All’s fair in love, war, and sandwiches in Mgmt’s “Dancing in Babylon,” the indie duo’s new song with Chris of Christine and the Queens.
The new track— set to appear on Loss of Life, out Feb. 23 via Mom + Pop — is, at its core, a tender piano ballad, but with the kind of quintessentially strange undercurrents you’d expect from Mgmt. Andrew VanWyngarden and Chris combine beautifully on vocals as well, exchanging lines before hitting some sublime harmonies at the end of the bridge, “I wanna tell everyone...
The new track— set to appear on Loss of Life, out Feb. 23 via Mom + Pop — is, at its core, a tender piano ballad, but with the kind of quintessentially strange undercurrents you’d expect from Mgmt. Andrew VanWyngarden and Chris combine beautifully on vocals as well, exchanging lines before hitting some sublime harmonies at the end of the bridge, “I wanna tell everyone...
- 2/20/2024
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Solange has unveiled the extended director’s cut of her short film, When I Get Home, which features additional scenes and a new song. The original film arrived back in March to accompany Solange’s new album of the same name.
The director’s cut of When I Get Home most notably boasts a new credits sequence, in which a group of people dressed in yellow robes move in unison around what looks like a rodeo arena/high art installation. The footage is accompanied by a new song, “Dreams (Demo...
The director’s cut of When I Get Home most notably boasts a new credits sequence, in which a group of people dressed in yellow robes move in unison around what looks like a rodeo arena/high art installation. The footage is accompanied by a new song, “Dreams (Demo...
- 12/12/2019
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
The John Landis-directed mini-movie – first shown publicly 30 years ago this week – influenced a generation of directors including Spike Jonze, turned music promos into an industry, and established MTV as a cultural force
John Landis was in London in 1983 when Michael Jackson called to ask if he was interested in making a video for Thriller, the title track of the album he'd released a little under a year before. Seemingly unaware of the time difference, Jackson had called at 2am UK time and the sleepy director had to feign knowledge of the song, which he hadn't heard. Jackson, for his part, hadn't seen Landis's films Animal House, The Blues Brothers or Trading Places; he wanted Landis because of An American Werewolf in London. Landis said he would do the video if it could be a short film, and Jackson embraced the idea. The 13-minute film that resulted changed the music video for ever,...
John Landis was in London in 1983 when Michael Jackson called to ask if he was interested in making a video for Thriller, the title track of the album he'd released a little under a year before. Seemingly unaware of the time difference, Jackson had called at 2am UK time and the sleepy director had to feign knowledge of the song, which he hadn't heard. Jackson, for his part, hadn't seen Landis's films Animal House, The Blues Brothers or Trading Places; he wanted Landis because of An American Werewolf in London. Landis said he would do the video if it could be a short film, and Jackson embraced the idea. The 13-minute film that resulted changed the music video for ever,...
- 11/22/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
Nash Edgerton‘s sort-of sequel to 2008s popular short Spider, Bear is now available to stream online in full, thanks to a new Vice’s YouTube channel called Vice Shorts.
One of the Seal team members from Zero Dark Thirty, alongside his brother Joel, Nash team up with frequent collaborator David Michod (Animal Kingdom) and rising star Teresa Palmer (Warm Bodies).
The film stars Nash and Palmer as the central couple, Jack and Emelie in a bizarre and twisted situation.
Both Bear and Nash’s previous short film, Spider are crafted around the premise of a boyfriend messing up and attempting to right his wrong with a theatrical gesture.
Edgerton‘s latest The Captain recently premiered at Sundance Film Festival.
As for a new program Vice Shorts, new shorts will debut every Friday, and upcoming films include an impressive roster of up-and-coming talent like Hesher director Spencer Susser and music video director Ray Tintori.
One of the Seal team members from Zero Dark Thirty, alongside his brother Joel, Nash team up with frequent collaborator David Michod (Animal Kingdom) and rising star Teresa Palmer (Warm Bodies).
The film stars Nash and Palmer as the central couple, Jack and Emelie in a bizarre and twisted situation.
Both Bear and Nash’s previous short film, Spider are crafted around the premise of a boyfriend messing up and attempting to right his wrong with a theatrical gesture.
Edgerton‘s latest The Captain recently premiered at Sundance Film Festival.
As for a new program Vice Shorts, new shorts will debut every Friday, and upcoming films include an impressive roster of up-and-coming talent like Hesher director Spencer Susser and music video director Ray Tintori.
- 2/2/2013
- by Nick Martin
- Filmofilia
The sort-of sequel to 2008's popular short "Spider," "Bear" sees Nash Edgerton team up with frequent collaborator David Michôd (Director of 2010's acclaimed "Animal Kingdom") and rising star Teresa Palmer ("Warm Bodies"). It was one of our 10 Shorts You Must See at Sundance, and if you missed it at the festival, here's your chance to see why. The gorily goofy 10 minute film about a birthday prank gone terribly wrong is the debut short from a new arm of Vice's YouTube channel called Vice Shorts. New shorts will debut every Friday, and upcoming films include an impressive roster of up-and-coming talent like "Hesher" director Spencer Susser (another frequent Edgerton and Michôd collaborator) and music video director Ray Tintori. Check out the short below:...
- 2/1/2013
- by Mark Lukenbill
- Indiewire
We’re exploring Sundance’s past all week, so we’ve got the usual batch of stellar short films with a Sundance twist. It’s like being there without the snow boots or Harvey Weinstein ruining screenings on his cell phone. Why Watch? Based (pretty loosely) on L. Frank Baum’s “The Tinwoodsman of Oz,” this fantastically clever short blends serial-style filmmaking with a metallic love story. In it, a bold firefighter earns the town’s ire while the preacher’s daughter falls for him. The citizens conspire to end him, but his friend is able to save his life by remaking him in tin. That’s just the start of our hero’s problems in this tale of miraculous intervention, Communism done for love and tongue-in-cheek melodrama. The director, Ray Tintori, made a name for himself with music videos for Mgmt and The Killers as well as doing Special Effects for Beats of the Southern Wild...
- 1/23/2013
- by Scott Beggs
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Indie producer Ted Hope is settling into his new home at the San Francisco Film Society. And he's excited about being able to give grants to filmmakers. "One of the reasons I came to the Film Society was that we've given away close to $2 million in the last few years in artist grants," he says, delighted to be announcing the next round of 13 finalists (listed below) vying for $300,000. Three winners will be announced in December. "It's so rare to give artists grants. I never knew about these grants as a producer. I want filmmakers to know about them." Point is, with the help of this level of funding, indie filmmakers don't have to give away control of their projects. So Hope wants industry folks to apply for these grants, "as opposed to going out and shopping around to different financeers," he says. "So somebody else controls the IP (intellectual property). Now that can get avoided.
- 10/30/2012
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
I’ve not been posting as regularly recently as much of my focus has been on the redesigned Filmmaker website, which will be launching in the very near future. But, on this quiet Friday afternoon, I thought I’d take the opportunity to provide a few quick updates on the current class of filmmakers in our “25 New Faces,” who are a very productive bunch.
Firstly, New Yorkers should head to MoMA this Sunday, October 28, for The White House Home Movies: Richard Nixon on Super-8, a screening which is part of the 10th MoMA International Festival of Film Preservation. There will be clips from Penny Lane and Brian Frye’s upcoming documentary feature Our Nixon, and Penny and Brian – plus Dwight Chapin, one of the men who shot the Nixon home movies — will be in attendance.
Staying in NYC, Ingrid Jungermann is currently running a Kickstarter campaign for F to 7th,...
Firstly, New Yorkers should head to MoMA this Sunday, October 28, for The White House Home Movies: Richard Nixon on Super-8, a screening which is part of the 10th MoMA International Festival of Film Preservation. There will be clips from Penny Lane and Brian Frye’s upcoming documentary feature Our Nixon, and Penny and Brian – plus Dwight Chapin, one of the men who shot the Nixon home movies — will be in attendance.
Staying in NYC, Ingrid Jungermann is currently running a Kickstarter campaign for F to 7th,...
- 10/26/2012
- by Nick Dawson
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
After seven weeks in limited release, "Beasts of the Southern Wild" has grossed $7.3 million. As it sets to expand in the coming months, the promotional machinery is gearing up. The film follows the travails of a family living in squalor on the fringes of society. Quvenzhane Wallis steals the picture as Huspuppy, the six-year-old fanciful daughter of Wink (Dwight Henry) forced to fend for herself when their home is flooded. Below is a fascinating featurette from the Creators Project that explores the making of this low-budget picture that could become a major Oscar player. It has already won the Grand Jury prize at Sundance and the Camera D'or from Cannes. -Break- Writer/director Behn Zeitlin discusses the difficulty of filming in the Louisiana bayou and visual effects wiz Ray Tintori explains how he worked around the oil spill. Zeitlin and Lucy Alibar adapted her stage play. The multi-tasking...
- 8/16/2012
- Gold Derby
Like it or not, filmmaking is undeniably a director's medium. It wasn't always like that, of course: it was only the coming of the auteur theory in the 1950s and 1960s that popularized the idea of the director as the person responsible for all that was great and terrible about a picture. And while anyone who's worked in film knows that it's a collaborative medium, there's still no better way of seeing where the form might be going in the next few years than by looking at the directors who've been making splashes of late.
So, hot on the heels of our On The Rise pieces focusing on actors, actresses and screenwriters, we've picked out ten directors who've arrived in a big way in the last year or so, and look set for even greater things in the near future. Any tips of your own? Let us know in the comments section below.
So, hot on the heels of our On The Rise pieces focusing on actors, actresses and screenwriters, we've picked out ten directors who've arrived in a big way in the last year or so, and look set for even greater things in the near future. Any tips of your own? Let us know in the comments section below.
- 5/15/2012
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
"Though Éric Rohmer's breakthrough film stateside was the lustrous black-and-white, winter-set My Night at Maud's (1969), the New Wave architect may be cinema's greatest chronicler of the summer vacation," suggests Melissa Anderson in the Voice. "Among the director's many holiday-set movies, Pauline at the Beach (1983) and A Summer's Tale (1996) explore both the languid pleasures and the romantic anguish of time off during the hottest season. Rohmer's 1986 masterpiece (being re-released with its original French title, which translates as 'The Green Ray'), Le Rayon Vert centers on those themes, too, but delivers something much richer: an absorbing, empathic portrait of a complex woman caught between her own obstinacy and melancholy."
"As Delphine, the lonely but defiant Paris secretary at the center of Le Rayon Vert, Marie Rivière creates an emotionally rich portrait of a young woman disappointed in love who transfers her energies into an anxious quest for the ideal summer vacation.
"As Delphine, the lonely but defiant Paris secretary at the center of Le Rayon Vert, Marie Rivière creates an emotionally rich portrait of a young woman disappointed in love who transfers her energies into an anxious quest for the ideal summer vacation.
- 6/9/2011
- MUBI
Were you watching last night? There was. . .a mighty. . .duel. Just one of those epic showdowns you won't soon forget. I'm talking, of course, about the Scripps Spelling Bee. What, you thought I meant basketball? Oh you don't know me very well. I heart the Spelling Bee so here are some tips for any parents out there on how you can raise a Sukanya Roy of your very own. Yay, awkward smart kids! (Good)
Awkward smart kids like Star Wars, right? And muppets? How about Star Wars Muppets. I want them all. I also covet all these old-school Disney Tees. Mostly because they're unofficial. I like unofficial things. (DesignerLand)
Speaking of Star Wars, here is a gorgeous Art Nouveau Princess Leia for all you closet Mucha and Guimard fans out there. (Pigtails and Combat Boots)
Leia is my original spunky female icon. She displayed that sort of Spice Girls feminism that I have always identif-wait.
Awkward smart kids like Star Wars, right? And muppets? How about Star Wars Muppets. I want them all. I also covet all these old-school Disney Tees. Mostly because they're unofficial. I like unofficial things. (DesignerLand)
Speaking of Star Wars, here is a gorgeous Art Nouveau Princess Leia for all you closet Mucha and Guimard fans out there. (Pigtails and Combat Boots)
Leia is my original spunky female icon. She displayed that sort of Spice Girls feminism that I have always identif-wait.
- 6/3/2011
- by Joanna Robinson
The main reason I've gathered you here today is to show you this short film entitled Lazy Teenage Superheroes. You know I'm prone to ramble sometimes, and I don't want you to get bored and wander away before you get to the video. So go ahead, watch the film. It's about 13 minutes long. I'll wait.
That's pretty great, right? Sure, fine, the acting is rather painful and the dialogue fails to wow, but the effects are fairly nifty considering that the budget was $300. Three Hundred Clams? I have shoes that cost more. Frankly, I'd prefer to see more of this than I would any number of comic book adaptations currently in the works. (Especially since X-Men: First Class director Matthew Vaughn described his film as having "a lot of teenage angst. The Twilight girls will like it." Oh, lord.)
Short films are such an interesting medium, the provenance of film students and wanna be auteurs.
That's pretty great, right? Sure, fine, the acting is rather painful and the dialogue fails to wow, but the effects are fairly nifty considering that the budget was $300. Three Hundred Clams? I have shoes that cost more. Frankly, I'd prefer to see more of this than I would any number of comic book adaptations currently in the works. (Especially since X-Men: First Class director Matthew Vaughn described his film as having "a lot of teenage angst. The Twilight girls will like it." Oh, lord.)
Short films are such an interesting medium, the provenance of film students and wanna be auteurs.
- 1/25/2011
- by Joanna Robinson
The 2010 Los Angeles Film Festival is set to run June 17-27 in a brand new location. Oh, it’s still in L.A, but it’s moving across town, from Westwood — where it’s been held the past few years — all the way over to Downtown.
The main “hub” for the fest will be the new L.A. Live complex, but there will also be screenings at other locations, such as the Downtown Independent and Redcat theaters. The city is really trying to build downtown up into a major arts and culture hub, so the festival moving there fits in with that agenda. Film Independent, the organization that runs Laff, also runs the annual Independent Spirit Awards, an event that also moved downtown — from Santa Monica — this year.
On Bad Lit, I tend to like to put up festival lineups that include days and times of screenings. However, since I...
The main “hub” for the fest will be the new L.A. Live complex, but there will also be screenings at other locations, such as the Downtown Independent and Redcat theaters. The city is really trying to build downtown up into a major arts and culture hub, so the festival moving there fits in with that agenda. Film Independent, the organization that runs Laff, also runs the annual Independent Spirit Awards, an event that also moved downtown — from Santa Monica — this year.
On Bad Lit, I tend to like to put up festival lineups that include days and times of screenings. However, since I...
- 5/17/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
It's time again to note the landing of a new Wholphin, number ten this time in the biannual subscription series from Dave Eggers' McSweeney's mill, and now more than ever it seems a vital project, even as our free time becomes increasingly consumed by watching and sharing viral "shorts" on YouTube.
Actually, what often spurs YouTube popularity isn't so far from the aesthetic-ironic rationales employed by Wholphin -- aside from newsworthiness and blooper moments and stupid people tricks, the genuine viral videos that catch on can have an odd, otherworldly sense of amazement to them, showing you something real that you never thought you'd see. Wholphin does better than that, of course, curating with not only the Omg factor in mind, but also duration, real wit and the amazement that can come with new visual perspectives. But there's also a rabid hunger at work for what's brand new not...
Actually, what often spurs YouTube popularity isn't so far from the aesthetic-ironic rationales employed by Wholphin -- aside from newsworthiness and blooper moments and stupid people tricks, the genuine viral videos that catch on can have an odd, otherworldly sense of amazement to them, showing you something real that you never thought you'd see. Wholphin does better than that, of course, curating with not only the Omg factor in mind, but also duration, real wit and the amazement that can come with new visual perspectives. But there's also a rabid hunger at work for what's brand new not...
- 2/2/2010
- by Michael Atkinson
- ifc.com
Just in time for the VMAs, we introduce you to some under-the-radar clips, in Bigger Than the Sound.
By James Montgomery
Coldplay's "Strawberry Swing"
Photo: Capitol
Despite what you might think, there are actually great music videos out there. And two of them are nominated for Video of the Year at the VMAs: Beyoncé's "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" (which is about as close as an "iconic" clip as we have these days) and Kanye West's stylized, minimal "Love Lockdown." The other three in the category — Eminem's "We Made You," Britney's "Womanizer" and Gaga's "Poker Face" — are certainly among the biggest, and they should rightfully be lauded for that. But, in my estimation, they're hardly the best, either.
That might explain why pretty much everyone I talk to is hard-pressed to name a music video that's moved them in any particular way over the past year: People...
By James Montgomery
Coldplay's "Strawberry Swing"
Photo: Capitol
Despite what you might think, there are actually great music videos out there. And two of them are nominated for Video of the Year at the VMAs: Beyoncé's "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" (which is about as close as an "iconic" clip as we have these days) and Kanye West's stylized, minimal "Love Lockdown." The other three in the category — Eminem's "We Made You," Britney's "Womanizer" and Gaga's "Poker Face" — are certainly among the biggest, and they should rightfully be lauded for that. But, in my estimation, they're hardly the best, either.
That might explain why pretty much everyone I talk to is hard-pressed to name a music video that's moved them in any particular way over the past year: People...
- 9/9/2009
- MTV Music News
Just in time for the VMAs, we introduce you to some under-the-radar clips, in Bigger Than the Sound.
By James Montgomery
Coldplay's "Strawberry Swing"
Photo: Capitol
Despite what you might think, there are actually great music videos out there. And two of them are nominated for Video of the Year at the VMAs: Beyoncé's "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" (which is about as close as an "iconic" clip as we have these days) and Kanye West's stylized, minimal "Love Lockdown." The other three in the category — Eminem's "We Made You," Britney's "Womanizer" and Gaga's "Poker Face" — are certainly among the biggest, and they should rightfully be lauded for that. But, in my estimation, they're hardly the best, either.
That might explain why pretty much everyone I talk to is hard-pressed to name a music video that's moved them in any particular way over the past year: People...
By James Montgomery
Coldplay's "Strawberry Swing"
Photo: Capitol
Despite what you might think, there are actually great music videos out there. And two of them are nominated for Video of the Year at the VMAs: Beyoncé's "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" (which is about as close as an "iconic" clip as we have these days) and Kanye West's stylized, minimal "Love Lockdown." The other three in the category — Eminem's "We Made You," Britney's "Womanizer" and Gaga's "Poker Face" — are certainly among the biggest, and they should rightfully be lauded for that. But, in my estimation, they're hardly the best, either.
That might explain why pretty much everyone I talk to is hard-pressed to name a music video that's moved them in any particular way over the past year: People...
- 9/9/2009
- MTV Music News
- At the Movies just got re-inserted into my television line-up: the return of A.O. Scott on At the Movies begins September 5th. Here is a mash-up of eight and 1/2 news items that we didn't have enough time to cover but are worth mentioning here for August 5th... 1. Down with the Bone The Lovely Bones trailer is up. Verdict: Could be worse. 2. Filmically Inclined 2009 MTV Music Video Awards noms worth mentioning: Johan Renck, Ray Tintori, Vern Moen, Chris Milk, Rciahrd Ayoade, Adria Petty, Taylor Cohen & Otto Arsenault, Walter Robot, Humble and Ferry Gouw. Check out coverage by The Playlist. 3. Film within a Film I'm not a fan of Inglourious Basterds, but Eli Roth's "Nation's Pride" faux trailer is the best thing in the marketing of Qt's film so far. 4. Casting is Sliced Up Robert De Niro, Jessica Alba, Michelle Rodriguez, Steven Seagal, Lindsay Lohan, Cheech Marin, Don Johnson and Jeff Fahey join Machete.
- 8/6/2009
- IONCINEMA.com
Variety reports that Spike Jonze has picked up the rights to Shane Jones' first novel Light Boxes and that music video and short film director Ray Tintori will direct. (In the headline I make the assumption that Jonze is producing, but that may not turn out to be the case; the trade doesn't specify.) Tintori has proven himself to be a director of odd and occasionally uncomfortable visions, and his sensibilities should mesh well with those of Jonze. The novel is about at town stuck in a one thousand day winter, and how the townspeople do battle with a powerful personification of February. See some of the young director's work after the break. I first noticed Tintori's video work when I saw his video for Mgmt's song 'Kids'. The vid stars a child who is either an astounding actor or is genuinely terrified as he navigates a playpen and...
- 7/29/2009
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
Like a media aftershock, last year's U.S. Presidential election appears to be making its first stab at theaters with an Obama-related romantic comedy that I've not seen mentioned anywhere. Details are in today's Dailies, along with Spike Jonze's new project and what Jake Gyllenhall looks like in wet clothing.
-- "School of Rock" and "Dazed and Confused" director Richard Linklater will helm a romantic comedy about a woman on her way to President Obama's inauguration. The new Miramax film, "Liars (A-e)," co-stars Kat Dennings as a pal to the female lead, who is on a quest collect possessions from ex-boyfriends during a her journey. Place your bets now on whether or not Dennings will say "Yes, we can!" at any point during the film. (Variety)
-- Spike Jonze spoke with "Where the Wild Things Are" author Maurice Sendak in a new video mini-feature. Sendak predicts that the film will spark controversy,...
-- "School of Rock" and "Dazed and Confused" director Richard Linklater will helm a romantic comedy about a woman on her way to President Obama's inauguration. The new Miramax film, "Liars (A-e)," co-stars Kat Dennings as a pal to the female lead, who is on a quest collect possessions from ex-boyfriends during a her journey. Place your bets now on whether or not Dennings will say "Yes, we can!" at any point during the film. (Variety)
-- Spike Jonze spoke with "Where the Wild Things Are" author Maurice Sendak in a new video mini-feature. Sendak predicts that the film will spark controversy,...
- 7/29/2009
- by Brian Warmoth
- MTV Movies Blog
Sometimes when I have to write an article based on a Variety piece about a first-time screenwriter or director getting a job, it's hard to have anything to say. Today that is not a problem. Spike Jonze has picked up the feature rights to Shane Jones' novel Light Boxes, but instead of directing it, he's handing off those duties to my film school classmate, Ray Tintori. Since graduating from Wesleyan University in '06, Ray's been slowly building a name for himself, directing music videos for fellow Wes graduates Mgmt and The Killers, and submitting his 12-minute thesis film "Death to the Tinman" to the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. Out of all the people in our graduating class, he was totally the one who would get the movie deal first. What's cool about this deal is that Jonze will presumably be shepherding Ray through the process, and will hopefully use his...
- 7/28/2009
- cinemablend.com
- Wearing the same producer's hat we wore in help bringing Synecdoche, New York to life, Spike Jonze who recently blogged about his appreciation for a certain commercials, music vids and short film director (Jettison Your Loved Ones and Death to the Tinman) and has put one and one together (or perhaps we should say a first and first together). Variety reports that Jonze has attached the talented Ray Tintori to make his feature film debut based on Shane Jones' debut novel. Light Boxes is about a mysterious town that endures a long, deadly 1,000-day winter. Told in short bursts, the story concerns the war the townspeople bring against February, an oddly real and powerful character. Here are Tintori's shorts, which should draw comparisons to the work of Winnipeg resident Guy Maddin. ...
- 7/28/2009
- IONCINEMA.com
Spike Jonze (upcoming Where the Wild Things Are ) has acquired feature rights to Shane Jones' debut novel "Light Boxes" with Ray Tintori attached to direct. "Light Boxes," published earlier this year by Genius Press, is centered on a mysterious town that endures a deadly 1,000-day winter. Tintori's directed numerous music videos plus short films Jettison Your Loved Ones and Death to the Tinman .
- 7/28/2009
- Comingsoon.net
Spike Jonze may be busy putting the finishing touches on Where The Wild Things Are but he's found time to nip out of the post-production studio to pick up the rights to novel Light Boxes.Light Boxes, the debut novel by New York writer Shane Jones, has a quirky, surreal, Jonze-ian feel: it's set in a town beseiged by a malevolent godlike being called February, which, like its calendar namesake, pitches the place into perpetual winter, and has as its protagonist a balloonist called Thaddeus. Think Alice In Wonderland meets The Road with a script draft by Michael Fish.Light Boxes sees Jonze returns to bean-counting duties as producer, with Ray Tintori (Death To The Tinman) directing. Like Jonze, Tintori cut his teeth making music videos, with promos for Mgmt, The Killers and Chairlift on his CV.No word yet on the setting for Light Boxes' wintry city (although if...
- 7/28/2009
- EmpireOnline
Spike Jonze is giving a fellow music video director his first shot at features.
Variety reports the Being John Malkovich and Where the Wild Things Are helmer, who started his career with videos for Beck and Beastie Boys, has acquired the movie rights to Shane Jones' "Light Boxes". Published earlier this year by Genius Press, the book revolves around a town that endures a 1,000-day-long winter.
Ray Tintori, director of music videos for such acts as Mgmt and The Killers, will make his feature debut with the adaptation of "Light Boxes". He previous credits include the short films Death to the Tinman and Jettison Your Loved Ones, which showed unique visual style and narrative resourcefulness.
The six-minute Jettison Your Loved Ones starts off being about a restless man who repeatedly fakes his own death, but eventually centers around his son, who believes himself to be a time traveler. Tintori...
Variety reports the Being John Malkovich and Where the Wild Things Are helmer, who started his career with videos for Beck and Beastie Boys, has acquired the movie rights to Shane Jones' "Light Boxes". Published earlier this year by Genius Press, the book revolves around a town that endures a 1,000-day-long winter.
Ray Tintori, director of music videos for such acts as Mgmt and The Killers, will make his feature debut with the adaptation of "Light Boxes". He previous credits include the short films Death to the Tinman and Jettison Your Loved Ones, which showed unique visual style and narrative resourcefulness.
The six-minute Jettison Your Loved Ones starts off being about a restless man who repeatedly fakes his own death, but eventually centers around his son, who believes himself to be a time traveler. Tintori...
- 7/28/2009
- CinemaSpy
Michael Bay may be the most obviously successful (in dollars) graduate of the Wesleyan University film program but in the past chunk of time, the school has churned out successful filmmakers, actors, and writers right and left. Known as the 'Wesleyan Mafia,' some of these talents include Joss Whedon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Miguel Arteta (The Good Girl), Bradley Whitford (The West Wing), Matthew Weiner (Mad Men), Paul Weitz (About a Boy), and Mike White (Freaks and Geeks, School of Rock). What Benh Zeitlin's short Glory at Sea makes painfully, fantastically clear is that there is another run of Wesleyan graduates due to make a move in cinema: so far, Zietlin and Ray Tintori (the Sundance short Death to the Tinman, numberous videos for Mgmt and Chairlift) are making initial waves, and we can't wait to see what's next. The 25 minute flick made the festival rounds in 2008, winning...
- 7/14/2009
- TribecaFilm.com
Page 2 is a compilation of stories and news tidbits, which for whatever reason, didn't make the front page of /Film. After the jump we've included 21 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It's like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness. The Muppet Show is making a comeback in comic book form. [vulture] Film Threat wonders why Marvel's The First Avenger: Captain America isn't being released on July 4th Weekend? Good question... Emilie de Ravin (Lost), Pierce Brosnan and Chris Cooper join Robert Pattinson in Allen Coulter's drama Remember Me. Last week we featured an early short film of Ray Tintori called Death to the Tinman. You can watch the filmmaker's lastest music video, for Mgmt's Kids, above. Veronica Mars Season One is now available for free online. I highly recommend the show. The trailer for M Night Shymalan's The Last Airbender will...
- 6/6/2009
- by Peter Sciretta
- Slash Film
Your reaction to Mgmt’s new “Kids” video probably says a lot about you. To wit: if you are a sociopath, you probably really like it.
This is because the clip, which appeared yesterday on the foppish faux-hippies’ official Web site, is basically just six loooong minutes of super-scarring, deeply psychic child abuse. The kind you need decades of therapy to un-scrub from your brain. You know, the awesome kind.
Starring a precocious tyke (certainly no older than two), who for the duration of the video is positively brutalized by visions of terrifying, maw-dripping monsters, it’s both incredibly unsettling and incredibly provocative, recalling both the sorta-twisted Saturday morning visions of Sid and Marty Krofft’s “H.R. Pufnstuf” and the definitely twisted photography of Jill Greenberg, only, you know, on drugs. And with some flames and animation and an on-screen quote incorrectly attributed to Mark Twain.
And while all that is amazing,...
This is because the clip, which appeared yesterday on the foppish faux-hippies’ official Web site, is basically just six loooong minutes of super-scarring, deeply psychic child abuse. The kind you need decades of therapy to un-scrub from your brain. You know, the awesome kind.
Starring a precocious tyke (certainly no older than two), who for the duration of the video is positively brutalized by visions of terrifying, maw-dripping monsters, it’s both incredibly unsettling and incredibly provocative, recalling both the sorta-twisted Saturday morning visions of Sid and Marty Krofft’s “H.R. Pufnstuf” and the definitely twisted photography of Jill Greenberg, only, you know, on drugs. And with some flames and animation and an on-screen quote incorrectly attributed to Mark Twain.
And while all that is amazing,...
- 6/4/2009
- by James Montgomery
- MTV Newsroom
Mgmt's new video for the infectious "Kids" is the equivalent of Ben & Jerry's Chubby Hubby ice cream: it's really busy and there's way too much going on, but somehow all the different sensations meld into a fascinating, if very strange, mix. Of course, there's the question of why is the synth pop band (one of the more interesting new groups to emerge in the last few years) releasing a video now for a song that came out eight months ago, but that would be quibbling where there's so much to digest here. Directed by Ray Tintori, who also...
- 6/4/2009
- Hitfix
24-year-old Ray Tintori, directed Death To The Tinman as his undergraduate thesis film for Wesleyan University's Film Studies program. Highly inspired by Wes Anderson and Guy Maddin, the 12-minute black and white short film is a very loose adaptation of the origin story of the Tin Man from The Wizard of Oz. The short tells the story of a human lumberjack who is transformed into a metal man without a heart. "Tintori transported the story's basic premise to a surreal, rural 1940s South, replacing Oz magic with evangelical mysticism; pastors, congregations, and the Rapture replace flying monkeys and witches melting upon contact with water." The short premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, where it received an Honorable Mention for Short Filmmaking. It also played in the South by Southwest Film Festival and New York Film Festival. Tintori has gone on to a successful career directing music videos, working with Mgmt,...
- 6/4/2009
- by Peter Sciretta
- Slash Film
Through MySpace, The Killers premiere the music video for "Spaceman" which serves as the second "Day & Age" single after "Human". The video presents a clean-cut Brandon Flowers in a red costume, attending a Cirque du Soleil-theme of party on a circle platform.
The video was shot back in the first week of this month with director Ray Tintori who also directed music videos for Mgmt. The single itself was released in November 2008 and peaked at number 67 on Billboard Hot 100. It is also available as a downloadable track for the music video game series "Rock Band".
The Killers are up for two Brit Awards nominations, Best International Album for "Day & Age", and Best International Group. The prizes will be handed out in a ceremony taking place in London on February 18.
The video was shot back in the first week of this month with director Ray Tintori who also directed music videos for Mgmt. The single itself was released in November 2008 and peaked at number 67 on Billboard Hot 100. It is also available as a downloadable track for the music video game series "Rock Band".
The Killers are up for two Brit Awards nominations, Best International Album for "Day & Age", and Best International Group. The prizes will be handed out in a ceremony taking place in London on February 18.
- 1/24/2009
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Yesterday, guest blogger Kevin Lee put two shorts by members of the Court 13 collective on his list of the 5 Best Music Videos of 2008, Benh Zeitlin's clip for O’Death's “Lowtide,” and Mgmt's "Time to Pretend," directed by Ray Tintori. For those unfamiliar with these guys, Zeitlin's the director of the much-lauded short Glory at Sea, on which Tintori is credited as writer and production designer; and Tintori directed the 2007 festival hit, the Wes Anderson-does-Frankenstein-in-the-style-of-Guy Maddin short Death to the Tinman, which Zeitlin also worked on. The filmmakers, who are mainly based in New Orleans, also worked on the Obama campaign earlier this year, and made <a href="http://www.ifc.com/film/rooftop-blog/2008/11/ ...
- 12/18/2008
- by Karina Longworth
- Spout
Yesterday, guest blogger Kevin Lee put two shorts by members of the Court 13 collective on his list of the 5 Best Music Videos of 2008, Benh Zeitlin's clip for O’Death's “Lowtide,” and Mgmt's "Time to Pretend," directed by Ray Tintori. For those unfamiliar with these guys, Zeitlin's the director of the much-lauded short Glory at Sea, on which Tintori is credited as writer and production designer; and Tintori directed the 2007 festival hit, the Wes Anderson-does-Frankenstein-in-the-style-of-Guy Maddin short Death to the Tinman, which Zeitlin also worked on. The filmmakers, who are mainly based in New Orleans, also worked on the Obama campaign earlier this year, and made <a href="http://www.ifc.com/film/rooftop-blog/2008/11/cou ...
- 12/18/2008
- by Karina Longworth
- Spout
By Michael Atkinson
Chances are you've never seen a wholphin (a rare hybrid of dolphin and false killer whale), or a Wholphin, the short film DVD magazine emanating on a subscription basis from the Dave Eggers/McSweeney's publishing factory. But it might be the most relentlessly fascinating and inventive showcase for new short films in the country. Not that it has much competition . shorts can appear haphazardly on auteurist-minded DVDs or on public television or the Sundance Channel, but otherwise there's no dependable cultural outlet for them, and they are for the most part considered cinema non grata in the culture at large. Movies began in the short form, but quickly shorts became nothing more than ballast for features, and then, come the '60s, were not even that. (Anthology-style TV series may count . think of each "Twilight Zone" episode as a 24-minute short . but look how that format has...
Chances are you've never seen a wholphin (a rare hybrid of dolphin and false killer whale), or a Wholphin, the short film DVD magazine emanating on a subscription basis from the Dave Eggers/McSweeney's publishing factory. But it might be the most relentlessly fascinating and inventive showcase for new short films in the country. Not that it has much competition . shorts can appear haphazardly on auteurist-minded DVDs or on public television or the Sundance Channel, but otherwise there's no dependable cultural outlet for them, and they are for the most part considered cinema non grata in the culture at large. Movies began in the short form, but quickly shorts became nothing more than ballast for features, and then, come the '60s, were not even that. (Anthology-style TV series may count . think of each "Twilight Zone" episode as a 24-minute short . but look how that format has...
- 7/30/2008
- by Michael Atkinson
- ifc.com
For the second consecutive year, the Sundance Institute will partner with art house cinemas nationwide to present specialized screening programs of films that have played the Sundance Film Festival.
Under the banner of the Sundance Institute Arthouse Project, which was inaugurated last year, the film series will play theaters in 12 cities.
Each of the participating venues will design a customized Sundance screening series for its local community, drawing from films that have played the Sundance fest -- some of which are still seeking distribution -- as well as films supported by the Sundance Institute.
This year, the local programs will include a specially selected series of short films from the 2007 fest: Death to the Tinman, directed by Ray Tintori; Peace Talk, Jennifer Malmqvist; King, Caran Hartsfield; Salt Kiss, Fellipe Gamarano Barbosa; God Provides, Brian Cassidy and Melanie Shatzsky; Everything Will Be OK, Don Hertzfeldt; and Happiness, Sophie Barthes.
The participating theaters and film programs are Belcourt Theatre in Nashville; Broadway Center Cinemas in Salt Lake City, Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline, Mass., Enzian Theater in Orlando, International Film Series in Boulder, Colo., Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville, N.Y., Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor, Mich., Oklahoma City Museum of Art in Oklahoma City, Pickford Cinema in Bellingham, Wash., Rafael Film Center in San Rafael, Calif., Ragtag Cinema in Columbia, Mo., and Railroad Square Cinema in Waterville, Maine.
Under the banner of the Sundance Institute Arthouse Project, which was inaugurated last year, the film series will play theaters in 12 cities.
Each of the participating venues will design a customized Sundance screening series for its local community, drawing from films that have played the Sundance fest -- some of which are still seeking distribution -- as well as films supported by the Sundance Institute.
This year, the local programs will include a specially selected series of short films from the 2007 fest: Death to the Tinman, directed by Ray Tintori; Peace Talk, Jennifer Malmqvist; King, Caran Hartsfield; Salt Kiss, Fellipe Gamarano Barbosa; God Provides, Brian Cassidy and Melanie Shatzsky; Everything Will Be OK, Don Hertzfeldt; and Happiness, Sophie Barthes.
The participating theaters and film programs are Belcourt Theatre in Nashville; Broadway Center Cinemas in Salt Lake City, Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline, Mass., Enzian Theater in Orlando, International Film Series in Boulder, Colo., Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville, N.Y., Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor, Mich., Oklahoma City Museum of Art in Oklahoma City, Pickford Cinema in Bellingham, Wash., Rafael Film Center in San Rafael, Calif., Ragtag Cinema in Columbia, Mo., and Railroad Square Cinema in Waterville, Maine.
- 8/23/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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