TV / Film News

Five Easy Pieces Turns 40

Source: Michael Ricci
April 21, 2010

Bob Rafelson's film, starring Jack Nicholson in the role that helped make him a star, opens Friday at the Nuart, Santa Monica.

“You don't sit down and say, I'm feeling alienated today, I think I'll make a movie about alienation,' “ notes director Bob Rafelson, reflecting on a movie about alienation, of all things, that he made 40 years ago. “Five Easy Pieces," which opens Friday at the Nuart Theatre for a weeklong run in a beautifully restored new print, ...

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Gimme Shelter Screening Tonight in Santa Monica

Source: All About Jazz
April 20, 2010

The 1970 Rolling Stones tour filmed by the Maysles brothers, Gimme Shelter is a rare screening at the Santa Monica Library

Gimme Shelter Tue., April 20, 7:00pm Santa Monica Public Library - Fairview Branch 2101 Ocean Park Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 90406 Santa Monica (310) 450-0443

Starring: The Rolling Stones, Mick Jagger Director: Albert Maysles, David Maysles Camera: David Myers

To cite Gimme Shelter as the greatest rock ...

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Feds OK Second Commodities Exchange Against Hollywood

Source: All About Jazz
April 20, 2010

Decision comes after Friday's greenlight of Trend Exchange. Federal regulators approved the creation of another commodities exchange hoping to trade in film futures. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has not yet given the greenlight to the Cantor Exchange's actual contracts to be traded. That decision is still pending. Their decision is not much of a surprise. On Friday, the commission approved the creation of the Trend Exchange, which also plans to trade in film futures, but, like Cantor, has yet ...

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The T.A.M.I. Show: 1964

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
April 20, 2010

On October 29, 1964, about 3,000 high school students--some with their parents--jammed into the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in California to hear a concert. The event would be filmed with new Electronovision technology that its developers claimed produced more vivid results than standard TV cameras. The concert was billed as The T.A.M.I. Show--which stood for Teenage Awards Music International. TAMI was a somewhat innocent acronym with viral power as evidenced by the audience's teens, who began screaming at the top ...

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The Miles Davis Movie: Filming Charlie Parker and Miles Davis at the Three Deuces

Source: Miles Davis Online
April 19, 2010

But it was at the Three Deuces, playing every night there with Bird and Max, that really helped me find my own voice.

Miles Davis (excerpt from Miles: The Autobiography)

In 1944 Miles Davis moved to New York to study in the Julliard School of Music. His tenure would only last a few months. Instead he sought a musical education in the clubs of 52nd Street with musicians like Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. Davis soon joined Parkers group at ...

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Opportunities for Indie Filmmakers, Pop Composers

Source: All About Jazz
April 19, 2010

For years it was common for studios to cross-market a film with a well known performer, but today niche artists are landing more tracks in films and reaping the spoils, especially around award season.

Glancing at recent best song nominees, offbeat names like “Bird" York ("In the Deep" from “Crash"), A.R. Rahman ("Jai Ho" from “Slumdog Millionaire") and Marketa Irglova and Glen Hansard ("Falling Slowly") have slipped into the category, elbowing out bigger artists contributions and often winning. Most studio ...

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Music Choice Adds SWRV Interactive Music Channel

Source: HypeBot
April 16, 2010

Cable and online music providers Music Choice have created a new a 24/7 interactive music network using the never.no technology suite. SWRV. tv features interactive shows that offers viewers the opportunity to submit content, vote for and rate videos, and take over an entire programming block. They can participate by sending text, photos, and video, either using their mobile phones or by going online. Here's an overview.

24/7 Interactive Channel SWRV from never.no ...

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Studios Step up Futures Fight

Source: Michael Ricci
April 17, 2010

The major movie studios may have lost their first battle over box-office futures trading, but they unveiled a powerful new weapon in response.

Financial reform legislation unveiled Friday by Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., contains a provision that would ban futures trading based on box-office receipts. Lincoln is chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, which has jurisdiction over futures markets. The Motion Picture Assn. of America, joined by the National Association of Theatre Owners, the Directors Guild of America and the ...

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