The altitude, the exhaustion and the anticipation are contributing to a ridiculous high
As Little as Possible — TELLURIDE, Colo. -- Tonight at 9 I'll be at the world premiere of I'm Not There, Todd Haynes' latest, which stars Heath Ledger, Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett and others as Bob Dylan. Check back for initial reaction from myself and from the fleet of Telluride staff, volunteers and students. Here's what the rest of the festival looks like: ...

Like David Lynch f*cked Cameron Crowe
As Little as Possible — That's my initial reaction to I'm Not There. Something more eloquent and articulate to follow...

Telluride Day 1: I'm Not There is a chase movie
As Little as Possible — TELLURIDE, Colo. -- First impression, written furiously as mountain thunder crackles in the distance:I'm Not There is a chase movie, and it plays like the lovechild of Cameron Crowe (the music worshipper) and David Lynch (master of splintering the psyche).No one in the movie plays a character named Bob Dylan, but they all play physical and/or emotional representations of Dylan. Christian Bale plays a folk music hero, Heath Ledger plays the actor who plays the folk music hero in a film, Cate Blanchett plays a folk music hero who goes ...

Ellen the Monarch Slayer
Film Experience Blog — ... will have the 'been there/done that/hey look at what she does in I'm Not There' factor to contend with during her Oscar campaign since The Golden Age isn't whipping anyone into a frenzy. The Academy does love it when famous actors play famous historical people but even they might be beginning to see that this trick is over rewarded (45% of the last five years of winners --yeeesh) and even if they don't they can still indulge this preference with Blanchett as Bob Dylan. ...

Toronto: the good and bad news
mainlymovies — Eastern Promises BMichael Clayton C—Sleuth D+Lars and the Real Girl C+I'm Not There ATrumbo W/OMarried Life BDiary of the Dead CNothing is Private B—Reservation Road D+Before the Devil Knows You're Dead B+The Besieged Fortress B+I'll put my Telegraph report up tomorrow; thanks to The Playlist for the Dylans collage.

2007, so far
mainlymovies — Nick beat me to it this year, but it seems about time for a post-Toronto round-up fielding the best of 2007 as of September. Here's my reply in kind:BEST PICTURE1. I’m Not There2. The Fall3. Lady Chatterley4. Conversations with Other Women5. YellaBEST DIRECTORPascale Ferran (Lady Chatterley)Todd Haynes (I’m Not There)Christian ...

CIFF 2007 PREVIEW
Antagony & Ecstasy — ... and I'm Not There - both of which, incidentally, I want to see with a burning passion - that's really frustrating. There are a few more foreign films that have been tearing up the world, but not much: ...

NYFF: "I'm Not There."
IFC: Indie Eye — ... screen, all for the sake of this "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Musical Icon" conceit. It's a great conceit, but it's better in theory than in practice, and better in "Velvet Goldmine" than here, alas. "I'm Not There" screens October 4 at 8:30pm and October 6 at 10am at Frederick P. Rose Hall. It opens November 16th in limited release from Magnolia. + "I'm Not There" (FilmLinc)+ "I'm Not There" (IMDb)

Are Julianne and Nathaniel Getting Back Together?
Film Experience Blog — ... Finally, my girl made me chuckle yesterday as a stiff folk singer in Todd Hayne's Bob Dylan rumination I'm Not There. One particular Julie moment has a distinct whiff of Christopher Guest style mockumentary adlib'ing. I laughed out loud and found my heart beating a little faster. Perhaps the trial separation is over. Is our love reborn?

Lunchtime Poll: I'm Not There Nobody Knows Me
Film Experience Blog — Lunchtime Poll: I'm Not There Nobody Knows Me I’m Not There the film, named after a Bob Dylan song, is prompting lots of pieces on the biopic genre as a whole and whether or not Todd Haynes’s fascinating fractured identity portrait captures the man in question. It seems silly that most people will still have to wait months after all the media coverage to see this film (sigh) but thems the breaks with long form platform releasing and the Weinstein Co at the helm. Yikes. But this got me to thinking about biopics and other musical shapeshifters. Today’s comment activity ...

And Now For Something Completely Shallow...
Film Experience Blog — ... ) and Heath Ledger is willing to flash his altogether onscreen (as he proves in the Dylan pic I'm Not There) why the hell didn't we get either of those things in ...

NYFF: I'm Not There and Persepolis
Film Experience Blog — ... I'm Not There is currently my least favorite Todd Haynes film. This could change. While watching this genius auteur's new film, I finally understood the past criticisms of his work --criticisms I have never shared-- but yes, his movies can play as intellectual thesis rather than, well, movies. I'm Not There's multiple actor gimmick is fascinating to grapple with but it leads inevitably to an uneven and chameleonic experience. Some pieces click into wonderful place and the movie feels like a blissful experimental ride and puzzle, other pieces only ...

FilmCouch #41
SpoutBlog — ... so, he’s created his own aesthetic. Karina is covering the New York Film Festival and she shares her personal best of the fest, Silent Light (but to Kevin’s chagrin, not I’m Not There). FilmCouch 41 Subscribe in the iTunes store (search for “filmcouch” or click here to launch iTunes) and a new free episode will download every Friday. Silent Light, I’m Not There

News: Cat Power, YLT, MMJ, Roots Fete Dylan in Concert
Pitchfork Media - Today — Along with Calexico, J Mascis, Lee Ranaldo, Mark Lanegan People sure do love Bob Dylan. They also love Todd Haynes. As a bit of a live-action companion piece to Haynes' Dylan meta-biopic I'm Not There and its accompanying star-studded soundtrack, New York's Beacon Theatre will host "I'm Not There: In Concert" on November 7. The list of performers-- much like that of the soundtrack, or those in the film-- is staggering: Cat ...

Worth Watching - Oct 18: I'm Not There Trailer - Bob Dylan Biopic
FirstShowing.net — ... You can also watch I'm Not There teaser trailer in High Definition at Apple I'm Not There is directed and co-written by Todd Haynes, of Velvet Goldmine and Far from Heaven. The seven actors who play Bob Dylan are: Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Marcus Carl Franklin, Richard Gere, Heath Ledger, and Ben Whishaw. I'm Not There hits limited theaters starting on November 21st. Discover More: Trailers, Indies, Worth ...

New I’m Not There trailer
Movie Marketing Madness — ... There’s a new trailer that’s been released by The Weinstein Co. for the Todd Haynes-directed I’m Not There. The movie tells the story of Bob Dylan through stories, some true and some imagined, and uses a variety of different actors to play the role of Dylan at different stages in his life. ...

Odds: Friday - Cormac, Coens, Corman.
IFC: Indie Eye — ... at the Star-Ledger tells the tale of two rock biopics: "I'm Not There" ("what's high-flown in 'I'm Not There' is matched by what's low-down. The movie has a visionary craziness and a carny barker's wiliness") and ...

51st London Film Festival
Movie Patron Blog and Cinecast — ... I’m Not There - Bob Dylan biopic starring Cate Blanchett and Christian Bale (both and many others playing Bob Dylan (wtf?)) ...

Batman, Batman, Batmaaaaaaan. Na-na-na-na...
IFC: Indie Eye — ... such neglected but spunky little flicks as "The Departed" and "Marie Antoinette" amongst the traditional indie fare, claiming the awards were "about honoring films made with a single vision versus films made by committee." This year, the nominations are back in the undeniably indie if not microbudget range: Best Feature:"Great World of Sound" - Craig Zobel (Magnolia)"I'm Not There" - Todd Haynes (Weinstein Co.)"Into the Wild" ...

I'm Not There
brooklynvegan — Annuals (now on Sony) - 2007 Tour Dates w/ M Orchestra | Main Posted in movies | music | streams on October 30, 2007 I'm Not There The soundtrack is really good. Largehearted Boy is right . Stream it at AOL . See it live sort of . The actual movie will be playing at Film Forum in NYC . when it opens on November 21st. Trailer and clips below... Tags: Allen Ginsberg , Bob Dylan , Cate Blanchett , Halloween , pumpkin Posted by brooklynvegan ...

PJ Harvey, Dylan Impersonator. Clip of the Day.
SpoutBlog — ... . In every way, it seems to be the audio mirror of the film: it’s a two-disc set of Bob Dylan covers by (by my count) 30 artists, each with a different style of interpretation. And like the film, the soundtrack is a massive undertaking that’s by turns interesting, boring, a failure and a success. You can listen to three tracks, by Sufjan Stevens, Cat Power and Calexico, ...

NOVEMBER 2007 MOVIE PREVIEW
Antagony & Ecstasy — ... , a vaguely quasi-religious action film with Timothy Olyphant in a bald cap, followed by Todd Haynes's apparently epic-length experimental Bob Dylan biopic, I'm Not There . Well actually Mr. Haynes, I am there, becuase this movie looks brilliant. Did I really just go for that pun? God, I suck. 28.11.2007 The single midweek release looks like everything indie movies should always be, but never are: bleak, anti-funny, starring Laura Linney and Philip Seymour Hoffman. Though I guess Linney and Hoffman should be in all movies in general, not just all indie movies. Anyway, ...

News: Report: I'm Not There: In Concert [New York, NY; 11/07/07]
Pitchfork Media - Today — Photos by Kathryn Yu, words by Amanda Petrusich ABOVE: MY MORNING JACKET Much like the film itself, the soundtrack to I'm Not There, Todd Haynes' already infamous Bob Dylan biopic (featuring an eclectic mess of actors in the lead role, from Cate Blanchett to Richard Gere to 11-year-old Marcus Carl Franklin) is a compelling, occasionally perplexing collection of interpretations of Dylan's work. Last night at New York's Beacon ...

On the Scene: The 'I'm Not There' concert at New York's Beacon Theatre
PopWatch — ... Haynes' film follows Dylan through the various stages of his career, with a different actor (Cate Blanchett, Heath Ledger, Christian Bale, Richard Gere) playing a Dylan from a particular era. And mimicking the way Haynes shifts perspectives, the concert began with a performance of "When the Ship Comes In" by the young ...

Shorties
Largehearted Boy — ... In the Los Angeles Times, Ann Powers reviews the Bob Dylan biopic, I'm Not There. This take on Dylan is a rich one. For one thing, it's helped revive interest in many lost touchstones of American music and literature; for another, it's helped Dylan avoid getting stuck in a web of baby boomer self-love. Haynes makes the most of the Trickster take by placing each of his six Dylanesque figures in a memory-rich landscape that intersects and goes beyond the songwriter's own. ...

I'M NOT THERE Soundtrack Is Where It's At
film babble blog — "There was a movie I seen one time I think I sat through it twice. I don't remember who I was or where I was bound" - Bob Dylan (from "Brownsville Girl" - Knock Out Loaded, 1986) So with less 2 weeks to go til one of the most anticipated movies of year (at least by me) - I'M NOT THERE ...

I’m Not There character posters
Movie Marketing Madness — ... Well I guess it makes sense that, since multiple actors portray Bob Dylan in I’m Not There that they would create one-sheets for each one. Luckily they’re all very cool looking and maintain the same style and branding from the previous versions. (via ...

Shorties
Largehearted Boy — ... Todd Haynes talks to the Oregonian about his Bob Dylan biopic, I'm Not There. "He really is about all of these absolutely total commitments to this era or that or the musical or the political landscape," Haynes says. "Or not. And the fact that he didn't stay in any of them and continued to redefine himself that has created this sense of the elusive mystery man. In many ways the film has the misshape of a life that has detours and oppositions and diversions and self-betrayals and denials and all the things that we all do to get through ...

Dylan Mythology Dissected Magnificently
film babble blog — "It has chaos, clocks, watermelons...you know what I'm sayin'...it's everything." - Jude (CATE BLANCHETT) I'M NOT THERE (Dir. Todd Haynes, 2007) It's funny that the upcoming WALK HARD: THE DEWEY COX STORY (the Judd Apatow written and produced comic mock epic with John C. Reilly as the lead) proposes to set fire to the tried and true clichés of modern music bio-pics because after the exciting experimental experience that is I'M NOT THERE those worn methods are already ashes. As most reading this know well by now Bob Dylan ...

Review: I'm Not There
Filmfodder News and Reviews — Movie Reviews Review: I'm Not There By Brian Orndof, Senior Reviewer Bob Dylan has always embraced his enigmatic legend, but this cockeyed sorta-bio-pic "I'm Not There" ( IMDb listing ) turns the musician into a flat-out puzzle. A marriage of surrealism, idolatry, and psychological babbling, "I'm Not There" is an especially intoxicating witches brew for the Dylan faithful, with enough directorial cartwheeling to keep the rest interested in the journey as well. Director/co-writer Todd Haynes isn't making a linear portrait of an artist with "I'm Not There;" instead, the ...

MovieWatch: "I'm Not There"
Check the Fien Print — "I'm Not There" Director: Todd Haynes Fien Print Rating (Out of 100): 59 In a Nutshell: Requisite background: Unlike "Control," which I went into knowing scarcely anything about Joy Division or the necessary musical background, I went into "I'm Not There" as a Bob Dylan fan. Of course, there are Bob Dylan fans and there are Dylan-ologists and I'm in that latter group. Between tapes, CDs and my iPod, I have at least 15 Dylan albums. I've seen him in concert (but only once) and when we had to do an AP English essay on the poet of our choosing, I picked Dylan, because I ...

Newsbites: Bale! Disciple! Gods! Life! Mimzy!
FilmChat — ... -- who is currently one of six actors playing Bob Dylan in I'm Not There -- really does play John Connor in the next Terminator movie, then perhaps the studio could cast ...

'I'm Not There' Leads Spirit Award Noms
Cinematical — ... Awards, New Releases, Angelina Jolie, Cinematical Indie I was going to headline this post with something about 'being there in spirit,' but I decided that's a lame way to start things off. Obviously, I'm being lame anyway by pointing out that I wasn't going to begin that way, while in effect beginning that way. So, why don't we just get to the news about the Independent Spirit Award nominations, shall we? Todd Hayne's I'm Not There received four nominations, including one each for Cate Blanchett and Marcus ...

Independent Spirit Awards Nominees Announced
FirstShowing.net — ... the Toronto Film Fest and a keen eye on the good indies that come my way). I've denoted my personal choices with a red *. You'll notice the [IMDb] link next to each one. This is so you can explore and discover, because there is guaranteed to be a movie you've never heard of on this list. BEST FEATURE The Diving Bell and the Butterfly [IMDb] I'm Not There [IMDb] *Juno [IMDb] A Mighty Heart [ ...

Independent Spirit Awards Nominations: A Look at the Best Indie Films of 2007
/Film — ... the list are: Juno (which is probably the best movie of the year), The Lookout, Rocket Science, The Savages, Interview, Waitress and Once. Juno obviously makes more than a few appearances on the nominee list (four to be exact), but the movie is SHOCKINGLY absent from the Best Screenplay category. Check out the list after the jump. BEST FEATURE The Diving Bell and the Butterfly [IMDb] I’m Not There [IMDb] Juno [IMDb] A Mighty Heart [IMDb] ...

Independent Spirit Awards Nominees Announced
Film School Rejects — ... February, but for others this is their biggest stage. On Tuesday, the following nominees were announced at a Film Independent Press Conference by Zach Braff and Lisa Kudrow. I have highlighted my personal picks (not predictions, just my picks) in red. (Thanks to Alex at FirstShowing.net for putting together the list with IMDb links.) BEST FEATURE The Diving Bell and the Butterfly [IMDb] I’m Not There [IMDb] Juno [IMDb] A Mighty Heart [IMDb] ...

IT DOES NOT MATTER THAT I STILL DON'T KNOW YOUR NAME
Antagony & Ecstasy — I hope you'll bear with me if I feel the need to declare this a first draft review of Todd Haynes's I'm Not There . What the film needs, I think, is plenty of time to digest, and a second viewing; I haven't had the first and I'm not going to have the second, in all likelihood, until the DVD release. So let's just acknowledge that I have an incomplete appreciation on the film, and this review is just a collection of dubiously cogent first impressions. I will revisit it, I promise. It has been long been said about Haynes that his films are intellectual exercises disguised as ...

HOW CIVILIZED MEN BEHAVE
Antagony & Ecstasy — ... is remembered - when it is remembered at all - largely as "that Dylan Western," or even "wow, I didn't know that 'Knockin' on Heaven's Door' was from a movie." And thanks to Todd Haynes and his cheerful, wholesale appropriation of the film's look for his new Dylan biopic I'm Not There , it seems that it may remain that way for a while yet. A far better claim to fame, in my view, is that this would prove to be the final "real" Western that its director ever made in a career still best-known for westerns: primarily his generally-regarded masterpiece ...

Heath Ledger Naked AGAIN?!
Oh No They Didn't! — (Caps from "I'm Not There") SOURCE

Post GRADUATE Studies
film babble blog — This Friday director Mike Nichols' latest film CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR is getting a full release but it's another Nichols' movie released 40 years ago to the day (Dec. 21st, 1967) that I'm blogging about here - THE GRADUATE . That's right, the much beloved classic that featured a young Dustin Hoffman as Benjamin Braddock - a college graduate who's worried about his future. His affair with Mrs. Robinson (Anne Bancroft), his courtship of her daughter Elaine (Katherine Ross), and the famous wedding crashing climax are all the stuff of legend so Film Babble is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the film this time ...

Pop Culture 101: Today's Class - WALK HARD
film babble blog — What better way to celebrate the holidays than to have another lesson in pop culture provided again by Judd Apatow and his cronies? Their new movie WALK HARD: THE DEWEY COX STORY follows the trajectory of a dramatised career overview and hits many familliar targets so it's a perfect professor for our forum. First up - A review of said film: WALK HARD: THE DEWEY COX STORY (Dir. Jake Kasdan, 2007) Dewey Cox (John C. Reilly) now joins the ranks of The Rutles as well as the Christopher Guest cinematic concoctions Spinal Tap and The Folksmen: that is ficticious musical entities ...

OFCS: 2007 NOMINATIONS
Antagony & Ecstasy — ... Christie, Away from Her Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose Angelina Jolie, A Mighty Heart Laura Linney, The Savages Ellen Page, Juno Best Supporting Actor Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men Philip Seymour Hoffman, Charlie Wilson's War Hal Holbrook, Into the Wild Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton Best Supporting Actress Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There Jennifer Garner, Juno Kelly MacDonald, No Country for Old Men ...

Señor Bale among IMDb's top 25 stars for 2007
Oh No They Didn't! — ... heads offscreen with her personal life and philanthropical work, the paparazzi's favorite actress was magnetic onscreen in the drama A Mighty Heart and the 3-D action flick Beowulf. 4. Christian Bale (Last year: #13) Though The Dark Knight doesn't premiere until July 2008, the build-up started early -- and fortunately for Bale fans, they could catch his solid performances in Rescue Dawn, I'm Not There and 3:10 to Yuma. 3. Hayden Panettiere ...

Supporting Actress 2007, Mine
Film Experience Blog — ... on my list for I'm Not There. It was something I puzzled over and fought with myself about (I take awards a wee bit too seriously, you know) but I saw the film again recently and she's not there. My hurdle was separating my own feelings about the way people react to her from her actual work. It's tough to do when someone is as revered and ubiquitous as she. So while I still find critical and public reaction to her as an actress annoyingly over reverent and undiscerning and I don't think she should win the Oscar for it and I ...

Blasting Bogdanovich & 10 Definitive Rockumentaries
film babble blog — Who knew Peter Bogdanovich could rock? This guy - the refined ascot wearing autuer who directed THE LAST PICTURE SHOW but is best known to the masses as Dr. Melphi's shrink on The Sopranos not only can rock but he can rock for a long ass time. 4 hours in fact - the length of his new rock documentary TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS: RUNNIN' DOWN A DREAM . I made it through the whole thing and loved it (I hope my review below won't take 4 hours to read) and it got me to thinking about other great rock documentaries, or rockumentaries if you will, so yeah - I made another official Film Babble list. First though ...

The 80th Academy Award Nominations - They Might Have Actually Gotten It Mostly Right
Tapeworthy — The Oscar Nominations for 2008 (for 2007 movies) are out. I'll keep updating this as I digest the nominations but a few surprises (mostly good for people we never thought would get a nomination) and even though I'm still groggy and not totally thinking properly this morning yet, no glarring nominations, or, at least a list that seems generally pretty good. Though I've been saying, the past few years, Oscars may not have gotten the actual winner right, but they have been getting better at the nominations, with lists that usually include more quality smaller pictures instead of larger bloated ...

The Film Babble Blog Top 10 Movies Of 2007
film babble blog — I’ve hesitated making a top ten list for the best of 2007 because there are many potential candidates that I haven’t seen yet – THE SAVAGES , THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES... , GONE BABY GONE , PERSOPOLIS , and THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY among them. I should be able to see those all fairly soon but then, come on, there will always be 2007 films that I haven’t seen out there. So here's my Top Ten: 1. NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (Dir. Joel & Ethan Coen) The Coen Brothers frighteningly faithful adaptation of the Cormac McCarthy novel is undoubtedly an immediate classic. I'll ...

Persepolis: Bio-Graph
VINYL IS HEAVY — ... and I’m Not There shamelessly rely on the popularity of the personality of the character. INT, for instance, pauses and zooms at the moment of a recognizable portrait contextualized. What was once one image, now is one in a series, transferring that interest in the portrait to one in the story of it in images. But why care about any image of Marjane Satrapi, much less an hour and a half of them? Persepolis has to answer that question. ...

Divided and Divisive: Dont Look Back
The House Next Door — By Zachary Wigon [ Dont Look Back opens today for a one-week run at Manhattan's Film Forum. Click here for screening and venue details. ] How appropriate that, as Dont Look Back wheels its way into New York's Film Forum, I'm Not There is still commanding one of the theater's other two screens; it's as if D.A. Pennebaker 's film lined itself up perfectly with the prism of Dylanology created by Todd Haynes . What's important to remember, of course, is that it is actually Haynes who is reading Pennebaker, not the other way around. Both ...

It's That Time Again - Film Babble's Funtime Oscar Picks 2008!
film babble blog — The Academy Awards is one week away so I am finalizing my predictions. I admit that I'm no expert - I only had 13 out of 24 right last year but it is such a fun process for a film fan so I'm game. In Roger Ebert's 2008 predictions column he writes "as usual I will allow my heart to outsmart my brain in one or two races, which is my annual downfall". I hear you Roger! That's why I decided to say "screw it!" and go with my heart. I went against my heart last year and guessed wrongly that BABEL ...

2008 Oscars: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Matte Havoc :: The Independent Film Commentator — ... themed category in which I will be basing this entire article upon. As explained by the prompt listed on the LAMB blog site I have been assigned to review the list of 2008 Oscar nominees for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. The task may be interesting and challenging since I haven't seen the entire list of films in which the nominated actresses have starred in. But I am up for the challenge. Now, here is a list of nominees for this respective category: Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There. Ruby Dee, American Gangster ...

BE KIND REWIND - Viewed, Reviewed, And Returned To The Dropbox
film babble blog — When STAR WARS: EPISODE III - REVENGE OF THE SITH - was the first in the series to not be available on the videocassette, many reported it as the death of the VHS format. Well BE KIND REWIND is here to hammer in the nails to the coffin. As a former video store employee who has worked for various chains over the years (most out of business now and the remaining will be soon) I was really looking forward to this movie and excited that it was coming to my hometown theatre. So let's pop it in and take a look: BE KIND REWIND (Dir. Michael Gondry, 2008) The premise is simple - after all the rental videotapes ...

The LAMB Devours the Oscars - Best Supporting Actress
The Large Association of Movie Blogs — ... themed category in which I will be basing this entire article upon. As explained by the prompt listed on the LAMB blog site I have been assigned to review the list of 2008 Oscar nominees for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. The task may be interesting and challenging since I haven't seen the entire list of films in which the nominated actresses have starred in. But I am up for the challenge. Now, here is a list of nominees for this respective category: Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There. Ruby Dee, American Gangster ...

Independent Spirit Awards Winners!
FirstShowing.net — ... seen most (thanks to attending the Toronto Film Fest and a keen eye on the good indies that come my way). Winners are listed in BOLD below. You'll notice the [IMDb] link next to each one. This is so you can explore and discover, because there is guaranteed to be a movie you've never heard of on this list. BEST FEATURE The Diving Bell and the Butterfly [IMDb] I'm Not There [IMDb] WINNER: Juno [IMDb] A Mighty Heart [ ...

Musical Biopic-alicious!
film babble blog — The musical biopic - a genre that is going strong these days ( WALK HARD and I'M NOT THERE tried but couldn't kill it) and will get stronger with upcoming projects focusing on Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Marvin Gaye, and Freddie Mercury of Queen possibly played by Sasha Baron Cohen in a film produced by Robert De Niro (WTF?). I just caught up with a few biopics plus a film that's not traditionally a biopic but it's not a tradtional rock doc either so I thought I'd include it. First off: LA VIE EN ROSE (Dir. Olivier Dahan, 2007) Had I seen this before last Sunday's Academy Awards I may very well have voted ...

New Neil Diamond Video - “Pretty Amazing Grace”
HYPEFUL — Hypeful.com About Contact Podcast Search New Neil Diamond Video - “Pretty Amazing Grace” 07 Apr Posted by Lucas as Video Neil Diamond Pretty Amazing Grace Live Neil Diamond’s 27th studio album(!) and the follow-up to his brilliant 2005 12 Songs , Home Before Dark (May 6th), once again pairts the music icon up with super-mega-legendary producer/beard-o Rick Rubin . (If your heart isn’t palpitating by the news of this release, you should either consult a doctor or seriously check out 12 Songs .) The album’s first single, “Pretty Amazing Grace,” ...

Flight of the Conchords Announce Second Season; Tour
HYPEFUL — Hypeful.com About Contact Podcast Search Flight of the Conchords Announce Second Season; Tour 09 Apr Posted by Lucas as Audio , TV Flight of the Conchords Bret McKenzie Jemaine Clement The good news? Flight of the Conchords are returning for a second television season! The bad news? The new episodes won’t be airing until January 2009 . Luckily, there’s three great ways to help pass the time waiting for Bret & Jermaine’s return. First, the band recommends checking out the Australian mockumentary series Summer Heights High (enjoy it with a ...

The Kooks Perform “Always Where I Need to Be” Live
HYPEFUL — Hypeful.com About Contact Podcast Search The Kooks Perform “Always Where I Need to Be” Live 10 Apr Posted by Lucas as Audio , Concerts The Kooks Luke Pritchard Live London Astoria The Kooks ‘ new single, “Always Where I Need To Be,” has been described as “a real grower track” - you know, one of those song that requires multiple plays to really get its hooks into you. For those who need further convincing of why they should dig this song, here’s a live version of The Kooks’ performing “Always Where I Need to Be” at a recent gig at London’s Astoria . MP3: ...

New Colin Meloy - “We Both Go Down Together”
HYPEFUL — Hypeful.com About Contact Podcast Search New Colin Meloy - “We Both Go Down Together” 11 Apr Posted by Lucas as Audio Colin Meloy Beard The Decemberists Wooden Ship Colin Meloy’s excellent new album, appropriately titled Colin Meloy Sings Live! , dropped on Tuesday - the same day Hypeful was lucky enough to see the hyper-literate Decemberists frontman live ! Needless to say that between the live act and the new disc, Meloy’s tunes have been in Hypeful’s head all week and we think his songs should be permanantly lodged in your noggin, too. Check out the oh-so-catchy ...

No Solace For Winehouse
HYPEFUL — Hypeful.com About Contact Podcast Search Solace For Winehouse" href="http://www.hypeful.com/2008/04/16/no-solace-for-winehouse/" rel="bookmark">No Solace For Winehouse 16 Apr Posted by Lucas as Audio , Film Amy Winehouse James Bond Daniel Craig Quantum of Solace Dr. No Theme Song Contrary to yesterday’s British reports and an endorsement from Sir Paul McCartney , Amy Winehouse has sadly quashed speculation she is secretly writing the title track for the upcoming Bond film Quantum Of Solace . Finding someone to sing the title track is going to be ...

New Old 97’s - “The Fool” and “The Easy Way”
HYPEFUL — Hypeful.com About Contact Podcast Search New Old 97’s - “The Fool” and “The Easy Way” 18 Apr Posted by Lucas as Audio Old 97’s Blame It On Gravity Following the release of their single “Dance With Me,” the Old 97’s have announced plans to gradually release all of the tracks from their upcoming album Blame It On Gravity until it drops on May 13th. Two new songs will be added to the band’s MySpace page every four to five days. The first two songs up for your listening pleasure are “The Fool” and “The Easy Way.” STREAM: Old 97’s - “The Fool” ...

New Grizzly Bear - “While You Wait for the Others”
HYPEFUL — Hypeful.com About Contact Podcast Search New Grizzly Bear - “While You Wait for the Others” 24 Apr Posted by Lucas as Audio , TV , Video Grizzly Bear After the writers’ strike canceled their appearance last November , Grizzly Bear finally made it on to Late Night With Conan O’Brien this week where they performed their brand-new song “While You Wait for the Others.” Check it out below, along with an MP3 of the band playing the song on KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic . MP3 : Grizzly Bear - “While You Wait for the Others” ( Live On ...

Atmosphere Launches Site To Help You Tag The Web
HYPEFUL — Hypeful.com About Contact Podcast Search Atmosphere Launches Site To Help You Tag The Web 09 May Posted by Lucas as Audio Atmosphere When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That S— Gold Tag The Web Graffiti Spraypaint Banksy Atmosphere wants to help you bring out your inner Banksy all over the interwebs via a promo website for its new awesomely titled album, When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold .To add graffiti to any website, just type in the URL into the box on this site and they’ll provide you with all of the virtual tools ...

The Telluride Film Festival… 18 days!
Lair of the Green Knight — ... of the Sundance Film Festival in Telluride for the last 35 years. I have to admit that I wasn’t aware of the festival until last year and this year it looks like an interesting set of films being shown. The festival starts August 29 and runs through September 1st. Running shorts, documentaries, independent and foreign films, the festival attracts quite a number of submissions. This year’s lineup includes films such as: I’m Not There - Six different characters exploring aspects of Bob Dylan’s ...

Help Us Cast 'The Michael Phelps Story' [Defamer Casting]
Gawker: defamer — ... angle, but how about John Krasinski, who plenty of fans of The Office might like to see wearing a hydrodynamic speedo for two hours? However, if producers are willing to take a Todd Haynes-inspired flight of fancy, might we also recommend Will Smith? He's got the ears and the toned body, and we have no trouble imagining him as he mows down a fleet of zombie swimmers, accompanied by nothing but his trusty goldfish (and, of course, his loneliness). ...

John Lennon Biopic Titled Nowhere Boy Being Developed
FirstShowing.net — ... Last year we saw I'm Not There, a biopic on Bob Dylan, as well as Control, a biopic on Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis. Newly in production this year is a biopic on Beatles singer John Lennon titled Nowhere Boy. Like Control before it, this film is being directed by a "visual artist" named Sam Taylor-Wood and will feature a script even written by Control screenwriter Matt Greenhalgh. The story will focus on Lennon's childhood and subsequent journey to Beatles fame. The script ...

MotM Episodes 3 & 4
Film Experience Blog — ... (1998) on the 10th anniversary of its theatrical release. As kaleidoscope musical bios go, it served as warm up to I'm Not There only it's, you know, better: Jonathan Rhys Meyers at his prettiest, Christian Bale at his gayest, Toni Collette at her most theatrical and Ewan McGregor in the altogether ...all of them sweating glitter. As they should be. It's a smorgasbord of cinematic delights and it'll be a huge glam rock blog ball ...provided you dress appropriately. You've got two months to work on your ensemble.

Musical of the Month: Velvet Goldmine
Film Experience Blog — ... When I first announced this Velvet celebration I dropped the argumentative note that I think it's a better film than Haynes's recent and more acclaimed picture I'm Not Th ...

A whole ocean of unfinished business
mainlymovies — ... Funny Ha Ha 9. Les petites vacances 8. Into the Wild 7. Yella 6. Conversations with Other Women 5. The Night of the Sunflowers 4. Lady Chatterley 3. 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days 2. I'm Not There 1. There Will Be Blood ...

Milk (2008)
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Ledger fans want Joker removed
Filmstalker — ... at Heath Ledger's stats we see films I've never heard of during the days of his Home and Away television appearance, and such titles as 10 Things I Hate About You , The Patriot , A Knight's Tale , The Four Feathers , Ned Kelly , The Order , Casanova and Candy . Of course there are some good names in there too, Monster's Ball , Lords of Dogtown , The Brother's Grimm , Brokeback Mountain , I'm Not There and The Dark Knight (Filmstalker review) . Out of that I'd pick those ...

10 Best Online Marketing Gimmicks
SpoutBlog — ... Longworth, than we did watching Disney’s Earth. Then again, we at least saw the documentary, primarily because of its promotion, yet we probably won’t be seeing the very banal-looking Obsessed. Ignoring whether or not they were successful, we picked ten other favorite viral gimmicks, many of which were more enjoyable than the movies they promoted: 10. “Subterranean Homesick Blues” Messages, for I’m Not There (2007) Technically this gimmick, which is like the ...

Bob Dylan’s Late Style (Feature)
PopMatters — ... ’65 and ’66, cementing a new identity as a raucous rock-n-roller. But Dylan outlived this version of himself, too—by the following year, he had retreated from the spotlight and began to release countrified albums backed by the Band and Nashville veterans. The various deaths and rebirths continued through the gospel albums, the middling ‘80s tours and records, and on to the apotheosis of 1997. For an appropriately disorienting view of Dylan’s changes, look at Todd Haynes’s film I’m Not There . Through it all, there was Dylan playing nightly on his 20-years-and-counting “never ...

Another Round Of Great DVD Commentaries
film babble blog — ... 6. I’M NOT THERE (Dir. Todd Haynes, 2007) Haynes’ odd yet transfixing meditation on “the many lives of Bob Dylan” (one of my top 5 films of 2007) confused a lot of people, particularly those unfamiliar with the troubled troubadour's background. Haynes delivers a commentary that should clear up that huge cloud of confusion as he sites references and breaks down various inspirations for every detail in every scene. Some sample quotage: ...

BRIGHT STAR: The Film Babble Blog Review
film babble blog — ... With no showy tricks or stylish staging, Campion provides a sad splendor to what in someone else's hands might amount to just another costume drama. Whishaw, who has portrayed other notable tortured artists such as Bob Dylan (I’M NOT THERE) and Keith Richards ( ...

The Messenger trailer online
Filmstalker — ... keen to see the film, not because of the awards shown on the screen or the review quotes, these things don't tend to make me overly excited about a film unless it's someone I trust or I've seen the film at the festival myself. No the reason I'm taken so by this film is the trailer itself and the edgy performances it looks like we'll get as well as the emotional story that covers something we haven't really seen to date. From co-writer and director Oren Moverman , who co-wrote I'm Not There and the film Married Life which is full of human emotion and drama and ...

The Best Films of the 2000s
FILMdetail — ... There Will Be Blood (Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson) No Country for Old Men (Dir. The Coen Brothers) The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Dir. Julian Schnabel) Zodiac (Dir. David Fincher) Taxi to the Darkside (Dir. Alex Gibeny) Michael Clayton (Dir. Tony Gilroy) I’m Not There (Dir. Todd Haynes) 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days ...