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Category Archives: Music

Scarlett Johansson’s Music Video. Clip of the Day.

April 29, 2008 – 10:22 am

About a week ago, a YouTuber posted an unofficial music video for the first single off Scarlett Johansson’s album of Tom Waits covers, “Falling Down,” made up entirely of footage from Lost In Translation. Now the official video for the song is making the rounds (see above), and although it’s made up of all new [...]

By Karina Longworth | Also posted in Clip of the Day, Video | Comments (3)

Amy Winehouse Confirmed But Not Confirmed for 007 Song

April 28, 2008 – 3:01 pm

The singer is doing a song. But the song may not be the song.

By Christopher Campbell | Also posted in Hollywood, Stars | Comments (2)

Iron Man to be Sabbath-Free?

April 22, 2008 – 11:46 am

Boo! The Playlist has details on the Iron Man soundtrack, and despite use of Black Sabbath’s “Iron Man” in various promos (see above) and intimations at last year’s ComicCon that the song would be in the film, it looks like it’s a no-go. “In fact, all the hard rockin’ songs in the trailer…are absent from [...]

By Karina Longworth | Also posted in Hollywood | Comments (3)

The Killers, John Lennon Implicated in Ben Stein’s Anti-Darwin Farce

April 16, 2008 – 11:15 am

Did The Killers really sell their song to Ben Stein’s anti-Darwin documentary? And do we really need to tar and feather them if they did?

By Karina Longworth | Also posted in Documentary, Politics | Comments (2)

My Blueberry Blog Round-Up: Blog Nosh 03/31/08

March 31, 2008 – 6:03 pm

Jim Emerson has collated an incredibly comprehensive account of the events of the 1983 Telluride Film Festival, where Andrei Tarkovsky made some obtuse statements about cinema and art, and Richard Widmark offered an eloquent counterargument, which can essentially be reduced to its most powerful two words: “He stinks.”
An intern in the Paramount Vantage publicity office [...]

By Karina Longworth | Also posted in Classics, Indies | Comments (2)

SXSW Video: Andre Williams & Eric Matthies

March 20, 2008 – 6:00 pm

A video interview with Andre Williams and Eric Matthies, subject and co-director of the SXSW doc, AGILE, MOBILE, HOSTILE.

By Karina Longworth | Also posted in Documentary, Film festivals, SXSW 2008 | Comments (2)

The Wackness and Biz Markie. Clip of the Day.

March 18, 2008 – 1:32 pm

THE WACKNESS gives us an excuse to revisit the grand romantic tragedy that doubles as the first recorded use of the phrase “Oh snap!”

By Karina Longworth | Also posted in Classics, Clip of the Day, Humor, Indies | Comments (1)

SXSW 2008: The Night James Brown Saved Boston

March 17, 2008 – 1:00 pm

For those of you who don’t know, in the wake of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a series of race riots broke out in major cities all over America. On one night in April of 1968, James Brown put on a show at the Boston Gardens. The televised broadcast of his performance [...]

By Michael Lerman | Also posted in Film festivals, SXSW 2008 | Comments (1)

SXSW 2008: Blip Festival: Reformat the Planet

March 17, 2008 – 10:20 am

From the powerful opening notes of Reformat the Planet, the doc hooks you to your seat with curiosity. A series of catchy tunes made on old school video gaming devices, hacked and manipulated to their furthest capacity by a series of talented artists from around the globe who come together for a four day [...]

By Michael Lerman | Also posted in Documentary, Film festivals, SXSW 2008 | Comments (0)

SXSW 2008: Shine a Light

March 17, 2008 – 9:25 am

Martin Scorsese’s Rolling Stones doc comes to SXSW.

By Michael Lerman | Also posted in Film festivals, SXSW 2008 | Comments (0)