Being known for being unknown is a bit of a booby prize, but over the course of 35 years, the British multi-genre-punk band the Mekons has managed to make underachieving a heroic ideal. After recording more than 20 albums, what began as a bit of an art-school lark evolved into something stirring, earning the band a star turn in Joe Angio’s documentary, Revenge of the Mekons, which is screening at Film Forum for two more days.A few of the esteemed devotees they’ve picked up over the years gathered last Thursday night in a Columbia University auditorium for an Ivy League symposium: Novelist Jonathan Franzen, critic Greil Marcus, American Psycho director Mary Harron, nonfiction writer Luc Sante, and artist and architect Vito Acconci gave readings on the band after a screening of excerpts of the film, while band guitarist and singer Jon Langford sat among them, offering a song about...
- 11/3/2014
- by Alex Yablon
- Vulture
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
Broad Green Pictures, which announced its presence on the distribution scene in Toronto with a marquee $3 million deal for 99 Homes, has acquired North American rights to Mia Hansen-Løve’s Eden. The pic, set in the underground electronic dance movement in early-’90s Paris, had its world premiere in Toronto and is playing the New York Film Festival that kicks off Friday.
Broad Green plans a spring 2015 release for the pic, which follows Paul (Félix de Givry), a teenager drawn to the more soulful rhythms of Chicago’s garage house than rave music forms a DJ collective named Cheers (two of his friends form another one called Daft Punk, who float throughout the movie). Together they plunge into the ephemeral nightlife of sex, drugs, and endless music. Pauline Etienne, Vincent Macaigne co-star with appearances by Brady Corbet, Laura Smet and Greta Gerwig. The deal was negotiated by Grégoire Melin and Ram...
Broad Green plans a spring 2015 release for the pic, which follows Paul (Félix de Givry), a teenager drawn to the more soulful rhythms of Chicago’s garage house than rave music forms a DJ collective named Cheers (two of his friends form another one called Daft Punk, who float throughout the movie). Together they plunge into the ephemeral nightlife of sex, drugs, and endless music. Pauline Etienne, Vincent Macaigne co-star with appearances by Brady Corbet, Laura Smet and Greta Gerwig. The deal was negotiated by Grégoire Melin and Ram...
- 9/23/2014
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline
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