Archive for the ‘Film/TV/DVD’ Category

The Apple Tree – A Tribute To Glitch Mob

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

In this superhuman feat of video editing, Khameleon808 used clips from action films as visual rhythms to accompany four Glitch Mob remixes:

This is a video I made Inspired by the band The Glitch Mob ( http://www.theglitchmob.com )
It is not intended to tell a story. I didnt edit it that way. I wanted to relate sound to motion. So each and every cut you see was picked for a reason.

Programs I used: Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 / After Effects CS5

For those of you who find the video too long for one sitting, I dont blame you at all lol. 15 min is kinda visually exhausting. So I put times below so you can jump right to the segment you have time for.
0:39 Segment 1. Tv on the Radio – Red Dress (Glitch Mob Remix)
4:24 Segment 2. Evil Nine – All the Cash (Glitch Mob Remix)
6:20 Segment 3. Nalepa – Monday (Glitch Mob Remix)
9:42 Segment 4. edIT – Crunk de Gaulle (instrumental )

(Thank to CC for the tip.)

Song of the Week: Jared Funari’s “I Am the Moon”

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

Here’s the new video from Nippertown singer-songwriter-loopmaster Jared Funari. The song, “I Am the Moon,” is featured on his debut full-length album, “You Are the Sun”:

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Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

Live/Film: Califone/”All My Friends Are Funeral Singers” @ MASS MoCA, 8/28/10

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

Chicago indie rock experimentalists Califone have a sweeping cinematic sound that utilizes a broad sonic and stylistic pallette that stretches from raw, rural country to dense urban cacophony.

Which makes them an ideal band to lend their live musical performance to a film. What sets “All My Friends Are Funeral Singers” apart from the pack of musicians who have conjured up live soundtracks to films is that Califone singer-guitarist-bandleader Tim Rutili wrote and directed the feature-length film.

In other words, Califone’s music was custom-made for the movie. Or is it the other way around?

Whichever, it’s a hand-in-glove perfect fit.

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A Film Festival’s Gotta Do What a Film Festival’s Gotta Do

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

Yeah, we understand that. Really, we do.

But on Saturday, October 2 at its Gala Maverick Awards Ceremony at Backstage Studios in Kingston, the 11th annual Woodstock Film Festival is bestowing its honorary Excellence in Acting Award to…

Keanu Reeves.

All we can say is…

Be Here Now: “Women Without Men” @ Time + Space Limited

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

Time + Space Limited in Hudson is hosting the area premiere of the debut feature-length film directed by the powerful Iranian artist Shirin Neshat, “Women Without Men,” at 5:30pm Thursday.

The film – adaptated from of Shahrnush Parsipur’s magical realist novel of the same title – chronicles the interwoven lives of four Iranian women during the summer of 1953 – a cataclysmic time in Iranian history when an American-led, British-backed coup d’état brought down the democratically elected Prime Minister, Mohammad Mossadegh, and re-installed the Shah to power.

In Persian with English subtitles. 2009. 95 mins.

Here’s the schedule of screening at Time + Space:
Thursday-Sunday, September 2-5 at 5:30pm
Saturday, September 11 at 7:30pm
Sunday, September 12 at 3:30pm
Saturday-Sunday, September 18–19 at 3:30pm

Admission is $7; students $5.

Remembering Chris Whitley

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the birth of the sublime singer-songwriter-neo bluesman Chris Whitley.

Whitley died of lung cancer in 2005, never having achieved the commercial success that he so richly deserved.

Here’s “Dust Radio” from his stunning 1991 debut album, “Livin’ With the Law”:

We’re also very excited that director Jonathan Mayor has been hard at work on a documentary film, “Dust Radio: A Film About Chris Whitley.” Here’s the trailer for the upcoming film, which is slated for release next year:

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Be Here Now: Califone @ MASS MoCA, 8/28/10

Friday, August 27th, 2010

Way too many rockers have tried to branch out and become movie actors with varying results. Dave Matthews, for example, has been pretty successful at it. Tom Petty, who took a big screen turn in Kevin Costner’s 1997 post-apocalyptic “The Postman,” well, not so much.

Califone’s Tim Rutili, however, has taken the role of rock renaissance man to the next level, crossing over into films, not as an actor, but as a screenwriter and director.

The film is “All My Friends Are Funeral Singers,” and it’s making its area premiere at 8:30pm on Saturday at MASS MoCA in North Adams. In typical MASS MoCA fashion, the Chicago-based experimental folk band will also perform the soundtrack music live to accompany the screening. And following the film, Califone will perform in a more traditional concert setting as well.

The film will be shown outdoors in the museum’s Courtyard C on the largest outdoor movie screen in Massachusetts, and the weather looks perfect. Tix are $15 in advance; $19 at the door.

Classic Films @ the Palace Theatre

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

Big movies on the big screen.

The Palace Theatre in Albany has announced the schedule for its upcoming 2010-2011 Classic Movie Series. The theater is screening 18 movies in all with classic movie trailers and cartoons running before each feature film.

The ticket price for each movie is $5; children $3. You can also purchase a season pass to the entire film series for just $45. Tickets and passes are currently on sale.

The screenings take place at 7pm on Mondays unless otherwise noted. Here’s the line-up:

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Hump Day Unusual Moment: Leonard Cohen Meets Sonny Rollins

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

– broadcast live on “Sunday Night Live” (later known as “Night Music”) on February 13, 1989

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