Julian Casablancas has another new solo album, "Tyranny," with his band The Voidz, and you can hear the whole thing in full now. The Strokes' frontman combined with a new backing band The Voidz (bassist and keyboardist Jacob “Jake” Bercovici, guitarist Amir Yaghmai and guitarist Jeramy “Beardo” Gritter) for this sophomore set; his first solo set "Phrazes for the Young" came out in 2009. "Tyranny" was teased initially with the two tracks “Human Sadness” and “Where No Eagles Fly." It hits shelves -- physical and digital -- on Sept. 23 through Casablancas' own Cult Records. The Strokes' most recent album, "Comedown Machine," was released last year; it peaked at No. 10 on the Billboard 200 album sales chart. Cult Records had another big week this month, as the label released Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman Karen O's solo album "Crush Songs." Here is the "Tyranny" tracklist: 1. Take Me in Your Army 2. Crunch Punch 3. M.
- 9/19/2014
- by Katie Hasty
- Hitfix
Richard Gere is a dreamy new guest in the first trailer for “The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel,” while returning star Bill Nighy wants to marry Judi Dench. The preview (above) for the sequel to 2012 sleeper hit “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” features dance sequences, happy music, and a lot of jokes, while promising “the best is yet to come.” See video: ‘Game of Thrones’ Star Kit Harington Goes Off to War in First ‘Testament of Youth’ Trailer “The Second Best” installment of the Fox Searchlight franchise about a group of retirees living in a hotel in India revolves around hotel manager.
- 8/7/2014
- by Greg Gilman
- The Wrap
From NYC drug addicts to Mexican drug cartels, from today’s soldiers to yesterday’s civil rights pioneers, from Chicago gang members to Afghan warlords, Craig and Brent Renaud have made a career of covering conflict both around the world and in their own backyard. When not trotting the globe the brothers – both are feature filmmakers and television producers whose work has aired across numerous outlets, including the Discovery Channel (Off to War, Taking the Hill), HBO (Dope Sick Love, Little Rock Central: 50 Years Later) and currently Al Jazeera America (the Fight for Chicago series) – divide their time between […]...
- 12/17/2013
- by Lauren Wissot
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
From NYC drug addicts to Mexican drug cartels, from today’s soldiers to yesterday’s civil rights pioneers, from Chicago gang members to Afghan warlords, Craig and Brent Renaud have made a career of covering conflict both around the world and in their own backyard. When not trotting the globe the brothers – both are feature filmmakers and television producers whose work has aired across numerous outlets, including the Discovery Channel (Off to War, Taking the Hill), HBO (Dope Sick Love, Little Rock Central: 50 Years Later) and currently Al Jazeera America (the Fight for Chicago series) – divide their time between […]...
- 12/17/2013
- by Lauren Wissot
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
I don't know if festival programmers do this on purpose but sometimes you come across a documentary and a narrative that fit well together as companion pieces. This year the documentary Warrior Champions compliments the drama The Messenger. Melissa Stockwell in Warrior ChampionsWarrior ChampionsWhether they're embedded in Iraq for the Discovery Channel's acclaimed series "Off to War" or filming about the drug wars and sky rocketing murder rate in Juarez, Mexico for the New York Times, Craig and Brent Renaud have never shied from the dangerous stories. But with Warrior Champions the filmmakers look at the other side of war by telling the story of America's paraplegic...
- 11/2/2009
- Pastemagazine.com
James Longley's Iraq in Fragments was named the best feature-length
documentary of the year at the International Documentary Assn.'s
Distinguished Documentary Achievement Awards on Friday night.
Iraq, which is also on the short-list of documentary Oscar documentary contenders, looks at the impact that the war in Iraq has had on the Iraqi people.
The other nominated features were Can Mr. Smith Get to Washington Anymore?, Deliver Us from Evil, Showbusiness: A Season to Remember and Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars.
Marcelo Bukin's Angel's Fire (Fuego de Angel) was named best
short documentary at the IDA's gala, at the DGA Theatre in West Hollywood.
Davis Guggenheim's An Inconvenient Truth was honored with the Pare Lorentz Award, recognizing a documentary filmmaker who represents both an activist spirit and a lyrical vision.
Andrew Berends received the Courage Under Fire Award for The Blood of My Brother.
Scholar and critic Dr. Patricia Aufderheide was honored with the IDA
Preservation & Scholarship Award. The Jacqueline Donnet Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award went to Christopher Quinn for God Grew Tired of Us, while Carrie Lozano claimed the David L. Wolper Student Documentary Achievement Award for Reporter Zero.
PBS' American Experience series captured the IDA Award for a
Continuing Series, while the prize for Limited Series went to Off to War,
which aired on the Discovery Times Channel.
documentary of the year at the International Documentary Assn.'s
Distinguished Documentary Achievement Awards on Friday night.
Iraq, which is also on the short-list of documentary Oscar documentary contenders, looks at the impact that the war in Iraq has had on the Iraqi people.
The other nominated features were Can Mr. Smith Get to Washington Anymore?, Deliver Us from Evil, Showbusiness: A Season to Remember and Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars.
Marcelo Bukin's Angel's Fire (Fuego de Angel) was named best
short documentary at the IDA's gala, at the DGA Theatre in West Hollywood.
Davis Guggenheim's An Inconvenient Truth was honored with the Pare Lorentz Award, recognizing a documentary filmmaker who represents both an activist spirit and a lyrical vision.
Andrew Berends received the Courage Under Fire Award for The Blood of My Brother.
Scholar and critic Dr. Patricia Aufderheide was honored with the IDA
Preservation & Scholarship Award. The Jacqueline Donnet Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award went to Christopher Quinn for God Grew Tired of Us, while Carrie Lozano claimed the David L. Wolper Student Documentary Achievement Award for Reporter Zero.
PBS' American Experience series captured the IDA Award for a
Continuing Series, while the prize for Limited Series went to Off to War,
which aired on the Discovery Times Channel.
- 12/9/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Directors Guild of America announced the nominees Wednesday for its documentary award, including two that examine aspects of the war in Iraq. The nominees are Kief Davidson and Richard Ladkani for The Devil's Miner, Werner Herzog for Grizzly Man, Sean McAllister for The Liberace of Baghdad, Rupert Murray for Unknown White Male, and Brent Renaud and Craig Renaud for Off To War: Welcome to Baghdad. "The best documentary filmmaking provides a look inside a particular place or time and leaves us feeling like we've been transported to it, as a real eyewitness," DGA president Michael Apted said. "These talented filmmakers have made provocative and challenging movies that demonstrate why audiences are increasingly attending and why distributors are releasing more documentary films theatrically." The winner will be announced at the 58th annual DGA Awards show on Jan. 28 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles.
- 1/18/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
WASHINGTON -- The American Film Institute isn't shying away from hot topics this year at its annual Silverdocs film festival. The festival, sponsored by AFI and the Discovery Channel, which is becoming one of the premier showcases for documentary films, is tackling threats to free speech in this year's showcase. Included in the festival's 89 films representing 43 countries are 12 world, nine North American, four U.S. and 19 East Coast premieres are: Sweet Honey in the Rock: Raise Your Voice, about the Washington-based, black female a cappella ensemble's unwavering message of social change; The Comedians of Comedy, directed by Michael Blieden; The Aristocrats, directed by Paul Provenza; and Off to War, which follows a small-town Arkansas National Guard unit as they are called to service in Iraq. Controversial films like that are just fine with actor, director, producer Richard Dreyfuss, who will be involved in a variety of talks and discussions about documentary filmmaking at this year's festival. To Dreyfuss, documentary filmmakers are one of the last lines of defense for freedom of expression at a time when it is under attack.
- 5/19/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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