Sufjan Stevens contributed two highly acclaimed tunes to the “Call Me by Your Name” soundtrack, with both “Mystery of Love” and “Visions of Gideon” considered likely nominees for the Academy Award for Best Original Song. To hear the indie-rock icon tell it, he almost had another in the mix this fall: “Tonya Harding,” which, despite his efforts, bears no relation to “I, Tonya.”
Margot Robbie stars as the disgraced figure skater in Craig Gillespie’s biopic, which has earned strong reviews since premiering in Toronto and opens later this month. Stevens writes on his website that he’s “been trying to write a Tonya Harding song since I was 15” and that the final product is “not at all related to the new biopic” because he “sent it to the music supervisors but they couldn’t find a way to use it.”
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Margot Robbie stars as the disgraced figure skater in Craig Gillespie’s biopic, which has earned strong reviews since premiering in Toronto and opens later this month. Stevens writes on his website that he’s “been trying to write a Tonya Harding song since I was 15” and that the final product is “not at all related to the new biopic” because he “sent it to the music supervisors but they couldn’t find a way to use it.”
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- 12/10/2017
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Each year, David Erlich, senior film critic at Indiewire gets out his computer and spends hours cutting together a video tribute to his favorite films of previous twelve months. You might not agree with the pics, but the celebration of the year in cinema is always a lot of fun, and once again, he delivers the goods.
“The 25 Best Films Of 2017: A Video Countdown” is powered by the tunes of Fleetwood Mac, The Psychedelic Furs, Sufjan Stevens, and more (jams you will have heard in “Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol.
Continue reading Celebrating The Films Of 2017: A Video Countdown at The Playlist.
“The 25 Best Films Of 2017: A Video Countdown” is powered by the tunes of Fleetwood Mac, The Psychedelic Furs, Sufjan Stevens, and more (jams you will have heard in “Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol.
Continue reading Celebrating The Films Of 2017: A Video Countdown at The Playlist.
- 12/4/2017
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
“Call Me by Your Name” opened Thanksgiving weekend with stellar reviews and the best limited release numbers of 2017. Sony Pictures Classics acquired the elegiac romantic drama in 2016, and with a finished movie by summer’s end, screened it for Sundance programmers who immediately wanted the film in its lineup.
Now, “Call Me by Your Name” has become a consensus favorite among critics and audiences. It’s simple yet sophisticated, an escapist summer fantasy that feels authentic, and a lovely romance between 17-year-old Elio (Timothée Chalamet) and his professor father’s 24-year-old grad student Oliver (Armie Hammer). And it’s that rare four-quadrant specialty hit: embraced by straights and gays, women and men, young and old.
As classics scholars, Professor Perlman (Michael Stuhlbarg) and Oliver explore the eroticism of Greek statues and fine art; Perlman admires the Grecian ideal of love between two men; he wishes he had experienced what Elio and Oliver share that summer.
Now, “Call Me by Your Name” has become a consensus favorite among critics and audiences. It’s simple yet sophisticated, an escapist summer fantasy that feels authentic, and a lovely romance between 17-year-old Elio (Timothée Chalamet) and his professor father’s 24-year-old grad student Oliver (Armie Hammer). And it’s that rare four-quadrant specialty hit: embraced by straights and gays, women and men, young and old.
As classics scholars, Professor Perlman (Michael Stuhlbarg) and Oliver explore the eroticism of Greek statues and fine art; Perlman admires the Grecian ideal of love between two men; he wishes he had experienced what Elio and Oliver share that summer.
- 11/27/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
“Call Me by Your Name” opened Thanksgiving weekend with stellar reviews and the best limited release numbers of 2017. Sony Pictures Classics acquired the elegiac romantic drama in 2016, and with a finished movie by summer’s end, screened it for Sundance programmers who immediately wanted the film in its lineup.
Now, “Call Me by Your Name” has become a consensus favorite among critics and audiences. It’s simple yet sophisticated, an escapist summer fantasy that feels authentic, and a lovely romance between 17-year-old Elio (Timothée Chalamet) and his professor father’s 24-year-old grad student Oliver (Armie Hammer). And it’s that rare four-quadrant specialty hit: embraced by straights and gays, women and men, young and old.
As classics scholars, Professor Perlman (Michael Stuhlbarg) and Oliver explore the eroticism of Greek statues and fine art; Perlman admires the Grecian ideal of love between two men; he wishes he had experienced what Elio and Oliver share that summer.
Now, “Call Me by Your Name” has become a consensus favorite among critics and audiences. It’s simple yet sophisticated, an escapist summer fantasy that feels authentic, and a lovely romance between 17-year-old Elio (Timothée Chalamet) and his professor father’s 24-year-old grad student Oliver (Armie Hammer). And it’s that rare four-quadrant specialty hit: embraced by straights and gays, women and men, young and old.
As classics scholars, Professor Perlman (Michael Stuhlbarg) and Oliver explore the eroticism of Greek statues and fine art; Perlman admires the Grecian ideal of love between two men; he wishes he had experienced what Elio and Oliver share that summer.
- 11/27/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
We might not see Brady Corbet’s pop-star drama starring Rooney Mara for a while, but “Vox Lux” isn’t his only musical project. The actor-turned-filmmaker, who made one of the most striking directorial debuts in recent memory with “The Childhood of a Leader,” directed the music video for Jesse Marchant’s “Sister, I” from his upcoming album “Illusion of Love.” IndieWire is happy to exclusively premiere said video, which you can watch below.
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“Brady is a close friend and I’ve been an admirer of his for a while, so I was keen of his proposal to do a video,” said Marchant in a statement. “The skywriting idea was his, probably influenced by reading Bolaño’s ‘Distant Star’ and my having delved deeper into my interest in aviation, spurred by my father...
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“Brady is a close friend and I’ve been an admirer of his for a while, so I was keen of his proposal to do a video,” said Marchant in a statement. “The skywriting idea was his, probably influenced by reading Bolaño’s ‘Distant Star’ and my having delved deeper into my interest in aviation, spurred by my father...
- 11/14/2017
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
If you’ve seen “Under the Skin” and “Jackie,” there’s a good chance that Mica Levi has quickly become one of your favorite composers. The English musician, formerly of Micachu and the Shapes, has built an impressive resume and won acclaim over the last few years: “Jackie,” landed her an Oscar nomination, whereas “Under the Skin” earned her an award from Lafca. Levi also composed the score for an animated short film called “Delete Beach,” and one song has made its way online.
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According to Boomkat, which has the entire soundtrack available for purchase, “Delete Beach” is “set in a near future where carbon-based energy is outlawed and supposes a paradoxical scenario, one where fossil fuels — the ostensible accelerator of humanity’s progress and decline — become energy for the toil against state oppression and enforced inequality.
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According to Boomkat, which has the entire soundtrack available for purchase, “Delete Beach” is “set in a near future where carbon-based energy is outlawed and supposes a paradoxical scenario, one where fossil fuels — the ostensible accelerator of humanity’s progress and decline — become energy for the toil against state oppression and enforced inequality.
- 11/12/2017
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Call Me By Your Name, featuring Armie Hammer, is a cinematic treat. Here's our review...
In its purest form cinema captures the broad spectrum of intoxicating emotions that tend to define our lives. Unravelling the excruciatingly raw yet celestial nature of first love, Luca Guadagnino’s (A Bigger Splash) exquisite new film Call Me By Your Name will thus strike a chord with many.
Basking in the endless sunshine of northern Italy, precocious 17-year-old Elio Perlman (Timothée Chalamet) spends the balmy summer days leisurely transcribing classical sheet music and devouring copious amounts of paperback books. His world is drastically turned upside down upon the arrival of Oliver (Armie Hammer), a handsomely suave and emphatically confident post-grad American student who has been flown out to intern for Elio’s father (Michael Stuhlbarg), an eminent professor specialising in Greco-Roman antiquity.
What you then get it a sun drenched coming of age love story that's achingly passionate.
In its purest form cinema captures the broad spectrum of intoxicating emotions that tend to define our lives. Unravelling the excruciatingly raw yet celestial nature of first love, Luca Guadagnino’s (A Bigger Splash) exquisite new film Call Me By Your Name will thus strike a chord with many.
Basking in the endless sunshine of northern Italy, precocious 17-year-old Elio Perlman (Timothée Chalamet) spends the balmy summer days leisurely transcribing classical sheet music and devouring copious amounts of paperback books. His world is drastically turned upside down upon the arrival of Oliver (Armie Hammer), a handsomely suave and emphatically confident post-grad American student who has been flown out to intern for Elio’s father (Michael Stuhlbarg), an eminent professor specialising in Greco-Roman antiquity.
What you then get it a sun drenched coming of age love story that's achingly passionate.
- 10/29/2017
- Den of Geek
Pretty in Pink celebrates its 30th anniversary this Sunday. Break out the shoulder pads to celebrate! The 1986 "Brat Pack" teen movie is about a girl "from the wrong side of the tracks" (Molly Ringwald) who ends up with a preppy guy named Blane (Andrew McCarthy), because of course an '80s romantic lead is named Blane. The cast is rounded out by Andie's boy Bff "Duckie" (Jon Cryer) and a perfectly smug rich guy named Steff (James Spader.) The cult favorite comes with so many throwback memories: a perfectly punk soundtrack with performances from bands like The Psychedelic Furs, a love triangle (Team Blane vs. Team Duckie), and oh, the fashion. Shoulder pads...
- 2/26/2016
- E! Online
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
What's in Netflix's '80s grab bag? Swoony Merchant-Ivory films; a trio of John Hughes romantic comedies; early films with Sean Penn and Matt Dillon; Oscar-winning turns by Meryl Streep, Jodie Foster and Daniel Day-Lewis; and a few classics you already know by heart.
Mixed in are probably a few critically acclaimed films you've never seen but always meant to, whether it's B-movie fun like "Big Trouble in Little China" or ultra-arty Nc-17 fare like "The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover."
(Availability subject to change. DeLorean and pink prom dress not included.)
1. "A Room with a View" (1986) Nr
Helena Bonham Carter is torn between freethinker Julian Sands and stuffy fiancé Daniel Day-Lewis in this sumptuous (and very funny) Merchant-Ivory period romance.
2. "The Accused" (1988) R
It's tough viewing, but Jodie Foster is mesmerizing as a rape victim who faces down her assailants in court.
3. "Bad Boys" (1983) R
Sean Penn...
Mixed in are probably a few critically acclaimed films you've never seen but always meant to, whether it's B-movie fun like "Big Trouble in Little China" or ultra-arty Nc-17 fare like "The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover."
(Availability subject to change. DeLorean and pink prom dress not included.)
1. "A Room with a View" (1986) Nr
Helena Bonham Carter is torn between freethinker Julian Sands and stuffy fiancé Daniel Day-Lewis in this sumptuous (and very funny) Merchant-Ivory period romance.
2. "The Accused" (1988) R
It's tough viewing, but Jodie Foster is mesmerizing as a rape victim who faces down her assailants in court.
3. "Bad Boys" (1983) R
Sean Penn...
- 12/22/2014
- by Sharon Knolle
- Moviefone
20th Century Fox has debuted both the first poster and trailer for David Fincher's adaptation of Gillian Flynn's hit novel "Gone Girl" which hits screens October 3rd. Ben Affleck plays a man who emerges as the prime suspect after his wife Amy (Rosamund Pike) mysteriously disappears after celebrating the couple's fifth wedding anniversary.
If you're a Fincher fan you'll know what to expect out of this trailer. There's a heavy use of a cover of a classic song, in this case Richard Butler of The Psychedelic Furs is doing a new version of the Charles Azanavour classic "She," combined with underlit digital cinematography and super quick cutting.
If you're a Fincher fan you'll know what to expect out of this trailer. There's a heavy use of a cover of a classic song, in this case Richard Butler of The Psychedelic Furs is doing a new version of the Charles Azanavour classic "She," combined with underlit digital cinematography and super quick cutting.
- 4/15/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
A former assistant of famed post-punk producer Martin Hannett has allegedly “rescued” a number of recordings by Joy Division, New Order, The Psychedelic Furs, Magazine, and more from his trash, and is now looking to sell them. According to a lengthy post on Julia Adamson’s Facebook page, she somehow managed to get her hands on about 30 boxes of master tapes, presumably while working for the late Hannett in the late ‘80s. (Adamson, formerly known as Julia Nagle, was also a member of The Fall in the late ‘90s.) The tapes were all digitized in 2008 and include tunes ...
- 8/14/2013
- avclub.com
Awesome Fest returns to Philadelphia this summer with a series of 1980's themed screenings - and concerts - that fully merit the 'awesome' tag. How so? How about a double bill of The Psychedelic Furs and A Flock Of Seagulls? How about Alex Winter on hand to present screenings of Downloaded and Bill And Ted's Excellent Adventure? How about Escape From New York and a shedload of John Hughes films nestling up against Interior. Leather Bar? How about most events being free?Check out the full press release below and the festival trailer - created by Twitch fave Brian Lonano and his Robot Hand crew - even farther below that. The Awesome Fest Announces Summer Festival Lineup -Thursday, June 14, 2013 - Friday, August 17, 2013-...
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- 4/30/2013
- Screen Anarchy
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
You all remember "Still Alive," right? The amazing Jonathan Coulton tune that ran over the end credits of "Portal." It was also released as a free song in "Rock Band." Yeah, that. Well it seems that Coulton is working on a new version of "Still Alive" for his upcoming album, which is being produced by They Might Be Giants songwriter/singer/multi-instrumentalist John Flansburgh.
The Twitter feed for They Might Be Giants exploded this week with new information on Coulton's upcoming album, including word that the "Portal" tune is being re-worked. The song will feature guest appearances from Sara Keirsten Quin, of Tegan and Sara, and Joe McGinty, of The Psychedelic Furs, as well as a theremin solo from Dorit Chrysler. The Tmbg feed, presumably being manned by Flansburgh, also reveals that Coulton's new album is set for a bizarrely distant 2013 release.
With the "Portal 2" release now less than two weeks ago,...
The Twitter feed for They Might Be Giants exploded this week with new information on Coulton's upcoming album, including word that the "Portal" tune is being re-worked. The song will feature guest appearances from Sara Keirsten Quin, of Tegan and Sara, and Joe McGinty, of The Psychedelic Furs, as well as a theremin solo from Dorit Chrysler. The Tmbg feed, presumably being manned by Flansburgh, also reveals that Coulton's new album is set for a bizarrely distant 2013 release.
With the "Portal 2" release now less than two weeks ago,...
- 4/8/2011
- by Adam Rosenberg
- MTV Multiplayer
I’m not one to talk up a movie more than once, especially when there isn’t any pressing reason to do so, but I was playing around with some images, and find myself moved to throw out another mention of Easy A.
I’m going to tell you straight out – if a movie critic tells you they’re excited, interested, anticipating, or otherwise positively moved by a film release more than once or twice a year, move on. They’re either clueless, bandying about hype recklessly, haven’t seen nearly enough films, or all of the above.
That said, I’m pretty interested in getting the chance to view Easy A, and I’m the first to admit that it’s a strange title to follow up such remarks with.
Why does something like this pique my interest, even following up my statement that you should be wary of interested movie critics?...
I’m going to tell you straight out – if a movie critic tells you they’re excited, interested, anticipating, or otherwise positively moved by a film release more than once or twice a year, move on. They’re either clueless, bandying about hype recklessly, haven’t seen nearly enough films, or all of the above.
That said, I’m pretty interested in getting the chance to view Easy A, and I’m the first to admit that it’s a strange title to follow up such remarks with.
Why does something like this pique my interest, even following up my statement that you should be wary of interested movie critics?...
- 8/10/2010
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
Not since The Psychedelic Furs’ self-titled debut has a record been as single-minded in sound and subject matter as Best Coast’s first LP, Crazy For You. The Los Angeles indie-rock band fuses the minor-key moodiness of early-’80s post-punk with the boy-crazy coo of ’60s girl-groups, in service of songs that shuffle the same few words around, mainly “love,” “weed,” “I,” “miss,” and “you.” Over the course of Crazy For You’s 30 minutes, singer-songwriter-guitarist Bethany Cosentino pledges over and over that she’s going to get her shit together and be the kind of woman her crush object ...
- 7/27/2010
- avclub.com
As Mort Sahl said once upon a time in a land not so far from here, "A conservative is someone who believes in reform. But not now." Right now is the time for real financial reform. Come to think of it, right now is actually way too late for real financial reform. Still, better now than not now, right? So let's all talk it over, hug it out, then let right & wrong trump bought & paid for, please. Love, Your Tax-Playing Employer Money Talks - AC/DC For The Love Of Money - The O'Jays Free Money - Patti Smith Busted - Ray Charles It's Money That I Love - Randy Newman Gimme Some Money - Spinal Tap Money, Cash, Hoes - Jay-z Lawyers, Guns & Money - Warren Zevon M-o-n-e-y - Lyle Lovett I Checks My Bank - Sir Mix-a-Lot All That Money Wants - The Psychedelic Furs Breakin The Rules.
- 4/29/2010
- by David Wild
- Huffington Post
The death of musician Alex Chilton in the middle of last March brought an untimely end to a very unusual career. Only 59 at the time of his death, his years as a professional musician began all the way back in 1966; he was only 16 when, as the lead singer of The Box Tops, he made it to the top of the charts with "The Letter." After the dissolution of that band, whose music was largely dictated by outside writers and producers, the Memphis-born Chilton attempted a solo career before hooking up with young Memphis musicians Chris Bell, Andy Hummel, and Jody Stephens to form Big Star. To say that this band created what came to be known as "power pop" is, in this former music writer's opinion, rather too kind to most of the groups put under the "power pop" rubric. And since this is a film website and not a music website,...
- 4/14/2010
- MUBI
Jimmy Kimmel interrupts Brandon Flowers to praise openers the Psychedelic Furs.
By Gil Kaufman
The Killers (file)
Photo: Leon Neal/Afp/Getty Images
The Internet has been having a heyday with Kanye West's stage-busting rush of Taylor Swift at Sunday night's Video Music Awards. From videos that insert 'Ye into new situations to famous photos that have been doctored to feature the rapper, the incident is a gift that keeps on giving.
And while plenty of other artists — including Miley Cyrus, Panic! at the Disco, Katy Perry and 50 Cent — have weighed in on how they feel about the incident, the Killers did a kind of performance-art re-enactment of it Wednesday night during their show at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. During an otherwise typical show from the band, which is known for playing it pretty straight, the Las Vegas group sent up the West bum-rush in their own unique fashion.
By Gil Kaufman
The Killers (file)
Photo: Leon Neal/Afp/Getty Images
The Internet has been having a heyday with Kanye West's stage-busting rush of Taylor Swift at Sunday night's Video Music Awards. From videos that insert 'Ye into new situations to famous photos that have been doctored to feature the rapper, the incident is a gift that keeps on giving.
And while plenty of other artists — including Miley Cyrus, Panic! at the Disco, Katy Perry and 50 Cent — have weighed in on how they feel about the incident, the Killers did a kind of performance-art re-enactment of it Wednesday night during their show at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. During an otherwise typical show from the band, which is known for playing it pretty straight, the Las Vegas group sent up the West bum-rush in their own unique fashion.
- 9/18/2009
- MTV Music News
Reclusive director of 'Breakfast Club,' 'Sixteen Candles' gave rare interview.
By Gil Kaufman
John Hughes
Photo: MTV (File)
When I read that director/screen writer John Hughes died on Thursday, I thought of a lot of things: his seminal 1980s movies "Sixteen Candles," "The Breakfast Club," "Pretty in Pink" and "Ferris Bueller's Day Off"; how those movies taught me about love and not worrying about fitting in; and how he didn't worry about fitting in on the Hollywood scene and basically retreated from the public eye and the persona he never wanted to live up to.
But mostly I thought about the time in 1997 when I somehow managed to get the rarely interviewed, publicity-shy director on the phone to talk about a little-known indie movie he wrote called "Reach the Rock."
The ostensible reason I finagled the talk was because I was a fan of a label run by his son,...
By Gil Kaufman
John Hughes
Photo: MTV (File)
When I read that director/screen writer John Hughes died on Thursday, I thought of a lot of things: his seminal 1980s movies "Sixteen Candles," "The Breakfast Club," "Pretty in Pink" and "Ferris Bueller's Day Off"; how those movies taught me about love and not worrying about fitting in; and how he didn't worry about fitting in on the Hollywood scene and basically retreated from the public eye and the persona he never wanted to live up to.
But mostly I thought about the time in 1997 when I somehow managed to get the rarely interviewed, publicity-shy director on the phone to talk about a little-known indie movie he wrote called "Reach the Rock."
The ostensible reason I finagled the talk was because I was a fan of a label run by his son,...
- 8/7/2009
- MTV Movie News
'We put the song in there because it was part of the movie,' director said of 'Don't You (Forget About Me)' in 'The Breakfast Club.'
By Eric Ditzian
John Hughes speaks to MTV in 1986
Photo: MTV
"I'd rather make music if I had the talent," John Hughes once told MTV News.
The year was 1986, and Hughes was speaking just weeks before the release of "Pretty in Pink." By this point, with "Sixteen Candles" and "The Breakfast Club," the writer and director had already changed the way Hollywood comedies were made, placing an emphasis on stories of teenage alienation and rebellion and, in past and future films, accenting the drama with cuts from '80s pop acts like the Smiths, New Order, Psychedelic Furs, Simple Minds and Lindsey Buckingham. It was an approach that shook up both the film and music businesses, and though he admitted during...
By Eric Ditzian
John Hughes speaks to MTV in 1986
Photo: MTV
"I'd rather make music if I had the talent," John Hughes once told MTV News.
The year was 1986, and Hughes was speaking just weeks before the release of "Pretty in Pink." By this point, with "Sixteen Candles" and "The Breakfast Club," the writer and director had already changed the way Hollywood comedies were made, placing an emphasis on stories of teenage alienation and rebellion and, in past and future films, accenting the drama with cuts from '80s pop acts like the Smiths, New Order, Psychedelic Furs, Simple Minds and Lindsey Buckingham. It was an approach that shook up both the film and music businesses, and though he admitted during...
- 8/7/2009
- MTV Movie News
Jason Moore, who is currently directing Shrek: The Musical on Broadway, has signed on to helm MGM’s remake of the 1980s flick Valley Girl. Amy Talkington penned the screenplay, which re-imagines the original as a musical. Producers Sean Bailey and Matt Smith pitched MGM last summer on their fresh approach to revamping the 1983 cult comedy, which starred Nicolas Cage and Deborah Foreman in a romance that bridged the '80s punk scene and suburban San Fernando Valley culture. Valley Girl has been recast as a Romeo and Juliet-inspired musical built around the movie's new wave soundtrack (think Modern English, Sparks and the Psychedelic Furs). Martha Coolidge directed the original script written and produced by Wayne Crawford and Andrew Lane. Moore has also directed Steel Magnolias and Avenue Q on Broadway. He has also directed episodes of One Tree Hill, Everwood and Brothers & Sisters. Valley Girl will be his feature debut.
- 6/3/2009
- by James Cook
- TheMovingPicture.net
Cover songs are troublesome. Most contemporary artists who tackle a old song don't do anything new to them, and no, Rascal Flatts adding a dobro to "Life is a Highway" for the Cars soundtrack does not constitute doing anything different. Plus, anything it would add would be immediately subtracted by the shitsuck that is Rascal Flatts. Movies are the same way: If you're going to remake it, do something with it that we haven't already seen.
There is a pandemic of remakes at the moment, and most aren't very good. But I'll give MGM a little credit for their announced update of Valley Girl: It's being turned into a musical a la Hairspray. Saying that and doing it are two different things, but at least it's not just a remake for the sake of a remake.
The Hollywood Reporter says Valley Girl "has been recast as a Romeo and...
There is a pandemic of remakes at the moment, and most aren't very good. But I'll give MGM a little credit for their announced update of Valley Girl: It's being turned into a musical a la Hairspray. Saying that and doing it are two different things, but at least it's not just a remake for the sake of a remake.
The Hollywood Reporter says Valley Girl "has been recast as a Romeo and...
- 6/3/2009
- by Colin Boyd
- GetTheBigPicture.net
"Shrek: The Musical" director Jason Moore has signed to helm MGM's re-imagining of "Valley Girl" as a musical feature. Amy Talkington's updated screenplay spurred studio head Mary Parent and the first-time filmmaker to move on it quickly.
Idealogy's Sean Bailey and Matt Smith, who are producing, pitched MGM last summer on their fresh approach to revamping the 1983 cult comedy, which starred Nicolas Cage and Deborah Foreman in a romance that bridged the '80s punk scene and suburban San Fernando Valley culture. MGM exec Becky Sloviter is shepherding the project for the studio.
"Valley Girl" has been recast as a "Romeo and Juliet"-inspired musical built around the movie's new wave soundtrack (think Modern English, Sparks and the Psychedelic Furs). Martha Coolidge directed the original script written and produced by Wayne Crawford and Andrew Lane.
The '80s archeology is part of MGM's strategy to repackage classic catalog...
Idealogy's Sean Bailey and Matt Smith, who are producing, pitched MGM last summer on their fresh approach to revamping the 1983 cult comedy, which starred Nicolas Cage and Deborah Foreman in a romance that bridged the '80s punk scene and suburban San Fernando Valley culture. MGM exec Becky Sloviter is shepherding the project for the studio.
"Valley Girl" has been recast as a "Romeo and Juliet"-inspired musical built around the movie's new wave soundtrack (think Modern English, Sparks and the Psychedelic Furs). Martha Coolidge directed the original script written and produced by Wayne Crawford and Andrew Lane.
The '80s archeology is part of MGM's strategy to repackage classic catalog...
- 6/2/2009
- by By Jay A. Fernandez
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Horrors broke out because of what they weren’t: The band’s screeching, unhinged garage-punk—backed by its vampires-on-a-coke-bender image—was a defiant gob of morbidity hocked in the face of all the Snow Patrols and Coldplays turning England’s kitchen-sink frustrations into dishwater mopiness. Primary Colours finds the group forced to justify that anti-pop stance as more than a reactionary joke, which it accomplishes… by making a pop record. With the help of Portishead’s Geoff Barrow, The Horrors have transformed into an amalgam of great British bands—equal dollops of My Bloody Valentine, Psychedelic Furs, Suede, and ...
- 5/12/2009
- avclub.com
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