’s Dream) and a spicy trip to Spain, (Vicky Cristina Barcelona), it seemed like Woody would be settling back in the coziness of both New York City and making light comedies about young women being enamored with old dudes.
Scorecard (0-10)
Actors:
Larry David as Boris Yellnikoff: Only a couple of episodes...
Directed by: Woody Allen
Cast: Larry David, Evan Rachel Wood, Patricia Clarkson
Running Time: 1 hr 35 mins
Rating: PG-13
Release Date: June 26, 2009 (Limited)
Plot: An intelligent misanthrope (David) has an unlikely relationship with a girl from Mississippi (Wood) who is nearly 40 years younger than him.
Who’s It For? Woody Allen fans, especially those who can appreciate his lighter fare. Whatever Works is also for people who want to experience dating comedies that are a bit more fruitful and still incomparable to the other stuff coming out today.
Expectations: After a morbid trip to London (Scoop, Cassandra’s Dream) and a spicy trip to Spain, (Vicky Cristina Barcelona), it seemed like Woody would be settling back in the coziness of both New York City and making light comedies about young women being enamored with old dudes.
Scorecard (0-10)
Actors:
Larry David as Boris Yellnikoff: Only a couple of episodes...
- 6/26/2009
- by Nick Allen
- The Scorecard Review
Brazilian-born composer Marcelo Zarvos slowly but surely makes his steps in the world of film music by gathering better and bigger credits. Having parallele careers in jazz and film music, Zarvos' first commercially released score was written for the Kim Basinger / Jeff Bridges drama The Door in the Floor. Since then, he worked on the nostalgic Hollywoodland and started collaborating with Robert De Niro on The Good Shepherd and the satiric What Just Happened. Zarvos He recently completed Taking Chance (released by Varese Sarabande) and by the time you read this, Lakeshore Records has already released his score to Sin Nombre.
What was the situation of film and film music in Brazil when you grew up?
Brazil's film industry has had many ups and downs and when I was growing up there wasn't much going on. The renaissance of Brazilian film really only happened in the 1990's when I...
What was the situation of film and film music in Brazil when you grew up?
Brazil's film industry has had many ups and downs and when I was growing up there wasn't much going on. The renaissance of Brazilian film really only happened in the 1990's when I...
- 5/6/2009
- Daily Film Music Blog
Originally conceived of as a yearlong series of free monthly MP3s for digital-subscription retailer eMusic, the second album by the twee Miami trio The Postmarks is pretty much what the title indicates: a dozen cover songs with numbers in their titles, arranged in numerical order, from Antonio Carlos Jobim's "One Note Samba" down to the Pointer Sisters' "Pinball Number Count," a.k.a. the Sesame Street song that goes, "One-two-three Four-five! Six-seven-eight Nine-ten! Eleven-twelve." But The Postmarks specialize in ambient dream-pop in which there are no capital letters, only melancholy, so everything becomes lullaby-like no matter its source. The band's willow-voiced female lead singer, Tim Yehezkely, is a bit shaky at times, as on the spoken bits of the Ramones' "7-11," and their rendition of The Byrds' "Eight Miles High" veers from dinky to bombastic. But the group's devotion to the homemade-symphonic bears fruit a few times, most notably with.
- 11/11/2008
- by Michaelangelo Matos
- avclub.com
In "Bossa Nova", director Bruno Barreto serves up a dreamy Rio de Janeiro that pulsates to the beat of Antonio Carlos Jobim bossa nova classics, a Rio of midnight swims and intimate strolls along Copacabana beach, where romance lingers in the humid night air.
It's the Rio of travel agents' dreams rather than the urban nightmare Barreto portrayed in his frightening 1978 crime melodrama "Amor Bandido". While this Rio may intrigue romantically inclined adults, even they may feel cheated by lightweight fare that is more a tempting Brazilian hors d'oeuvres than a satisfying dinner by candlelight. Sony Classics should anticipate no more than modest returns in urban markets.
Although an ensemble piece, the film very much stars Barreto's wife, American actress Amy Irving. Playing an English teacher who stays on in Rio following the death of her Brazilian husband, she remains aloof from this tropical pleasure zone. Like a flower placed between the pages of a book for years, Irving's Mary Ann Simpson looks beautifully preserved but dead to her surroundings.
Barreto and writers Alexandre Machado and Fernanda Young, working from Sergio Sant'Anna's novel "Miss Simpson", place Mary Ann amid a whirligig of comic misunderstandings and near-farcical romantic pursuits that mostly feel forced and mechanical.
The paths of nine characters crisscross Mary Ann,'s with attorney Pedro Paulo (veteran actor Antonio Fagundes) at the focal point. Pedro's wife (Debora Bloch) has left him for her tai chi teacher (Kazuo Matsui). Mary Ann teaches English in the same building that houses the tailor shop of Paulo's father (Alberto de Mendoza).
One of Mary Ann's students (Drica Moraes) has fallen in love, sight unseen, with a New Yorker with whom she trades lies about lifestyle and physical attributes via the Internet. Another student, a soccer star (Alexandre Borges), must brush up on his English upon his move to a British club. Then Pedro's half-brother (Pedro Cardoso) falls for Pedro's legal intern (Giovanna Antonelli), who in turn develops a thing for the soccer star. Everything comes to a head with the arrival of the Internet lover (Stephen Tobolowsky).
The film's reliance on perfectly timed entrances and exits and fortuitous coincidences at times gives "Bossa Nova" a contrived feeling. Barreto manages the multiple plots and love affairs well, and the film is not without its moments of subtle charm and amiable comedy. The music -- both Jobim's and original work by Eumir Deodato -- and Pascal Rabaud's postcard-perfect cinematography establish the romance of this mythical Rio even if the viewer doesn't always buy into the romantic trysts.
The mood is playful, but the characters lie very near the surface. And the attempt to mingle laughter with tears never comes off. The most egregious stumble comes when Barreto brings all of the characters together for a climax at a hospital, where Pedro's father lies dying of a heart attack.
And Irving's feminine enigma floats through the movie in a way that Brazilians may find seductive and exotic. But to American viewers, she may seem like an emotional zombie.
BOSSA NOVA
Sony Pictures Classics
LC Barreto & Filmes do Equador
in association with Globo Filmes
Producers: Lucy Barreto, Luiz Carlos Barreto
Director: Bruno Barreto
Screenwriters: Alexandre Machado,
Fernanda Young
Based on a novel by: Sergio Sant'Anna
Executive producer: Bruno Barreto
Director of photography: Pascal Rabaud
Production designers: Cassio Amarante,
Carla Caffe
Music: Eumir Deodato
Costume designer: Emilia Duncan
Editor: Ray Hubley
Color/stereo
Cast:
Mary Ann: Amy Irving
Pedro Paulo: Antonio Fagundes
Acacio: Alexandre Borges
Tania: Debora Bloch
Nadine: Drica Moraes
Sharon: Giovanna Antonelli
Trevor: Stephen Tobolowsky
Roberto: Pedro Cardoso
Running time -- 95 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
It's the Rio of travel agents' dreams rather than the urban nightmare Barreto portrayed in his frightening 1978 crime melodrama "Amor Bandido". While this Rio may intrigue romantically inclined adults, even they may feel cheated by lightweight fare that is more a tempting Brazilian hors d'oeuvres than a satisfying dinner by candlelight. Sony Classics should anticipate no more than modest returns in urban markets.
Although an ensemble piece, the film very much stars Barreto's wife, American actress Amy Irving. Playing an English teacher who stays on in Rio following the death of her Brazilian husband, she remains aloof from this tropical pleasure zone. Like a flower placed between the pages of a book for years, Irving's Mary Ann Simpson looks beautifully preserved but dead to her surroundings.
Barreto and writers Alexandre Machado and Fernanda Young, working from Sergio Sant'Anna's novel "Miss Simpson", place Mary Ann amid a whirligig of comic misunderstandings and near-farcical romantic pursuits that mostly feel forced and mechanical.
The paths of nine characters crisscross Mary Ann,'s with attorney Pedro Paulo (veteran actor Antonio Fagundes) at the focal point. Pedro's wife (Debora Bloch) has left him for her tai chi teacher (Kazuo Matsui). Mary Ann teaches English in the same building that houses the tailor shop of Paulo's father (Alberto de Mendoza).
One of Mary Ann's students (Drica Moraes) has fallen in love, sight unseen, with a New Yorker with whom she trades lies about lifestyle and physical attributes via the Internet. Another student, a soccer star (Alexandre Borges), must brush up on his English upon his move to a British club. Then Pedro's half-brother (Pedro Cardoso) falls for Pedro's legal intern (Giovanna Antonelli), who in turn develops a thing for the soccer star. Everything comes to a head with the arrival of the Internet lover (Stephen Tobolowsky).
The film's reliance on perfectly timed entrances and exits and fortuitous coincidences at times gives "Bossa Nova" a contrived feeling. Barreto manages the multiple plots and love affairs well, and the film is not without its moments of subtle charm and amiable comedy. The music -- both Jobim's and original work by Eumir Deodato -- and Pascal Rabaud's postcard-perfect cinematography establish the romance of this mythical Rio even if the viewer doesn't always buy into the romantic trysts.
The mood is playful, but the characters lie very near the surface. And the attempt to mingle laughter with tears never comes off. The most egregious stumble comes when Barreto brings all of the characters together for a climax at a hospital, where Pedro's father lies dying of a heart attack.
And Irving's feminine enigma floats through the movie in a way that Brazilians may find seductive and exotic. But to American viewers, she may seem like an emotional zombie.
BOSSA NOVA
Sony Pictures Classics
LC Barreto & Filmes do Equador
in association with Globo Filmes
Producers: Lucy Barreto, Luiz Carlos Barreto
Director: Bruno Barreto
Screenwriters: Alexandre Machado,
Fernanda Young
Based on a novel by: Sergio Sant'Anna
Executive producer: Bruno Barreto
Director of photography: Pascal Rabaud
Production designers: Cassio Amarante,
Carla Caffe
Music: Eumir Deodato
Costume designer: Emilia Duncan
Editor: Ray Hubley
Color/stereo
Cast:
Mary Ann: Amy Irving
Pedro Paulo: Antonio Fagundes
Acacio: Alexandre Borges
Tania: Debora Bloch
Nadine: Drica Moraes
Sharon: Giovanna Antonelli
Trevor: Stephen Tobolowsky
Roberto: Pedro Cardoso
Running time -- 95 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
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