Sam Taylor-Johnson’s upcoming Amy Winehouse biopic “Back to Black” may have access to the late singer’s globally recognized back catalog, but another legendary musician is lending his talents to the project.
Nick Cave, alongside his long-time collaborator Warren Ellis, is scoring the StudioCanal and Focus Features film, which sees “Industry” star Marisa Abela play Winehouse. Abela is joined by a cast including Jack O’Connell (playing Blake Fielder-Civil), Eddie Marsan (Mitch Winehouse), Juliet Cowan (Janis Winehouse) and Lesley Manville.
Variety has been given an exclusive photo taken of Cave, Ellis and Taylor-Johnson recording in the studio earlier this week.
While Winehouse’s own songs, such as “Back to Black” (which featured in the recent trailer), “Valerie” and “Rehab” will undoubtedly take center stage in the film (with most recorded and performed by Abela), Cave and Ellis are understood to have composed about 20-30 minutes of music.
“Nick and Warren...
Nick Cave, alongside his long-time collaborator Warren Ellis, is scoring the StudioCanal and Focus Features film, which sees “Industry” star Marisa Abela play Winehouse. Abela is joined by a cast including Jack O’Connell (playing Blake Fielder-Civil), Eddie Marsan (Mitch Winehouse), Juliet Cowan (Janis Winehouse) and Lesley Manville.
Variety has been given an exclusive photo taken of Cave, Ellis and Taylor-Johnson recording in the studio earlier this week.
While Winehouse’s own songs, such as “Back to Black” (which featured in the recent trailer), “Valerie” and “Rehab” will undoubtedly take center stage in the film (with most recorded and performed by Abela), Cave and Ellis are understood to have composed about 20-30 minutes of music.
“Nick and Warren...
- 2/7/2024
- by Alex Ritman
- Variety Film + TV
Nick Cave and Warren Ellis have once again collaborated with director Andrew Dominik — this time for the score to the filmmaker’s upcoming Marilyn Monroe movie Blonde.
The Bad Seeds duo have shared their opening piece from the upcoming Netflix film, which arrives on the streaming service on Sept. 28; their Blonde score will also be released that day.
Like Cave’s recent LPs Ghosteen and Carnage, the ethereal “Pearly” is largely synthesizer-based, with the piece ebbing and swelling over the course of its nearly seven minutes. The title of many...
The Bad Seeds duo have shared their opening piece from the upcoming Netflix film, which arrives on the streaming service on Sept. 28; their Blonde score will also be released that day.
Like Cave’s recent LPs Ghosteen and Carnage, the ethereal “Pearly” is largely synthesizer-based, with the piece ebbing and swelling over the course of its nearly seven minutes. The title of many...
- 9/16/2022
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Today, Wednesday, May 11, as a one-time global event, filmmaker Andrew Dominik’s new documentary on musicians Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, “This Much I Know To Be True,” premieres in select theaters (check the “This Much I Know To Be True” website to see where it’s playing today near you). If Dominik’s last documentary with Cave, “One More Time With Feeling,” was a dark elegy about grief, this new one (read our review here), is much more like a spiritual, nearly gospel-like reverie about healing and the process of acceptance.
Continue reading Andrew Dominik Says ‘Blonde’ Is About “All The Unloved Children Of The World,” Doesn’t Deserve Its Nc-17 Rating & More at The Playlist.
Continue reading Andrew Dominik Says ‘Blonde’ Is About “All The Unloved Children Of The World,” Doesn’t Deserve Its Nc-17 Rating & More at The Playlist.
- 5/11/2022
- by Rodrigo Perez
- The Playlist
The musician holds the spotlight again in Andrew Dominik’s followup documentary, with star-quality input from Warren Ellis and Marianne Faithfull
There’s a sweet moment in this mostly music documentary about rock star Nick Cave, in which he talks about having always defined himself in the past as a musician or a performer, but now he thinks of himself increasingly as a father or a husband. He even jokes that recently he took the government’s advice to retrain during the pandemic and became a ceramicist, specialising in mock-Meissen figurines showing the devil at various stages of a melancholy life, several of which enigmatically involved sailors.
As the soliloquy says, one man in his time plays many parts, and in Cave’s case one of those roles could be described as semi-professional documentary subject, as there have already been quite a few films about him – most notably Iain Forsyth...
There’s a sweet moment in this mostly music documentary about rock star Nick Cave, in which he talks about having always defined himself in the past as a musician or a performer, but now he thinks of himself increasingly as a father or a husband. He even jokes that recently he took the government’s advice to retrain during the pandemic and became a ceramicist, specialising in mock-Meissen figurines showing the devil at various stages of a melancholy life, several of which enigmatically involved sailors.
As the soliloquy says, one man in his time plays many parts, and in Cave’s case one of those roles could be described as semi-professional documentary subject, as there have already been quite a few films about him – most notably Iain Forsyth...
- 5/10/2022
- by Leslie Felperin
- The Guardian - Film News
Jethro Lazenby, who worked as an actor and model under the name Jethro Cave, has died. He was 31.
The news announced by his father, musician Nick Cave. No cause of death was given. He is the second son Cave has lost at a young age.
“With much sadness, I can confirm that my son, Jethro, has passed away,” the Bad Seeds frontman said in a statement obtained by the BBC. “We would be grateful for family privacy at this time.”
Lazenby, whose mother was Australian model Beau Lazenby, was the musician’s eldest child and was 8 before he found out who his father was.
As a teen, he found work as a model for brands such as Balenciaga and Versace and appeared in two movies, Corroboree in 2007 and 2011’s My Little Princess, which starred Isabelle Huppert.
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The news announced by his father, musician Nick Cave. No cause of death was given. He is the second son Cave has lost at a young age.
“With much sadness, I can confirm that my son, Jethro, has passed away,” the Bad Seeds frontman said in a statement obtained by the BBC. “We would be grateful for family privacy at this time.”
Lazenby, whose mother was Australian model Beau Lazenby, was the musician’s eldest child and was 8 before he found out who his father was.
As a teen, he found work as a model for brands such as Balenciaga and Versace and appeared in two movies, Corroboree in 2007 and 2011’s My Little Princess, which starred Isabelle Huppert.
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- 5/10/2022
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
Capturing intimate live performances of their albums Ghosteen and Carnage, Andrew Dominik’s documentary gets to the heart of a remarkable creative partnership
There is something inherently cinematic about the work of Australian musicians and composers Nick Cave and Warren Ellis. The pair have collaborated on a string of scores for films, ranging from John Hillcoat’s 2005 antipodean western The Proposition (for which Cave also wrote the script) to the forthcoming Blonde, director Andrew Dominik’s adaptation of Joyce Carol Oates’s historical fiction novel about “the inner life of Marilyn Monroe”. Yet even away from the movie theatre, Ellis and Cave’s compositions have a widescreen sweep, conjuring intimate aural landscapes of love and death – religion and fairytale intertwined. These are musical parables of grief and redemption, echoing Cave’s belief that “we all live our lives dangerously, in a state of jeopardy, at the edge of calamity”.
In...
There is something inherently cinematic about the work of Australian musicians and composers Nick Cave and Warren Ellis. The pair have collaborated on a string of scores for films, ranging from John Hillcoat’s 2005 antipodean western The Proposition (for which Cave also wrote the script) to the forthcoming Blonde, director Andrew Dominik’s adaptation of Joyce Carol Oates’s historical fiction novel about “the inner life of Marilyn Monroe”. Yet even away from the movie theatre, Ellis and Cave’s compositions have a widescreen sweep, conjuring intimate aural landscapes of love and death – religion and fairytale intertwined. These are musical parables of grief and redemption, echoing Cave’s belief that “we all live our lives dangerously, in a state of jeopardy, at the edge of calamity”.
In...
- 5/8/2022
- by Mark Kermode, Observer film critic
- The Guardian - Film News
The power of Nick Cave had forever hinged on summoning the spirits of the dark.
Be it his time as frantic frontman to the clamorous Birthday Party, or since the 1984 start of a menacing solo career with the floating membership of the Bad Seeds by his side, Cave’s catalog of violence-driven characters and furiously dire narratives cut like a knife, fresh with blood and amped-up with post-punk gospel fervor.
That all of this changed in 2015, with the tragic accidental death of Cave’s 15-year-old son, Arthur, exemplified “the crack in everything” that Leonard Cohen, a noted inspiration to Cave, wrote of on “Anthem”: “That’s how the light gets in.”
From Cave’s family tragedy, a second family emerged: that of a devoted fan base who showered the singer and author with warmth and comfort beyond fandom.
“Nick saw this incredible outpouring of love and concern for him...
Be it his time as frantic frontman to the clamorous Birthday Party, or since the 1984 start of a menacing solo career with the floating membership of the Bad Seeds by his side, Cave’s catalog of violence-driven characters and furiously dire narratives cut like a knife, fresh with blood and amped-up with post-punk gospel fervor.
That all of this changed in 2015, with the tragic accidental death of Cave’s 15-year-old son, Arthur, exemplified “the crack in everything” that Leonard Cohen, a noted inspiration to Cave, wrote of on “Anthem”: “That’s how the light gets in.”
From Cave’s family tragedy, a second family emerged: that of a devoted fan base who showered the singer and author with warmth and comfort beyond fandom.
“Nick saw this incredible outpouring of love and concern for him...
- 3/30/2022
- by A.D. Amorosi
- Variety Film + TV
"We all live our lives dangerously... in a state of jeopardy, at the edge of calamity." The wise words of Nick Cave. An official trailer has arrived for the music documentary This Much I Know To Be True, the follow-up from filmmaker Andrew Dominik and their doc One More Time with Feeling from 2016. Similar in concept, but different in many other ways - including this being shot in color. This new film explores the creative relationship and songs from Nick Cave and Warren Ellis' last two studio albums, "Ghosteen" and "Carnage". It premiered at the 2022 Berlin Film Festival earlier this year, and will be releasing in theaters worldwide starting May. In this document of their first ever performances of these albums, filmed in spring 2021 ahead of their UK tour, we see the two, accompanied by singers and string quartet, as they nurture each song into existence. The film features a...
- 3/25/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Shot back in 2019, it’s been a long wait for Andrew Dominik’s Marilyn Monroe drama Blonde to see the light of day, but it looks like 2022 is finally the year. While the director’s dreams of going to Cannes are reportedly dashed, the film has now, as expected, officially been rated Nc-17 for “some sexual content.” The director previously confirmed his adaptation of the Joyce Carol Oates novel, led by Ana de Armas, includes a rape scene.
“It’s a demanding movie. If the audience doesn’t like it, that’s the fucking audience’s problem. It’s not running for public office,” Dominik said last month. “It’s an Nc-17 movie about Marilyn Monroe, it’s kind of what you want, right? I want to go and see the Nc-17 version of the Marilyn Monroe story.”
While we wait to see when Netflix will actually debut the film,...
“It’s a demanding movie. If the audience doesn’t like it, that’s the fucking audience’s problem. It’s not running for public office,” Dominik said last month. “It’s an Nc-17 movie about Marilyn Monroe, it’s kind of what you want, right? I want to go and see the Nc-17 version of the Marilyn Monroe story.”
While we wait to see when Netflix will actually debut the film,...
- 3/24/2022
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
The film debuted as a Berlinale Special title last month.
UK-based event cinema specialist Trafalgar Releasing has boarded Andrew Dominik’s Berlinale documentary This Much I Know To Be True.
Trafalgar will release the film in cinemas worldwide via a global event on May 11.
This Much I Know To Be True debuted as a Special title at last month’s Berlinale; it centres on the partnership between Nick Cave and his musical collaborator Warren Ellis, as the pair record live performances of songs from the last two albums of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.
It is the fifth Nick Cave film released by Trafalgar,...
UK-based event cinema specialist Trafalgar Releasing has boarded Andrew Dominik’s Berlinale documentary This Much I Know To Be True.
Trafalgar will release the film in cinemas worldwide via a global event on May 11.
This Much I Know To Be True debuted as a Special title at last month’s Berlinale; it centres on the partnership between Nick Cave and his musical collaborator Warren Ellis, as the pair record live performances of songs from the last two albums of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.
It is the fifth Nick Cave film released by Trafalgar,...
- 3/2/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
This Much I Know to Be True, the latest feature from Andrew Dominik which recently debuted at the Berlin Film Festival, has been set for a May theatrical release by Trafalgar Releasing.
The company will put on a one-day global cinema event for the film on May 11, with tickets going on sale from March 23.
Shot on location in London and Brighton, the doc captures musicians Nick Cave and Warren Ellis’ creative relationship as they bring to life the songs from their last two studio albums, Ghosteen (Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds) and Carnage (Nick Cave & Warren Ellis). It was filmed in spring 2021 ahead of the pair’s UK tour.
The project is director Dominik’s latest collaboration with Cave following The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford and the 2016 doc One More Time with Feeling.
Marc Allenby, CEO of Trafalgar Releasing, said, “We’re honoured to be...
The company will put on a one-day global cinema event for the film on May 11, with tickets going on sale from March 23.
Shot on location in London and Brighton, the doc captures musicians Nick Cave and Warren Ellis’ creative relationship as they bring to life the songs from their last two studio albums, Ghosteen (Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds) and Carnage (Nick Cave & Warren Ellis). It was filmed in spring 2021 ahead of the pair’s UK tour.
The project is director Dominik’s latest collaboration with Cave following The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford and the 2016 doc One More Time with Feeling.
Marc Allenby, CEO of Trafalgar Releasing, said, “We’re honoured to be...
- 3/2/2022
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Following its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival, Trafalgar Releasing has set a May worldwide cinema release for Andrew Dominik’s “This Much I Know to Be True.”
Shot on location in London and Brighton, the film captures the creative relationship of revered musicians Nick Cave and Warren Ellis’ as they bring to life the songs from their last two studio albums, “Ghosteen” (Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds) and “Carnage” (Nick Cave & Warren Ellis). The film serves as a document of their first ever performances of these albums, filmed in spring 2021 ahead of their U.K. tour, as the two musicians, accompanied by singers and string quartet, nurture each song into existence. The film also features a special appearance by their close friend and long-term collaborator, Marianne Faithfull.
The deep friendship and personal relationship between Nick Cave and Warren Ellis was glimpsed in Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard’s...
Shot on location in London and Brighton, the film captures the creative relationship of revered musicians Nick Cave and Warren Ellis’ as they bring to life the songs from their last two studio albums, “Ghosteen” (Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds) and “Carnage” (Nick Cave & Warren Ellis). The film serves as a document of their first ever performances of these albums, filmed in spring 2021 ahead of their U.K. tour, as the two musicians, accompanied by singers and string quartet, nurture each song into existence. The film also features a special appearance by their close friend and long-term collaborator, Marianne Faithfull.
The deep friendship and personal relationship between Nick Cave and Warren Ellis was glimpsed in Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard’s...
- 3/2/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Two cameras orbit a grand piano on a circular track. Sometimes one will catch sight of the other, passing behind the black-haired singer at the keyboard, flashing between the session violinists or gliding beyond the bearded man crouched low over his synthesizer. Though this visible stagecraft draws attention to the fabrication — stage lights pop; grips wander through, adjusting the wiring — somehow the effect of Andrew Dominik’s “This Much I Know to Be True” is floaty, disembodied, hypnotic. Illuminating tracks from the superb 2019 Bad Seeds album “Ghosteen” and Cave’s 2021 collaboration with Warren Ellis, “Carnage,” .
In a ballroom clad in crumbling plasterwork (actually a disused Bristol factory space) Dominik stages the musical sections that make up most of the film, each one a bouquet of barbed wire, sung by Cave — with his ever-witchy charisma — like it’s the last song anyone will ever hear. In between are occasional off-the-cuff interviews,...
In a ballroom clad in crumbling plasterwork (actually a disused Bristol factory space) Dominik stages the musical sections that make up most of the film, each one a bouquet of barbed wire, sung by Cave — with his ever-witchy charisma — like it’s the last song anyone will ever hear. In between are occasional off-the-cuff interviews,...
- 2/25/2022
- by Jessica Kiang
- Variety Film + TV
Polished in all the ways its predecessor was rough, “This Much I Know to Be True,” Andrew Dominik’s second film about Nick Cave, offers nothing close to the acute emotional experience of his previous effort — and that’s the best news of all. In 2016, the rocker and the “Assassination of Jesse James” filmmaker teamed on “One More Time with Feeling,” an ash-toned music doc that followed the singer as he grieved an incomprehensible personal loss, resulting in a roundabout portrait of raw nerves and confusion that remains a high watermark of the genre.
Unable to go on tour in early 2021 (guess the reason why), Cave re-teamed with Dominik to make big screen magic, setting up shop in an abandoned Bristol factory to record tracks from Cave’s most recent albums “Ghosteen,” with his band The Bad Seeds, and “Carnage,” with long-time collaborator Warren Ellis.
Elegant simplicity was the name of the game,...
Unable to go on tour in early 2021 (guess the reason why), Cave re-teamed with Dominik to make big screen magic, setting up shop in an abandoned Bristol factory to record tracks from Cave’s most recent albums “Ghosteen,” with his band The Bad Seeds, and “Carnage,” with long-time collaborator Warren Ellis.
Elegant simplicity was the name of the game,...
- 2/16/2022
- by Ben Croll
- Indiewire
Part concert film, part character portrait, Andrew Dominik’s This Much I Know To Be True is another glimpse into the life and world of musician Nick Cave. The Berlin Film Festival Berlinale Special documentary flits between interviews in his home to performances of the songs from his albums “Ghosteen” (with the Bad Seeds) and “Carnage” (with Warren Ellis).
The setting is a grand old building, and Dominik — who also shot the 2016 Cave doc One More Time With Feeling — frequently pulls back the curtain to show the filming process, whether it’s the dolly circling the singers on a track, or guest performer Marianne Faithfull demanding a touch-up before recording.
If you’re a fan of Cave’s music, there’s plenty to enjoy as he builds up from confessional piano lullabies to angry political high-energy rants. If you’re more intrigued about his character, then the real gems are elsewhere.
The setting is a grand old building, and Dominik — who also shot the 2016 Cave doc One More Time With Feeling — frequently pulls back the curtain to show the filming process, whether it’s the dolly circling the singers on a track, or guest performer Marianne Faithfull demanding a touch-up before recording.
If you’re a fan of Cave’s music, there’s plenty to enjoy as he builds up from confessional piano lullabies to angry political high-energy rants. If you’re more intrigued about his character, then the real gems are elsewhere.
- 2/12/2022
- by Anna Smith
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: While the film world eagerly awaits the release of Andrew Dominik’s Marilyn Monroe biopic Blonde, scored by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, we can reveal details about the latest collaboration between the filmmaker and musicians: documentary This Much I Know To Be True.
Oz filmmaker Dominik previously teamed up with Cave and Ellis to powerful effect on the stunning western The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford. They followed that up with 2016 music documentary One More Time With Feeling, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival.
This Much I Know To Be True is a companion piece to the latter film, exploring the creative relationship and songs from Cave and Ellis’s last two studio albums, Ghosteen (Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds) and Carnage (Nick Cave & Warren Ellis). Above is a first look image from the film.
Shot on location in London and Brighton last year,...
Oz filmmaker Dominik previously teamed up with Cave and Ellis to powerful effect on the stunning western The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford. They followed that up with 2016 music documentary One More Time With Feeling, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival.
This Much I Know To Be True is a companion piece to the latter film, exploring the creative relationship and songs from Cave and Ellis’s last two studio albums, Ghosteen (Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds) and Carnage (Nick Cave & Warren Ellis). Above is a first look image from the film.
Shot on location in London and Brighton last year,...
- 1/14/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Nick Cave has shared a new trailer for Idiot Prayer: Alone at Alexandria Palace, a live solo performance filmed during the Covid-19 pandemic that’s set to premiere July 23rd.
The clip, released Monday, offers a glimpse at Cave’s isolated set at the iconic London venue. It also features him reading a poem in voiceover as we see him striding into the theater’s main atrium and sitting at a piano.
“Idiot Prayer evolved from my Conversations With… events, performed over the last year or so,” Cave said in a statement.
The clip, released Monday, offers a glimpse at Cave’s isolated set at the iconic London venue. It also features him reading a poem in voiceover as we see him striding into the theater’s main atrium and sitting at a piano.
“Idiot Prayer evolved from my Conversations With… events, performed over the last year or so,” Cave said in a statement.
- 7/13/2020
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
In today’s film news roundup, one-night showings of a Ray Manzarek tribute and the season premiere of “Doctor Who” have been set for 2020, and the MPAA hires a copyright expert.
One-night Showings
The Doors and Trafalgar Releasing are teaming on the worldwide Feb. 12 release of “The Doors: Break on Thru – A Celebration of Ray Manzarek.”
The film has been dated on the birthday of Manzarek, co-founder and keyboardist of The Doors. He passed away in 2013.
The concert/documentary was filmed at the Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles and brought surviving members from The Doors, guitarist Robby Krieger and drummer John Densmore, on stage for the first time in 15 years to celebrate Manzarek’s birthday. The film also includes performances from Foo Fighters’ Taylor Hawkins and Rami Jaffee, Stone Temple Pilots’ Robert DeLeo, Paul McCartney’s Brian Ray, X’s Exene and John Doe, Jane’s Addiction’s Stephen Perkins and Gov’t Mule’s Warren Haynes.
One-night Showings
The Doors and Trafalgar Releasing are teaming on the worldwide Feb. 12 release of “The Doors: Break on Thru – A Celebration of Ray Manzarek.”
The film has been dated on the birthday of Manzarek, co-founder and keyboardist of The Doors. He passed away in 2013.
The concert/documentary was filmed at the Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles and brought surviving members from The Doors, guitarist Robby Krieger and drummer John Densmore, on stage for the first time in 15 years to celebrate Manzarek’s birthday. The film also includes performances from Foo Fighters’ Taylor Hawkins and Rami Jaffee, Stone Temple Pilots’ Robert DeLeo, Paul McCartney’s Brian Ray, X’s Exene and John Doe, Jane’s Addiction’s Stephen Perkins and Gov’t Mule’s Warren Haynes.
- 12/10/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Snoop Dogg and Martha Stewart — why not Snoop Dogg and Nick Cave? The rapper has covered the theme song for BBC’s gangster drama “Peaky Blinders.” Originally performed by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, “Red Right Hand,” opens each episode of the series, and has been covered by a lineup of music legends, from Iggy Pop and Jarvis Cocker to Pj Harvey, as well as Arctic Monkeys and Laura Marling. Watch Snoop’s take on the song below.
The video mixes footage from the series, starring Cillian Murphy, with snippets of Snoop Dogg in his element. The opinionated “Peaky Blinders” fanbase, however, isn’t entirely happy about Snoop’s take. Other fans are pretty into this version, which brings a breath of freshness to the early-20th-century-set period series.
Eerie and propulsive, the song “Red Right Hand” first appeared on Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds’ 1994 album “Let Love In,...
The video mixes footage from the series, starring Cillian Murphy, with snippets of Snoop Dogg in his element. The opinionated “Peaky Blinders” fanbase, however, isn’t entirely happy about Snoop’s take. Other fans are pretty into this version, which brings a breath of freshness to the early-20th-century-set period series.
Eerie and propulsive, the song “Red Right Hand” first appeared on Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds’ 1994 album “Let Love In,...
- 9/28/2019
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
‘Mindhunter’ Season 2: David Fincher Returning to Direct, Joined by Andrew Dominik and More — Report
Details surrounding “Mindhunter” Season 2 have been quiet over the last several months, but a new report from The Playlist brings some exciting news about the next batch of episodes. David Fincher, who executive produces the show and directed two episodes in the first season, will reportedly be back behind the camera for the Season 2 premiere and finale. Directors Andrew Dominik and Carl Franklin will join Fincher for Season 2.
Dominik is an indie favorite after directing “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.” His other credits include the Nick Cave documentary “One More Time with Feeling” and the drama “Killing Them Softly,” which starred Fincher favorite Brad Pitt. Franklin, meanwhile, is a television veteran with directing credits on “13 Reasons Why,” “The Leftovers,” and Fincher’s own “House of Cards.” Dominik is reportedly filming two episodes, while Franklin will direct the remaining Season 2 episodes.
The Playlist notes Season 2 will only have eight episodes,...
Dominik is an indie favorite after directing “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.” His other credits include the Nick Cave documentary “One More Time with Feeling” and the drama “Killing Them Softly,” which starred Fincher favorite Brad Pitt. Franklin, meanwhile, is a television veteran with directing credits on “13 Reasons Why,” “The Leftovers,” and Fincher’s own “House of Cards.” Dominik is reportedly filming two episodes, while Franklin will direct the remaining Season 2 episodes.
The Playlist notes Season 2 will only have eight episodes,...
- 4/19/2018
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
One of the greatest musicians we have, Nick Cave, is about to return to performing with a series of live dates tied to his great recent record “Skeleton Tree.” It comes after an extended gap following the tragic death of Cave’s teenage son Arthur in 2015, the aftermath of which was documented last year in Andrew Dominik’s extraordinary performance film “One More Time With Feeling,” one of our favorite films of 2016.
Continue reading Nick Cave Says He Was “Angry” When He Saw ‘One More Time With Feeling,’ Now Calls The Film “An Extraordinary Gift” at The Playlist.
Continue reading Nick Cave Says He Was “Angry” When He Saw ‘One More Time With Feeling,’ Now Calls The Film “An Extraordinary Gift” at The Playlist.
- 4/27/2017
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
If there’s one thing we could use more of, it’s films by Andrew Dominik. The director took seven years between “Chopper” and “The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford,” another five until the underrated “Killing Them Softly,” and four more until last year’s gorgeous and shattering documentary, “One More Time With Feeling.” However, it looks like that trend of shorter gaps between movies could be continuing.
Continue reading Tom Hardy To Star In Andrew Dominik’s ‘War Party’ at The Playlist.
Continue reading Tom Hardy To Star In Andrew Dominik’s ‘War Party’ at The Playlist.
- 3/16/2017
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Courtesy of backing from Netflix, it was thought Andrew Dominik‘s next film would be his long-in-the-works Marilyn Monroe biopic Blonde. However, with the struggle to find a leading actress, the film looks to be put on hold in favor of a new drama, once again in a Netflix deal (which, every new day, seems to be a recurring phrase around these parts).
The project is War Party, a Ridley Scott-produced adventure film that will find Tom Hardy starring as a real-life Navy Seal. Although not a great deal more is known about the next film by The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford director, he co-write the script with Harrison Query, who has written the yet-to-be-produced Honor for Sale that John Hillcoat is attached to direct.
As for Dominik, this presumably action-oriented project based on a true story — which Netflix beat Amazon, Universal, and Lionsgate...
The project is War Party, a Ridley Scott-produced adventure film that will find Tom Hardy starring as a real-life Navy Seal. Although not a great deal more is known about the next film by The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford director, he co-write the script with Harrison Query, who has written the yet-to-be-produced Honor for Sale that John Hillcoat is attached to direct.
As for Dominik, this presumably action-oriented project based on a true story — which Netflix beat Amazon, Universal, and Lionsgate...
- 3/16/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Andrew Dominik hasn’t made a feature film since 2012’s “Killing Them Softly,” but that’s all about to change in a very big way. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Dominik is set to direct Tom Hardy in a Navy Seal drama called “War Party,” which is expected to be based on a true story. Further plot details are being kept under wraps.
Read More: Why Martin Scorsese’s Netflix Deal Is The Future of Cinema (And That’s Ok)
Netflix reportedly made a seven-figure deal for the movie based on a pitch. It’s the latest high profile film to find a home with the streaming service, which is increasingly attracting some of the most well known directors in the business. This summer, David Michod and Bong Joon-ho have new films debuting on Netflix (“War Machine” and “Okja,” respectively), while Martin Scorsese has joined the streaming bandwagon for his $100-million gangster movie “The Irishman.
Read More: Why Martin Scorsese’s Netflix Deal Is The Future of Cinema (And That’s Ok)
Netflix reportedly made a seven-figure deal for the movie based on a pitch. It’s the latest high profile film to find a home with the streaming service, which is increasingly attracting some of the most well known directors in the business. This summer, David Michod and Bong Joon-ho have new films debuting on Netflix (“War Machine” and “Okja,” respectively), while Martin Scorsese has joined the streaming bandwagon for his $100-million gangster movie “The Irishman.
- 3/16/2017
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Every week we dive into the cream of the crop when it comes to home releases, including Blu-ray and DVDs, as well as recommended deals of the week. Check out our rundown below and return every Tuesday for the best (or most interesting) films one can take home. Note that if you’re looking to support the site, every purchase you make through the links below helps us and is greatly appreciated.
45 Years (Andrew Haigh)
Andrew Haigh’s third feature as a director, 45 Years, is an excellent companion piece to its 2011 predecessor, Weekend. The latter examined the inception of a potential relationship between two men over the course of a weekend, whereas its successor considers the opposite extreme. Again sticking to a tight timeframe, the film chronicles the six days leading up to a couple’s 45th wedding anniversary. Though highly accomplished, Weekend nevertheless suffered from a tendency towards commenting...
45 Years (Andrew Haigh)
Andrew Haigh’s third feature as a director, 45 Years, is an excellent companion piece to its 2011 predecessor, Weekend. The latter examined the inception of a potential relationship between two men over the course of a weekend, whereas its successor considers the opposite extreme. Again sticking to a tight timeframe, the film chronicles the six days leading up to a couple’s 45th wedding anniversary. Though highly accomplished, Weekend nevertheless suffered from a tendency towards commenting...
- 3/7/2017
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options — not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves — we’ve taken it upon ourselves to highlight the titles that have recently hit platforms. Every week, one will be able to see the cream of the crop (or perhaps some simply interesting picks) of streaming titles (new and old) across platforms such as Netflix, iTunes, Amazon, and more (note: U.S. only). Check out our rundown for this week’s selections below.
Catfight (Onur Tukel)
Who knew that one of the year’s most potent representations of America’s addiction to abrasive conflict would be Anne Heche and Sandra Oh beating each other to a pulp? Onur Tukel’s Catfight is an unabashedly silly and political film, but it’s also a funny one, with its two lead actresses literally and figuratively hurling themselves into their roles. Heche and Oh play...
Catfight (Onur Tukel)
Who knew that one of the year’s most potent representations of America’s addiction to abrasive conflict would be Anne Heche and Sandra Oh beating each other to a pulp? Onur Tukel’s Catfight is an unabashedly silly and political film, but it’s also a funny one, with its two lead actresses literally and figuratively hurling themselves into their roles. Heche and Oh play...
- 3/3/2017
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Even when you live in Los Angeles, as I do, if you’re not in the network of critics groups and press screening and screener DVDs it can be a challenge to keep up with everything you tell yourself you have to see before attempting an informed roundup of the year currently in the rearview mirror. And I also try to not let more than a couple of weeks of the new year go by before checking in, regardless of how many of the year’s big presents I have left to unwrap, though in past years I have not lived well by this dictum—let’s just say that if I’m still posting stuff on the year’s best after even Oscar has thoroughly chewed over the goods, as has happened in the past, well, I’ve overstayed my welcome.
2016 was, in most ways, a disaster of a year,...
2016 was, in most ways, a disaster of a year,...
- 1/29/2017
- by Dennis Cozzalio
- Trailers from Hell
Letterboxd, the global social network for sharing your taste in film, has released the results of its 2016 Year In Review, based on the Letterboxd community’s combined ratings as of January 1. They have awarded Barry Jenkins’ Golden Globe-winning “Moonlight” as the film of the year.
Read More: Popular Film Social Network Letterboxd Debuts Long-Awaited iPhone App
“Our hearty congratulations to Barry Jenkins and ‘Moonlight’ on taking the top spot for 2016 in our Year in Review,” says Letterboxd co-founder Matthew Buchanan. “After the ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ juggernaut of 2015, which we unashamedly loved, we began 2016 with no idea what film might win people’s hearts, and we’re taking immense pleasure in seeing a low-budget movie with a diverse cast of mostly unknown actors and no franchise history top the list.”
Additionally, the community also rated Damien Chazelle’s “La La Land” second and Kenneth Lonergan’s “Manchester by the Sea” third.
Read More: Popular Film Social Network Letterboxd Debuts Long-Awaited iPhone App
“Our hearty congratulations to Barry Jenkins and ‘Moonlight’ on taking the top spot for 2016 in our Year in Review,” says Letterboxd co-founder Matthew Buchanan. “After the ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ juggernaut of 2015, which we unashamedly loved, we began 2016 with no idea what film might win people’s hearts, and we’re taking immense pleasure in seeing a low-budget movie with a diverse cast of mostly unknown actors and no franchise history top the list.”
Additionally, the community also rated Damien Chazelle’s “La La Land” second and Kenneth Lonergan’s “Manchester by the Sea” third.
- 1/10/2017
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
2016 may not have been a great year for a multitude of reasons, but if you spent a substantial portion of it inside a theater — more precisely, an arthouse one — there was no shortage of marvelous cinematic experiences to be had. Out of the 200+ plus releases from this year I watched, I’m at least positive on over half, and, as such, it was near-impossible to narrow it down to a top ten, plus five honorable mentions.
Missing the cut are a number of great dramas (Moonlight, The Handmaiden, Elle, Things to Come, My Golden Days, Embrace of the Serpent, Mountains May Depart, Wiener-Dog) and documentaries (I Am Not Your Negro, Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience, Kate Plays Christine, O.J.: Made in America, One More Time with Feeling) that could’ve made the list in any other year.
When all is said and done, here are the 15 films that most resonated with me this year.
Missing the cut are a number of great dramas (Moonlight, The Handmaiden, Elle, Things to Come, My Golden Days, Embrace of the Serpent, Mountains May Depart, Wiener-Dog) and documentaries (I Am Not Your Negro, Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience, Kate Plays Christine, O.J.: Made in America, One More Time with Feeling) that could’ve made the list in any other year.
When all is said and done, here are the 15 films that most resonated with me this year.
- 1/3/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
There are a multitude of reasons why any film may get unfairly overlooked. It could be a lack of marketing resources to provide a substantial push, or, due to a minuscule roll-out, not enough critics and audiences to be the champions it might require. It could simply be the timing of the picture itself; even in the world of studio filmmaking, some features take time to get their due. With an increasingly crowded marketplace, there are more reasons than ever that something might not find an audience and, as with last year, we’ve rounded up the releases that deserved more attention.
Note that all of the below films made less than $1 million at the domestic box office at the time of posting — VOD figures are not accounted for, as they normally aren’t made public — and are, for the most part, left out of most year-end conversations. Sadly, most...
Note that all of the below films made less than $1 million at the domestic box office at the time of posting — VOD figures are not accounted for, as they normally aren’t made public — and are, for the most part, left out of most year-end conversations. Sadly, most...
- 12/29/2016
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
As a cinephile, few things are more sublime than finding back-to-back features that hit some specific thematic sweet spot. Drive-in theaters may not be the popular viewing spot they once were, but with the overwhelming accessibility we now have, one can program their own personal double bill. Today, we’ve run through the gamut of 2016 films to select the finest pairings. Check out list the below, and we’d love to hear your own picks, which can be left in the comments.
10 Cloverfield Lane and Green Room
A claustrophobic’s worst nightmare of a double feature, 10 Cloverfield Lane and Green Room share a similar strand of thematic plotting — a tyrannical force imposing their way on an innocent party — but it’s their directorial approach that truly makes them the ideal twins. Helmed by up-and-coming directors, Dan Trachtenberg and Jeremy Saulnier, respectively, there’s not a wasted shot in either film,...
10 Cloverfield Lane and Green Room
A claustrophobic’s worst nightmare of a double feature, 10 Cloverfield Lane and Green Room share a similar strand of thematic plotting — a tyrannical force imposing their way on an innocent party — but it’s their directorial approach that truly makes them the ideal twins. Helmed by up-and-coming directors, Dan Trachtenberg and Jeremy Saulnier, respectively, there’s not a wasted shot in either film,...
- 12/23/2016
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Imagine a friend of yours had an unimaginable trauma occur. Imagine he asked for your help, not with the thing itself, which will forever be out of reach, but with something else — a creative project. Imagine the project he proposed, which would require him to probe the darkest corners of his life, was risky in many other ways, too, and that by placing it in your hands, your friend was placing in you a trust so immense it could have felt like a burden.
Continue reading Director Andrew Dominik Talks Creativity Amid Tragedy In Sublime Nick Cave Doc ‘One More Time With Feeling’ at The Playlist.
Continue reading Director Andrew Dominik Talks Creativity Amid Tragedy In Sublime Nick Cave Doc ‘One More Time With Feeling’ at The Playlist.
- 12/2/2016
- by Jessica Kiang
- The Playlist
And now we’ve arrived at the end of the calendar year. As the final push for year-end viewing continues at a furious pace, some of the last unknown films of 2016 will finally make their way to audiences. To help focus your viewing choices, here is a list of films opening throughout the coming weeks, separated into categories of wide and limited runs. (Synopses are provided by festivals and distributors.)
If you’re interested in what still might be in a theater near you, check out our November Release Guide. For those curious what 2017 might bring, you can also visit our calendar page, which has releases through the beginning of the new year.
Happy watching!
Week of December 2 Wide
Incarnate
Director: Brad Peyton
Cast: Aaron Eckhart, Carice van Houten, Catalina Sandino Moreno, David Mazouz, John Pirruccello, Keir O’Donnell, Matthew Nable
Synopsis: A scientist with the ability to enter the...
If you’re interested in what still might be in a theater near you, check out our November Release Guide. For those curious what 2017 might bring, you can also visit our calendar page, which has releases through the beginning of the new year.
Happy watching!
Week of December 2 Wide
Incarnate
Director: Brad Peyton
Cast: Aaron Eckhart, Carice van Houten, Catalina Sandino Moreno, David Mazouz, John Pirruccello, Keir O’Donnell, Matthew Nable
Synopsis: A scientist with the ability to enter the...
- 12/1/2016
- by Alec McPike and Steve Greene
- Indiewire
When filmmaker Andrew Dominik heard that the 15-year-old son of Nick Cave had fallen off a cliff and died, he immediately phoned the Bad Seeds singer. They had known each other for decades, and Cave had co-written the score for the director's 2007 movie The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford – so he wanted to support his friend. The musician didn't pick up; a few days later, he texted that he would be giving him a ring. "I was terrified at the thought of receiving that phone call,...
- 12/1/2016
- Rollingstone.com
One of the gnarliest films to premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, “The Belko Experiment” boasts two genre heavyweights behind the scenes: Producer James Gunn (“Slither,” “Guardians of the Galaxy”) and director Greg McLean, the Australian horror filmmaker best known for the grisly “Wolf Creek” series. The two gentlemen unleash a chamber piece thriller from hell with this new movie, which follows a group of employees who have 30-minutes to kill one of their co-workers or else six of them will die.
Read More: ‘The Belko Experiment’ First Footage: See Quick Tease of James Gunn’s Corporate ‘Hunger Games’
According to the official Tiff synopsis, “Office politics turns into a real-life survival of the fittest when a group of co-workers are forced into a sick game of kill or be killed by sinister forces who lock down their building.” Expect the comedic stylings of Gunn to mesh with the...
Read More: ‘The Belko Experiment’ First Footage: See Quick Tease of James Gunn’s Corporate ‘Hunger Games’
According to the official Tiff synopsis, “Office politics turns into a real-life survival of the fittest when a group of co-workers are forced into a sick game of kill or be killed by sinister forces who lock down their building.” Expect the comedic stylings of Gunn to mesh with the...
- 12/1/2016
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
“I don’t believe in narrative anymore… I don’t think life is a story,” Nick Cave says early in Andrew Dominik’s documentary One More Time With Feeling. He’s explaining—haltingly yet articulately, as he does throughout—the reasons why the songs he’s written lately have taken a turn toward the abstractly expressive, away from the precisely realized murder ballads and apocalyptic love songs for which he’s known. His songs no longer follow any linear sense or strive for satisfying resolution, Cave says, because life doesn’t work that way. And even though the director interjects to disagree, his film doesn’t strive to tell a story either. Rather it’s a loose assemblage of studio vignettes, interviews, and poetic musings structured around the completion of The Bad Seeds’ 16th album, The Skeleton Tree, one that’s often deliberately ramshackle in its fumbling improvisations and inclusion...
- 12/1/2016
- by Sean O'Neal
- avclub.com
If Indiana Jones, Goku and RoboCop had a baby, what you would end up with is the star of this engaging animated short by Russian creator and animator Vitaliy Shushko.
On Nov. 12, after nearly two years in the making, Shushko released his first animated short film titled “X-Story,” which was quickly scooped up as one of Vimeo’s “Staff Picks” and viewed over 200,000 times. Shushko is responsible for writing and directing the 13 1/2 minute film that portrays themes of adventure, sci-fi, greed and betrayal — without a single word being spoken throughout the entire thing.
Read More: Vimeo Pushes Further into Original Programming
Apparently on a search for treasure, our bionic anti-hero meets his match in the form of a robotic watchdog (of sorts) designed solely for destruction. However, he quickly discovers that the treasure isn’t money, it’s control over this robotic super-weapon, and with that control comes infinite power.
On Nov. 12, after nearly two years in the making, Shushko released his first animated short film titled “X-Story,” which was quickly scooped up as one of Vimeo’s “Staff Picks” and viewed over 200,000 times. Shushko is responsible for writing and directing the 13 1/2 minute film that portrays themes of adventure, sci-fi, greed and betrayal — without a single word being spoken throughout the entire thing.
Read More: Vimeo Pushes Further into Original Programming
Apparently on a search for treasure, our bionic anti-hero meets his match in the form of a robotic watchdog (of sorts) designed solely for destruction. However, he quickly discovers that the treasure isn’t money, it’s control over this robotic super-weapon, and with that control comes infinite power.
- 12/1/2016
- by Alec McPike
- Indiewire
Andrew Dominik’s “One More Time With Feeling” originally began as a performance-based concept film centered around the making of a brand new Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds album, but it evolved into something much more complex and emotional. Dominik and Cave eventually sought to dive more deeply into the personal backdrop of the writing and recording of the album, one that was marked by intense personal tragedy, as Cave had recently lost his young son when the film went into production.
As our Ben Croll explained in his Venice review of the film, “Understandably, the singer didn’t want to tap that raw nerve with every Tom, Dick and Harry doing press rounds, so instead he tapped friend and collaborator Andrew Dominik (Cave wrote the score to ‘The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford’) to wrangle some kind of promo doc-cum-earnest exploration, and to improvise it all on the fly.
As our Ben Croll explained in his Venice review of the film, “Understandably, the singer didn’t want to tap that raw nerve with every Tom, Dick and Harry doing press rounds, so instead he tapped friend and collaborator Andrew Dominik (Cave wrote the score to ‘The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford’) to wrangle some kind of promo doc-cum-earnest exploration, and to improvise it all on the fly.
- 11/30/2016
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
The Costa Rica International Film Festival (Crfic) has announced its complete lineup for its fifth edition. This year, 72 films have been chosen to represent the world’s best in independent cinema, with four world premieres and three Latin American premieres taking place, and over 60 features to be presented for the first time in the region.
“At Crfic we are interested in approaching the idea of artistic diversity; covering a broad spectrum of styles and proposals found in contemporary national and international cinema,” said Marcelo Quesada, Artistic Director for the Festival. “Our identity and our program is built around a free, coherent and risky cinema that moves away from the usual places and bring us closer to different voices and world visions from over 30 countries.”
Read More: Costa Rica Selects Esteban Ramirez’ ‘Presos’ as Oscar Submission
Taking place at the capital city of San José, the festival will run from December...
“At Crfic we are interested in approaching the idea of artistic diversity; covering a broad spectrum of styles and proposals found in contemporary national and international cinema,” said Marcelo Quesada, Artistic Director for the Festival. “Our identity and our program is built around a free, coherent and risky cinema that moves away from the usual places and bring us closer to different voices and world visions from over 30 countries.”
Read More: Costa Rica Selects Esteban Ramirez’ ‘Presos’ as Oscar Submission
Taking place at the capital city of San José, the festival will run from December...
- 11/30/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
Wes Anderson surprised fans earlier this week with his heartwarming Christmas short film for H&M, and now the CineFix team (via The Film Stage) is keeping the Anderson goodies coming with a hilarious mash-up that combines the stylings of the director with the world of Robert Eggers’ “The Witch.” Anderson’s playful tone is perhaps the farthest thing from Eggers’ palpable sense of dread, so seeing both of these indie worlds collide is absurdly hilarious.
Read More: Wes Anderson Directs New Christmas Short Film With Adrien Brody — Watch
The video is the latest in what has become a cinephile tradition of creating trailer parodies directed by Wes Anderson. Classics like “Scream,” “Harry Potter” and “X-Men” have all received the Wes Anderson treatment in recent years, and it’s a testament to his unique style that his aesthetic can be applied so endearingly to films of all different genres.
“The Witch...
Read More: Wes Anderson Directs New Christmas Short Film With Adrien Brody — Watch
The video is the latest in what has become a cinephile tradition of creating trailer parodies directed by Wes Anderson. Classics like “Scream,” “Harry Potter” and “X-Men” have all received the Wes Anderson treatment in recent years, and it’s a testament to his unique style that his aesthetic can be applied so endearingly to films of all different genres.
“The Witch...
- 11/30/2016
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Brendan J. Bryne’s acclaimed feature documentary “Bobby Sands: 66 Days” carefully and artfully explores the events surrounding the eponymous and iconic Irish revolutionary as he leads his fellow inmates on a 66 day hunger strike, one that would ultimately forever change the course of Irish and English history. The film has enjoyed a robust festival run, recently screening at New York City’s own Doc NYC, where it proved to be just as prescient and timely as other festivals offerings, including “13th,” “Rikers,” and “Amanda Knox,” all documentaries interested in and compelled by the issue of prisoner abuse and rights.
Per the film’s official synopsis: “For 66 days, Sands went without food before starvation ultimately claimed his life. Imprisoned as a member of the Irish Republican Army, he and a group of fellow inmates demanded to be classified as political prisoners, but were refused. So, in the spring of 1981, they officially...
Per the film’s official synopsis: “For 66 days, Sands went without food before starvation ultimately claimed his life. Imprisoned as a member of the Irish Republican Army, he and a group of fellow inmates demanded to be classified as political prisoners, but were refused. So, in the spring of 1981, they officially...
- 11/30/2016
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
One More Time With Feeling depicts the singer coming to terms with the death of his son. Made to protect Cave from having to do interviews, it was the director’s way of helping out, but ‘terrifying’ nonetheless
By his own admission, director Andrew Dominik’s relationship with Nick Cave did not get off to an auspicious start. It was the late 80s and Dominik was a film student, whose new girlfriend had broken up with Cave “about three months beforehand”. To compound matters, shortly after they began going out, Cave released a single bearing the woman’s name: Deanna, which depicts Cave ejaculating over her clothes and then enticing her to join him in a murder spree inspired by 50s teenage serial killer Charlie Starkweather. “Yeah, it was kind of intimidating,” Dominik says today, over Skype from his La home. “I was 20 years old or something, and Nick Cave...
By his own admission, director Andrew Dominik’s relationship with Nick Cave did not get off to an auspicious start. It was the late 80s and Dominik was a film student, whose new girlfriend had broken up with Cave “about three months beforehand”. To compound matters, shortly after they began going out, Cave released a single bearing the woman’s name: Deanna, which depicts Cave ejaculating over her clothes and then enticing her to join him in a murder spree inspired by 50s teenage serial killer Charlie Starkweather. “Yeah, it was kind of intimidating,” Dominik says today, over Skype from his La home. “I was 20 years old or something, and Nick Cave...
- 11/24/2016
- by Alexis Petridis
- The Guardian - Film News
Nick Cave has become ever more prominent in the world of film composing over the last several years, but “Magneto” doesn’t have anything to do with “X-Men.” The song is taken from “Skeleton Tree,” the latest album by Cave’s band the Bad Seeds, the recording of which Andrew Dominick recently documented in “One More Time with Feeling.” Watch its new music video below.
Read More: Nick Cave’s Tragedy and the Very Beautiful Music Documentary: An Interview With ‘One More Time With Feeling’ Director Andrew Dominik
“Skeleton Tree” is Cave’s first album since the accidental death of his teenage son last year, a tragedy that of course factors into Dominick’s film. The black-and-white video for “Magneto” revolves around Cave (literally) as he sings and plays the piano, bright lights flashing all around him and his bandmates in a recording studio.
Read More: ‘Mars’: Listen to...
Read More: Nick Cave’s Tragedy and the Very Beautiful Music Documentary: An Interview With ‘One More Time With Feeling’ Director Andrew Dominik
“Skeleton Tree” is Cave’s first album since the accidental death of his teenage son last year, a tragedy that of course factors into Dominick’s film. The black-and-white video for “Magneto” revolves around Cave (literally) as he sings and plays the piano, bright lights flashing all around him and his bandmates in a recording studio.
Read More: ‘Mars’: Listen to...
- 11/7/2016
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Glenn here. Despite writing about (at least) one documentary a week since March, it feels like we've barely made a dint in covering the mammoth list of 145 titles that will be competing for the five coveted nominations in Best Documentary Feature category at the upcoming Oscars. Collectively, The Film Experience has reviewed 30 of the list, and we hope to cover a bunch more as we get closer to nominations.
There are a lot of noteworthy titles on this list so even making it to the 15-strong shortlist will be tough. And it's worth remembering that big titles are left off and smaller little-known titles get elevated every year. I have never heard of quite a few of these - and many others only have/had qualifying runs with releases planned for 2017 so it's impossible to really gauge some of them. What big titles will be left off? Will the recent scandals help or hinder Weiner,...
There are a lot of noteworthy titles on this list so even making it to the 15-strong shortlist will be tough. And it's worth remembering that big titles are left off and smaller little-known titles get elevated every year. I have never heard of quite a few of these - and many others only have/had qualifying runs with releases planned for 2017 so it's impossible to really gauge some of them. What big titles will be left off? Will the recent scandals help or hinder Weiner,...
- 10/30/2016
- by Glenn Dunks
- FilmExperience
It’s one of the most beautiful and terrible facts about this sick sad world: Talent doesn’t get to choose a person, and a person doesn’t get to choose a talent. It’s a total crapshoot, a lottery that we all have to live with. Few things on Earth are as rewarding, as destructive, or as infinitely varied as the friction generated between the purity of divine inspiration and the pollution of its human host. Sometimes those independent forces are in perfect sync with each other, and we get the Beatles — other times it’s like the fates forgot to carry a number when they were sorting things out, and we get Oasis.
Read More: Nick Cave’s Tragedy and the Very Beautiful Music Documentary: An Interview With ‘One More Time With Feeling’ Director Andrew Dominik
How else to explain how brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher, two absolute wankers from Manchester,...
Read More: Nick Cave’s Tragedy and the Very Beautiful Music Documentary: An Interview With ‘One More Time With Feeling’ Director Andrew Dominik
How else to explain how brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher, two absolute wankers from Manchester,...
- 10/25/2016
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
The rock documentary/concert movie is almost as old as rock and roll itself, thanks to shining early examples of the genre like “The Last Waltz,” “Sympathy For The Devil” and “Woodstock.” But it’s a form that got old quite fast, and while you occasionally see a great one, a picture that twists the form on its head or shoots in an inventive new way (Andrew Dominik’s “One More Time With Feeling,” which Jess loved at Venice, for instance), there’s a certain formula that these things fall into, and they tend to only be for hardcore fans of the band.
Continue reading Michael Winterbottom Follows Indie Band Wolf Alice ‘On The Road’ In New Docudrama [BFI London Film Fest Review] at The Playlist.
Continue reading Michael Winterbottom Follows Indie Band Wolf Alice ‘On The Road’ In New Docudrama [BFI London Film Fest Review] at The Playlist.
- 10/10/2016
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
Last year Nick Cave and Warren Ellis reunited to score David Mackenzie’s “Hell or High Water,” which premiered at Cannes in May ahead of its theatrical release. The duo released the official soundtrack to the critically acclaimed film this past August, and have now shared the music video for the song “Comancheria.”
The two-minute clip doesn’t feature the artists, instead we are shown slow-moving shots from the movie starring Chris Pine and Ben Foster.
Read More: Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds Share Emotional Trailer For ‘Skeleton Tree’ Album & Film – Watch
“Hell or High Water,” which was previously titled “Comancheria,” follows two brothers who team up to rob a bank to save their family’s farm. Jeff Bridges plays an “almost retired” Texas ranger in pursuit of the crime doers.
Cave and Ellis have previously worked together on the soundtracks to the 2005 film “The Proposition” and 2007’s “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford...
The two-minute clip doesn’t feature the artists, instead we are shown slow-moving shots from the movie starring Chris Pine and Ben Foster.
Read More: Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds Share Emotional Trailer For ‘Skeleton Tree’ Album & Film – Watch
“Hell or High Water,” which was previously titled “Comancheria,” follows two brothers who team up to rob a bank to save their family’s farm. Jeff Bridges plays an “almost retired” Texas ranger in pursuit of the crime doers.
Cave and Ellis have previously worked together on the soundtracks to the 2005 film “The Proposition” and 2007’s “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford...
- 9/23/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
Thankfully for us, Nick Cave is not a musician who is easily distilled into a formula blueprint. He isn’t an artist who is easy to pigeonhole and that means anybody who attempts to make a film about him is forced to think outside of the box. Consider 20,000 Days on Earth in which Cave celebrated his 20,000th day of living by driving around with friends like Kylie Minogue and Ray Winstone. That film, partly fictionalized, was only two years ago so if it feels somewhat excessive to have another Nick Cave documentary so soon then the circumstances around Cave’s life since then mean a lot has changed since his 20,000th day on Earth that has dramatically altered him.
One More Time with Feeling is directed by Cave’s friend Andrew Dominik who Cave had worked with on The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. Like that film,...
One More Time with Feeling is directed by Cave’s friend Andrew Dominik who Cave had worked with on The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. Like that film,...
- 9/20/2016
- by Glenn Dunks
- FilmExperience
Welcome, one and all, to the newest episode of The Film Stage Show! This week, I am joined by Bill Graham and Michael Snydel to discuss a Mubi selection, Andrew Dominik‘s Nick Cave documentary One More Time With Feeling, the Terrence Malick-produced The Vessel, then a feature discussion of Blair Witch.
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M4A: The Film Stage Show Ep. 206 – Blair Witch
00:00 – 03:21 – Introductions
03:22 – 20:56 – Stray Cat Rock Discussion
20:57 – 25:51 – One More Time With Feeling Discussion
25:52 – 28:50 – The Vessel Discussion
28:51 – 106:49 – Blair Witch Discussion
1:06:50 – 1:41:14 – Blair Witch Spoilers
The Film Stage is supported by Mubi, a curated online cinema streaming a selection of exceptional independent, classic, and award-winning films from around the world. Each day, Mubi hand-picks a new gem and you have one month to watch it. Try it for free here.
Subscribe on iTunes or see below to stream download (right-click and save as…).
M4A: The Film Stage Show Ep. 206 – Blair Witch
00:00 – 03:21 – Introductions
03:22 – 20:56 – Stray Cat Rock Discussion
20:57 – 25:51 – One More Time With Feeling Discussion
25:52 – 28:50 – The Vessel Discussion
28:51 – 106:49 – Blair Witch Discussion
1:06:50 – 1:41:14 – Blair Witch Spoilers
The Film Stage is supported by Mubi, a curated online cinema streaming a selection of exceptional independent, classic, and award-winning films from around the world. Each day, Mubi hand-picks a new gem and you have one month to watch it. Try it for free here.
- 9/19/2016
- by Brian Roan
- The Film Stage
For most of his career, Nick Cave has been acquainted with death. Whether it was mulling over suicide in "Shivers," in his first band, the Boys Next Door, or filling an entire album - Murder Ballads - with so many casualties listeners have actually tallied them up (75 people, plus one dog), Cave's sensibilities have always leaned to the morbid, even as they displayed a wry, scathing wit. "I find it kind of tiresome writing about the good side of life," he told People in 1996. But in 2015, Cave's life - and his relationship with death - was horribly upended when his...
- 9/13/2016
- by Alex Heigl, @alex_heigl
- PEOPLE.com
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