Mubi is exclusively showing Tomáš Weinreb & Petr Kazda's I, Olga (2016) from November 18 - December 17, 2016 in the United Kingdom.Sitting in limbo somewhere on an editor’s desktop is a piece that I wrote about Robert Greene’s recent Kate Plays Christine, which I had thought of giving the title Kate Plays Christine Plays Itself; “plays” being in the colloquial, slang-ish sense of the word meaning, sort of: “betrays.” A film about Christine Chubbuck, the late Floridian newscaster who, in the 1970s, blew her brains out on live television, it opens with a reading from her teenage diary citing her interest in being a wife and mother. She never was. She was also never taken seriously in her male-dominated workplace and, in her own words, took issue with the content of modern-day TV news, i.e. with its sexed-up violence. “In keeping with Channel 40’s policy of bringing you the...
- 11/29/2016
- MUBI
Kiss, Donna Summer, Genesis, Jimmy Cliff and the Stooges also make the list.
By Gil Kaufman
Red Hot Chili Peppers' Anthony Kiedis
Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images
LL Cool J, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Kiss lead the list of first-time nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame class of 2010.
The nominees also include such first-timers as long-running rock act Genesis, reggae legend Jimmy Cliff, early rock band the Hollies and singer/songwriter Laura Nyro. According to a press release from the Rock Hall, the 12-member nominee class has some repeat offenders as well, including disco diva Donna Summer, girl-group icons Darlene Love and the Chantels, 1970s pop superstars Abba and punk godfathers the Stooges (hoping the eighth time will be the charm).
After last year's ceremony returned to the Cleveland site of the Hall for the first time in 12 years to mark the induction of Metallica,...
By Gil Kaufman
Red Hot Chili Peppers' Anthony Kiedis
Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images
LL Cool J, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Kiss lead the list of first-time nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame class of 2010.
The nominees also include such first-timers as long-running rock act Genesis, reggae legend Jimmy Cliff, early rock band the Hollies and singer/songwriter Laura Nyro. According to a press release from the Rock Hall, the 12-member nominee class has some repeat offenders as well, including disco diva Donna Summer, girl-group icons Darlene Love and the Chantels, 1970s pop superstars Abba and punk godfathers the Stooges (hoping the eighth time will be the charm).
After last year's ceremony returned to the Cleveland site of the Hall for the first time in 12 years to mark the induction of Metallica,...
- 9/23/2009
- MTV Music News
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