Coachella has revealed its weekend one set times, which includes the surprise, last-minute addition of Vampire Weekend.
Friday’s lineup boasts headliner Lana Del Rey, as well as performances from Peso Pluma, Justice, Deftones, Ateez, Sukie Waterhouse, Yoasobi, Brittany Howard, Faye Webster, L’Impératrice, Chappell Roan, and The Japanese House.
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Saturday features back-to-back-to-back performances from Sublime, Blur, and No Doubt on the Coachella main stage in the lead up to Tyler, the Creator’s headlining set. Vampire Weekend’s surprise set takes place at the Outdoor Theatre at 5:00 p.m, while the day’s other scheduled performers include Orbital, Jon Batiste, Oneohtrix Point Never, The Last Dinner Party, Bleachers, Ice Spice, and Le Sserafim.
Sunday’s lineup promises headliner Doja Cat, plus J Balvin, Jhené Aiko, Khruangbin, Reneé Rapp, The Rose, Lil Yachty, Taking Back Sunday, feeble little horse, Mdou Moctar, 88Rising, Victoria Monét, Jamie xx x Floating Points x Daphni,...
Friday’s lineup boasts headliner Lana Del Rey, as well as performances from Peso Pluma, Justice, Deftones, Ateez, Sukie Waterhouse, Yoasobi, Brittany Howard, Faye Webster, L’Impératrice, Chappell Roan, and The Japanese House.
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Saturday features back-to-back-to-back performances from Sublime, Blur, and No Doubt on the Coachella main stage in the lead up to Tyler, the Creator’s headlining set. Vampire Weekend’s surprise set takes place at the Outdoor Theatre at 5:00 p.m, while the day’s other scheduled performers include Orbital, Jon Batiste, Oneohtrix Point Never, The Last Dinner Party, Bleachers, Ice Spice, and Le Sserafim.
Sunday’s lineup promises headliner Doja Cat, plus J Balvin, Jhené Aiko, Khruangbin, Reneé Rapp, The Rose, Lil Yachty, Taking Back Sunday, feeble little horse, Mdou Moctar, 88Rising, Victoria Monét, Jamie xx x Floating Points x Daphni,...
- 4/9/2024
- by Alex Young
- Consequence - Music
Coachella has revealed its 2024 lineup featuring headliners Lana Del Rey, Tyler the Creator, and Doja Cat, plus special reunion performances from No Doubt and Sublime.
Specifically, No Doubt’s classic lineup of Gwen Stefani, Tony Kanal, Tom Dumont, and Adrian Young will take the stage together for the first time in nine years. Meanwhile, Sublime’s surviving members, Eric Wilson and Bud Gaugh, will perform with Bradley Nowell’s son, Jakob, as their singer.
Other notable acts on Coachella’s 2024 lineup include Blur, Ice Spice, Deftones, Justice, Peso Pluma, Grimes, Gesaffelstein, Ateez, J Balvin, Bizarrap, Le Sserafim, Oneohtrix Point Never, Carin León, Reneé Rapp, Faye Webster, Bleachers, Khruangbin, Jon Batiste, Jhené Aiko, Brittany Howard, Kevin Abstract, The Rose, The Last Dinner Party, Tyla, Suki Waterhouse, Chapelle Roan, Taking Back Sunday, Black Country, New Road, Mdou Moctar, Feeble Little Horse, and more.
Coachella 2024 takes place over two weekends, April 12th-14th and April 19th – 21st,...
Specifically, No Doubt’s classic lineup of Gwen Stefani, Tony Kanal, Tom Dumont, and Adrian Young will take the stage together for the first time in nine years. Meanwhile, Sublime’s surviving members, Eric Wilson and Bud Gaugh, will perform with Bradley Nowell’s son, Jakob, as their singer.
Other notable acts on Coachella’s 2024 lineup include Blur, Ice Spice, Deftones, Justice, Peso Pluma, Grimes, Gesaffelstein, Ateez, J Balvin, Bizarrap, Le Sserafim, Oneohtrix Point Never, Carin León, Reneé Rapp, Faye Webster, Bleachers, Khruangbin, Jon Batiste, Jhené Aiko, Brittany Howard, Kevin Abstract, The Rose, The Last Dinner Party, Tyla, Suki Waterhouse, Chapelle Roan, Taking Back Sunday, Black Country, New Road, Mdou Moctar, Feeble Little Horse, and more.
Coachella 2024 takes place over two weekends, April 12th-14th and April 19th – 21st,...
- 1/17/2024
- by Scoop Harrison
- Consequence - Music
Oneohtrix Point Never (aka Daniel Lopatin) has extended his previously announced tour with a new leg of North American dates in support of his latest album, Again.
The tour kicks off on April 15th in San Francisco ahead of dates in Chicago, Seattle, Portland, Montreal, Boston, and Washington, DC. See the full schedule below.
Tickets for the new dates go on sale Friday, January 12th at 10:00 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster.
Once tickets are on sale, you can also find them at StubHub, where orders are 100% guaranteed through StubHub’s FanProtect program. StubHub is a secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.
The live production will feature creative direction and visuals from multi-disciplinary artist Freeka Tet — who previously collaborated with the musician on the video for Again closer “A Barely Lit Path” — and additional digital animations from frequent collaborator Nate Boyce.
The tour kicks off on April 15th in San Francisco ahead of dates in Chicago, Seattle, Portland, Montreal, Boston, and Washington, DC. See the full schedule below.
Tickets for the new dates go on sale Friday, January 12th at 10:00 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster.
Once tickets are on sale, you can also find them at StubHub, where orders are 100% guaranteed through StubHub’s FanProtect program. StubHub is a secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.
The live production will feature creative direction and visuals from multi-disciplinary artist Freeka Tet — who previously collaborated with the musician on the video for Again closer “A Barely Lit Path” — and additional digital animations from frequent collaborator Nate Boyce.
- 1/10/2024
- by Kayla Higgins
- Consequence - Music
Throughout his television career, Nathan Fielder has built two separate but overlapping images of himself. The first, his on-screen persona, is that of a stone-faced comedian who constantly places himself and others in uncomfortable situations, flubbing something as basic as a high-five or a polite joke, sometimes chastising a subject over a minor misstep. The second, as a philosopher of modern life, is that of a reality TV genius who uses the medium to comment on the nature of media consumption, what it means to “represent reality” in such shows, and the ethics of putting real people and their troubles in front of an audience.
The experimental HBO series The Rehearsal provided plenty of fuel for debates about whether or not Fielder was exploiting his subjects, regardless of their TV-ready antics and their signing release forms. Of course, such debates were at the heart of the series itself, as Fielder...
The experimental HBO series The Rehearsal provided plenty of fuel for debates about whether or not Fielder was exploiting his subjects, regardless of their TV-ready antics and their signing release forms. Of course, such debates were at the heart of the series itself, as Fielder...
- 11/10/2023
- by Zach Lewis
- Slant Magazine
Plot: A genre-bending drama series that explores how an alleged curse disturbs the relationship of a newly married couple as they try to conceive a child while co-starring on their new HGTV show.
Review: As I write this review, I am still unsure how to process The Curse. I am a fan of everyone involved in this project, including A24 and their continuous streak of financing the strangest projects that no one else would produce. Based on the trailer, I expected The Curse to be a satire of reality DIY shows that have grown in popularity over the last twenty years. I also expected the series to blend Nathan Fielder’s signature deadpan, semi-documentary projects like Nathan For You and How To with John Wilson. Instead, The Curse is a surreal and bizarre show that defies categorization and combines elements of multiple genres, including psychological horror, to generate a narrative that defies categorization.
Review: As I write this review, I am still unsure how to process The Curse. I am a fan of everyone involved in this project, including A24 and their continuous streak of financing the strangest projects that no one else would produce. Based on the trailer, I expected The Curse to be a satire of reality DIY shows that have grown in popularity over the last twenty years. I also expected the series to blend Nathan Fielder’s signature deadpan, semi-documentary projects like Nathan For You and How To with John Wilson. Instead, The Curse is a surreal and bizarre show that defies categorization and combines elements of multiple genres, including psychological horror, to generate a narrative that defies categorization.
- 11/6/2023
- by Alex Maidy
- JoBlo.com
For good or ill, the new Showtime series "The Curse" just about defies description. On its face, the hourlong dark comedy-drama is a sly and nasty satire of shows like "Love It or List It," "Flip or Flop," and others from the HGTV stable of faux-reality "reality television." One of the series' co-creators, co-writers, and co-stars, Nathan Fielder, has long excelled in making undefinable TV shows that operate on a specific level of bleak comedy that also raises questions of what is and isn't real, and whether anything presented as part of the television landscape can truly embody reality. The other co-creator, co-writer, and co-star, Benny Safdie, has become as recognizable as a performer in making uncompromisingly dark films like "Good Time" and "Uncut Gems," which push their characters past the breaking point and into unexpected realms. What "The Curse" does lines up well with both Fielder and Safdie, and...
- 11/6/2023
- by Josh Spiegel
- Slash Film
Mgmt have finally confirmed their next album. Titled Loss of Life, the band’s fifth full-length arrives on February 23rd via Mom + Pop. In anticipation, the first single, “Mother Nature,” is out now.
Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser co-produced Loss of Life along with Patrick Wimberly, while their longtime collaborator Dave Fridmann handled mixing. Daniel Lopatin (Oneohtrix Point Never), Brian Burton (Danger Mouse), and James Richardson provide additional production on “Dancing in Babylon” — which includes the first-ever feature on an Mgmt record, thanks to Christine and the Queens. Finally, Miles A. Robinson served as associate producer and engineer on the LP.
With acoustic guitar and relaxed vocals, “Mother Nature” feels a lot more grounded than the psychedelic singles that made Mgmt famous over a decade ago. In a statement, the duo said the song “outlines the archetypical Mgmt mythology of one hero attempting to get the other hero to come...
Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser co-produced Loss of Life along with Patrick Wimberly, while their longtime collaborator Dave Fridmann handled mixing. Daniel Lopatin (Oneohtrix Point Never), Brian Burton (Danger Mouse), and James Richardson provide additional production on “Dancing in Babylon” — which includes the first-ever feature on an Mgmt record, thanks to Christine and the Queens. Finally, Miles A. Robinson served as associate producer and engineer on the LP.
With acoustic guitar and relaxed vocals, “Mother Nature” feels a lot more grounded than the psychedelic singles that made Mgmt famous over a decade ago. In a statement, the duo said the song “outlines the archetypical Mgmt mythology of one hero attempting to get the other hero to come...
- 10/31/2023
- by Carys Anderson
- Consequence - Music
Oneohtrix Point Never has shared his new album, Again, today (September 29th) via Warp. Stream it via Apple Music or Spotify below.
In a statement, the artist born Daniel Lopatin described the project as “a speculative autobiography” that began as an interpretation of his musical identity during young adulthood from the perspective of middle age. It grew into an “‘illogical period piece” as Lopatin pondered what could have been had he made different musical decisions.
The album’s artwork features an original sculpture by Matias Falkbakken (which Lopatin helped conceptualize) and was photographed by Vegard Kleven. In anticipation of the album, Opn shared the single “A Barely Lit Path.” Check out the music video below.
Again is the proper follow-up to Magic Oneohtrix Point Never, which Consequence named one of the best albums of 2020. One year following its release, Opn expanded the LP with a Blu-ray edition. Last year, his...
In a statement, the artist born Daniel Lopatin described the project as “a speculative autobiography” that began as an interpretation of his musical identity during young adulthood from the perspective of middle age. It grew into an “‘illogical period piece” as Lopatin pondered what could have been had he made different musical decisions.
The album’s artwork features an original sculpture by Matias Falkbakken (which Lopatin helped conceptualize) and was photographed by Vegard Kleven. In anticipation of the album, Opn shared the single “A Barely Lit Path.” Check out the music video below.
Again is the proper follow-up to Magic Oneohtrix Point Never, which Consequence named one of the best albums of 2020. One year following its release, Opn expanded the LP with a Blu-ray edition. Last year, his...
- 9/29/2023
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Music
In a recent New Yorker interview, experimental electronic musician Daniel Lopatin noted that he finds most of the hand-wringing over A.I., specifically in the context of creating music, to be overblown. What’s more interesting, he added, is seeing how A.I. “creates these insinuated arrangements that don’t sound anything like any music I’ve ever heard.”
This tension between the organic and the synthetic—or, more specifically, between what sounds “natural” and what’s trying its hardest to be perceived as such—defines Again, Lopatin’s 10th album as Oneohtrix Point Never. It’s an album that, like much of Lopatin’s work, sounds as if every single MP3 file on a hard drive was corrupted beyond the point of recognition. But there’s still a wealth of grace and unearthly beauty to be found in these glitched-out compositions.
There’s an abundance of allusions to Lopatin’s past releases throughout Again,...
This tension between the organic and the synthetic—or, more specifically, between what sounds “natural” and what’s trying its hardest to be perceived as such—defines Again, Lopatin’s 10th album as Oneohtrix Point Never. It’s an album that, like much of Lopatin’s work, sounds as if every single MP3 file on a hard drive was corrupted beyond the point of recognition. But there’s still a wealth of grace and unearthly beauty to be found in these glitched-out compositions.
There’s an abundance of allusions to Lopatin’s past releases throughout Again,...
- 9/29/2023
- by Paul Attard
- Slant Magazine
Trey Shults is riding the wave of Hollywood stardom.
After the “Waves” director recently confirmed an upcoming film starring Jenna Ortega, Oscar nominee Barry Keoghan, and The Weeknd, aka Abel Tesfaye, sources told IndieWire that Shults is additionally helming a secret A24 film. Casting has not yet been announced for the still-untitled feature.
A24 recently took home nine Oscars and made history as the first studio to dominate all major categories at the Academy Awards, with Best Picture winner “Everything Everywhere All at Once” and “The Whale” sweeping acting categories.
The previously announced Shults film, which he co-wrote with Tesfaye, also has tangential ties to A24. Reza Fahim, who collaborated with Tesfaye on HBO series “The Idol,” also co-wrote the new project; A24 produces “The Idol,” as well as “Euphoria,” with “The Idol” showrunner Sam Levinson.
Tesfaye will compose the score for the feature with Daniel Lopatin, or Opn, who...
After the “Waves” director recently confirmed an upcoming film starring Jenna Ortega, Oscar nominee Barry Keoghan, and The Weeknd, aka Abel Tesfaye, sources told IndieWire that Shults is additionally helming a secret A24 film. Casting has not yet been announced for the still-untitled feature.
A24 recently took home nine Oscars and made history as the first studio to dominate all major categories at the Academy Awards, with Best Picture winner “Everything Everywhere All at Once” and “The Whale” sweeping acting categories.
The previously announced Shults film, which he co-wrote with Tesfaye, also has tangential ties to A24. Reza Fahim, who collaborated with Tesfaye on HBO series “The Idol,” also co-wrote the new project; A24 produces “The Idol,” as well as “Euphoria,” with “The Idol” showrunner Sam Levinson.
Tesfaye will compose the score for the feature with Daniel Lopatin, or Opn, who...
- 3/16/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
The best in Canadian music have been revealed.
On Monday night, the 2023 Juno Awards, hosted by Simu Liu, are taking place live from Edmonton’s Rogers Place with performances by Jessie Reyez, Tate McRae, Tenille Townes and more, plus an epic performance that will spotlight 50 years of Hip Hop.
From the Opening Night Awards, which took place on Saturday March 11, to the annual big awards ceremony, broadcasted live on TV, artists including The Weeknd, Arkells and more have already taken home some of the night’s biggest awards, and some even broke records.
Read More: The Weeknd Sweeps Junos Opening Night, Ties Bryan Adams For Second Most Wins Of All Time
Check out all of this year’s winners, indicated in bold, below:
TikTok Juno fan choice Avril Lavigne Lauren Spencer-Smith MacKenzie Porter Preston Pablo Rêve Shawn Mendes Tate McRae The Reklaws The Weeknd Tyler Shaw Single of the year “Bite Me,...
On Monday night, the 2023 Juno Awards, hosted by Simu Liu, are taking place live from Edmonton’s Rogers Place with performances by Jessie Reyez, Tate McRae, Tenille Townes and more, plus an epic performance that will spotlight 50 years of Hip Hop.
From the Opening Night Awards, which took place on Saturday March 11, to the annual big awards ceremony, broadcasted live on TV, artists including The Weeknd, Arkells and more have already taken home some of the night’s biggest awards, and some even broke records.
Read More: The Weeknd Sweeps Junos Opening Night, Ties Bryan Adams For Second Most Wins Of All Time
Check out all of this year’s winners, indicated in bold, below:
TikTok Juno fan choice Avril Lavigne Lauren Spencer-Smith MacKenzie Porter Preston Pablo Rêve Shawn Mendes Tate McRae The Reklaws The Weeknd Tyler Shaw Single of the year “Bite Me,...
- 3/14/2023
- by Melissa Romualdi
- ET Canada
The scariest thing for newly-minted scream queen Jenna Ortega? Conflicting production schedules.
The “Wednesday” star revealed that she was “devastated” to not return to serial killer drama “You” for Season 4 after making her series debut in the second season as Joe Goldberg’s (Penn Badgley) confidante Ellie.
“I was devastated,” Ortega told Entertainment Tonight of not being able to return to the series. “Easily one of my favorite sets that I’ve ever, ever been on. I was so devastated. I miss Ellie, and I’ve been wanting to go back to Ellie for a long time, but I was in Romania shooting ‘Wednesday.’ I couldn’t travel back and forth with the pandemic and everything like that, and when you’re committed to a show there’s just no way that it could’ve worked out.”
Ortega added, “But that one, that bummed me out. I tried.”
“You” showrunner...
The “Wednesday” star revealed that she was “devastated” to not return to serial killer drama “You” for Season 4 after making her series debut in the second season as Joe Goldberg’s (Penn Badgley) confidante Ellie.
“I was devastated,” Ortega told Entertainment Tonight of not being able to return to the series. “Easily one of my favorite sets that I’ve ever, ever been on. I was so devastated. I miss Ellie, and I’ve been wanting to go back to Ellie for a long time, but I was in Romania shooting ‘Wednesday.’ I couldn’t travel back and forth with the pandemic and everything like that, and when you’re committed to a show there’s just no way that it could’ve worked out.”
Ortega added, “But that one, that bummed me out. I tried.”
“You” showrunner...
- 3/2/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Image Source: Getty / Gilbert Flores / Variety
Abel Tesfaye, known onstage as The Weeknd, is securing his role as a multi-hyphenate in Hollywood with his first starring role in a feature film. On Feb. 28, the "Save Your Tears" singer's rep confirmed to Popsugar that he will make his movie debut as a lead actor, producer, writer, and director in an upcoming film. The untitled production will also star "Wednesday"'s Jenna Ortega and "The Banshees of Inisherin"'s Barry Keoghan.
According to the press release, the project will also be produced and co-written by Tesfaye's producing partner Reza Fahim. Additional producers include "The Idol"'s Kevin Turen and "Euphoria"'s Harrison Kreiss. The crew includes critically acclaimed director of photography Chayse Irvin, Trey Edward Shults as a writer and director, and composer and producer Daniel Lopatin, better known as Opn. Previously, Opn worked on the scores for "Good Time" and "Uncut Gems,...
Abel Tesfaye, known onstage as The Weeknd, is securing his role as a multi-hyphenate in Hollywood with his first starring role in a feature film. On Feb. 28, the "Save Your Tears" singer's rep confirmed to Popsugar that he will make his movie debut as a lead actor, producer, writer, and director in an upcoming film. The untitled production will also star "Wednesday"'s Jenna Ortega and "The Banshees of Inisherin"'s Barry Keoghan.
According to the press release, the project will also be produced and co-written by Tesfaye's producing partner Reza Fahim. Additional producers include "The Idol"'s Kevin Turen and "Euphoria"'s Harrison Kreiss. The crew includes critically acclaimed director of photography Chayse Irvin, Trey Edward Shults as a writer and director, and composer and producer Daniel Lopatin, better known as Opn. Previously, Opn worked on the scores for "Good Time" and "Uncut Gems,...
- 3/1/2023
- by Chanel Vargas
- Popsugar.com
The Weeknd is turning his talents towards the world of film.
The Grammy Award-winning artist will star in a feature film that he wrote and is also producing. Barry Keoghan and “Wednesday” star Jenny Ortega will also star in the film, with the latter executive producing.
Read More: The Weeknd Makes Spotify History Thanks To His Millions Of Monthly Listeners
The project has already started filming in Los Angeles, but the logline and details behind the film are currently under wraps.
Aside from starring, writing and producing, The Weeknd will also wear another hat as he composes the film’s soundtrack alongside Acclaimed composer and producer Opn (real name Daniel Lopatin). Opn has previously worked on “Uncut Gems” and “Good Time”.
Read More: Ariana Grande Breaks Musical Hiatus With Remix of The Weeknd’s ‘Die For You’
Aside from his feature film debut, the musician will also dominate the airwaves...
The Grammy Award-winning artist will star in a feature film that he wrote and is also producing. Barry Keoghan and “Wednesday” star Jenny Ortega will also star in the film, with the latter executive producing.
Read More: The Weeknd Makes Spotify History Thanks To His Millions Of Monthly Listeners
The project has already started filming in Los Angeles, but the logline and details behind the film are currently under wraps.
Aside from starring, writing and producing, The Weeknd will also wear another hat as he composes the film’s soundtrack alongside Acclaimed composer and producer Opn (real name Daniel Lopatin). Opn has previously worked on “Uncut Gems” and “Good Time”.
Read More: Ariana Grande Breaks Musical Hiatus With Remix of The Weeknd’s ‘Die For You’
Aside from his feature film debut, the musician will also dominate the airwaves...
- 2/28/2023
- by Anita Tai
- ET Canada
Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye will have his first starring role in a feature film that he wrote and is also producing. The picture, which is currently untitled and has been kept shrouded in mystery regarding its plot, genre and the like is being directed by Trey Edward Shults, the filmmaker behind “Waves” and “It Comes at Night.” Shults also co-wrote the movie and is executive producing it. We do know that it is shooting in Los Angeles, but aside from that the “logline is being kept under wraps.”
Whether comedy or tragedy, action adventure or musical extravaganza, this impressively vague feature has lined up a top shelf cast. Beyond The Weeknd, a Grammy-winning recording juggernaut, the film also stars Jenna Ortega, the star of “Wednesday” and “Scream VI,” as well as Barry Keoghan, the Oscar-nominated actor from “The Banshees of Inisherin” and “The Killing of a Sacred Deer.”
The film...
Whether comedy or tragedy, action adventure or musical extravaganza, this impressively vague feature has lined up a top shelf cast. Beyond The Weeknd, a Grammy-winning recording juggernaut, the film also stars Jenna Ortega, the star of “Wednesday” and “Scream VI,” as well as Barry Keoghan, the Oscar-nominated actor from “The Banshees of Inisherin” and “The Killing of a Sacred Deer.”
The film...
- 2/28/2023
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye has signed on to Trey Edward Shults’ untitled new picture. The film will team the musician with rising star Jenna Ortega and Oscar nominee Barry Keoghan. Shults will direct from a script he penned with Tesfaye and producing partner Reza Fahim. Tesfaye, Fahim, Kevin Turen and Harrison Kreiss are producing with Shultz and Ortega exec producing.
There are no details yet offered for the in-production feature. Shults has quickly made a name for himself via a handful of wrenching melodramas. Unless this new project is a major change of pace, audiences can expect the filmmaker behind “Krisha,” “It Comes at Night” and “Waves” to provide spectacular performances, an emotional workout and a relatively unhappy ending.
Chayse Irvin will serve as Director of Photography while Daniel Lopatin (also known as Opn) will provide the score alongside The Weeknd. He previously scored “Good Times” and “Uncut Gems” — the...
There are no details yet offered for the in-production feature. Shults has quickly made a name for himself via a handful of wrenching melodramas. Unless this new project is a major change of pace, audiences can expect the filmmaker behind “Krisha,” “It Comes at Night” and “Waves” to provide spectacular performances, an emotional workout and a relatively unhappy ending.
Chayse Irvin will serve as Director of Photography while Daniel Lopatin (also known as Opn) will provide the score alongside The Weeknd. He previously scored “Good Times” and “Uncut Gems” — the...
- 2/28/2023
- by Scott Mendelson
- The Wrap
After his legendary cameo as himself in “Uncut Gems,” R&b star Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye is making his proper feature film acting debut. The artist behind “After Hours” and “Dawn FM” will write and star in a new film from “Waves” and “It Comes at Night” director Trey Edward Shults, IndieWire has confirmed.
In addition to Tesfaye, the currently untitled project will also star “Wednesday” and “Scream” breakout Jenna Ortega and “The Banshees of Inisherin” Oscar nominee Barry Keoghan. Tesfaye and Shults co-wrote the script for the currently untitled project with Reza Fahim, who has previously collaborated with Tesfaye on his upcoming HBO series “The Idol.” Tesfaye will also compose the score for the feature with Daniel Lopatin, or Opn, who is best known for his work on “Uncut Gems” and the Safdie Brother’s other film “Good Time.” Chayse Irvin serves as director of photography; his previous credits include “Blonde” and “BlacKkKlansman.
In addition to Tesfaye, the currently untitled project will also star “Wednesday” and “Scream” breakout Jenna Ortega and “The Banshees of Inisherin” Oscar nominee Barry Keoghan. Tesfaye and Shults co-wrote the script for the currently untitled project with Reza Fahim, who has previously collaborated with Tesfaye on his upcoming HBO series “The Idol.” Tesfaye will also compose the score for the feature with Daniel Lopatin, or Opn, who is best known for his work on “Uncut Gems” and the Safdie Brother’s other film “Good Time.” Chayse Irvin serves as director of photography; his previous credits include “Blonde” and “BlacKkKlansman.
- 2/28/2023
- by Wilson Chapman
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye is set to make his feature acting debut, teaming with Waves helmer Trey Edward Shults on an untitled film that also stars Jenna Ortega and Barry Keoghan.
Plot details are being kept under wraps with the film currently in production.
Shults will direct from a script he co-wrote with Tesfaye and his producing partner Reza Fahim. Tesfaye, Fahim, Kevin Turen and Harrison Kreiss are producing with Shultz and Ortega exec producing.
Shults and Tesfaye have been working secretly on the film for months, with Ortega and Keoghan signing on after being blown away by the script. Ortega and Keoghan have been two of the more sought-after talents in town, with the each sorting through several offers.
Besides landing Ortega and Keoghan, Shults and Tesfaye also have assembled a below-the-line team that includes director of photography Chayse Irvin (Blonde). Composer and producer Opn, aka Daniel Lopatin, is scoring the film alongside The Weeknd.
While this Tesfaye’s feature acting debut, the Grammy-winning and Oscar-nominated musician is currently set to star in HBO’s The Idol, which he also co-created with Euphoria creator Sam Levinson. Fahim is also producing the series.
Ortega has been on a roll as of late which included her record breaking Addams Family TV series, Wednesday. The show has smashed viewing records for the streamer and has been renewed for a second season. She can be seen next in Scream VI.
Keoghan is coming off his critically acclaimed work in Searchlight’s The Banshees of Inisherin, which has earned him several accolades including a BAFTA win and an Oscar nomination for best supporting actor. Next up he is set to star in the highly anticipated Saltburn, Emerald Fennell’s follow-up to her Oscar-winning film Promising Young Woman.
Shults is best known for his critically acclaimed work on Waves and It Comes At Night.
Tesfaye is represented by CAA, Manager Wassim “Sal” Slaiby & Amir “Cash” Esmailian and attorney Kenny Meiselas of Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks. Ortega is represented by CAA, Gilbertson Entertainment, and Jackoway Austen Tyerman. Keoghan is represented by WME, Entertainment 360, B-Side Management and Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern. Shults is represented by WME and Jackoway Austen Tyerman.
Plot details are being kept under wraps with the film currently in production.
Shults will direct from a script he co-wrote with Tesfaye and his producing partner Reza Fahim. Tesfaye, Fahim, Kevin Turen and Harrison Kreiss are producing with Shultz and Ortega exec producing.
Shults and Tesfaye have been working secretly on the film for months, with Ortega and Keoghan signing on after being blown away by the script. Ortega and Keoghan have been two of the more sought-after talents in town, with the each sorting through several offers.
Besides landing Ortega and Keoghan, Shults and Tesfaye also have assembled a below-the-line team that includes director of photography Chayse Irvin (Blonde). Composer and producer Opn, aka Daniel Lopatin, is scoring the film alongside The Weeknd.
While this Tesfaye’s feature acting debut, the Grammy-winning and Oscar-nominated musician is currently set to star in HBO’s The Idol, which he also co-created with Euphoria creator Sam Levinson. Fahim is also producing the series.
Ortega has been on a roll as of late which included her record breaking Addams Family TV series, Wednesday. The show has smashed viewing records for the streamer and has been renewed for a second season. She can be seen next in Scream VI.
Keoghan is coming off his critically acclaimed work in Searchlight’s The Banshees of Inisherin, which has earned him several accolades including a BAFTA win and an Oscar nomination for best supporting actor. Next up he is set to star in the highly anticipated Saltburn, Emerald Fennell’s follow-up to her Oscar-winning film Promising Young Woman.
Shults is best known for his critically acclaimed work on Waves and It Comes At Night.
Tesfaye is represented by CAA, Manager Wassim “Sal” Slaiby & Amir “Cash” Esmailian and attorney Kenny Meiselas of Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks. Ortega is represented by CAA, Gilbertson Entertainment, and Jackoway Austen Tyerman. Keoghan is represented by WME, Entertainment 360, B-Side Management and Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern. Shults is represented by WME and Jackoway Austen Tyerman.
- 2/28/2023
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
“It’s been a long, strange year/ everyone is sad,” Natalie Mering notes near the end of her musical project Weyes Blood’s fifth album. That observation comes at the outset of “The Worst Is Done,” which finds Mering taking stock of recent history’s bleakness and casting a weary glance upon any hopes that it might lift. While the synth fireworks and upbeat backing vocals that orbit her smooth alto are supposed to indicate the opposite, there’s also an uncanniness about them that gives reason to Mering’s unease.
- 11/17/2022
- by Maura Johnston
- Rollingstone.com
Sophie Allison raised the stakes this summer with Sometimes, Forever, her third album as Soccer Mommy. With cool, unexpected production twists courtesy of Daniel Lopatin (the Weeknd, FKA Twigs), and typically revelatory songwriting from Allison, it’s an experiment that paid off — and she and her band been having a lot of fun bringing that vibe to fans on tour. “Me and Dan would joke, ‘We’ve got the normal songs, and then we’ve got the evil songs, and the magic songs,'” Allison told Rolling Stone in June.
- 11/10/2022
- by Simon Vozick-Levinson and Griffin Lotz
- Rollingstone.com
Days after teasing new music, Weyes Blood has announced that she will return with the new album And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow, out Nov. 18th via Sup Pop.
The California singer-songwriter — real name Natalie Mering — will finally follow up her excellent 2019 LP Titanic Rising, the first in a trilogy of records that grappled with universal despair and climate change. The second, And in the Darkness, will explore themes of hope. “We’re in a fully functional shit show,” Mering said in a statement. “My heart is a glow stick that’s been cracked,...
The California singer-songwriter — real name Natalie Mering — will finally follow up her excellent 2019 LP Titanic Rising, the first in a trilogy of records that grappled with universal despair and climate change. The second, And in the Darkness, will explore themes of hope. “We’re in a fully functional shit show,” Mering said in a statement. “My heart is a glow stick that’s been cracked,...
- 9/12/2022
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
Sophie Allison listens to a lot of country radio. “I hear all these songs about guys and their trucks,” the singer-songwriter behind Soccer Mommy says, calling from her Tennessee home a few weeks before her 25th birthday. “It’s so goofy, but it speaks to you, especially when you’re from the South.” That imagery inspired Allison to write “Feel It All the Time,” a hazy rocker about her own pickup. “It was a challenge to myself,” she says. “The idea of mentioning my truck in a song and having it not be,...
- 6/1/2022
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
Soccer Mommy stopped by The Tonight Show to perform her emotional new single, “Shotgun.” Appearing with her band, the musician, a.k.a. Sophie Allison, offered a buoyant take on the synth-laden track.
Soccer Mommy released “Shotgun” in March. The single marked the first glimpse of her third studio album, Sometimes, Forever, which arrives June 24 via Loma Vista. It was produced by Weeknd collaborator Daniel Lopatin of Oneohtrix Point Never, who’s replacing Gabe Wax in the producer’s chair after two albums.
“‘Shotgun’ is all about the joys of losing yourself in love,...
Soccer Mommy released “Shotgun” in March. The single marked the first glimpse of her third studio album, Sometimes, Forever, which arrives June 24 via Loma Vista. It was produced by Weeknd collaborator Daniel Lopatin of Oneohtrix Point Never, who’s replacing Gabe Wax in the producer’s chair after two albums.
“‘Shotgun’ is all about the joys of losing yourself in love,...
- 4/26/2022
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
Josh and Benny Safdie's "Uncut Gems" captures a strange sort of anxiety, the type of nervousness that arrives when everything is feeling generally comfortable. That's probably because the film follows the gambling addiction of Howard Ratner, played by Adam Sandler, whose debts continuously undercut any successful bets he wins. The soundtrack -- a dreamy yet agitated collage of distorted synths, frantic drum pads, and eerily artificial-sounding choir voices -- captures that ever-present underlying dread. It's no wonder that composer Daniel Lopatin used this opportunity to pay tribute to the anime masterpiece "Akira," which also uses pulsing rhythms in an uncomfortably tense manner.
Lopatin, perhaps better...
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Lopatin, perhaps better...
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- 3/8/2022
- by Andrew Housman
- Slash Film
The worlds of Jeffrey Epstein, “Eyes Wide Shut,” and QAnon conspiracy theories collide to nightmarish results in “Red Scare” podcast host Dasha Nekrasova’s fiery feature debut “The Scary of Sixty-First.” Given the film’s Upper East Side New York City setting, there’s a posh Roman Polanski vibe to the eerie proceedings as two young women move into an apartment that once served as a hub for Epstein’s sex trafficking ring — and maybe a portal to hell?
If that’s not enough to titillate you, here’s the official synopsis:
While out apartment hunting, college pals Noelle and Addie stumble upon the deal of a lifetime: a posh duplex on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. But soon after moving in, a more sinister picture of the apartment emerges when a mysterious woman arrives and claims the property used to belong to the infamous and recently deceased Jeffrey Epstein.
If that’s not enough to titillate you, here’s the official synopsis:
While out apartment hunting, college pals Noelle and Addie stumble upon the deal of a lifetime: a posh duplex on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. But soon after moving in, a more sinister picture of the apartment emerges when a mysterious woman arrives and claims the property used to belong to the infamous and recently deceased Jeffrey Epstein.
- 10/12/2021
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
There’s alchemy at work in Dasha Nekrasova’s debut film “The Scary of Sixty-First,” the kind that can turn what’s old into what’s new. Equal parts ’70s-style paranoia thriller, Polanski-infused apartment horror, “Eyes Wide Shut” homage, and empathetic critical commentary on the conspiracy theories craze, this hallucinatory pastiche is even more than the sum of its cinematically riveting parts.
Addie (Betsey Brown) and Noelle (Madeline Quinn) are apartment-hunting in New York City. That alone is the stuff of horror. But in their case they find an ideal place right away — a shockingly cheap flat on the Upper East Side. They commit to it on the spot, despite an odd tarot card being left behind that suggests some ominous symbology. (Anyone who’s moved into a Manhattan pad and discovered a Pentagrama Esoterico sign on the wall and thought “What’s that about?” can relate.)
One day, an...
Addie (Betsey Brown) and Noelle (Madeline Quinn) are apartment-hunting in New York City. That alone is the stuff of horror. But in their case they find an ideal place right away — a shockingly cheap flat on the Upper East Side. They commit to it on the spot, despite an odd tarot card being left behind that suggests some ominous symbology. (Anyone who’s moved into a Manhattan pad and discovered a Pentagrama Esoterico sign on the wall and thought “What’s that about?” can relate.)
One day, an...
- 3/2/2021
- by Christian Blauvelt
- Indiewire
Oneohtrix Point Never revealed a hazy new video for “No Nightmares,” his Magic Oneohtrix Point Never track featuring the Weeknd.
Directed by Nate Boyce, the video features Oneohtrix Point Never (Daniel Lopatin) and the Weeknd (Abel Tesfaye) roaming through a dreamy CGI universe as avatars. Tesfaye has a video camera for an eye and he repeats “No more nightmares” over Lopatin’s synths.
“Dan initially sent me an excerpt of ‘Fear of the Inexplicable’ by Rilke as a prompt to start working on our idea of a debased animation,” Boyce said in a statement.
Directed by Nate Boyce, the video features Oneohtrix Point Never (Daniel Lopatin) and the Weeknd (Abel Tesfaye) roaming through a dreamy CGI universe as avatars. Tesfaye has a video camera for an eye and he repeats “No more nightmares” over Lopatin’s synths.
“Dan initially sent me an excerpt of ‘Fear of the Inexplicable’ by Rilke as a prompt to start working on our idea of a debased animation,” Boyce said in a statement.
- 12/15/2020
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
Roxy Rezvany’s newest film “Wifi Rider” is a short documentary portrait of Shukri Lawrence, a young Palestinian artist and fashion designer who is at the vanguard of contemporary Middle Eastern fashion, with his collective Trashy Clothing. Though living in Jordan, Shukri feels proud of his Palestinian identity, something he and his collective spread through their fashion brand.
“WiFi Rider” is Screening at London Palestine Film Festival
Like any good documentary, Reznavy’s short manages to feel both highly personal and specific; after all, it is a profile of a young Palestinian artist and designer, yet speak about universal themes such as identity and Western cultural hegemony. Through Shukri’s narration, much of which feels as if coming from diaries rather than interviews, the director shows us the metamorphosis of a young person who does not belong to the mold of what an Arabic person should be. A mold, imposed...
“WiFi Rider” is Screening at London Palestine Film Festival
Like any good documentary, Reznavy’s short manages to feel both highly personal and specific; after all, it is a profile of a young Palestinian artist and designer, yet speak about universal themes such as identity and Western cultural hegemony. Through Shukri’s narration, much of which feels as if coming from diaries rather than interviews, the director shows us the metamorphosis of a young person who does not belong to the mold of what an Arabic person should be. A mold, imposed...
- 11/18/2020
- by martin
- AsianMoviePulse
The relationship between the Safdie Brothers and Daniel Lopatin, aka Oneohtrix Point Never, is well-documented. For both of their most recent releases, “Good Time” and “Uncut Gems,” Lopatin has provided the scores for the features, earning acclaim for his music that seemingly fits perfectly with the anxiety-ridden thrillers the Safdies have been known for. And now, the filmmakers return the favor by directing a music video for Lopatin’s latest album, “Magic Oneohtrix Point Never.”
Read More: The Safdie Brothers Sign A New TV Deal With A24 & HBO
As seen in the video for “Lost But Never Alone,” the Safdies have taken nostalgia to the next level by crafting a video that is both haunting (fitting for the song that it accompanies) but also a bit playful, as the filmmakers show how inspired they are by the classic TV shows and commercials of decades past.
Continue reading The Safdie Brothers...
Read More: The Safdie Brothers Sign A New TV Deal With A24 & HBO
As seen in the video for “Lost But Never Alone,” the Safdies have taken nostalgia to the next level by crafting a video that is both haunting (fitting for the song that it accompanies) but also a bit playful, as the filmmakers show how inspired they are by the classic TV shows and commercials of decades past.
Continue reading The Safdie Brothers...
- 11/13/2020
- by Charles Barfield
- The Playlist
The last couple Safdie brothers movies are acclaimed on a panoply of fronts but it’s hard to imagine them functioning like so sans Oneohtrix Point Never, the paranoid electronic musical endeavor of Daniel Lopatin. (Good Time can be heard here; Uncut Gems is here.) It was more or less inevitable the fraternal pair would put their talents to an Opn music video, and the latter’s recent Magic Oneohtrix Point Never has proven just the trick.
Thus we have the VHS-fetishizing, sitcom-aping “Lost But Never Alone,” four-and-a-half minutes of intercutting between narrative (such as it is) and live performance, artifacted vocals and instruments carrying us through. What else you need me to sell? Just let the music play:
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Thus we have the VHS-fetishizing, sitcom-aping “Lost But Never Alone,” four-and-a-half minutes of intercutting between narrative (such as it is) and live performance, artifacted vocals and instruments carrying us through. What else you need me to sell? Just let the music play:
The post Watch: Safdie Brothers Direct Music Video for Oneohtrix Point Never's "Lost But Never Alone" first appeared on The Film Stage.
- 11/12/2020
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
Say goodbye to your brain, and prepare to be melted into a tripped-out stupor with the latest collaboration between filmmakers Josh and Benny Safdie and electronic multi-hyphenate Oneohtrix Point Never. The creative mind meld has unleashed the new video for “Lost but Never Alone,” a track off the electronic musician also known as Daniel Lopatin’s new album, “Magic Oneohtrix Point Never.” Check it out below.
The Safdies and Lopatin have established themselves as one of the most visceral director/composer partnerships in contemporary cinema, as Lopatin provided the synth-heavy, nerve-rattling scores for the Safdies’ critically acclaimed films “Good Time” and “Uncut Gems.” Meanwhile, the filmmakers previously helmed the video for Oneohtrix Point Never’s 2017 “The Pure and the Damned.”
“Nostalgia is both warming and deeply depressing,” Josh Safdie said. “It’s a love/hate relationship. Emotions themselves are haunting. ‘Lost but Never Alone’ is a haunted piece of surfing...
The Safdies and Lopatin have established themselves as one of the most visceral director/composer partnerships in contemporary cinema, as Lopatin provided the synth-heavy, nerve-rattling scores for the Safdies’ critically acclaimed films “Good Time” and “Uncut Gems.” Meanwhile, the filmmakers previously helmed the video for Oneohtrix Point Never’s 2017 “The Pure and the Damned.”
“Nostalgia is both warming and deeply depressing,” Josh Safdie said. “It’s a love/hate relationship. Emotions themselves are haunting. ‘Lost but Never Alone’ is a haunted piece of surfing...
- 11/12/2020
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Oneohtrix Point Never has released a new video for “Lost But Never Alone,” directed by Uncut Gems filmmakers Josh and Benny Safdie.
The video offers a surreal channel-surfing experience, with the Safdies ostensibly creating scenes from old movies or TV shows that never existed but carry an uncanny, nostalgic familiarity. The main sequence is centered around an Eighties-style after-school special in which a young punk freaks out his parents after they find his smartphone and destroy the mysterious device with a hammer. The clip ends with the angry young man...
The video offers a surreal channel-surfing experience, with the Safdies ostensibly creating scenes from old movies or TV shows that never existed but carry an uncanny, nostalgic familiarity. The main sequence is centered around an Eighties-style after-school special in which a young punk freaks out his parents after they find his smartphone and destroy the mysterious device with a hammer. The clip ends with the angry young man...
- 11/12/2020
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Oneohtrix Point Never, a.k.a. Daniel Lopatin, has reunited with the Weeknd for a new song, “No Nightmares,” from his upcoming LP, Magic Oneohtrix Point Never, out October 30th via Warp. “No Nightmares” is the final song on the album’s multi-track “Midday Suite,” all of which was also released Monday, October 26th.
“No Nightmares” opens with a thick haze of synths and processed vocal, and swings between an anchored bit of Eighties-inspired pop and a more unmoored experimental vibe. The Weeknd’s feature is fairly simple as he repeats the refrain,...
“No Nightmares” opens with a thick haze of synths and processed vocal, and swings between an anchored bit of Eighties-inspired pop and a more unmoored experimental vibe. The Weeknd’s feature is fairly simple as he repeats the refrain,...
- 10/26/2020
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Oneohtrix Point Never, a.k.a. Daniel Lopatin, has released a fantastical new video for “Long Road Home.” The single appears on his upcoming album Magic Oneohtrix Point Never, out October 30th via Warp.
Co-directed by Charlie Fox and Emily Schubert, the clip features a courtship between two demonic creatures who become one in the end — an homage to Georges Schwizgebel‘s 1982 short Le Ravissement de Frank N. Stein. “I don’t know why I don’t wanna transform,” Lopatin sings, backed by Caroline Polachek. “Taking the long road home.
Co-directed by Charlie Fox and Emily Schubert, the clip features a courtship between two demonic creatures who become one in the end — an homage to Georges Schwizgebel‘s 1982 short Le Ravissement de Frank N. Stein. “I don’t know why I don’t wanna transform,” Lopatin sings, backed by Caroline Polachek. “Taking the long road home.
- 10/14/2020
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
The composers of ‘Little Women’, ‘Joker’ and ‘It Chapter Two’ scores also nominated.
The World Soundtrack Awards has unveiled the nominations for its 20th edition, which is set is to go ahead as a physical event as well as being streamed live and online for the first time.
Scroll down for full list of nominees
The nominees for the coveted Film Composer of the Year award include Alexandre Desplat (Little Women), Hildur Guðnadóttir (Joker), Thomas Newman (1917), Benjamin Wallfisch (It Chapter Two) and John Williams (Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker).
The contenders were all Oscar-nominated earlier this year, with the...
The World Soundtrack Awards has unveiled the nominations for its 20th edition, which is set is to go ahead as a physical event as well as being streamed live and online for the first time.
Scroll down for full list of nominees
The nominees for the coveted Film Composer of the Year award include Alexandre Desplat (Little Women), Hildur Guðnadóttir (Joker), Thomas Newman (1917), Benjamin Wallfisch (It Chapter Two) and John Williams (Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker).
The contenders were all Oscar-nominated earlier this year, with the...
- 9/12/2020
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Even without the pandemic, and the attendant pulling of high-market-value films from the festival circuit until it’s over (?), it’s likely Spike Lee’s David Byrne’s American Utopia would have been the opening night film of TIFF 2020. The goal of gala presentations is to sell out expensive seats, and the Q&a combo of Lee and Byrne after a concert movie would have been a surefire bet. A mostly workmanlike rendering of Byrne’s 2019 Broadway show, American Utopia opens with “Here,” one of two songs co-written with Daniel Lopatin from the fairly poky album of the same name—the least familiar selections, five in all, […]...
- 9/10/2020
- by Vadim Rizov
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Even without the pandemic, and the attendant pulling of high-market-value films from the festival circuit until it’s over (?), it’s likely Spike Lee’s David Byrne’s American Utopia would have been the opening night film of TIFF 2020. The goal of gala presentations is to sell out expensive seats, and the Q&a combo of Lee and Byrne after a concert movie would have been a surefire bet. A mostly workmanlike rendering of Byrne’s 2019 Broadway show, American Utopia opens with “Here,” one of two songs co-written with Daniel Lopatin from the fairly poky album of the same name—the least familiar selections, five in all, […]...
- 9/10/2020
- by Vadim Rizov
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
The afternoon before he released his latest album, the Weeknd put out a press release in which he offered a hopeful promise for his new work: “Let the music heal us all during these dark times.” Such communitarian concern hasn’t often been his hallmark. He’s always been one of pop’s top emotional distancers, instilling the Top 40 with his brooding vision as he plays the disaffected R&b lothario — from the sepulchral sad-boy swagger of his landmark 2011 goth ‘n’ B opus House of Balloons to hits like his...
- 3/23/2020
- by Jon Dolan
- Rollingstone.com
Weeknd fans tuning in to “Saturday Night Live” this weekend certainly got their money’s worth, as the artist not only performed his recent single “Blinding Lights,” but premiered a stunning new ballad called “Scared to Live” and showed off his comic chops in a musical skit and appeared briefly on “Weeknd Update” (geddit?).
The Weeknd’s two musical performances found him in the red-jacket-and-busted-nose look he’s been rocking during recent videos and TV appearances, which — in an unusual move for a musical artist — is related to the evolving storyline of the videos from his forthcoming album, “After Hours,” which appears to depict his character in the midst of a very bad night in Las Vegas. While his musical appearances on Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert were integrated into the storyline, these ones appeared to be more straight musical performances, albeit in full costume.
“Blinding Lights” was performed similarly to other appearances,...
The Weeknd’s two musical performances found him in the red-jacket-and-busted-nose look he’s been rocking during recent videos and TV appearances, which — in an unusual move for a musical artist — is related to the evolving storyline of the videos from his forthcoming album, “After Hours,” which appears to depict his character in the midst of a very bad night in Las Vegas. While his musical appearances on Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert were integrated into the storyline, these ones appeared to be more straight musical performances, albeit in full costume.
“Blinding Lights” was performed similarly to other appearances,...
- 3/8/2020
- by Jem Aswad
- Variety Film + TV
The Weeknd debuted his new song “Scared to Live” with Oneohtrix Point Never and appeared in a musical sketch during the singer’s Saturday Night Live musical guest spot.
Abel Tesfaye — donning the red suit, black leather gloves and bloody face that’s been the motif of his upcoming album After Hours — first performed his single “Blinding Lights.” The Weeknd’s late-night spots this cycle have all been fourth wall–breaking performances, and the SNL guest spot continued that trend with a mirrored stage that often reflected the SNL crew and audience.
Abel Tesfaye — donning the red suit, black leather gloves and bloody face that’s been the motif of his upcoming album After Hours — first performed his single “Blinding Lights.” The Weeknd’s late-night spots this cycle have all been fourth wall–breaking performances, and the SNL guest spot continued that trend with a mirrored stage that often reflected the SNL crew and audience.
- 3/8/2020
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options—not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves–each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit platforms. Check out this week’s selections below and an archive of past round-ups here.
Anna Karina and Jean-Luc Godard
The Criterion Channel has recently put the spotlight on a pair of French New Wave icons: Anna Karina and Jean-Luc Godard–and it’s not just their iconic collaborations, but also films they made separately. The two separate series include A Woman Is a Woman, Vivre sa vie, Le petit soldat, Band of Outsiders, Alphaville, Pierrot le fou, Made in U.S.A, The Nun, Breatheless, Contempt, Film socialisme, Goodbye to Language, The Image Book, and more.
Where to Stream: The Criterion Channel
Bombshell (Jay Roach)
Although Bombshell is rather straightforward, it accomplishes its goal of telling this story with sufficient nuance,...
Anna Karina and Jean-Luc Godard
The Criterion Channel has recently put the spotlight on a pair of French New Wave icons: Anna Karina and Jean-Luc Godard–and it’s not just their iconic collaborations, but also films they made separately. The two separate series include A Woman Is a Woman, Vivre sa vie, Le petit soldat, Band of Outsiders, Alphaville, Pierrot le fou, Made in U.S.A, The Nun, Breatheless, Contempt, Film socialisme, Goodbye to Language, The Image Book, and more.
Where to Stream: The Criterion Channel
Bombshell (Jay Roach)
Although Bombshell is rather straightforward, it accomplishes its goal of telling this story with sufficient nuance,...
- 2/28/2020
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
It hasn’t been a banner year for the Academy’s Music Branch. The Best Original Song category was marred by the disastrous “‘Glasgow’ Snubbing of 2020,” and the Best Original Score category has proven to be similarly dull and unadventurous. Where is Daniel Lopatin’s cosmically neurotic accompaniment to “Uncut Gems?” Or Alex Weston’s arch, contrapuntal, and heartbreaking score for “The Farewell?” What about the soul-stirring synth opus that Dan Levy wrote for “I Lost My Body,” or the bittersweet and playfully helpless orchestrations that Jung Jae-il contributed to “Parasite” (music so vital that it achieves a mutually symbiotic relationship with the film for which it was written)? Sigh.
Instead, the Academy defaulted to a set of old standards, as the five composers nominated for Best Original Score have now earned a grand total of 99 nominations between them. Yes, ninety-nine. And when you consider that “Joker” composer Hildur Guðnadóttir...
Instead, the Academy defaulted to a set of old standards, as the five composers nominated for Best Original Score have now earned a grand total of 99 nominations between them. Yes, ninety-nine. And when you consider that “Joker” composer Hildur Guðnadóttir...
- 2/4/2020
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Lakeith Stanfield thinks actors take themselves too seriously. It’s why he says he loved watching Ricky Gervais skewer the crowd at the recent Golden Globes, imploring the winners to “accept your little award, thank your agent, and your God, and f*** off”.
“It’s nice to just knock everybody off their pedestal,” says Stanfield, laughing. “Nothing gave me more joy than seeing them all squirm. It was very entertaining.”
The California-born star of the brilliantly absurdist Sorry to Bother You generally believes everyone needs to calm down. About awards shows, especially. Hollywood’s finest, he says, are always “acting like everything is so deep. It’s all so sensational and political.”
That Stanfield has mixed feelings about awards ceremonies is understandable. On the one hand, Knives Out, the riotous whodunit in which he plays a diligent cop, is up for Best Original Screenplay at the Oscars. On the other,...
“It’s nice to just knock everybody off their pedestal,” says Stanfield, laughing. “Nothing gave me more joy than seeing them all squirm. It was very entertaining.”
The California-born star of the brilliantly absurdist Sorry to Bother You generally believes everyone needs to calm down. About awards shows, especially. Hollywood’s finest, he says, are always “acting like everything is so deep. It’s all so sensational and political.”
That Stanfield has mixed feelings about awards ceremonies is understandable. On the one hand, Knives Out, the riotous whodunit in which he plays a diligent cop, is up for Best Original Screenplay at the Oscars. On the other,...
- 1/25/2020
- by Patrick Smith
- The Independent - Film
Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For daily updates follow us @NotebookMUBI.NEWSIvan Passer by Irfan Khan for the Los Angeles TimesFilmmaker Ivan Passer, a key figure in the Czech New Wave alongside peers like Miloš Forman, has died. For The Guardian, Andrew Pulver writes of Passer's departure from Prague and entry into Hollywood. The latest lineup announcement for this year's Berlinale includes the very exciting world premieres of Charlatan by Agnieszka Holland and Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue by Jia Zhangke. The Cannes Film Festival has announced that Spike Lee will preside over its jury, making him the first Black jury head in the festival's history. In a statement, Lee writes: "You could easily say Cannes changed the trajectory of who I became in world cinema.”Amid increasing festival buzz, awards season also continues with the release of the Academy Awards nominations, which can be found here.
- 1/15/2020
- MUBI
Note: This piece contains spoilers for Uncut Gems.
The transcendent central performance by Adam Sandler, the masterful cacophony of synths and percussion on Daniel Lopatin’s score, the incredible ways it builds and amplifies tension; much has been made of the latest film from Josh and Benny Safdie. A focal point of cultural discourse for months before its general release, it’s easy to forget there’s a beating heart at the center of Uncut Gems underneath the widespread fixation on Sandler’s instantly viral jeweled Furby and the layered aesthetics of the Safdies’ vision of New York. It’s this core that ties everything together and helps the film ascend to true greatness. Bolstered by an unrelenting tension and endless formal pleasures, the film never loses sight of a bigger thesis.
Each element of the film comes together in harmony to create one of the definitive portrayals of an autistic meltdown in recent memory.
The transcendent central performance by Adam Sandler, the masterful cacophony of synths and percussion on Daniel Lopatin’s score, the incredible ways it builds and amplifies tension; much has been made of the latest film from Josh and Benny Safdie. A focal point of cultural discourse for months before its general release, it’s easy to forget there’s a beating heart at the center of Uncut Gems underneath the widespread fixation on Sandler’s instantly viral jeweled Furby and the layered aesthetics of the Safdies’ vision of New York. It’s this core that ties everything together and helps the film ascend to true greatness. Bolstered by an unrelenting tension and endless formal pleasures, the film never loses sight of a bigger thesis.
Each element of the film comes together in harmony to create one of the definitive portrayals of an autistic meltdown in recent memory.
- 1/14/2020
- by Logan Kenny
- The Film Stage
“Uncut Gems” deserves an award for Most Stressful Theatrical Experience, and it’s cranked up to 11 thanks to composer Daniel Lopatin. He mashed synth sounds and elements of ’70s prog-rock to create a unique sonic environment that stands as its own work of art.
Lopatin is better known by his recording alias of Oneohtrix Point Never, and he previously soundtracked a Safdie Brothers film with 2017’s equally stressful “Good Time.” In a new documentary for Moog Music — know as a manufacturer of electronic instruments — Lopatin explains his process and innovative instrumentation in spinning this gritty urban thriller centered on Adam Sandler as Howard Ratner, a sad-sack jewelry dealer in over his head. Watch the video below.
“Howard Ratner is up against the clock, and there’s not a lot of time to figure out a whole lot of problems, and that essentially was mirrored in the studio. That kind of thing,...
Lopatin is better known by his recording alias of Oneohtrix Point Never, and he previously soundtracked a Safdie Brothers film with 2017’s equally stressful “Good Time.” In a new documentary for Moog Music — know as a manufacturer of electronic instruments — Lopatin explains his process and innovative instrumentation in spinning this gritty urban thriller centered on Adam Sandler as Howard Ratner, a sad-sack jewelry dealer in over his head. Watch the video below.
“Howard Ratner is up against the clock, and there’s not a lot of time to figure out a whole lot of problems, and that essentially was mirrored in the studio. That kind of thing,...
- 1/11/2020
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Underscore? Try overscore. The co-star of “Uncut Gems” is undoubtedly the film’s music. The result of a second collaboration between composer Daniel Lopatin, aka Oneohtrix Point Never, and director Josh Safdie, the cosmically synthesized score blends multiple Moog tones for a sonic identity to accompany Adam Sandler’s role as Manny.
As the featurette below reveals, Lopatin’s audio foraging centered around his Moog One synthesizer, providing just the right psychedelic drones to journey through the interior of the raw Opal at the heart of the movie. Maximal New Age vibes play homage to the creators’ love of artists like Isao Tomita, Tangerine Dream and the mighty Vangelis. The mini-doc follows the creative process in Lopatin’s Brooklyn synth cave — beautifully flooded with natural light, plants and shelves of books (notably a copy of iconic San Francisco poet Clark Coolidge’s “A Beginning What and Ending Away”).
Interviews with...
As the featurette below reveals, Lopatin’s audio foraging centered around his Moog One synthesizer, providing just the right psychedelic drones to journey through the interior of the raw Opal at the heart of the movie. Maximal New Age vibes play homage to the creators’ love of artists like Isao Tomita, Tangerine Dream and the mighty Vangelis. The mini-doc follows the creative process in Lopatin’s Brooklyn synth cave — beautifully flooded with natural light, plants and shelves of books (notably a copy of iconic San Francisco poet Clark Coolidge’s “A Beginning What and Ending Away”).
Interviews with...
- 1/9/2020
- by Shirley Halperin
- Variety Film + TV
As Martin Scorsese once said, “Music and cinema fit together naturally. Because there’s a kind of intrinsic musicality to the way moving images work when they’re put together. It’s been said that cinema and music are very close as art forms, and I think that’s true.” Indeed, the right piece of music–whether it’s an original score or a carefully selected song–can do wonders for a sequence, and today we’re looking at the 20 films that best expressed this notion this year.
From seasoned composers to accomplished musicians, as well as a smattering of soundtracks, each musical example perfectly transported us to the world of the film. Check out our rundown of the top 20, which includes streams to each soundtrack in full where available.
20. Climax (Various Artists)
19. August at Akiko’s (Alex Zhang Hungtai)
18. The Last Black Man in San Francisco (Emile Mosseri)
17. An Elephant Sitting Still...
From seasoned composers to accomplished musicians, as well as a smattering of soundtracks, each musical example perfectly transported us to the world of the film. Check out our rundown of the top 20, which includes streams to each soundtrack in full where available.
20. Climax (Various Artists)
19. August at Akiko’s (Alex Zhang Hungtai)
18. The Last Black Man in San Francisco (Emile Mosseri)
17. An Elephant Sitting Still...
- 12/30/2019
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Unless you are in NYC or La, you likely haven’t had the chance to see the Safdies’ Uncut Gems or Terrence Malick’s A Hidden Life yet, and Greta Gerwig’s Little Women won’t open until Christmas, but today we have the opportunity to have our ears luxuriate in the stunning scores for all three films. Coming from Daniel Lopatin aka Oneohtrix Point Never, James Newton Howard, and Alexandre Desplat, respectively, each score is wonderfully woven into the tapestry of their films, and now they are available to listen to in full.
“Real filmmaking is every department having as much heart, as much soulful connectivity as possible, to the ideas that are firmly in place in the movie,” Lopatin told Variety regarding his second collaboration with the Safdies following Good Time. “When we do that, the result is what you hear. That’s our style. We certainly had...
“Real filmmaking is every department having as much heart, as much soulful connectivity as possible, to the ideas that are firmly in place in the movie,” Lopatin told Variety regarding his second collaboration with the Safdies following Good Time. “When we do that, the result is what you hear. That’s our style. We certainly had...
- 12/14/2019
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
If you want to be grabbed by the throat, then I’ve got just the movie for you: Josh and Benny Safdie's Uncut Gems. Like the brothers’ last two features, Heaven Knows What (2014) and Good Time (2017), it’s a showboating immersion into a gritty but resiliently existent side of New York that is nowadays rarely set to film. And like Good Time, their collision of Robert Pattinson with a borough-based B-film, Uncut Gems is driven by the monomania of its protagonist, Harold Ratner, and the stunt-casting appeal of the actor who plays him: Adam Sandler. Ratner is a Jewish jeweler in Midtown’s Diamond District and another addict looking for a rush—in this case, the rush of moving capital around with dangerous risks at the hope of a big pay off.The film opens with Ratner in debt and in panic, and its anxiety only climbs higher from there.
- 12/13/2019
- MUBI
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