[Blue Velvet] was the song that sparked the movie!—David Lynch(1)Blue velvet, red lips, sprawling, manicured neighborhood lawns; the transgressions that go on behind the closed doors of ostensibly squeaky-clean American suburbia; the mysterious melancholy behind a pop song written in the early 1950s: these were the things that inspired David Lynch to write Blue Velvet. Kyle MacLachlan plays Jeffrey Beaumont in the film, a young man who returns to his hometown of Lumberton after his father has had a stroke. Whilst walking home after visiting his father in hospital, Jeffrey comes across an ant-infested human ear in an empty lot and takes it upon himself to investigate the mystery surrounding it, resulting in his being seduced and almost destroyed by the seamy underbelly of the town. In his investigations Jeffrey is torn between two worlds, one of innocence and one of corruption, and it is a duality that is not...
- 11/8/2016
- MUBI
Warning: This post contains spoilers from this week’s Outlander. If you’re behind, dinna fash — you can read last week’s recap here.
The Frasers’ Parisian tour of pain continued in the latest Outlander, when Claire delivered a stillborn daughter, nearly died of childbed fever, accidentally sent one of her enemies to his death and then had to have sex with a monarch in order to free her estranged husband from jail. (And you thought you had a rough week.)
The death of Claire and Jamie’s child Faith, as well as the physical and emotional distance between Lady Broch Turach and her husband,...
The Frasers’ Parisian tour of pain continued in the latest Outlander, when Claire delivered a stillborn daughter, nearly died of childbed fever, accidentally sent one of her enemies to his death and then had to have sex with a monarch in order to free her estranged husband from jail. (And you thought you had a rough week.)
The death of Claire and Jamie’s child Faith, as well as the physical and emotional distance between Lady Broch Turach and her husband,...
- 5/22/2016
- TVLine.com
How do you keep things fresh when you've been a synth-pop and dance duo, together for almost 30 years, with 16 albums under your belt? Erasure have done their damnedest, and recently released their album "The Violent Flame." Led by the bangin' new single "Elevation," Vince Clark and Andy Bell's set is still vibrant and luscious, with the beat-maker exercising restraint at times and the singer still belting them out. I recently sat down with the Brits while they've been on tour in support of the effort -- a year after their Christmas album, 28 years since they released their first album, 26 since their first No. 1 album in the U.K., and a whole lotta hits in between. Bell talked about "responsibility" in his art, and both chipped in on why Edm (electronic dance music) today can really be the pits. Watch a clip above and a longer abridged interview below, and...
- 11/3/2014
- by Katie Hasty
- Hitfix
"Are you kidding me, man?!" composer Angelo Badalamenti howls jokingly when Rolling Stone asks him what he thought of Twin Peaks, the TV series he scored in the early Nineties. "It was really off the wall. I thought it was either going to sink violently down the drain or, hopefully, capture the intrigue of enthusiastic people conversing by the office water cooler on a Monday morning."
12 Things We Learned from David Lynch's Talk at Bam
As it turned out, Twin Peaks was an instant hit when it premiered on April 8th,...
12 Things We Learned from David Lynch's Talk at Bam
As it turned out, Twin Peaks was an instant hit when it premiered on April 8th,...
- 7/25/2014
- Rollingstone.com
Though Rose McGowan is known for her flashy style on the red carpet, the actress wowed in a very traditional white wedding gown when she tied the knot on Saturday in a romantic and ethereal ceremony. The actress, 40, and artist Davey Detail were married on the lawn of the Paramour Mansion Saturday, her rep confirmed to People exclusively. The ceremony was performed by a rabbi outdoors under a chuppah of McGowan's design in front of 60 guests. McGowan's strapless A-line silk Monique Lhuillier creation featured a corset and Chantilly lace draped with a fine tulle overlay, and the waistline of the...
- 10/14/2013
- by Melody Chiu
- PEOPLE.com
Sheppard (Joe Flanigan) and the others talk about the planet they have checked out and about the flying monkey. Rodney (David Hewlett) claims it's not the Wizard of Oz. Teyla (Rachel Luttrell) believes the planet was suitable to inhabit. There's a power spike in the jumper and Sheppard loses the steering, then power is lost and they miss entry into the stargate. There's interference and Rodney finds there's displacement current in the jumper, which should not hit them as it's dangerous. They find themselves in decaying orbit. The pod powers up and they lose life support. The power then returns. I quite like the floating stargates in space. Being sustained there in the middle of nowhere. No other jumpers have been exhibiting such problems so it was Sheppard's flying of it, but that was funny, no? Sheppard says the alpha site is perfect except for the monkeys. Rodney says the...
- 3/6/2012
- by mhasan@corp.popstar.com (Mila Hasan)
- PopStar
The best of your comments on the latest films and music
It is, said walworthroad, a "massive and beautiful song". "Stunning, simply stunning," reckoned dickyknee. "Still gives me goosebumps," agreed Zakelius. And what were they all agreed on? Why, Song to the Siren, the subject of an appreciative history by Martin Aston last week.
The only question appeared to be which version was the best: the one Tim Buckley performed on The Monkees TV show in 1967, the one he released on his Starsailor album, or the 1980s reading by This Mortal Coil. On that latter version, sometime Guardian writer jonwilde provided a historical footnote: "At the time they recorded Song to the Siren, Robin [Guthrie] and Liz [Fraser] were between homes and slept under the kitchen table in my flat in Wood Green (my job was to throw a sheet over them when it was time for bed). The night before the...
It is, said walworthroad, a "massive and beautiful song". "Stunning, simply stunning," reckoned dickyknee. "Still gives me goosebumps," agreed Zakelius. And what were they all agreed on? Why, Song to the Siren, the subject of an appreciative history by Martin Aston last week.
The only question appeared to be which version was the best: the one Tim Buckley performed on The Monkees TV show in 1967, the one he released on his Starsailor album, or the 1980s reading by This Mortal Coil. On that latter version, sometime Guardian writer jonwilde provided a historical footnote: "At the time they recorded Song to the Siren, Robin [Guthrie] and Liz [Fraser] were between homes and slept under the kitchen table in my flat in Wood Green (my job was to throw a sheet over them when it was time for bed). The night before the...
- 11/24/2011
- by Michael Hann
- The Guardian - Film News
Director of Mysterious Skin and Kaboom is keeping indie pop alive by featuring new music and remixes by his favourite bands
This week sees the DVD release of two films from the singular talent of Gregg Araki: 1993's Totally Fucked Up and Kaboom, his most recent. It's always tempting to look for patterns and themes in a director's work, but in Araki's case, there's little that connects them all. The disenfranchised gay teens of Totally Fucked Up don't share much common ground with the silly stoners of his later comedy Smiley Face; and it's hard to reconcile the serious, subtle Mysterious Skin with the knockabout thrills of Splendor and Kaboom.
But for all the hallucinatory imagery, ambisexual cavorting, drug taking, violence and other shocking facets of Araki's work, there's one element that runs through them all: the music. When he says that "Kaboom is my most autobiographical and personal...
This week sees the DVD release of two films from the singular talent of Gregg Araki: 1993's Totally Fucked Up and Kaboom, his most recent. It's always tempting to look for patterns and themes in a director's work, but in Araki's case, there's little that connects them all. The disenfranchised gay teens of Totally Fucked Up don't share much common ground with the silly stoners of his later comedy Smiley Face; and it's hard to reconcile the serious, subtle Mysterious Skin with the knockabout thrills of Splendor and Kaboom.
But for all the hallucinatory imagery, ambisexual cavorting, drug taking, violence and other shocking facets of Araki's work, there's one element that runs through them all: the music. When he says that "Kaboom is my most autobiographical and personal...
- 8/5/2011
- by Phelim O'Neill
- The Guardian - Film News
The Movie Pool is in geek heaven with Stargate: Atlantis The Complete Series on Blu-ray! Beware! This is a long review, necessary to cover all 20 discs!
Blu-ray Specs
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 (for episodes only)
Rating: TV-14
Audio: English 5.1 DTS-hd Master Audio
Subtitles: English for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Special Features: Detailed in the set breakdown.
Stargate: Atlantis The Complete Series comes in a 20 disc Blu-ray set. Seasons one and two come in one extra-wide case, as do seasons three and four, with season five in a third case. All three cases come within an outer slipcover.
Set Breakdown
Many of the special features listed are not presented in high-definition.
Disc 1 (Season 1)
Episodes include: “Rising” (Parts 1 and 2, with commentary by director Martin Wood and actor Joe Flanigan); “Hide and Seek” (with commentary by actors Rachel Luttrell, Torri Higginson and Paul McGillion); "Thirty Eight Minutes” (with commentary by actors Rachel Luttrell...
Blu-ray Specs
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 (for episodes only)
Rating: TV-14
Audio: English 5.1 DTS-hd Master Audio
Subtitles: English for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Special Features: Detailed in the set breakdown.
Stargate: Atlantis The Complete Series comes in a 20 disc Blu-ray set. Seasons one and two come in one extra-wide case, as do seasons three and four, with season five in a third case. All three cases come within an outer slipcover.
Set Breakdown
Many of the special features listed are not presented in high-definition.
Disc 1 (Season 1)
Episodes include: “Rising” (Parts 1 and 2, with commentary by director Martin Wood and actor Joe Flanigan); “Hide and Seek” (with commentary by actors Rachel Luttrell, Torri Higginson and Paul McGillion); "Thirty Eight Minutes” (with commentary by actors Rachel Luttrell...
- 7/27/2011
- Cinelinx
The resoundingly popular science-fiction television show Stargate: Atlantis: The Complete Series will be released on Blu-ray on July 26 in a colossal 20-disc box set for the list price of $199.99.
The Stargate: Atlantis: The Complete Series Gift Set is coming from MGM Home Entertainment, which is distributed by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, and will include all 100 episodes from the TV series’ five-season run
The majority of the episodes come with commentaries by the directors, actors, producers and writers, along with a slew of additional material, all of which appeared on the Stargate: Atlantis: The Complete Series DVD that was released last year.
Here’s the list of all the extras to peruse, if you have an hour or so to spare:
Set Tour With Directors Martin Wood and Peter DeLuise Diary of Rainbow Sun Francks Mission Directive: The Storm Mission Directive: The Eye Wraithal Discrimination: It’s...
The Stargate: Atlantis: The Complete Series Gift Set is coming from MGM Home Entertainment, which is distributed by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, and will include all 100 episodes from the TV series’ five-season run
The majority of the episodes come with commentaries by the directors, actors, producers and writers, along with a slew of additional material, all of which appeared on the Stargate: Atlantis: The Complete Series DVD that was released last year.
Here’s the list of all the extras to peruse, if you have an hour or so to spare:
Set Tour With Directors Martin Wood and Peter DeLuise Diary of Rainbow Sun Francks Mission Directive: The Storm Mission Directive: The Eye Wraithal Discrimination: It’s...
- 6/10/2011
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
The film director talks about his new single, Mad Men, WikiLeaks and what he wants for Christmas
You've been making music for a while, but how did you end up releasing your new single, "Good Day Today", on tiny British dance music label Sunday Best?
It's a strange world. My music agent played the track for Jason Bentley, a DJ at Kcrw here in La. Then Jason played it in Ibiza, which is where Ben Turner and Rob da Bank from Sunday Best heard it and liked it. It's nice when this kind of thing happens by accident. I'm not a musician, but I love making music. It's a blast.
Are you a confident singer? How do you feel about your voice?
I don't feel real good about it. I'm not really a singer, but my voice is treated like any other instrument; you can tweak it and manipulate it...
You've been making music for a while, but how did you end up releasing your new single, "Good Day Today", on tiny British dance music label Sunday Best?
It's a strange world. My music agent played the track for Jason Bentley, a DJ at Kcrw here in La. Then Jason played it in Ibiza, which is where Ben Turner and Rob da Bank from Sunday Best heard it and liked it. It's nice when this kind of thing happens by accident. I'm not a musician, but I love making music. It's a blast.
Are you a confident singer? How do you feel about your voice?
I don't feel real good about it. I'm not really a singer, but my voice is treated like any other instrument; you can tweak it and manipulate it...
- 12/19/2010
- by Gareth Grundy
- The Guardian - Film News
Diane Birch, whose 2009 debut, “Bible Belt, was criminally overlooked, returns with a 7-song Ep of cover tunes, Dec. 7. Tagged “The Velveteen Age,” the collection pairs her with fellow Brooklynites, the Phenomenal Handclap Band, on a set of primarily British Goth songs from the likes of The Cure, Sisters of Mercy, Joy Division and This Mortal Coil. Birch, who arranged the songs, picked material from her formative teen years. "Sitting in my bedroom with my headphones pressed into my ears till they hurt, each song gave me a weird kind of hope for my future. ?I would have never imagined...
- 11/18/2010
- Hitfix
By Steve Pond
In this weekend’s roundup of Oscar news ‘n’ notes from around the web, Hollywood conservatives bash Al Gore, and “The Lovely Bones” hits the party circuit and wins fans.
Sasha Stone writes a wonderful appreciation of “The Lovely Bones” (below) that flies in the face of many early reviews but nicely captures why the film is so haunting and resonant in spite of its flaws. She also highlights This Mortal Coil’s luminous version of Tim Buckley’s “Song to the Siren,” which Peter Jackson uses to great effect at a crucial po...
In this weekend’s roundup of Oscar news ‘n’ notes from around the web, Hollywood conservatives bash Al Gore, and “The Lovely Bones” hits the party circuit and wins fans.
Sasha Stone writes a wonderful appreciation of “The Lovely Bones” (below) that flies in the face of many early reviews but nicely captures why the film is so haunting and resonant in spite of its flaws. She also highlights This Mortal Coil’s luminous version of Tim Buckley’s “Song to the Siren,” which Peter Jackson uses to great effect at a crucial po...
- 12/6/2009
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Undertones: Volume 5 Removing the veneer of squeaky-clean suburban American life to reveal its seamy underbelly, David Lynch’s 1986 film, Blue Velvet, is a modern masterpiece and perhaps the most crystallized example of Lynch’s filmic vision. Concerned with the misadventure of a clean-cut teen called Jeffrey (Kyle MacLachlan) who upon discovering and subsequently investigating a severed ear becomes caught up in a creepy criminal underworld headed by the disturbed Frank Booth (Dennis Hopper), Blue Velvet is also significant for being Lynch’s first collaboration with composer Angelo Badalamenti. With his knack for juxtaposing angelic melodies that border on corny with dark harmonies that are weighed with dread, Badalamenti’s sound was the perfect musical accompaniment to the world depicted by Lynch in Blue Velvet. Badalamenti, who previously worked on film scores such as the blaxpoitation film Gordon’s War (Ossie Davis, 1973) and Law and Disorder (Ivan Passer, 1974), was introduced to...
- 8/18/2009
- by Clare Nina Norelli
- SoundOnSight
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