"There are fewer pleasures greater, at the movies, than the moment a perfect track starts at a perfect moment, and the marriage of music and film creates an entirely new beast, a work of art in that new connection alone" - the Quietus writes in the introduction to their great list of 50 best "needle-drop" moments in films (complete with all the videos).
Haim singer-songwriter Alana Haim will make her feature debut in Paul Thomas Anderson's untitled ’70s coming-of-age film, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Details remain scarce, but it’s being reported that Haim and Cooper Hoffman, son of the late Philip Seymour Hoffman, will be the lead stars of the ensemble drama that’s set in the San Fernando Valley. Together, they join star Bradley Cooper, who was previously attached to the project. Anderson has been steadily working with Haim since 2017’s 'Something to Tell You'.
Complex made a list of the 35 best hip-hop movies covering four decades of hip-hop history on celluloid. The youngest movie on the list is 'Roxanne Roxanne' from 2017, directed by Michael Larnell, telling the story of one of the first female solo rappers, Roxanne Shante. The No. 1 movie - 'Wild Style', directed by Charlie Ahearn in 1983, depicted hip-hop’s early days, offering the initial look at its four elements: MCing, DJing, graffiti, and breakdancing.
The auction for Wu-Tang Clan's seventh studio album 'Once Upon a Time in Shaolin' and its notorious aftermath is being turned into a Netflix film, Collider reports. The upcoming project - named after the album - is being helmed by 'Brittany Runs a Marathon' director Paul Downs Colaizzo, and the film aims to tell the true story behind pharma-villain Martin Shkreli's acquisition of the one and only copy of Wu-Tang Clan's 'Once Upon a Time in Shaolin'.
Warner Bros. released the first trailer for Matt Reeves’ 'The Batman' set to Nirvana's 'Something in the Way'. Strings added to the Nirvana original, and the grandiose undertone in general make for an impressive trailer. Forthcoming re-imagining of the Batman stars Robert Pattinson as The Dark Knight, set in grey and realistic Gotham City. Zoe Kravitz is seen in the trailer as Catwoman.
Björk is to star as the Slav Witch in the new film from 'The Lighthouse' director Robert Eggers, a Viking epic titled 'The Northman', the Film Stage reports. Slav Witch is her first role since starring in Lars Von Trier’s 'Dancer in the Dark' in 2000. Björk will be starring alongside Willem Dafoe, Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang and Bill Skarsgård, as well as Alexander Skarsgård, who will be taking on the lead role as a Viking named Amleth. Björk and Matthew Barney’s daughter Ísadóra Bjarkardóttir Barney will also be part of the ensemble.
"It was a blast. It's probably the most fun I've had on a project in a long time" - Savan Kotecha, collaborator to Ariana Grande, Demi Lovato and Ellie Goulding, told BBC about his latest project, Netflix's new comedy 'Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga', which celebrates the world's largest live music event. Director David Dobkin envisioned the film’s songs walking the fine line between satire and homage - “It’s okay if it’s funny, but it has to be really good music. It has to still be great and just kitschy enough to be Eurovision, because that’s part of what’s fun about Eurovision". Kotecha was brought in to oversee every aspect of the film's music - check out the songs on Variety.
Ian Fraser 'Lemmy' Kilmister of the iconic Motörhead is the subject of the new biopic as a "vanguard and talisman of the loudest, dirtiest and most liberated rock ’n’ roll band in the world", according to The Hollywood Reporter. The upcoming film, 'Lemmy,' is to be directed by Greg Olliver, who spent three years following Motörhead and Kilmister for the 2010 documentary of the same name. The film will cover Lemmy’s youth in England, his stints as a roadie for Jimi Hendrix and a member of Hawkwind, and his legendary 40-year run as the driving force behind Motörhead. Loudwire suggests 13 actors who could play Lemmy (aren't they way to pretty to play him?!?).
Iconic comedy duo released the official trailer for their new movie 'Bill & Ted Face the Music', and Arcade Fire's Win Butler can be seen in that short clip playing a "member of the future council". He's seen for a few moments wearing a wide-brimmed hat, and he doesn't speak, which all makes him look kinda funny. 'Bill & Ted Face the Music' hits theaters on August 21st. The movie follows now-middle-aged William “Bill” S. Preston, Esq. (Alex Winter) and Theodore “Ted” Logan (Keanu Reeves) as they’re tasked with penning an original song to save the world.
The clip features Johnny Flynn as David Bowie in conversation with Marc Maron, who portrays his publicist Ron Oberman, Variety reports. “All it takes is one believer to change the world, right? And we’ve got two,” Maron says. “You believe in yourself, don’t you?”. Producers insist the upcoming film is not a biopic, with writer and director Gabriel Range saying in a statement - “I set out to make a film about what makes someone become an artist; what actually drives them to make their art”. If focuses on Bowie’s transformation into Ziggy Stardust in the early ’70s.
