Rock and Roll Daily (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
If the relationship between actress Natalie Portman and singer Devendra Banhart wasn’t disconcerting enough, the indie couple now appear in Banhart’s new video for “Carmensita.” Despite the Spanish title and lyrics, the video takes the Bollywood route. Banhart stars as a “rebellious beard” who must fight an overweight king to win back his love, curiously [...]
/Film (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
LastExitToNowhere has a new t-shirt inspired by Michel Gondry’s Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind. The t-shirt features Lacuna Inc, the fictional company which erases undesired memories in the film.Each T-shirt is screen printed by hand using vintage-style print on a royal blue short sleeve crew neck T-shirt. 100% Ultra Cotton Preshrunk. Available for £17.50 [...]
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
As the terms and bylaws that differentiate television and film continue to erode, the basic structural differences between the album and
Twitch (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
Just a week ago the first proper footage from upcoming anthology project Tokyo! arrived in the form of extended clips from each of the three involved segments - Michel Gondry’s Interior Design , Bong Joon-Ho’s Shaking Tokyo and Leos Carax’s Merde - and now those clips have finally been followed by the first proper trailer for the picture. I had the chance to catch an extended promo for this based largely...
THE BEAT (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
Dan Nadel writes: PictureBox will be in San Diego! We will have our file line of books. Lauren Weinstein will be present Friday, Saturday and Sunday, signing The Goddess of War. We will have Michel Gondry’s comic book, We Lost the War but Not the Battle, as well. And we are going to debut Comics Comics [...]
Laughing Squid (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
Here’s the trailer for the upcoming film Watchmen directed by Zack Snyder and based on the limited issue DC Comics series written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Dave Gibbons. The film is scheduled for release on March 6th, 2009. Related PostsIron Main Trailer To Be Made Into Feature Length FilmFatal Lightsaber Duel at Leia’s 22nd [...]
filmcritic.com Movie Reviews (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
As the terms and bylaws that differentiate television and film continue to erode, the basic structural differences between the album and the mix tape have all but vanished with the tide. The last few years have seen critical attention turn away from records with broad thematic arcs and toward the simpler idea of a collection of unrelated songs. One needs only to look at the exhaustive output of Lil'...
Deadline Hollywood Daily (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
HOLLYWOOD, CA (July 15, 2008) – Paramount Film Group President, John Lesher and Paramount Vantage President, Nick Meyer, today announced that Guy Stodel has been appointed Executive Vice President of Production and Acquisitions for Paramount Vantage. Stodel, who will report to Meyer, replaces Amy Israel, who has served as Executive Vice President of Production and [...]
Look At This... (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
Top 10 Greatest Fictional Bands ( via ) 23 album covers that changed everything 6 Famous Songs That Don't Mean What You Think 10 Things You Didn't Know About 'The King', Elvis Presley Michel Gondry Picks 25 Classic Music Videos Some douche steals Ian Curtis' (of Joy Division) headstone 7 Songs with Fewer Than 35 Words The Biggest Secret Rock Concert Ronnie Wood 'dumped by his wife of 23 years' over...
Apartment Therapy LA (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
It's the 14th of July which means is Bastille day, the French equivalent of the 4th of July and we couldn't resist pulling together some inspiration from our favorite French (and French-inspired) film
Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
Boerum Hill: Pétanque (that boccelike game), Gauloises, Gallic gypsy music, and other components of Frenchness reigned at yesterday's Bastille Day celebration on Smith Street. [ McBrooklyn ] East Village: The owner of the newish Bowery Wine Company was going to give free pizza to anti-gentrification protesters gathered outside, but the police told him not to because the protesters might start throwing...
Twitch (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
Well, glory be. At long last some actual footage from three part anthology project Tokyo - featuring contributions from Michel Gondry, Bong Joon Ho and Leos Carax - have arrived and their looking good. You’ll find extended scenes from all three segments of the film - Gondry’s Interior Design , Bong’s Shaking Tokyo and Carax’s Merde - below the break!
The Daily Dish (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
Another marvel from Michel Gondry:
brownstoner (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
Is French filmmaker Michel Gondry calling Brooklyn home nowadays? Peut-être. Last week a house on Orient Avenue in East Williamsburg changed hands for a little over a million bucks, and the buyer was ID'd in public records as Gondry....
The Daily Dish (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
As is his wont, Michel Gondry takes the concept to a new level - in space and time:
