Dogwoof has picked up Amanda Kim’s documentary on the contemporary artist Nam June Paik for world sales, excluding North America and South Korea.
“Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV” is set to world premiere on Jan. 22 at Sundance as part of the U.S. Documentary Competition.
Paik, one of the most famous Asian artists of the 20th century, revolutionized the use of technology as an artistic canvas and invented the video synthesizer. He is credited with coining the term “electronic super highway,” which was the title of one of his most famous works that involved more than 300 TV sets.
The film will trace Paik’s life from childhood as he traveled across the world. He fled to Japan from his native Korea at the outbreak of the Korean War, before moving to Germany and subsequently to New York City where he settled in 1964.
The film will include...
“Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV” is set to world premiere on Jan. 22 at Sundance as part of the U.S. Documentary Competition.
Paik, one of the most famous Asian artists of the 20th century, revolutionized the use of technology as an artistic canvas and invented the video synthesizer. He is credited with coining the term “electronic super highway,” which was the title of one of his most famous works that involved more than 300 TV sets.
The film will trace Paik’s life from childhood as he traveled across the world. He fled to Japan from his native Korea at the outbreak of the Korean War, before moving to Germany and subsequently to New York City where he settled in 1964.
The film will include...
- 1/9/2023
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
On paper, the prominent use of sensitive American singer-songwriter music from the 1970s and ‘80s in a modern Norwegian romantic comedy might seem rather incongruous, if not downright anachronistic. But five decades on from some of their biggest successes, Art Garfunkel, Todd Rundgren, Harry Nilsson and Christopher Cross are back on the big screen helping soundtrack Danish/Norwegian director Joachim Trier’s acclaimed “The Worst Person in the World,” which is nominated for best original screenplay and best international feature film at the upcoming Academy Awards.
Co-written by Trier and longtime collaborator Eskil Vogt, “Worst Person” has already won best foreign language film from the New York Film Critics Circle and garnered Renate Reinsve the best actress award at Cannes. The movie follows Reinsve’s Julie as she navigates the restless transition from her 20s into her 30s, spanning two long-term relationships that conjure tough existential questions about love, fidelity,...
Co-written by Trier and longtime collaborator Eskil Vogt, “Worst Person” has already won best foreign language film from the New York Film Critics Circle and garnered Renate Reinsve the best actress award at Cannes. The movie follows Reinsve’s Julie as she navigates the restless transition from her 20s into her 30s, spanning two long-term relationships that conjure tough existential questions about love, fidelity,...
- 3/9/2022
- by Jonathan Cohen
- Variety Film + TV
Maverick artist Nam June Paik will be the subject of a new feature-length documentary that will highlight unseen footage and archival materials. The currently untitled production will be completed in 2022. Oscar nominee and “Minari” star Steven Yeun and hip-hop pioneer Fab 5 Freddy have joined the project as executive producers.
Paik is often referred to as the “Father of Video Art” and was a prophet of the internet, as well as a visionary and futurist. Adopting technology to transform the way we see the world, he was one of the first to use television as an artist’s canvas and invented the video synthesizer. In the 1970s, he coined the term “Electronic Superhighway” and predicted the future of communication in the digital age. He launched a series of the world’s first global satellite art events, bridging the gap between East and West, pop and avant-garde and all genres of art...
Paik is often referred to as the “Father of Video Art” and was a prophet of the internet, as well as a visionary and futurist. Adopting technology to transform the way we see the world, he was one of the first to use television as an artist’s canvas and invented the video synthesizer. In the 1970s, he coined the term “Electronic Superhighway” and predicted the future of communication in the digital age. He launched a series of the world’s first global satellite art events, bridging the gap between East and West, pop and avant-garde and all genres of art...
- 12/15/2021
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Punk The Capital: Building A Sound Movement, a documentary about the rise of punk rock in the town that needed it most… Washington D.C. (1976-1983) will be available digitally everywhere on June 29th – Pre-order now on Apple TV and iTunes. Check out the trailer:
Punk The Capital: Building A Sound Movement features Bad Brains, Minor Threat, Void, Rites of Spring, and more, including a never-before-seen entire Super-8 archive of early DC punk footage and interviews from Henry Rollins,Ian MacKaye, H.R., Cynthia Connolly, Jello Biafra, Joe Keithley, and many others The Blu-ray and DVD available now includes 50+ minutes of bonus shorts withScream, Void, The Cramps, and The Slickee Boys available via Dischord Records
When punk rock erupted in Washington DC, it was a mighty convergence of powerful music, friendships, and clear minds. This film explores the incredible challenges that this subculture faced when it took root in the...
Punk The Capital: Building A Sound Movement features Bad Brains, Minor Threat, Void, Rites of Spring, and more, including a never-before-seen entire Super-8 archive of early DC punk footage and interviews from Henry Rollins,Ian MacKaye, H.R., Cynthia Connolly, Jello Biafra, Joe Keithley, and many others The Blu-ray and DVD available now includes 50+ minutes of bonus shorts withScream, Void, The Cramps, and The Slickee Boys available via Dischord Records
When punk rock erupted in Washington DC, it was a mighty convergence of powerful music, friendships, and clear minds. This film explores the incredible challenges that this subculture faced when it took root in the...
- 6/22/2021
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Saudade, the supergroup/collective with a revolving door of musicians (which includes bassist Chuck Doom, Deftones’ Chino Moreno and Bad Brains’ Dr. Know), unveiled a new song, “Crisis,” from their forthcoming Ep Shadows & Light/Sanctuary Dub, out later this year.
“Crisis” is a staggering instrumental that sweeps gracefully between swaths of mesmerizing synths, pummeling double kick drums and jazz-inflected noodling that lends the track a particularly spiritual edge.
Doom — who founded Saudade — helmed the track, writing it, co-producing it with Chris Bittner and performing it with keyboardist John Medeski, guitarist...
“Crisis” is a staggering instrumental that sweeps gracefully between swaths of mesmerizing synths, pummeling double kick drums and jazz-inflected noodling that lends the track a particularly spiritual edge.
Doom — who founded Saudade — helmed the track, writing it, co-producing it with Chris Bittner and performing it with keyboardist John Medeski, guitarist...
- 9/26/2019
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
The Outhouse screens Wednesday, December 6th at 8pm at Schlafly Bottleworks Restaurant and Bar (7260 Southwest Ave.- at Manchester – Maplewood, Mo 63143) as part of Webster University’s Award-Winning Strange Brew Film Series. Admission is $5
The Strange Brew Cult Movie night is excited to announce a Strange Brew first: They will host the St. Louis premiere of the 2017 film The Outhouse, a documentary focused on the legendary midwest punk club. Hidden away in the cornfields of Lawrence, Kansas, where the pavement turned to gravel, the Outhouse was a small cinder block building where countless influential punk and alternative acts played formative all-ages shows with no rules. The Strange Brew Screening of “The Outhouse” – Stl Premiere is one-night only at Schlafly Bottleworks on Wednesday, December 6 at 8pm.
From 1985 to 1997, some of the most influential bands in punk rock played insane shows at The Outhouse, including Fugazi, The Melvins, Rollins Band, Gwar,...
The Strange Brew Cult Movie night is excited to announce a Strange Brew first: They will host the St. Louis premiere of the 2017 film The Outhouse, a documentary focused on the legendary midwest punk club. Hidden away in the cornfields of Lawrence, Kansas, where the pavement turned to gravel, the Outhouse was a small cinder block building where countless influential punk and alternative acts played formative all-ages shows with no rules. The Strange Brew Screening of “The Outhouse” – Stl Premiere is one-night only at Schlafly Bottleworks on Wednesday, December 6 at 8pm.
From 1985 to 1997, some of the most influential bands in punk rock played insane shows at The Outhouse, including Fugazi, The Melvins, Rollins Band, Gwar,...
- 11/30/2017
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Although there’s no shortage of regional film festivals throughout the year, few — if any — are better curated than the Maryland Film Festival. With a slate organized by Director of Programming Eric Allen Hatch, the downtown Baltimore festival, which takes place from May 3-7, offers the finest in independent and international cinema of the past year, as well as some of our most-anticipated world premieres.
Now in its 19th year, we’re pleased to debut the full line-up for the 6-screen festival, and can exclusively reveal that Brett Haley‘s The Hero (one of our favorite films from Sundance) will be the Closing Night film. World premiering at the festival is Stephen Cone‘s Princess Cyd, his follow-up to one of last year’s finest films, Henry Gamble’s Birthday Party, along with Josh Crockett‘s Dr. Brinks & Dr. Brinks.
We can also exclusively reveal the Opening Night Shorts — 5 short...
Now in its 19th year, we’re pleased to debut the full line-up for the 6-screen festival, and can exclusively reveal that Brett Haley‘s The Hero (one of our favorite films from Sundance) will be the Closing Night film. World premiering at the festival is Stephen Cone‘s Princess Cyd, his follow-up to one of last year’s finest films, Henry Gamble’s Birthday Party, along with Josh Crockett‘s Dr. Brinks & Dr. Brinks.
We can also exclusively reveal the Opening Night Shorts — 5 short...
- 4/21/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has finalized its 2017 class: Welcome to Cleveland, Joan Baez, Electric Light Orchestra, Journey, Pearl Jam, Tupac Shakur, Yes and Nile Rodgers. The first six are in the performers category, while Rodgers enters the doors with the Award for Musical Excellence. Here’s who didn’t make it this year: Bad Brains, Chaka Khan, Chic, Depeche Mode, The J. Geils Band, Jane’s Addiction, Janet Jackson, Joe Tex, Kraftwerk, MC5, Steppenwolf, The Cars, and The Zombies. Also Read: Leon Russell, Rock and Roll Hall Of Famer, Dies at 74 The 32nd Annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will take.
- 12/20/2016
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
It's just after 6 p.m. on a Friday, and Duff's – a noisy heavy-metal bar adorned with autographed memorabilia and jagged-looking instruments in Williamsburg, Brooklyn – has just opened its doors to the sober, work-weary masses. In the center of the room, a woman clad in a black dress and high heels is headbanging atop a carpet adorned with Iron Maiden's corpse-mascot Eddie. The music is "Bleed," an angular, machine-gun–like aural assault that's little over seven minutes long, by Swedish extreme-metal growlers Meshuggah. Bargoers sip their beer in the back,...
- 11/30/2016
- Rollingstone.com
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has released the 19 nominations for induction into the Hall in 2017. Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame 2017 Nominations First time nominees include Bad Brains, Depeche Mode, Electric Light Orchestra, Jane’s Addiction, Joan Baez, Journey, and Steppenwolf. First time nominees who also only became eligible for the […]
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- 10/18/2016
- by Hillary Luehring-Jones
- Uinterview
The 2017 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction nominee list is out and we love the selections. Every year the list is released and every year we hear the same chorus of “this band was left out”. But for 2017, innovators Kraftwerk may finally get their due and the fantastic English band Yes and two Boston groups finally made the nominee cut: The J. Geils Band, and The Cars. The full list of nominees are Bad Brains, Chaka Khan, Chic, Depeche Mode, Electric Light Orchestra , J. Geils Band, Jane’s Addiction, Janet Jackson, Joan Baez, Joe Tex, Journey, Kraftwerk, MC5, Pearl...read more...
- 10/18/2016
- by April Neale
- Monsters and Critics
The 2017 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees are out, and now it’s time to (definitely) vote for Tupac Shakur (pictured above) and Pearl Jam, among others. Here’s the full list, in alphabetical order — an asterisk means the artist is a first-time nominee: Bad Brains* Chaka Khan Chic Depeche Mode* Electric Light Orchestra (Elo)* The J. Geils Band Jane’s Addiction* Janet Jackson Joan Baez* Joe Tex Journey* Kraftwerk MC5 Pearl Jam* Steppenwolf* The Cars The Zombies Tupac Shakur* Yes To be eligible for nomination, an individual artist or band must have released its first single or album at...
- 10/18/2016
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
The nominations for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame‘s class of 2017 are in.
Pearl Jam, Journey, Electric Light Orchestra join solo artists Tupac Shakur and Janet Jackson among the 19 nominees this year, as announced by Cleveland’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
This marks the second consecutive year on the ballot for Jackson. The nomination comes at an exciting time for the singer, 50, who recently announced that she is expecting her first child with husband Wissam Al Mana.
Late rap icon Shakur made it onto the list of nominees in his first year of eligibility. Artists must...
Pearl Jam, Journey, Electric Light Orchestra join solo artists Tupac Shakur and Janet Jackson among the 19 nominees this year, as announced by Cleveland’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
This marks the second consecutive year on the ballot for Jackson. The nomination comes at an exciting time for the singer, 50, who recently announced that she is expecting her first child with husband Wissam Al Mana.
Late rap icon Shakur made it onto the list of nominees in his first year of eligibility. Artists must...
- 10/18/2016
- by Sarah
- PEOPLE.com
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has released its list of nominees for induction in 2017—meaning it's time once again for rejoicing that some of the world's most meaningful artists are finally (or once again) getting their chance to be honored, while also lamenting that others continue to be overlooked. In their first year of eligibility, Pearl Jam and the late Tupac Shakur have been nominated, along with Janet Jackson, Joan Baez, Depeche Mode, Chaka Khan, Electric Light Orchestra, Jane's Addiction, J. Geils Band, Journey, The Cars, Yes, The Zombies, The Bad Brains, Steppenwolf, MC5, Kraftwerk, Joe Tex and Chic. Not a bad bunch. According to the official...
- 10/18/2016
- E! Online
You never know what's going to happen with an audition," actor Ted Levine remembers of the first time he portrayed Jame Gumb, The Silence of the Lambs villain also known as "Buffalo Bill." "I just pulled something out. It was scary. It felt kind of magical."
"I read with the three final guys who were going to be Buffalo Bill," says Brooke Smith, who played Catherine Martin, the U.S. senator's daughter whom Gumb abducts in the movie. "When Ted walked in, it was so crazily obvious. I asked him,...
"I read with the three final guys who were going to be Buffalo Bill," says Brooke Smith, who played Catherine Martin, the U.S. senator's daughter whom Gumb abducts in the movie. "When Ted walked in, it was so crazily obvious. I asked him,...
- 2/14/2016
- Rollingstone.com
The Slamdance Cinema Club has programmed a one-two punch for punk-rocking cinephiles this Fall. On September 20, "End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones" will screen at the Arclight Hollywood, 8pm. Directors Jim Fields and Michael Gramaglia charts the seminal punk quartet, from their modest roots in Queens to their 2002 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction, with breakups, rifts and deaths in between. This first premiered in 2003 at Slamdance, which celebrates its 20th year as Utah's alternative to Sundance. On September 21, Paul Rachman's "American Hardcore," which took five years to make, tunnels through the birth of hardcore punk rock between 1978 and 1986, with underground footage of Black Flag, Minor Threat, Bad Brains and more. This film also screens at the Arclight, 8pm. The Slamdance Cinema Club has year-round offered a curated tasting of the rogue festival's offerings, some of which annually wear their Sundance rejection as a badge of.
- 8/7/2015
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
1977 is commonly known as the year Punk exploded, with genre defining records from The Sex Pistols, Ramones and The Clash along with the formation of classic acts such as Bad Brains, Fear, The Germs, Crass, The Dickies and X. Amidst all the noise, there are a handful of bands that, despite helping define what punk could be, are often overshadowed by their more popular counterparts.Here’s a chance for us to remember some of the most forward thinking hooligans of ’77.The Damned – Neat Neat Neat“New Rose” made The Damned responsible for the first punk single released in the UK, […]...
- 5/23/2015
- by Ethan Goodman
- Monsters and Critics
As you probably already know, the Foo Fighters' upcoming album "Sonic Highways," the band recorded each song in a different U.S. city, as documented in the HBO series of the same name. So far, we've heard Chicago's “Something From Nothing” (featuring Cheap Trick's Rick Nielsen) and D.C.'s “The Feast and the Famine” (backed by members of Bad Brains), and now it's Nashville's turn. In Music City, Dave Grohl and the gang teamed with native son Zac Brown for the relatively mellow rocker "Congregation." Slick and arena-ready, the rootsy rocker mixes classic Southern Rock chooglin' with Foo-style vocal melodies, and layers upon layers upon layers of guitars, both clean and dirty. Listen to it here: The Nashville-centric episode of "Sonic Highways" also features appearances from Dolly Parton and Carrie Underwood, and airs tonight on HBO. Maybe Nashville resident Jack White will pop up too. "Sonic Highways...
- 10/31/2014
- by Dave Lewis
- Hitfix
Foo Fighters' HBO series Sonic Highways visited Washington D.C. Friday night, which marked a homecoming of sorts for Dave Grohl: The rocker was raised in the Virginia suburbs outside of D.C. – his mother still lives there – and he started out drumming for area acts like Mission Impossible, Dain Bramage and "his favorite band ever," Scream.
In addition to recording the Sonic Highways track "The Feast and the Famine," Grohl also provides an extensive look at a pair of homegrown genres that became the backbone of the D.
In addition to recording the Sonic Highways track "The Feast and the Famine," Grohl also provides an extensive look at a pair of homegrown genres that became the backbone of the D.
- 10/25/2014
- Rollingstone.com
Foo Fighters' HBO musical travelogue series Sonic Highways next visits Washington D.C., and Rolling Stone has your exclusive preview at what Dave Grohl considers to be his homecoming. Having grown up in the Virginia suburbs outside of D.C., Grohl got his start in the city's influential hardcore scene performing with local acts like Dain Bramage and Scream before popping up on Nirvana's radar.
"The experiences I've had in this city, from the age of 14 years old, set this foundation for the rest of my life as a musician,...
"The experiences I've had in this city, from the age of 14 years old, set this foundation for the rest of my life as a musician,...
- 10/24/2014
- Rollingstone.com
Foo Fighters have dropped the first full song from their new effort "Sonic Highways": "Something From Nothing." It's a nice li'l hard rock hat tip to metal influencers, perhaps and maybe specifically Dio and his "Holy Diver." "Sonic Highways," overall, should be an album that honors rock 'n' rollers of past and present: the band went to eight different cities collaborating in eight different legendary studios and combining with no less than eight guests, from Ben Gibbard and Carrie Underwood, to Joe Walsh and Bad Brains. The album is out on Nov. 10; the HBO documentary series of the same name, helmed by frontman Dave Grohl, starts tonight (Oct. 17).
- 10/18/2014
- by Katie Hasty
- Hitfix
We live in a time where singing about your butt, or other people's butts, is a surefire way to get to the top of charts and amass millions of YouTube views. But for those who like their music gritty, grimy, real and actually about something, there are two documentaries on the way to remind you that there's so much more to love outside the superficial pop sphere. First up is "Salad Days," which chronicles the vibrant and hugely influential DC punk scene of the '80s and '90s. Directed by Scott Crawford, and featuring input from Ian MacKaye, Brian Baker, Dave Grohl, Henry Rollins, Thurston Moore, Fred Armisen and more, it explores what was behind the relatively tiny scene that birthed bands like Bad Brains, Minor Threat, Void, Fugazi, Government Issue, Dag Nasty, Embrace and many, many more. For those who thought punk started and ended with Sex Pistols,...
- 10/3/2014
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Foo Fighters have the new album "Sonic Highways" due out on Nov. 10. Dave Grohl's HBO documentary series "Sonic Highways" is also on the way, premiering Oct. 17. You can get a taste of both the album and the show in the trailer below. Steve Albini, Gary Clarke Jr., a consistently cold Chicago, vintage footage of Bad Brains and other interviews and adornments make up what is a pretty rocking tease. As previously reported, the band recorded eight new songs in eight cities, for an album that will arrive with eight album covers. Grohl and his filming crew interview producers, artists and other musical gads-about-town (like Dan Auerbach, Rick Rubin, Pharrell, Slash, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, and even President Barack Obama) in each city, and his band collaborates with at least one artist for each song. The tracklist for the set is below the video Here is the tracklist for Foo Fighters...
- 8/22/2014
- by Katie Hasty
- Hitfix
As told to Jennifer Vineyard The clubs that we were going to in like 1980, 1981, were the Mudd Club, Danceteria, Peppermint Lounge. My friends and I were living in Connecticut at the time, and we would borrow someone’s car or sneak in on Metro-North and show up as this pack of scared 16-year-old suburban kids. What was really amazing was how just really odd and eclectic the music scene was. A perfect example would be, you would go to Danceteria to see Bad Brains in the basement, and then you’d go up to the second floor and there would be a hip-hop DJ, and then you’d go up to the third floor and there’d be a gay-disco DJ, and you’d go up to the fourth floor and there’d be someone playing New Wave videos. The Peppermint Lounge, that’s where the Peppermint Twist was invented.
- 3/28/2014
- Vulture
Tis the season of giving and we have five signed posters and blu-rays to give away from Randy Miller's flick Cbgb. The posters are signed by Johnny Galecki (Big Bang Theory), Ashley Greene (The Twilight Saga), Joel David Moore (Hatchet) and director Randy Miller.Cbgb looks at New York's dynamic punk rock scene through the lens of the ground-breaking Lower East Side club started by eccentric Hilly Kristal in 1973 originally as a home for "country, bluegrass and blues" (thus the club's name) and which showcased cutting-edge bands through its closing in 2006. The Talking Heads, Patti Smith, The Ramones, Blondie, The Dead Boys, Bad Brains, Green Day, Soul Asylum, The Police, Bruce Springsteen, Everclear, George Thorogood, The Velvet Underground, Sonic Youth, The Black Crowes, The...
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- 12/23/2013
- Screen Anarchy
Ever wonder how the legendary Cbgb came to be? In the new film, appropriately titled Cbgb, director Randall Miller and co-writer Jody Savin give audiences a glimpse into the world that Hilly Kristal built… a little bar that became the birthplace of American punk music.
Recently, Wamg attended a press day for the film at the famous Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood, CA. Participating in the press conference were Johnny Galecki (Terry Ork), Freddy Rodriguez (Idaho), Joel David Moore (Joey Ramone), Director/Co-Writer Randy Miller, and Co-Writer Jody Savin. Check it out below. (Side note: Sorry if it is a bit shaky. I was trying out my new camera.)
Cbgb looks at New York’s dynamic punk rock scene through the lens of the ground-breaking Lower East Side club started by eccentric Hilly Kristal in 1973 originally as a home for “country, bluegrass and blues” (thus the club’s...
Recently, Wamg attended a press day for the film at the famous Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood, CA. Participating in the press conference were Johnny Galecki (Terry Ork), Freddy Rodriguez (Idaho), Joel David Moore (Joey Ramone), Director/Co-Writer Randy Miller, and Co-Writer Jody Savin. Check it out below. (Side note: Sorry if it is a bit shaky. I was trying out my new camera.)
Cbgb looks at New York’s dynamic punk rock scene through the lens of the ground-breaking Lower East Side club started by eccentric Hilly Kristal in 1973 originally as a home for “country, bluegrass and blues” (thus the club’s...
- 10/9/2013
- by Melissa Howland
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
For years, I’ve joked that Metallica has exactly two good songs, both of them off their mega-selling 1991 album Metallica. Those two songs are the lovely, lilting “Nothing Else Matters,” the closest these demon noise-makers ever came to a power ballad, and also “Enter Sandman,” which is their primordially catchy if very sinister idea of a lullaby. In a funny way, I’d say that Metallica agrees with me: Those two uncharacteristically melodious and listenable tunes are played at the very end oftheir new concert film, Metallica Through the Never. They know, in their way, that they’re saving the best for last.
- 9/28/2013
- by Owen Gleiberman
- EW - Inside Movies
A Band Called Death is a story of rebirth. And that would probably have seemed entirely appropriate to the late David Hackney, had he lived to see it. Hackney and his two brothers, Bobby and Dannis, formed their band, Death, in the early 1970’s. Three African-American teenagers, sons of a Baptist preacher, they played unapologetically fierce and compelling proto-punk in the soul/funk Mecca of Motown. The music they made would languish in obscurity for almost 40 years, until the world came knocking, just as David Hackney knew they would…
The film, by Marc Christopher Covino and Jeff Howlett, set fire to the festival circuit last year, earning almost unanimous critical praise, and was released on DVD and Blu-ray last month. Something more than your average rockumentary, it corrects a historical and aesthetic injustice by allowing the visionary brilliance of this forgotten band of brothers to shine for all the world to see,...
The film, by Marc Christopher Covino and Jeff Howlett, set fire to the festival circuit last year, earning almost unanimous critical praise, and was released on DVD and Blu-ray last month. Something more than your average rockumentary, it corrects a historical and aesthetic injustice by allowing the visionary brilliance of this forgotten band of brothers to shine for all the world to see,...
- 9/3/2013
- by Matt J. Popham
- Obsessed with Film
Check out the trailer for XLrator Media's Cbgb directed by Randall Miller which opens on October 11th, 2013. The film stars Alan Rickman, Malin Akerman, Justin Bartha, Richard de Klerk, Johnny Galecki, Ashley Greene, Rupert Grint, Taylor Hawkins, Stana Katic, Donal Logue, Joel David Moore, Freddy Rodriguez, Mickey Sumner and Bradley Whitford. Cbgb is rated R for language throughout, some sexual content, drug use, and a scene of violence. Cbgb looks at New York’s dynamic punk rock scene through the lens of the ground-breaking Lower East Side club started by eccentric Hilly Kristal in 1973 originally as a home for “country, bluegrass and blues” (thus the club’s name) and which showcased cutting-edge bands through its closing in 2006. The Talking Heads, Patti Smith, The Ramones, Blondie, The Dead Boys, Bad Brains, Green Day, Soul Asylum, The Police, Bruce Springsteen, Everclear...
- 8/23/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
2 films debuting on DVD and Blu-ray this week that you should know about... one I recommend; the other, not-so much. The rockumentary A Band Called Death is now on DVD, Blu-ray, VOD, iTunes as well as digital download, so you have several options available to you, if you missed it in theaters earlier this year, courtesy of Drafthouse Films. Directed by Jeff Howlett and Mark Covino, the film made its world premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival last year, screening in competition, and continued to travel the film festival circuit through this year. Its synopsis reads: Before Bad Brains, the Sex Pistols or even the Ramones, there...
- 8/14/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Home Invasion is a weekly post every Tuesday which shows you what is being released on Blu-Ray & DVD today! We scoured through Amazon to bring you everything you might be interested in. Our Picks of the Week are releases that we are looking forward to checking out, have reviewed and/or were are Picks of the Week on the Dtb Podcast. All descriptions are courtesy of Amazon.com unless noted otherwise. If you are thinking about purchasing any of these items, by clicking via the links provided, you are supporting Dtb. Thank you!
Not a lot of releases this week due to the holiday but there are definitely some titles worth checking out!
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This film leans towards cult than horror, obviously. Death is a band that will blow your mind that you haven’t heard of them sooner.
Not a lot of releases this week due to the holiday but there are definitely some titles worth checking out!
Price: $22.93
Click Here to buy the Blu-ray + Digital CopyClick Here to buy the DVD
This film leans towards cult than horror, obviously. Death is a band that will blow your mind that you haven’t heard of them sooner.
- 8/12/2013
- by Andy Triefenbach
- Destroy the Brain
"Mind Your Manners," the first single from Pearl Jam's forthcoming album "Lightning Bolt," has arrived online. Fans can listen to the track above.
The brief, blistering song -- which NPR compared to Bad Brains, but actually sounds like "Spin the Black Circle" from Pearl Jam's third album, "Vitalogy" -- features this caustic bit of lyricism from lead singer Eddie Vedder: "Tried my patience / My patience tried / This world's no longer good enough / That makes me wanna cry." Not the potential of "Lightning Bolt," however, the first Pearl Jam studio album in four years. The record is due out on Oct. 15, so Pearl Jam fans would be wise to start counting the days.
"Mind Your Manners" is above. Listen Loud.
The brief, blistering song -- which NPR compared to Bad Brains, but actually sounds like "Spin the Black Circle" from Pearl Jam's third album, "Vitalogy" -- features this caustic bit of lyricism from lead singer Eddie Vedder: "Tried my patience / My patience tried / This world's no longer good enough / That makes me wanna cry." Not the potential of "Lightning Bolt," however, the first Pearl Jam studio album in four years. The record is due out on Oct. 15, so Pearl Jam fans would be wise to start counting the days.
"Mind Your Manners" is above. Listen Loud.
- 7/12/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Drafthouse Films' A Band Called Death has several new clips up from the rockumentary directed by Jeff Howlett and Mark Covino. The film opened in theaters this past weekend, and includes Bobby Hackney, Sr., Dannis Hackney, David Hackney and Bobbie Duncan. Before Bad Brains, the Sex Pistols or even the Ramones, there was a band called Death. Punk before punk existed, three teenage brothers in the early '70s formed a band in their spare bedroom, began playing a few local gigs and even pressed a single in the hopes of getting signed. But this was the era of Motown and emerging disco. Record companies found Death's music - and band name - too intimidating, and the group were never given a fair shot, disbanding before they even completed one album. Equal parts...
- 6/30/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Drafthouse Films has officially released the rockumentary A Band Called Death, on VOD, iTunes as well as digital download, and now in theaters (it opened today in select cities - For a full list of screening dates and locations please visit: http://drafthousefilms.com/film/a-band-called-death#watch). Directed by Jeff Howlett and Mark Covino, the film made its world premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival last year, screening in competition, and continued to travel the film festival circuit through this year. Its synopsis reads: Before Bad Brains, the Sex Pistols or even the Ramones, there was Death. Formed in the early...
- 6/28/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
In the early 1970s, three teenage African American brothers, David, Bobby, and Dannis Hackney, formed a band called Death and played "hard-drivin' rock & roll" -- really, a precursor to punk rock, pre-dating pioneering black punk band Bad Brains by about five years -- across their hometown of Detroit. They didn't get far; their only single rarely got airplay and the unreleased master tapes for their debut album sat unheard in a dusty attic in Detroit for nearly 35 years. A Band Called Death, directed by Mark Covino and Jeff Howlett, chronicles the Hackney brothers' story, from their early years playing instruments purchased with a family insurance settlement in a cramped room in their parents' house to the band's rediscovery and eventual revival several decades...
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- 6/27/2013
- Screen Anarchy
Review: 'A Band Called Death' Rewrites Punk History And Tells An Emotional Story Of Faith And Family
Nope, not The Ramones, The Clash or the Sex Pistols. Not even Bad Brains. The true punk pioneers were a band called Death, straight out of Motor City, Detroit, and you’ve probably never heard of them until now. Thanks to some obsessive record collectors, a whole lot of serendipity, and a new documentary from Mark Covino and Jeff Howlett, Death just might be getting the retroactive respect they are more than overdue. As Henry Rollins states, it’s a great music story and Covino and Howlett have successfully transferred it into an entertaining, moving rockumentary. Death was formed in Detroit in the early '70s by three brothers: Bobby, Dannis and David Hackney. The film opens with the surviving members, Bobby and Dannis, reminiscing about their childhood and the early days of Death while exploring their old home in Detroit. It immediately becomes clear that the presence of David...
- 6/27/2013
- by Katie Walsh
- The Playlist
There’s a reason The White Mandingos should remind me of the Public Enemy and Anthrax collaborations of yore, though - aside from the fact they're all awesome - I haven't found it yet. It may have something to do with the perfect blend of hip hop and crunchy rock guitars, meshing together, molding, but upon closer inspection, the White Mandingos are creating something very different, wholly distinct, and in this case supremely bad ass. The epic triumvirate of musicians responsible for The White Mandingoes are legendary in their genres. The hybrid talents of Murs (Living Legends), Darryl Jenifer (Bad Brains), and Sacha Jenkins come together to, according to their Facebook page, “combine the old with the new in an effort to inspire you and slap you.” Sounds good to me. Their video for 'My First White Girl' fully embraces combining the old with the new, as well. Murs, dressed as Mr.
- 6/25/2013
- by Arshan Sadri
- Tubefilter.com
Mondo, the division of the Alamo Drafthouse championed for bringing art back to movie poster design, has collaborated with artist Jay Shaw to create the poster for Drafthouse Films' rock documentary A Band Called Death. The poster is embedded below. Drafthouse Films acquired North American rights to the rockumentary in February, which is directed by Jeff Howlett and Mark Covino. The film made its world premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival last year, screening in competition, and continued to travel the film festival circuit through this year. Its synopsis reads: Before Bad Brains, the Sex Pistols or even the Ramones, there was Death....
- 6/25/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Title: A band called Death Director: Mark Covino & Jeff Howlett Starring: Bobby Hackney Sr., Dannis Hackney, David Hackney Bobbie Duncan. Mike Rubin, reporter of The New York Times, titled his article on Death band: “This Band Was Punk Before Punk Was Punk.” And indeed it was, since the trio – composed by Bobby Hackney Sr., Dannis Hackney, David Hackney – preceded the Sex Pistols and Bad Brains in the early 70s, when they were just teenagers in Detroit. Mark Covino and Jeff Howlett, through the rockumentary ‘A band called Death,’ reconstruct the spiritual voyage of a music (and band) that seemed destined to never emerge. Record companies found Death’s music [ Read More ]
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- 6/18/2013
- by Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi
- ShockYa
Earlier this year, the internet was blindsided with the announcement of the reformation of one of America's greatest hardcore legends, Black Flag, featuring original guitarist and main songwriter Greg Ginn and the band's short-lived sophomore singer Ron Reyes. This would include a performance at U.K.'s Hevy Fest this summer with further dates still being added daily as of this writing. This would mark the first Black Flag tour since Ginn put the Black Flag name on ice in 1986. The tour will also be in support of a new record that is being released this summer.
But just a mere hour-and-a-half after the news of the Black Flag reunion came another announcement to set the hardcore heads on fire, the formation of a band called Flag. Flag would feature original Black Flag singer and current Off! frontman Keith Morris manning the mic and fleshed out with Black Flag founding bass player Chuck Dukowski,...
But just a mere hour-and-a-half after the news of the Black Flag reunion came another announcement to set the hardcore heads on fire, the formation of a band called Flag. Flag would feature original Black Flag singer and current Off! frontman Keith Morris manning the mic and fleshed out with Black Flag founding bass player Chuck Dukowski,...
- 6/13/2013
- by HuffPost Canada Music
- Huffington Post
Joel Madden's never been one to shy away from aggressive or edgy looks, but the former Good Charlotte frontman is really kicking things up a notch with his hairstyles as a coach on "The Voice Australia." Sporting a wide variety of crazy colors and patterns, he seems to have embraced his hair as the perfect medium for self-expression.
Controversy hit the star last week after a small amount of marijuana was found in his Sydney hotel room and police were called, which led to speculation that Madden would be dropped from the show. The incident escalated when he moved out of the hotel and his colleague on the show, Seal, took to Twitter to defend him with a 20-minute-long rant about the Australian media and police. Madden and Seal have since apologized for the weed and the tirade, respectively, and Madden remains on the show.
We're hoping that Madden...
Controversy hit the star last week after a small amount of marijuana was found in his Sydney hotel room and police were called, which led to speculation that Madden would be dropped from the show. The incident escalated when he moved out of the hotel and his colleague on the show, Seal, took to Twitter to defend him with a 20-minute-long rant about the Australian media and police. Madden and Seal have since apologized for the weed and the tirade, respectively, and Madden remains on the show.
We're hoping that Madden...
- 6/12/2013
- by Yasmine Hafiz
- Huffington Post
Look at Lucian Perkins' work for too long and you may need a glass of water; you can practically feel the sweat permeate his black-and-white photos below.
The year was 1979 and the Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer was documenting the burgeoning DC punk scene with a mission.Perkins was especially enamored by H.R., the lead singer of the band Bad Brains, telling the Washington Post of the performer's magnetic powers, "In many ways, it was like watching James Brown doing punk-style acrobatics."
The photos below capture the energy of punk and its symbiotic relationship between the performers and the crowd. (Also, we have to admit the outfits donned by rebellious youth in the '80s are truly priceless.)
Check out the photographs below, which are all published in Perkins' book Hard Art, DC 1979 .
Hr, Valley Green Housing Complex, 9/9/79
Lucian Perkins, from the book Hard Art, DC 1979 published by Akashic Books)
Charlie Danbury and Alec MacKaye,...
The year was 1979 and the Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer was documenting the burgeoning DC punk scene with a mission.Perkins was especially enamored by H.R., the lead singer of the band Bad Brains, telling the Washington Post of the performer's magnetic powers, "In many ways, it was like watching James Brown doing punk-style acrobatics."
The photos below capture the energy of punk and its symbiotic relationship between the performers and the crowd. (Also, we have to admit the outfits donned by rebellious youth in the '80s are truly priceless.)
Check out the photographs below, which are all published in Perkins' book Hard Art, DC 1979 .
Hr, Valley Green Housing Complex, 9/9/79
Lucian Perkins, from the book Hard Art, DC 1979 published by Akashic Books)
Charlie Danbury and Alec MacKaye,...
- 6/12/2013
- by Priscilla Frank
- Huffington Post
A new rockumentary claims that before the resurgence of the punk movement with the Sex Pistols and the Ramones, a band called Death preceded those bands as the first punk band.
A Band Called Dance Death chronicles the 70s band formed by three black teens from Detroit who couldn't get a record contract in the era of disco and Motown, but they have recently been discovered by a new generation. Check out these little gem that is currently available for download at the official site for the film at drafthousefilms.com/film/a-band-called-death. The film will also be showing at select theaters throughout the summer. For dates and theater locations, go here drafthousefilms.com/now-playing.
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Before Bad Brains, the Sex Pistols or even the Ramones, there
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A Band Called Dance Death chronicles the 70s band formed by three black teens from Detroit who couldn't get a record contract in the era of disco and Motown, but they have recently been discovered by a new generation. Check out these little gem that is currently available for download at the official site for the film at drafthousefilms.com/film/a-band-called-death. The film will also be showing at select theaters throughout the summer. For dates and theater locations, go here drafthousefilms.com/now-playing.
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Before Bad Brains, the Sex Pistols or even the Ramones, there
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- 5/29/2013
- CineMovie
From Drafthouse Films, A Band Called Death has arrived on VOD and digital download, and will hit theaters on June 28th. Before Bad Brains, the Sex Pistols or even the Ramones, there was a band called Death. Punk before punk existed, three teenage brothers in the early '70s formed a band in their spare bedroom, began playing a few local gigs and even pressed a single in the hopes of getting signed. But this was the era of Motown and emerging disco. Record companies found Death's music - and band name - too intimidating, and the group were never given a fair shot, disbanding before they even completed one album. Equal parts electrifying rockumentary and epic...
- 5/25/2013
- by Patrick Luce
- Monsters and Critics
Drafthouse Films acquired North American rights to the rockumentary A Band Called Death, in February, which is directed by Jeff Howlett and Mark Covino. The film made its world premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival last year, screening in competition, and continued to travel the film festival circuit through this year. The film's synopsis reads: Before Bad Brains, the Sex Pistols or even the Ramones, there was Death. Formed in the early '70s by three teenage brothers from Detroit, Death is credited as being the first black punk band, and the Hackney brothers, David, Bobby, and Dannis, are now considered pioneers in their field. But it wasn’t until recently — when a dusty...
- 5/21/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
"We are fighting to maintain our identity!" While the Cannes Film Festival rages on, today's trailer is for an indie rock doc called A Band Called Death, which premiered at the SXSW Film Festival this year and was picked up by Drafthouse Films in February. This trailer has been out for a bit, but we haven't featured it yet and I thought it a worthy film to highlight today. Similar to the Oscar winning doc Searching for Sugar Man, this tells the story of a three-member African-American punk rock band called Death from Detroit that never hit it big until 30 years later when tapes were found in an attic. This looks badass. The Ultimate Trip. Watch the official trailer for Jeff Howlett & Mark Covino's A Band Called Death, in high def from Apple: Before Bad Brains, the Sex Pistols or even the Ramones, there was a band called Death.
- 5/19/2013
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Drafthouse Films has released the trailer for their upcoming rockumentary A Band Called Death. Mark Christopher Covino and Jeff Howlett direct the film which was actually available via VOD from March 24th, 2013 and now hits theaters on June 28th. Before Bad Brains, the Sex Pistols or even the Ramones, there was a band called Death. Punk before punk existed, three teenage brothers in the early '70s formed a band in their spare bedroom, began playing a few local gigs and even pressed a single in the hopes of getting signed. But this was the era of Motown and emerging disco. Record companies found Death's music...
- 4/26/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
The past couple years have seen a healthy stream of fantastic documentaries focused on the world of music. More precisely, Searching for Sugar Man, Paul Williams Still Alive and Sound City all entertained and enlightened by offering viewers a glimpse into stories from the past about people that today’s audiences have forgotten. The upcoming Drafthouse Films release, A Band Called Death, aims to do the same by re-introducing the world to a little-known but much respected punk/rock band from the early ’70s. They preceded bands we do remember but were forgotten to the ravages of time. It’s not just their timing that makes them stand out from the Caucasian crowd though… Check out the first trailer for A Band Called Death below. Nice. Before Bad Brains, the Sex Pistols or even the Ramones, there was a band called Death. Punk before punk existed, three teenage brothers in the early ’70s formed a band in...
- 4/25/2013
- by Rob Hunter
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Drafthouse Films acquired North American rights to the rockumentary A Band Called Death, in February, which is directed by Jeff Howlett and Mark Covino. The film made its world premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival last year, screening in competition, and is scheduled to next screen at the SXSW Film Festival in March. The film's synopsis reads: Before Bad Brains, the Sex Pistols or even the Ramones, there was Death. Formed in the early '70s by three teenage brothers from Detroit, Death is credited as being the first black punk band, and the Hackney brothers, David, Bobby, and Dannis, are now considered pioneers in their field. But it wasn’t until recently — when a dusty 1974...
- 4/24/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
As this photo attests, hardcore will soon qualify for membership in the Aarp. H.R. from Bad Brains is almost 60! Everyone ages, but convictions from those formative years don’t necessarily go away. That phenomenon heavily informs Invisible, the new, long-in-the-works Ep from Philadelphia hardcore band Paint It Black. “This isn’t about avoiding adulthood; it’s about redesigning it so that it doesn’t clash so violently with our most deeply held beliefs,” says the band. “It’s about the compromises we refuse to make, but also about the subtle negotiations between ideals/aspirations and the day-to-day pragmatics ...
- 3/29/2013
- avclub.com
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