With an affectionate nod to Bernardo Bertolucci and Eric Rohmer, Luca Guadagnino has made the year’s best love story: “Call Me By Your Name.” The same sex romance starring Nyfcc Best Actor winner Timothée Chalamet (a breakout revelation) and Armie Hammer (who’s seductively feline) leads to something far more sublime than summer love. And it’s a movie in which desire and liberation blossom in the inviting and beautiful landscape of Northern Italy.
For Walter Fasano (Guadagnino’s go-to editor for 21 years), this dance of desire between 17-year-old Elio (Chalamet) and 24-year-old Oliver (Hammer) provided both an inner and outer poetry. “Our main intention was to let characters and the landscape breathe and not overwhelm with the editing,” he said. “At the same time, we wanted to have a control of the style and music editing for the ins and outs of shots because we did not want...
For Walter Fasano (Guadagnino’s go-to editor for 21 years), this dance of desire between 17-year-old Elio (Chalamet) and 24-year-old Oliver (Hammer) provided both an inner and outer poetry. “Our main intention was to let characters and the landscape breathe and not overwhelm with the editing,” he said. “At the same time, we wanted to have a control of the style and music editing for the ins and outs of shots because we did not want...
- 12/1/2017
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
“In a way, the narrator became Sufjan Stevens with his new songs,” director Luca Guadagnino recently said in regards to the Call Me by Your Name soundtrack. “The only direction I gave Sufjan was to ask him to do it – it’s Sufjan Stevens [laughs]. We wanted a sort of narrator that could make justice of the book, of the film, drawn from the narrative of Elio. We wanted something that wasn’t as close to us in first person. I felt Sufjan’s lyricism, both in the voice and the lyrics itself, had some beautiful elusiveness on one hand, on the other hand poignancy that were really resonate.”
After falling in love with the music — and the film — back at Sundance, the moment has finally arrived: the full soundtrack is now available to stream. Most notably, the 17-track album features three songs from Stevens, including two brand-new tracks — Mystery of...
After falling in love with the music — and the film — back at Sundance, the moment has finally arrived: the full soundtrack is now available to stream. Most notably, the 17-track album features three songs from Stevens, including two brand-new tracks — Mystery of...
- 11/3/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
It’s been a long journey for Luca Guadagnino’s Call Me by Your Name since its rapturous response at Sundance Film Festival nearly nine months ago. There’s now only one month left until the theatrical release of the year’s finest romance, but first, the gorgeous soundtrack will arrive, and now we have the full tracklist. Set for an early November release, it features two new tracks from Sufjan Stevens (and one reworked one), as well as cuts from The Psychedelic Furs, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and more. We also have four clips from the film, one of which has already enjoyed full memeification.
Before for that, however, there’s a few new details on Guadagnino’s upcoming projects. He recently opened up about a potential sequel to his Armie Hammer- and Timothée Chalamet-led film, and his main trio said they’d be interested. “If I paired the...
Before for that, however, there’s a few new details on Guadagnino’s upcoming projects. He recently opened up about a potential sequel to his Armie Hammer- and Timothée Chalamet-led film, and his main trio said they’d be interested. “If I paired the...
- 10/22/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
By now you’ve seen the .gif that’s gone ’round the world (or at least, around the internet) of Armie Hammer deliciously dancing in “Call Me By Your Name.” The clip it’s derived from spawned a number of mashups and parodies, and even a (now suspended) Twitter account. What you might not know is that the song that sees Hammer go free is “Love My Way” by The Psychedelic Furs, and the rest of the soundtrack is even better.
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- 10/20/2017
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Chris here. Call Me By Your Name is more than a month away from release and it's already a meme. One of the film's most escapist scenes has dropped online to much fanfare - a nighttime dance set to the Psychedelic Furs' "Love My Way". Now I'd argue that the scene does play as meaningfully out of context (most online clips don't), but the sheer delight of Armie Hammer's moves cannot be understated. And the internet has reacted in kind, overdubbing the scene with other songs to hilarious effect. Some tracks work better than others in this silly gag, but nothing matches the heights of the film's original track. Get ready to see a whole lot of dancing Armie in the coming months and to have a classic song completely redefined for you! What song do you want to see Armie dance to?
Update: This wonderful account has been suspended,...
Update: This wonderful account has been suspended,...
- 10/13/2017
- by Chris Feil
- FilmExperience
It was only a matter of time. Sony Pictures Classics celebrated National Coming Out Day by releasing a new clip from Luca Guadagnino’s “Call Me By Your Name” that may or may not be your favorite 43 seconds at the movies this year. The scene, titled Dance Party, finds Armie Hammer’s character letting lose on the dance floor of an Italian outdoor club. Calling Hammer’s dance moves lovably goofy would be an understatement.
Read More:Armie Hammer on Getting Naked in ‘Call Me By Your Name,’ Playing Hunks, and His James Woods Feud
Naturally Twitter has already turned the scene into a viral meme, taking out the Psychedelic Furs track “Love My Way” that accompanies the scene and replacing it with a variety of different music, from Rihanna to Lorde, Journey, Daddy Yankee, and more. Even the “Game of Thrones” theme song is used. Armie Hammer being Armie Hammer,...
Read More:Armie Hammer on Getting Naked in ‘Call Me By Your Name,’ Playing Hunks, and His James Woods Feud
Naturally Twitter has already turned the scene into a viral meme, taking out the Psychedelic Furs track “Love My Way” that accompanies the scene and replacing it with a variety of different music, from Rihanna to Lorde, Journey, Daddy Yankee, and more. Even the “Game of Thrones” theme song is used. Armie Hammer being Armie Hammer,...
- 10/12/2017
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
The costumes were an absolutely essential part of Pretty in Pink. It’s right there in the title. And the costumes are what set apart Molly Ringwald’s Andie from the preppy “richie” kids at school, where she never quite fit in. “She was her own person,” as the film’s costume designer Marilyn Vance put it. Andie’s style was both cutting edge and retro at the time Pretty in Pink was released in 1986. This Sunday marks 30 years since the John Hughes-penned movie hit theaters (the film is now available on Digital HD including iTunes). Vance had previously put together a pink-centric ensemble for Ringwald, for The Breakfast Club (one of Vance’s several collaborations with Hughes). It was the Psychedelic Furs song “Pretty in Pink” that led Hughes to write this story about a pink-loving teenager from the wrong side of the tracks, and the color was...
- 2/26/2016
- by Emily Rome
- Hitfix
Thirty years have passed since the release of "Pretty in Pink" (on February 28, 1986), and yet we're still bewildered by the teen romance's climax.
Maybe we need to think of the John Hughes-scripted film as Gen X's own "Casablanca." The ending makes more sense if you think of Duckie (Jon Cryer) as Humphrey Bogart, letting the woman he loves (Molly Ringwald's Andie) go off with the dull-but-decent guy (Andrew McCarthy's Blane) because he's finally admitted to himself that he's a chivalrous romantic who values her happiness above his own. Yeah, it's a stretch, but it's just one of many interpretations to spin out of this Hughes classic.
In honor of the film turning the big three-0, here are 15 surprising facts about the best movie ever named after a Psychedelic Furs song.
1. Hughes wrote the role of Andie Walsh for Ringwald, but even though she'd starred in his...
Maybe we need to think of the John Hughes-scripted film as Gen X's own "Casablanca." The ending makes more sense if you think of Duckie (Jon Cryer) as Humphrey Bogart, letting the woman he loves (Molly Ringwald's Andie) go off with the dull-but-decent guy (Andrew McCarthy's Blane) because he's finally admitted to himself that he's a chivalrous romantic who values her happiness above his own. Yeah, it's a stretch, but it's just one of many interpretations to spin out of this Hughes classic.
In honor of the film turning the big three-0, here are 15 surprising facts about the best movie ever named after a Psychedelic Furs song.
1. Hughes wrote the role of Andie Walsh for Ringwald, but even though she'd starred in his...
- 2/26/2016
- by Gary Susman
- Moviefone
Pretty in Pink isn't just a good '80s movie. It isn't just a good teen movie. And it isn't just a good romantic movie. It's just a good movie, period. The John Hughes classic first hit theaters on Feb. 28, 1986, and it turns 30 years old this weekend. The film featured Molly Ringwald as Andie, a high school student whose style belies her working class roots. She's captured the eye of seemingly every guy in school - among them, preppy dreamboat Blane (Andrew McCarthy) and her little hipster buddy, Duckie (Jon Cryer). And the process of Ringwald's character trying to figure...
- 2/24/2016
- by Drew Mackie, @drewgmackie
- PEOPLE.com
Pretty in Pink isn't just a good '80s movie. It isn't just a good teen movie. And it isn't just a good romantic movie. It's just a good movie, period. The John Hughes classic first hit theaters on Feb. 28, 1986, and it turns 30 years old this weekend. The film featured Molly Ringwald as Andie, a high school student whose style belies her working class roots. She's captured the eye of seemingly every guy in school - among them, preppy dreamboat Blane (Andrew McCarthy) and her little hipster buddy, Duckie (Jon Cryer). And the process of Ringwald's character trying to figure...
- 2/24/2016
- by Drew Mackie, @drewgmackie
- PEOPLE.com
The soundtrack for Electric Slide oozes throwback Eighties cool: Suicide, X, Gang of Four, Psychedelic Furs, Depeche Mode. The music has a gloriously dark sheen and undeniable pulse. The film itself, despite being based on a larger-than-life true story, is limp and anemic. Eddie "Gentleman Bank Robber" Dodson, a drug addict with a staggering habit, robbed 72 banks in his lifetime (64 of those within a nine-month period — still a record) to support that consumption and pay off loan sharks. He did more of the former than the latter, which makes for the film's only semblance of narrative tension. Directed by Tristan Patterson, this is part love letter to the Eighties (nightclubs, fashion, music), part half-baked character study of Dodson, and part reheated <i...
- 4/1/2015
- Village Voice
The promotional push is on for the October 3 release of David Fincher’s latest offering Gone Girl starring Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike.
Along with a new influx of trailers has come the slow leak of music from the film’s original score, once again provided by favoured musical collaborators Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.
While another Reznor/Ross score was tied to the film all along, though, Fincher decided to pull out another musical trick for the first glimpses of the film, provided earlier this year. Mimicking a stylistic choice from his teaser for The Social Network back in 2009, the Gone Girl teaser featured clips over an eerie cover.
For the previous film, it was a children’s chorus taking on Radiohead’s “Creep." Fincher kept it atmospheric but took a more grown-up vibe on the Gone Girl teaser, choosing Psychedelic Furs front-man Richard Butler and his cover of...
Along with a new influx of trailers has come the slow leak of music from the film’s original score, once again provided by favoured musical collaborators Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.
While another Reznor/Ross score was tied to the film all along, though, Fincher decided to pull out another musical trick for the first glimpses of the film, provided earlier this year. Mimicking a stylistic choice from his teaser for The Social Network back in 2009, the Gone Girl teaser featured clips over an eerie cover.
For the previous film, it was a children’s chorus taking on Radiohead’s “Creep." Fincher kept it atmospheric but took a more grown-up vibe on the Gone Girl teaser, choosing Psychedelic Furs front-man Richard Butler and his cover of...
- 9/29/2014
- by Shane McNeil
- Cineplex
Last month, we got the first trailer for David Fincher's fall thriller "Gone Girl," and as expected, it really got people talking. Based on the novel by Gillian Flynn — who has since clarified her remarks about how drastically the ending has been changed or not from her book — it stars Ben Affleck as a man who becomes the prime suspect when his wife, played by Rosamund Pike, goes missing. But as always, the truth is never quite what it seems. And while the trailer was clever — archly powered by a cover of Elvis Costello's "She" by Richard Butler of the Psychedelic Furs — it kept the tone of the movie just out of reach. Well, one person who has seen it is Trent Reznor. And he has some interesting things to say. The Nine Inch Nails frontman is one again teaming with Atticus Ross to score Fincher's film,...
- 5/15/2014
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
It's finally here! The debut trailer for the highly anticipated adaptation of Gillian Flynn's novel Gone Girl has hit the Internet, and it's everything fans of the book could expect. The minute-long clip features Ben Affleck as Nick Dunne, actively searching for his wife (Rosamund Pike) who vanished on their fifth wedding anniversary. However, everything takes a turn when Nick realizes that the authorities and media begin questioning him as a suspect behind her disappearance. Dun, dun, dunnnn... Viewers won't hear much dialogue in the trailer and instead find themselves listening to a version of Charles Aznavour's "She," covered by Richard Butler from Psychedelic Furs....
- 4/15/2014
- E! Online
There's a cover version of "She" that Elvis Costello recorded for "Notting Hill" that positively floors me every time I hear it. I think Costello has one of the great male signing voices of the last 40 years, and that song is positively perfect for him, full of longing and regret and that particular blend of joy and pain that distinguishes the best love stories. It's not a song he wrote, though. It was first recorded by Charles Aznavour in the '70s, and he did versions in several different languages. I've always wanted to use the Costello version in a particular film. I've had it in my head since I wrote a scene in a script at least a decade ago, and since then, I've hoped that no one would use it, that it would pretty much completely fade away. And now David Fincher's gone and ruined that for me,...
- 4/15/2014
- by Drew McWeeny
- Hitfix
David Fincher: Gone Girl director's career in trailers
Gone Girl, the big screen adaptation of Gillian Flynn's best-selling novel, has premiered its first trailer.
David Fincher's film stars Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike as Nick and Amy Dunne, whose marriage is rocked when the latter disappears on their fifth wedding anniversary.
The teaser is soundtracked by a chilling cover of Charles Aznavour's 'She' from Psychedelic Furs frontman Richard Butler.
Flynn, who previously described Fincher as her "all-time favourite director", has written the script for the movie. Reese Witherspoon is producing the thriller alongside Bruna Papandrea and Leslie Dixon.
The film version will deviate from the alternating chapters of the book - Nick and Amy takes turns narrating in the first person - and also feature a reworked ending.
"Ben was so shocked by it," Flynn said of the revised third act. "He would say, 'This is a whole new third act!
Gone Girl, the big screen adaptation of Gillian Flynn's best-selling novel, has premiered its first trailer.
David Fincher's film stars Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike as Nick and Amy Dunne, whose marriage is rocked when the latter disappears on their fifth wedding anniversary.
The teaser is soundtracked by a chilling cover of Charles Aznavour's 'She' from Psychedelic Furs frontman Richard Butler.
Flynn, who previously described Fincher as her "all-time favourite director", has written the script for the movie. Reese Witherspoon is producing the thriller alongside Bruna Papandrea and Leslie Dixon.
The film version will deviate from the alternating chapters of the book - Nick and Amy takes turns narrating in the first person - and also feature a reworked ending.
"Ben was so shocked by it," Flynn said of the revised third act. "He would say, 'This is a whole new third act!
- 4/14/2014
- Digital Spy
When you grow up, your heart dies – or so they say. Here's the proof: from Heathers to Juno, the Guardian and Observer's critics pick the 10 best teen movies
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10. Blackboard Jungle
Billed as "a brass-knuckle punch in its startling revelation of teenage savages" and based on the book of the same name by Evan Hunter – aka crime writer Ed McBain – who drew on his own experiences as a teacher in the Bronx – Blackboard Jungle ushered in the age of the teenage delinquent. In London, Brooks's film attracted crowds of Teddy Boys, who slashed cinema seats, danced in the aisles and actually started a riot.
The reason for such shocking behaviour wasn't so much the film's content, which today garners a more sober 12 rating, but because of the use of...
• Top 10 action movies
• Top 10 crime movies
• Top 10 arthouse movies
• Top 10 family movies
• Top 10 war movies
• More Guardian and Observer critics' top 10s
10. Blackboard Jungle
Billed as "a brass-knuckle punch in its startling revelation of teenage savages" and based on the book of the same name by Evan Hunter – aka crime writer Ed McBain – who drew on his own experiences as a teacher in the Bronx – Blackboard Jungle ushered in the age of the teenage delinquent. In London, Brooks's film attracted crowds of Teddy Boys, who slashed cinema seats, danced in the aisles and actually started a riot.
The reason for such shocking behaviour wasn't so much the film's content, which today garners a more sober 12 rating, but because of the use of...
- 11/2/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
The biggest non-raccoon-related bit of Marvel casting has at last been settled: James Spader will play the role of Ultron in Avengers: Age Of Ultron (whose titular question can now be answered with, “He's 53?! I remember when he was in Pretty In Pink. Good God, where does the time go….” and then you listen to your Psychedelic Furs records and weep). Anyway, Spader’s casting is an unexpected yet not unpleasant surprise, with the sequel now pitting the formidable superhero team against Spader’s super-intelligent robot, whose inner rage at his creators (chief among them, in the comics ...
- 8/29/2013
- avclub.com
Have you been wondering what the illustrious Richard Butler of the Psychedelic Furs has been up to lately?
Fans probably know that the New Wave sextet reunited for some aughties touring, bringing the "Pretty in Pink" gang back together again after their 1990 split. But we're interested in Butler off the stage and on the canvas. An exhibit at Freight + Volume in New York, titled "ahatfulofrain," is showcasing the latest batch of Butler's soft, dreamy paintings.
whenisaidiwassorryilied, 2012, Oil on canvas, 24 x 20 inches
Unlike the Ronnie Woods and Bob Dylans of the music-to-art crossover world, Butler actually has real talent for creating captivating artwork, most of which is based on the image of his daughter. "She has become a cipher for me, an every man/woman."
Occupied by his familiar female face, the portraits on view feature heavy swaths of muted tones and neatly patch-worked brushstrokes reminiscent of Francis Bacon's figures.
Fans probably know that the New Wave sextet reunited for some aughties touring, bringing the "Pretty in Pink" gang back together again after their 1990 split. But we're interested in Butler off the stage and on the canvas. An exhibit at Freight + Volume in New York, titled "ahatfulofrain," is showcasing the latest batch of Butler's soft, dreamy paintings.
whenisaidiwassorryilied, 2012, Oil on canvas, 24 x 20 inches
Unlike the Ronnie Woods and Bob Dylans of the music-to-art crossover world, Butler actually has real talent for creating captivating artwork, most of which is based on the image of his daughter. "She has become a cipher for me, an every man/woman."
Occupied by his familiar female face, the portraits on view feature heavy swaths of muted tones and neatly patch-worked brushstrokes reminiscent of Francis Bacon's figures.
- 5/24/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
David looks on as Katy Perry gets fresh with Neil.
Birthday shoutouts go to Cybill Shepherd, who is 63, Matt Dillon is 49, and Regina Spektor is 33. During his hiatus from Modern Family, Jesse Tyler Ferguson will star in Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors in Central Park in NYC, starting on May 28th.In ratings news, Revenge was up 29% over last week's series low. Via Towleroad comes the new Mariah Carey single "Almost Home" from Oz The Great and Powerful. How This Sonogram Changed Our Life.Laughing in our faces. Literally, goddam laughing in our faces.
Below you can see the latest Spoiler Alert, which looks at the shocking Downton Abbey ending
Darren Criss at the Topshop Topman La Opening Party at Cecconi's West Hollywood. I have no idea what any of that means but ... I'm intrigued by all the top talk.
Meet the New Hunks of Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome.
Birthday shoutouts go to Cybill Shepherd, who is 63, Matt Dillon is 49, and Regina Spektor is 33. During his hiatus from Modern Family, Jesse Tyler Ferguson will star in Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors in Central Park in NYC, starting on May 28th.In ratings news, Revenge was up 29% over last week's series low. Via Towleroad comes the new Mariah Carey single "Almost Home" from Oz The Great and Powerful. How This Sonogram Changed Our Life.Laughing in our faces. Literally, goddam laughing in our faces.
Below you can see the latest Spoiler Alert, which looks at the shocking Downton Abbey ending
Darren Criss at the Topshop Topman La Opening Party at Cecconi's West Hollywood. I have no idea what any of that means but ... I'm intrigued by all the top talk.
Meet the New Hunks of Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome.
- 2/18/2013
- by snicks
- The Backlot
Brat pack sweetheart Molly Ringwald talks about her new novel, jazz and her surreal life since the Breakfast Club days
Molly Ringwald peruses the rack of designer clothing pulled in as potential attire for her imminent photoshoot, noting to the photographer that she'd prefer to avoid anything that might come off as being "too glamorous". She immediately gravitates towards a lovely pink silk-shantung sweetheart-neckline number, reaching out to grab it.
"That one's really pretty," offers the stylist.
"But it's pink," murmurs Molly.
"Got it," the stylist smiles.
"No pink for you these days?" I ask.
"I've kind of had enough pink in my life," Molly deadpans, clacking the dress hanger down in the reject section without a second thought.
Everyone laughs, everyone gets it. That chapter has long since closed.
Many novelists might not mind an extra dose of glamour, and surely few would have such a knee-jerk aversion to...
Molly Ringwald peruses the rack of designer clothing pulled in as potential attire for her imminent photoshoot, noting to the photographer that she'd prefer to avoid anything that might come off as being "too glamorous". She immediately gravitates towards a lovely pink silk-shantung sweetheart-neckline number, reaching out to grab it.
"That one's really pretty," offers the stylist.
"But it's pink," murmurs Molly.
"Got it," the stylist smiles.
"No pink for you these days?" I ask.
"I've kind of had enough pink in my life," Molly deadpans, clacking the dress hanger down in the reject section without a second thought.
Everyone laughs, everyone gets it. That chapter has long since closed.
Many novelists might not mind an extra dose of glamour, and surely few would have such a knee-jerk aversion to...
- 8/11/2012
- by Observer
- The Guardian - Film News
June 3: Game-show host Chuck Barris ("The Gong Show") is 83. Singer Ian Hunter is 73. Singer Eddie Holman is 66. Bassist Too Slim of Riders in the Sky is 64. Singer Suzi Quatro is 62. Singer Deniece Williams is 61. Singer Dan Hill is 58. Actor Scott Valentine ("Family Ties") is 54. Guitarist Kerry King of Slayer is 48. Singer Mike Gordon of Phish is 47. Newsman Anderson Cooper is 45. Country singer Jamie O'Neal is 44. Singers Ariel and Gabriel Hernandez of No Mercy are 41. Actor Vik Sahay ("Chuck") is 41. Actress Lalaine Dupree ("Lizzie McGuire") is 25.
June 4: Actor Bruce Dern is 76. Singer-actress Michelle Phillips (The Mamas and The Papas) is 68. Bassist Danny Brown of The Fixx is 61. Actor Parker Stevenson is 60. Singer El DeBarge is 51. Singer Al B. Sure! is 44. Actor Scott Wolf ("Party of Five") is 44. Ron Huebel ("What to Expect When You're Expecting") is 43. Comedian Horatio Sanz ("Saturday Night Live") is 43. Actor Noah Wyle ("ER") is 41. Bassist...
June 4: Actor Bruce Dern is 76. Singer-actress Michelle Phillips (The Mamas and The Papas) is 68. Bassist Danny Brown of The Fixx is 61. Actor Parker Stevenson is 60. Singer El DeBarge is 51. Singer Al B. Sure! is 44. Actor Scott Wolf ("Party of Five") is 44. Ron Huebel ("What to Expect When You're Expecting") is 43. Comedian Horatio Sanz ("Saturday Night Live") is 43. Actor Noah Wyle ("ER") is 41. Bassist...
- 5/31/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
As Johnny Depp fans might know, before he became the De Niro to Tim Burton's Scorsese, he played guitar for The Kids, an early '80s band whose biggest claim to fame was opening for the Psychedelic Furs. Depp's rock star aspirations turned out to be a dream deferred, though — the band split sometime after his first dramatic role in A Nightmare on Elm Street. But in recent years, Depp has reconnected with his rock roots, jamming with musicians like Shane McGowan of the Pogues, Keith Richards, Oasis, and Alice Cooper — it's like he's enrolled in his own personal fantasy rock camp. And last night, the forty-eight-year-old actor continued honing his guitar chops, performing at Revolver magazine's Golden Gods Awards concert at L.A.'s Club Nokia with old buddy Marilyn Manson. (Manson was an extra on the original 21 Jump Street.) Depp accompanied Manson (who [...]...
- 4/12/2012
- Nerve
If there are any filmmakers who’ve worked their way through record stores as much as folks like Quentin Tarantino or even Wes Anderson, it would have to be John Hughes and Allan Moyle. So perhaps it’s no real surprise that on annual Record Store Day, where you can come out and support your local independent record stores on April 21st this year, there will be soundtrack reissues from both filmmakers.
First is Hughes’ “The Breakfast Club,” which will surely find many record enthusiasts doing some Judd Hirsch-style fist pumping as they pick up their all-white 12-inch vinyl pressing of the album. It’s hard to capture an entire mood of a film with a single soundtrack, especially when that film lingers on a dreary Saturday spent in detention with a few high school students looking to find themselves like in “The Breakfast Club,” but between the seminal...
First is Hughes’ “The Breakfast Club,” which will surely find many record enthusiasts doing some Judd Hirsch-style fist pumping as they pick up their all-white 12-inch vinyl pressing of the album. It’s hard to capture an entire mood of a film with a single soundtrack, especially when that film lingers on a dreary Saturday spent in detention with a few high school students looking to find themselves like in “The Breakfast Club,” but between the seminal...
- 4/6/2012
- by Benjamin Wright
- The Playlist
Hey Toronto! The Twitch-presented tour of 1980's teen films continues tonight at the Tiff Bell Lightbox with a screening of the John Hughes written and produced Pretty In Pink.One of the best of the Hughes bunch (though he handed directing duties to his go-to substitute Howard Deutch), Pretty in Pink stars Molly Ringwald as Andie, a blue-collar girl with a unique fashion sense who falls hard for upper-class, feathery-haired, linen blazer-wearing heartthrob Blane (Andrew McCarthy), much to the dismay of her childhood friend Duckie (Jon Cryer), who has been in love with her for years. Featuring a fantastic soundtrack--including the title track by the Psychedelic Furs and songs by Echo and the Bunnymen, The Smiths and New Order--and great supporting turns by Harry Dean...
- 11/25/2011
- Screen Anarchy
When The Horrors first burst on to the music scene it was difficult to look past their kitsch Cramps inspired take on garage punk with any form of seriousness but here we are two albums later with Skying the latest offering from the Southend outfit.
Since 2009’s mercury nominated Primary Colours the band has embraced a much-needed sense of maturity. Gone are the gothic Victorian outfits, the uninspired pseudonyms…(Joe Coffin anyone?) and in place, we now see a band with a real sense of musicianship and focus.
At only ten tracks long, Skying is surprisingly dense album, creating a wonderfully vivid sense of atmosphere. Primary Colours channelled the sounds of My Bloody Valentine against the motorik grooves of krautrock. Skying keeps these as a reference point whilst also expanding the influence to create a cogent dream like soundscape.
Still Life is possibly the best example of The Horrors getting every element right.
Since 2009’s mercury nominated Primary Colours the band has embraced a much-needed sense of maturity. Gone are the gothic Victorian outfits, the uninspired pseudonyms…(Joe Coffin anyone?) and in place, we now see a band with a real sense of musicianship and focus.
At only ten tracks long, Skying is surprisingly dense album, creating a wonderfully vivid sense of atmosphere. Primary Colours channelled the sounds of My Bloody Valentine against the motorik grooves of krautrock. Skying keeps these as a reference point whilst also expanding the influence to create a cogent dream like soundscape.
Still Life is possibly the best example of The Horrors getting every element right.
- 7/18/2011
- by Iain Stokes
- Obsessed with Film
Actress Molly Ringwald thrilled film students at the University of Southern California earlier this week (beg25Apr11) when she dropped in for a class all about the films of her late movie mentor John Hughes.
Students are analyzing the work of the 1980s director as part of their film classes, and Ringwald, who starred in Hughes films Pretty in Pink, The Breakfast Club and Sixteen Candles, jumped at the chance to help them understand the moviemaker's themes better.
As part of her chat with the film buffs, she revealed she introduced Hughes to the music of the Psychedelic Furs, who recorded the iconic theme to Pretty in Pink.
And, according to EW.com, she drew gasps when she revealed she wanted future Lord of the Rings hunk Viggo Mortensen to play her love interest, Jake Ryan, in Sixteen Candles, after kissing him during auditions.
She said, "It was between two men... It was Michael Shoeffling, who ended up being cast, and Viggo Mortensen, who had just moved from Denmark. I was 15 years old, and I flew to New York to read with everyone. It got to the (final) Jake Ryan shot, and we had the kissing scene. And Michael Shoeffling did not kiss me during the audition - Viggo Mortensen did.
"He made me weak in the knees. Absolutely."
Ringwald teamed up with Mortensen years later in Fresh Horses and the actor revealed he thought the kiss cost him the role.
She explained, "He said, 'I've always been curious, do you know anything about what happened?' And I said, 'Hey man, I was rooting for you. I really wanted you for that part.'
"I brought up the thing about how he kissed me and the other guy didn't. He said, 'I always thought that's why I blew the audition! I go over it again and again. Why did I do that?'"...
Students are analyzing the work of the 1980s director as part of their film classes, and Ringwald, who starred in Hughes films Pretty in Pink, The Breakfast Club and Sixteen Candles, jumped at the chance to help them understand the moviemaker's themes better.
As part of her chat with the film buffs, she revealed she introduced Hughes to the music of the Psychedelic Furs, who recorded the iconic theme to Pretty in Pink.
And, according to EW.com, she drew gasps when she revealed she wanted future Lord of the Rings hunk Viggo Mortensen to play her love interest, Jake Ryan, in Sixteen Candles, after kissing him during auditions.
She said, "It was between two men... It was Michael Shoeffling, who ended up being cast, and Viggo Mortensen, who had just moved from Denmark. I was 15 years old, and I flew to New York to read with everyone. It got to the (final) Jake Ryan shot, and we had the kissing scene. And Michael Shoeffling did not kiss me during the audition - Viggo Mortensen did.
"He made me weak in the knees. Absolutely."
Ringwald teamed up with Mortensen years later in Fresh Horses and the actor revealed he thought the kiss cost him the role.
She explained, "He said, 'I've always been curious, do you know anything about what happened?' And I said, 'Hey man, I was rooting for you. I really wanted you for that part.'
"I brought up the thing about how he kissed me and the other guy didn't. He said, 'I always thought that's why I blew the audition! I go over it again and again. Why did I do that?'"...
- 4/29/2011
- WENN
Despite the fact that many of today's bands draw heavily from the genre's tropes, New Wave still gets sort of a bad rap. People tend to remember the terrible hair, the neon-colored clothes and the empty keyboard bloops (not to mention the entirety of the Culture Club catalog). But there were gems, and luckily modern bands are taking from the best. For example, take Psychedelic Furs, the English group formed by singer Richard Butler in the late 1970s. Sometimes derided as a one-hit wonder (people tend to remember the song "Pretty In Pink," which came from the hit movie of the same name), the Furs turned out seven excellent albums between 1980 and 1991.
Their self-titled debut is a raw but warm collection of tunes that found the band still trying to nail down their core sound. They had it figured out by 1981's Talk Talk Talk, a classic in the genre...
Their self-titled debut is a raw but warm collection of tunes that found the band still trying to nail down their core sound. They had it figured out by 1981's Talk Talk Talk, a classic in the genre...
- 3/24/2011
- by Kyle Anderson
- MTV Newsroom
Beady Eye, photographed by Steve Gullick. Beady Eye were born on August 28, 2009, the night Oasis died. Backstage at Paris’s annual Rock en Seine festival, Noel and Liam Gallagher, bedeviling each other since childhood, entered into what would prove their final altercation (involving the smashing of Liam’s prize guitar and a hastily released statement from Noel explaining, “I simply could not go on working with Liam a day longer”). Noel will eventually issue his solo debut, but it’s the younger Liam who is firing first. Britpop’s prettiest star (last year voted the Greatest Frontman of All Time by Q magazine, over James Brown, Mick Jagger, Freddie Mercury, and Bono) recently launched Pretty Green, his own fashion line (inspired by classic British Mod-gear of the early 60s) and on March 1 will release Different Gear, Still Speeding, by his new group Beady Eye (featuring former Oasis guitarist Gem Archer,...
- 2/7/2011
- Vanity Fair
Steve Lillywhite? You may not know the name, but you definitely have heard one of the classic albums he's produced. And now the Englishman, who helped guide the sound of such iconic acts as U2, Simple Minds, Talking Heads, Psychedelic Furs, Morrissey, Dave Matthews Band and Phish, is making a play to take over for Simon Cowell's seat on American Idol when the acerbic judge steps down at the end of this season. Lillywhite has taken his campaign to YouTube to explain what he could bring to the talent show. For starters, like Cowell, the Grammy-winning Lillywhite's got a great accent (and a sense of humor); he also discovered U2 and produced eight of the band's albums ("I have spent 30...
- 3/8/2010
- E! Online
We run down a few of the reasons why the late writer/producer/director inspired a touching Oscars tribute.
By Susannah Gora
John Hughes
Photo: Paul Natkin/WireImage
At Sunday's Oscars, the late writer/producer/director John Hughes received a rare special tribute — something that his fans agree was a richly deserved validation of his work. Although Hughes made great movies about adults ("Planes, Trains and Automobiles") and children ("Home Alone"), he will be forever associated with teenagers — and for good reason. The movies he made in the 1980s about teens, including "Sixteen Candles," "The Breakfast Club," "Pretty in Pink," "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" and "Some Kind of Wonderful," did nothing less than revolutionize the youth film genre.
These films permanently changed how Hollywood makes and markets teen movies, but more than that, they made a great sociological impact, changing the way many young people think about everything from love and friendship to sex,...
By Susannah Gora
John Hughes
Photo: Paul Natkin/WireImage
At Sunday's Oscars, the late writer/producer/director John Hughes received a rare special tribute — something that his fans agree was a richly deserved validation of his work. Although Hughes made great movies about adults ("Planes, Trains and Automobiles") and children ("Home Alone"), he will be forever associated with teenagers — and for good reason. The movies he made in the 1980s about teens, including "Sixteen Candles," "The Breakfast Club," "Pretty in Pink," "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" and "Some Kind of Wonderful," did nothing less than revolutionize the youth film genre.
These films permanently changed how Hollywood makes and markets teen movies, but more than that, they made a great sociological impact, changing the way many young people think about everything from love and friendship to sex,...
- 3/7/2010
- MTV Movie News
Another Thursday, another update to the Sony PlayStation Store, and another Game Rant Weekly Update.
Momentum is starting to gather in the highly anticipated Q1 bonanza of titles that were pushed into 2010, but overall this week is relatively quiet, that is to say with one exception – Army of Two: The 40th Day.
Army of Two: The 40th Day is set to drop on both the PS3 and PSP as either a third-person shooter or top-down shooter respectively. Though very different, both versions possess deep weapon customization and upgrade systems as well as co-op gameplay.
Retro side-scroller Matt Hazard: Blood Bath & Beyond arrives on the Psn this week as well as the demo for EA’s upcoming Dark Void which you can purchase next week on retail shelves.
Also of note, is the “Borderlands: The Underdome Dlc” which allows players to engage in co-operative horde-mode style gameplay. Like Borderlands itself, “The...
Momentum is starting to gather in the highly anticipated Q1 bonanza of titles that were pushed into 2010, but overall this week is relatively quiet, that is to say with one exception – Army of Two: The 40th Day.
Army of Two: The 40th Day is set to drop on both the PS3 and PSP as either a third-person shooter or top-down shooter respectively. Though very different, both versions possess deep weapon customization and upgrade systems as well as co-op gameplay.
Retro side-scroller Matt Hazard: Blood Bath & Beyond arrives on the Psn this week as well as the demo for EA’s upcoming Dark Void which you can purchase next week on retail shelves.
Also of note, is the “Borderlands: The Underdome Dlc” which allows players to engage in co-operative horde-mode style gameplay. Like Borderlands itself, “The...
- 1/9/2010
- by Ben Kendrick
- GameRant
Watching Glee can sometimes be its own Trivial Pursuit game, from the "identify the '80s hit in the background" round (why yes, that's "Heartbreak Beat" from the Psychedelic Furs!) to the obscure pop culture reference round (Emma Pillsbury's back story involves Gianni Versace killer Andrew Cunanan?!) But it's guest star Kristin Chenoweth who helps this week's show, which is rather glass-half-empty in its themes, retain a certain brightness. First, it's always fun to see Chenoweth take on a wacky broad -- in this case, former glee-club star April Rhodes, now a blowsy alcoholic worthy of Josh Groban's affections. Then, it's just great to hear Chenoweth sing. Among lots of musical highlights, one of the best was April Rhodes's split-screen diva-off with Rachel Berry interpreting Cabaret's "Maybe This Time." While one sings with hope in her voice, the other delivers with vengeance. --Cynthia Wang Tell us: What was your favorite moment this week?...
- 10/1/2009
- by StyleWatch
- People.com - TV Watch
A musical remake of 1983 romantic comedy Valley Girl is in the pipeline. MGM has started work on a new version of the movie, which starred Deborah Foreman as a sweet but shallow valley girl who hooks up with Hollywood punk Randy (Nicolas Cage). The film featured a New Wave soundtrack including acts such as Modern English, Josie Cotton, the Plimsouls and the Psychedelic Furs. Sean (more)...
- 7/19/2008
- by By Beth Hilton
- Digital Spy
"Like, gag me with a dance number ..."
Yes, MGM, as part of its aggressive reharvesting of its back catalog, is developing a musical feature version of the 1983 comedy "Valley Girl." And it's, like, totally raiding the old '80s cassettes for the songbook.
Idealogy's Sean Bailey and Matt Smith delivered the novel twist on the cult comedy. Bailey will produce, Smith will executive produce. MGM vp production Becky Sloviter will oversee the project for the studio.
Martha Coolidge directed the original gnarly laffer about the mixed-clique relationship between a punk (Nicolas Cage) and a Valley girl (Deborah Foreman). It was written and produced by Wayne Crawford and Andrew Lane, and it showcased a distinctive New Wave soundtrack that included Modern English and the Psychedelic Furs.
The year before it hit theaters, Frank Zappa released a hit song called "Valley Girl" that featured his 14-year-old daughter Moon Unit spouting the San Fernando Valley lingo. (Zappa later tried to sue the production, but lost.) The stereotype of the spoiled, slangy blonde illustrated by the movie lived on in everything from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" to Cher in "Clueless" and Elle Woods in "Legally Blonde."
The update will graft the Romeo and Juliet-style narrative of the original into a musical colored by reimagined classic '80s tunes.
While MGM has been developing a remake of "Fame," this marks the first foray into musical terrain for new worldwide motion picture group chairman Mary Parent. Though it might be a strain to imagine this effort on the shelf next to classic MGM musicals "An American in Paris," "Singin' in the Rain" and "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers," such modern musical hybrids as "Moulin Rouge" and "Once" have updated the potential appeal of the old format.
Bailey, a "Project Greenlight" veteran, most recently produced Ben Affleck's directorial debut, "Gone Baby Gone," for Miramax. He also has "Tron" sequel, "Sabbatical" and "Liberty" in development at Buena Vista. Idealogy is repped by Endeavor.
Yes, MGM, as part of its aggressive reharvesting of its back catalog, is developing a musical feature version of the 1983 comedy "Valley Girl." And it's, like, totally raiding the old '80s cassettes for the songbook.
Idealogy's Sean Bailey and Matt Smith delivered the novel twist on the cult comedy. Bailey will produce, Smith will executive produce. MGM vp production Becky Sloviter will oversee the project for the studio.
Martha Coolidge directed the original gnarly laffer about the mixed-clique relationship between a punk (Nicolas Cage) and a Valley girl (Deborah Foreman). It was written and produced by Wayne Crawford and Andrew Lane, and it showcased a distinctive New Wave soundtrack that included Modern English and the Psychedelic Furs.
The year before it hit theaters, Frank Zappa released a hit song called "Valley Girl" that featured his 14-year-old daughter Moon Unit spouting the San Fernando Valley lingo. (Zappa later tried to sue the production, but lost.) The stereotype of the spoiled, slangy blonde illustrated by the movie lived on in everything from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" to Cher in "Clueless" and Elle Woods in "Legally Blonde."
The update will graft the Romeo and Juliet-style narrative of the original into a musical colored by reimagined classic '80s tunes.
While MGM has been developing a remake of "Fame," this marks the first foray into musical terrain for new worldwide motion picture group chairman Mary Parent. Though it might be a strain to imagine this effort on the shelf next to classic MGM musicals "An American in Paris," "Singin' in the Rain" and "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers," such modern musical hybrids as "Moulin Rouge" and "Once" have updated the potential appeal of the old format.
Bailey, a "Project Greenlight" veteran, most recently produced Ben Affleck's directorial debut, "Gone Baby Gone," for Miramax. He also has "Tron" sequel, "Sabbatical" and "Liberty" in development at Buena Vista. Idealogy is repped by Endeavor.
- 7/17/2008
- by By Jay A. Fernandez
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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