BEAK> were formed in January 2009 by three Bristol musicians, Billy Fuller, Matt Williams and Geoff Barrow (Portishead). This is the lead track from their album to be released on 19th October 2009 on Invada Records Europe and ipecac in North America. Buy (pre-order) the album here.
Goodbye Solo tells the story of friendship between William, a 70-year-old Southerner with thoughts of suicide, and Solo, the cheerful cab driver tasked with driving him to his destination for the act. Roger Ebert called 34-year-old Ramin Bahrani “the great new American director” and White Tiger author Aravind Adiga described Goodbye Solo as “the little film that could,” noting that Bahrani resorts to “simple, direct, and classical storytelling” to take risks and give viewers two disparate ideas about the American Dream to think about.
Amy Adams and Emily Blunt star in the off-beat dramatic comedy Sunshine Cleaning. This uplifting film about an average family that finds the path to its dreams in an unlikely setting screened in competition at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.
500 Days of Summer: Tom (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is a romantic who has the misfortune of falling hard for his winsome co-worker Summer (Zooey Deschanel), a pragmatist where affairs of the heart are concerned. Their story unfolds through flashbacks as Tom tries to win Summer back while at the same time wrestling with the idea of Summer and the conflict between perfect love and reality. The highs, the lows, the depression—it will all ring true thanks to a spot-on script and strong performances. Plus, the soundtrack—which includes the Smiths, Regina Spektor, the Pixies and Belle & Sebastian—is almost worth the price of admission. (from VSL)
The Hurt Locker - 2008 Venice Film Festival SIGNIS Grand Prize winner.
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I first posted about this here. Well Tobias Stretch won the competition. It’s my favourite track on In Rainbows and what an awesome video Stretch has made.
Slumdog Millionaire, directed by Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, 28 Days Later) is about Jamal, a teenage orphan who is about to win the Hindi version of Millionaire. The authorities, refusing to accept that an uneducated “slumdog” could win without cheating, haul him off for questioning.
Desperate to prove his innocence, Jamal tells the story of his life in the slum and in doing so reveals where he learned the answers to the show’s seemingly impossible quizzes. But the true question is why this young man with no apparent desire for riches is really doing on the game show?
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NOTCOT: Banksy’s Village Petstore & Charcoal Grill from Jean Aw on Vimeo.
This film from NOTCOT’s Jean Aw is great in capturing Banksy’s Village Pet Store & Charcoal Grill.
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This is excellent. Typographical response to dialogue from Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels. By Ben White.
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