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Jonathan Demme Debuts “Neil Young Trunk Show” at SXSW
Director Jonathan Demme was on hand at SXSW for the world premiere of his concert film, Neil Young Trunk Show. The film is an intimate look at Young’s stage show, recorded in a small theater in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, on mostly hand-held cameras. “We did a home movie in a way,” said Demme to a Saturday ...
David Carradine: Still Punchy After All These Years
It's still early, but it's pretty safe to say that the award for the Craziest Post- Screening Panel Discussion of the Year". It has to go to David Carradine and Haskell Wexler, who got to show everyone who stayed after an American Cinematheque screening of Hal Ashby's Bound for Glory" just what it must've been like ...
IATSE Ratifies Three-Year Contract That Cuts Health Benefits
The union, which represents more than 35,000 film and TV workers, fends off a campaign by dissidents who accused their leaders of selling them short at the bargaining table. A union representing more than 35,000 film and TV workers has approved a new three- year contract, fending off a vigorous opposition campaign by dissidents who accused ...
Martino Unstrung Premiere NY Screening Draws Overflow Crowd
The documentary Martino Unstrung offers an in-depth study of guitarist Pat Martino and the brain disorder that required life-saving emergency surgery which left him with total amnesia that would have ended his career were it not for his persistence and courage in relearning his craft anew. In 2008, this writer reviewed the film and interviewed Martino, ...
A Handful of Young American Directors Are Making Clear-Eyed Movies for Hard Times
Neo-Neo Realism IT IS NOW ALMOST A YEAR SINCE Wendy and Lucy played in Cannes — not a watershed moment in the history of cinema, perhaps, but a quiet harbinger. Kelly Reichardt’s third feature, about the struggles of a young woman and her dog stranded in an Oregon town en route to Alaska, was certainly among ...
David Carradine @ Screening 'Bound for Glory' Tonight
Film critic Kevin Thomas introduces this screening of Hal Ashby's 1976 biopic about folk singer Woody ("This Machine Kills Fascists") Guthrie. Star David Carradine will appear in- person for a Q&A following the screening. A Beautiful film. Bound For Glory Wednesday Mar 18 07:30 PM Price: $10 ...
The Converging of Cultures: MTV and Youtube (Part 2)
Kyle Bylin, Associate Editor 'Total Request Dies' The millennium passed without any widespread or serious computer issues and in the spring of the year, the countdown reached its peak and had become a very recognizable pop culture icon. Over the next couple of years, the show took on a few evolutionary changes, but it retained ...
John Lennon Biopic “Nowhere Boy” Grabbed by Weinstein Company
Nowhere Boy, a biopic about John Lennon’s childhood, has been picked up by the Weinstein Company, Variety reports. The project is two weeks into filming with Aaron Johnson, who played the young Ed Norton in The Illusionist, in the role of Lennon and English Patient star Kristin Scott Thomas portraying the Beatle’s aunt, who battled Lennon’s ...
Notes from the Net: Miles Davis on PBS, Pizzarelli Plays Rodgers, Plus News, Reviews, and More
Here's our weekly compilation of news and links related to jazz, improvisation, and creative music in St. Louis, including news of musicians originally from the Gateway City, recent visitors, and coming attractions, plus assorted other items of interest:* For our mandatory weekly portion of Miles Davis-related content, via Blogcritics, here's a review of Miles ...
50 Ways to Improve Your Life: Watch Let It Be
Watch the Beatles Let It Be The documentary/concert film captures the Fab Four’s final public performance 40 years ago Almost 40 years ago, in 1969, the Beatles trooped to the rooftop of their Savile Row studio and treated the people of London's finance and tailoring district to their last public performance. The Fab Four ...


