#music films

[mydarlingclementiine]

DAMN THE MAN, SAVE THE EMPIRE!

happy rex manning day 🎶🎸🎞️

#empire records #90s movies #90s icons #music #music films #record store #liv tyler #renée zellweger #robin tunney #ethan embry #rory cochrane #johnny whitworth #coyote shivers #warren beatty #corey mason #rex manning #rex manning day

[ruleof3bobby]

A BIGGER SPLASH (2015) Grade: B-

It grew on me. The characters are well written and interesting. The climax isn't a wow moment but good enough bridge to the third act and overall the ending was average, but plausible. It's a film full of tension. They also had some wild zoom-ins that somehow worked with the Italy setting.

#2015 #B #Drama Films #Luca Guadagnino #Thriller Films #Music Films #Rock Star #Vacation #Tilda Swinton #Friends #Matthias Schoenaerts #Ralph Fiennes #Dakota Johnson #Aurore Clément #Lily McMenamy #Zoom In #Jelaous #Tension #Visting #Youtube

[adambhalalough]

Criterion Channel has listed The Upsetter in their new “Music Films” playlist.

#the upsetter #music films #criterion collection

[drneilfox]

Things That Aren't There: Music Films Book Blog 21 (June 2022)

Whisper it.

I might get this typescript delivered on time.

After months and months of grind and walking through molasses-like progress, June was a good month where I got lots of editing done and got into a good rhythm that made me think I will hit that late July hand-in. My deadline is actually August 2nd but we are away from July 25th on a much-needed and anticipated family holiday so I want this gone by July 22, and I think, I think, I can get it there. Barring disaster.

June was a good month of working through edits on chapters, putting in quotes, rewriting for clarity and adding in colour and flavour, context and links back and forth between films and ideas. It felt good. I enjoyed it.

I finished editing the ‘Making Music’ chapter on 7th June, the ‘Black Music’ chapter on 19th June and the chapter on ‘Place’ on 27th June. Following that last chapter I reached out to my number one choice to write a foreword for the book, Gruff Rhys, as it’s the chapter where I cover his work and wanted to send a decent-ish version to him. He got back straight away saying he’d be honoured to do it and I am elated. I love him and his work and think a foreword from him will set the tone for the book beautifully. It was a moment of great uplift during an exhausting time for me.

I’ve tried to write this book as though I’m not the first person to write about music films and the more I read the more I realise that one of the things I’m contributing is shining a spotlight on so many films that are overlooked and not considered. The same titles crop up again and again and I’ve tried to broaden the scope for readers, in what I’m saying and in the films I’ve chosen. Gruff Rhys and Dylan Goch’s films are in that category. Beautiful cinematic works that deserve attention.

On the 30th June I finished the ‘Punk’ chapter. And on that note, I also published my first review in ages, on the lovely new Blu-ray release of the Ramones cult classic Rock ‘n’ Roll High School, for the Big Picture. Read it here.

So hopefully, when I next write a missive like this, it will contain confirmation of typescript submission and I’ll be nervously awaiting a response and making my way slowly through this ‘reading for pleasure’ pile -

In the meantime, don’t forget you can listen in to my book themed playlist here.

Here’s what I was listening to while writing in June:

You can follow what I am watching and re-watching for the book via my Letterboxd here

Finally, a bit of fun. Here are my favourite notes from this month’s viewing sessions:

“Are you ready Paul?”

“When you delve too deep you can sometimes spoil the beauty of things”

Ambient band - sound of the environment

“I don’t think I saw a tree until I was about 9”

Wings?

“I don’t wanna have fun, I wanna be with you”

Digital explicit

TV doc stylings of The Rutles

Thunders?

“Only unhappy people are bad dancers”

#music films #music #film #movies #cinema #book #writing

[thecurvycritic]

Luther: Never Too Much Eloquently Pays Tribute to R&B Icon

Did you know David Bowie is responsible for unleashing Luther Vandross on our airwaves? I didn't and that was just the tip of the iceberg. #luthervandross #nevertoomuch #sundance

  “A House is Not a Home,” “Superstar” and “Dance With My Father are just a few song titles associated with one of the music industry’s most identifiable R&B crooners of all time – Luther Vandross. If you know, you know there is only one Luther. Award winning director Dawn Porter takes audiences on a musical journey into the life of the iconic Vandross, the man with the soulful velvet voice. An…

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#bette midler #biorgraphy #BIPOC #black podcast #david bowie #dawn porter #documentaries #documentary #luther never too much #luther vandross #music films #non ficton #podcast #r&B #roberta flack

[texaschainsawmascara]

Jennifer Tilly playing poker

#jennifer tilly #poker #bound #chucky #bride of chucky #seed of chucky #cult of chucky #tiffany valentine #monsters inc #stuart little #the fabulous baker boys #liar liar #music from another room #the haunted mansion #cinema #00s #2000s #y2k #horror #film #movie #1k #10k

[sixohsixoheightfourtwo]

Then Guadagnino brought them Challengers, due for worldwide release in April. Reznor said, “He started us down a path, saying, ‘What if it was very loud techno music through the whole film?’” (This is exactly what it turned out to be.) “I wish I had his notes,” Ross said of Guadagnino. “His notes were so fucking funny on what each piece was meant to do.” “Oh, yeah,” Reznor said. “‘Unending homoerotic desire.’ It was all a variation on those three words.”

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross have a plan to soundtrack everything, GQ, april 2024

#challengers #film #2020s #atticus ross #trent reznor #music #luca guadagnino #thnk u MUSIC . thank you CINEMA. thank you ITALY

[classicfilmblr]

The Sound of Music dir. Robert Wise | 1965

#The Sound of Music #filmedit #filmgifs #classicfilmedit #userteri #usertennant #usersugar #henricavyll #tuserpris #underbetelgeuse #userveronika #userrlaura #tuserpolly #1960s #film #ours #by diana

[langernameohnebedeutung]

ngl, I'm beginning to take issue with how in conversations about anti-intellectualism almost automatically, the face of girls and women will be slapped on the problem.

#'all those tiktok girls who only like marvel films and' - why do you always say girls and women? are the guys filling opera halls instead? #'women in their mid 20s who still only read YA novels' okay sure that's an example and relevant discussions can be had #but it reminds me of the mocking tone in which people speak of 'chick-lit' to use women's interest as an indicator of lower value #while in fact women are reading more than men in EVERY single genre of fiction. Women are doing a lot of (often unpaid) labour #supporting libaries supporting theatres supporting cultural events #meanwhile there is a pretty big overlap between toxic masculinity and anti-intellectualism #(especially misogyny and homophobia) #especially when it comes to things like ballet or opera or musical or generally dance #in fact it is often the female investment in specific things that makes them less 'valuable' in general consciousness #for thousands of years the theatre was well-respected and a high form of art - and now it's a 'wife-thing' #the father who will teach his son that theatre and dance are for girls - how is that never an example for anti-intellectualism

[taylornation]

We’re looking back on this year and feeling like we just lived 13 lives? 🤯

Thanks for making it best year yet! 🫶 Also, since today is 123123, we gotta say it… 1, 2, 3, let’s go (to 2024), bitch!

#Taylor Swift #2023 #Year in Review #Midnights (The Til Dawn Edition) #Karma (Feat. Ice Spice) #Speak Now (Taylor's Version) #1989 (Taylor's Version) #VMAs #Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour concert film #Spotify Top Global Artist #Apple Music Artist of the Year #Google Most Searched Songwriter #Happy New Year

[folklorefearlessts]

I can do it with a broken heart 🌚❤️

#taylor swift #taylor nation #music #celebrities #tay tay #swifties #1989 taylor's version #streaming #taylor swift evermore #fearless taylor’s version #billboard charts #billboard hot 100 #billboard #charts #spotify #itunes #appearances #the eras tour #i can do it i can do it #the tortured poets department #ttpd #new song #breaking news #photoshoots #celebs #favorite songs #fans #film #taylor is the best #icons taylor swift

[ruleof3bobby]

THE PERFECTION (2018) Grade: C

I give them props for some out of the box thinking on the narrative and editing. Little cheesy and corny, but the originality keeps you watching.

#2018 #C #Thriller Films #Music Films #Drama Films #Private School #Richard Shepard #School #Allison Williams #Glynis Davies #Christina Jastrzembska #Alaina Huffman #Steven Weber #Molly Grace #Milah Thompson #Mark Kandborg #Logan Browning #Winnie Hung #Vince Tsang #Average #Youtube

[everydaylouie]

Traces 🎶🏡

(bandcamp) (spotify) (youtube)

#music #animation #very proud of this song + video #animated in blender + flash and filmed on a tiny CRT

[lipslikethegardensofbabylon]

Taylor Swift is an amazing songwriter wbk but she also has these little idiosyncrasies that are so *her* like the intentional whisper of ‘old habits die screaming’ and how she cuts off ‘how dare you say that it’s -‘, and how ‘so long London’ mimics the chime of Big Ben, and this goes back, mind you. the lyric ‘my stolen lullabies’ trails off like she was choked saying the last word (that lyric deserves it’s own essay but I digress), and she begins Last Kiss with 27 seconds of instrumentals for -reasons- and just. She’s not just a songwriter, she really is just incredibly talented and creative on all fronts, we just got lucky that she chose music as her baby.

#we’ve all seen her music videos! her poetry! her paintings! #next we’re gonna get a whole ass film #she just is unstoppable #taylor swift #words of mine

[thecurvycritic]

Little Richard: I Am Everything Digs Deep into the Lineage of a Legend

I encountered Little Richard one time in my life and it was unforgettable as is the astounding documentary from the amazing Lisa Cortés. #littlerichardiameverything #sundance2023

Shortly after moving to Los Angeles, I made a trip to the post office in my neighborhood.  After waiting for an excruciating long period of time, I noticed an elderly gentleman with makeup and and a pompadour wig enter with a bedazzled cane and sunglasses.  After a few seconds, I also notice he is headed to the front of the line. He notices me glaring then turns around and yells, “Shut up.”  I…

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#biography #BIPOC stories #documentary #lgbtq stories #lisa cortes #little richard #magnolia pictures #music films #richard penniman #sundance #sundance 2023 #sundance 23

[odetokeons]

i don't know what this movie genre is called, but it's my favourite movie genre

#campy horror comedies? some of which are also musicals? #re-animator #renfield #renfield (2023) #beetlejuice #beetlejuice (1988) #what we do in the shadows #what we do in the shadows (2014) #the munsters #the munsters (2022) #repo! the genetic opera #little shop of horrors #the rocky horror picture show #bride of re-animator #movies #films