On 9th September Blue Ruin by Jeremy Saulnier is released on Remain In Light. (DVD and Blu-ray).
A mysterious outsider's quiet life is turned upside down when he returns to his childhood home to carry out an act of vengeance. Proving himself an amateur assassin, he winds up in a brutal fight to protect his estranged family.
Awards
FIPRESCI prijs - Cannes Film Festival 2013
Best Director - Gijón International Film Festival 2013
Halekulani Golden Orchid Award - Hawaii International Film Festival 2013
DUTCH VERSION
Op 9 september verschijnt Blue Ruin van Jeremy Saulnier via Remain In Light. Zowel op dvd als Blu-ray.
Het rustige leven van Dwight, een eenzame zwerver, wordt overhoop gegooid wanneer hij verneemt dat de moordenaar van zijn ouders wordt vrijgelaten. Plots heeft hij maar één doel: wraak nemen. Hoewel hij geen enkele ervaring heeft, onluikt hij zich tot een spontane amateur moordenaar.
Pers
"Benauwend. Bloederig. Briljant. Beste thriller van het jaar." ★★★★ HUMO
"Macon Blair zet [de] gefrustreerde wanhoop sterk neer" ★★★★ De Telegraaf
"gitzwarte humor, bloederig geweld, nagelbijtende spanning en een sfeerrijke fotografie." ★★★★ De Morgen
"Een film die voortdurend verrast."★★★★ Algemeen Dagblad
"...Blue Ruin vindt precies het juiste evenwicht tussen drama en thriller, met flitsen van gitzwarte humor als mooie bonus." ★★★★ Vertigo
“Jeremy Saulnier schiet raak” ★★★★ Metro (be)
"Een wraakfilm als geen ander." ★★★★ De Volkskrant
"Zet je gegarandeerd anderhalf uur lang op het puntje van je stoel." ★★★★ Metro (nl)
"Saulnier mikt met scherp." ★★★★ Focus Knack
Awards
FIPRESCI prijs - Cannes Film Festival 2013
Best Director - Gijón International Film Festival 2013
Halekulani Golden Orchid Award - Hawaii International Film Festival 2013
Cabaret Voltaire release a new compilation #7885 (Electropunk to Technopop 1978 – 1985).
#7885 (Electropunk to Technopop 1978 – 1985) compiles two distinct periods of Cabaret Voltaire – 1978-81 and 1983-85 – for the first time together on one release and follows the re-mastered vinyl release of Red Mecca and already legendary and sold out box set, #8385 (Collected Works 1983 – 1985).
Featuring classic tracks such as Nag Nag Nag, Do The Mussolini (Headkick), Sensoria, Landslide, I Want You and Just Fascination, #7885 (Electropunk to Technopop 1978 – 1985) was curated by Richard H Kirk who explains, “I decided to gather the more concise elements of the work… Hence the choice of 7” singles, edits and shorter album tracks, a kind of sound bite take on CV.”
The compilation travels from 1978-81 with a line up of Richard H Kirk, Stephen Mallinder and Chris Watson, when Cabaret Voltaire were (mostly) recording at the Western Works Studios in Sheffield and releasing records on Rough Trade and from 1983-85 after Watson’s departure when Kirk and Mallinder released via the Some Bizzare label on Virgin Records. Kirk points out that this “was a time where we got to do what we do, but in different areas, we wanted to push the boundaries of electronic music, we wanted to place what we were doing into places where it really shouldn’t be. We certainly didn’t want to carry on repeating what we’d done for the ten years previous.”
Cabaret Voltaire formed in 1973 and, alongside Human League, Throbbing Gristle, Fad Gadget and The Normal, were at the forefront of the UK Electronic Movement of the late ’70s. Way ahead of their time, Cabaret Voltaire’s blend of dance music, techno, dub, house and experimental made them, without a doubt, one of the most influential acts of the last 40 years.
Apparently, a lot of major releases for the fall were announced on the latest Comic-Con in San Diego. The trailer for the third installment in The Hunger Games film series was presented over there as well. "The hunger games: mockingjay part 1" is an upcoming 2014 American science fiction adventure film directed by Francis Lawrence with a screenplay by Peter Craig and Danny Strong. It is the first of two cinematic parts based on the novel Mockingjay, the final book in The Hunger Games trilogy, written by Suzanne Collins, produced by Nina Jacobson and Jon Kilik and distributed by Lionsgate.
See the teaser/trailer down below.
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies is an upcoming 2014 epic fantasy adventure film, directed by Peter Jackson and written by Jackson, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Guillermo del Toro. It will be the third and final installment in the three-part film adaptation based on The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien. It is preceded by An Unexpected Journey (2012) and The Desolation of Smaug (2013). Produced by New Line Cinema, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and WingNut Films, and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, the film is scheduled for release on 12 December 2014.
The trailer for the 3rd & final chapter of this trilogy was presented on the latest Comic-Con where Peter Jackson took the stage to present the first footage from The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. Co-stars Andy Serkis, Lee Pace, Evangeline Lilly, Benedict Cumberbatch, Orlando Bloom, Cate Blanchet, Elijah Wood and others joined the writer/director to promote the third and final Hobbit film, scheduled for release December 17.
The Icelandic band Hugar is a duet formed by Bergur Þórisson & Pétur Jónsson. They have been playing together for many years in all kinds of different bands but in early 2012 they decided to go ahead and form a group of their own to experiment and take a personal direction in music. (Bergur is part of the live band of Ólafur Arnalds)
Their intriguing music can be described as a mixture of neo-classical, ambient & post-rock.
The first video of their debut album was just released & can be viewed down below.
You can listen to the full album on bandcamp : http://hugar.bandcamp.com/
Hugar are Bergur Þórisson & Pétur Jónsson
Other instrumentalists are:
Ólafur Arnalds - Drums
Pétur Björnsson - Violin
Sólveig Vaka Eyþórsdóttir - Violin
Guðbjartur Hákonarson - Viola
Hrafnhildur Marta Guðmundsdóttir - Cello
Björgvin Ragnar Hjálmarsson - Clarinet and bass clarinet
