Tag: jamesmurphy

Rick Alverson's not-comedy, The Comedy, is currently one of my favorite films of the year. It haunts me. It is, and I quote myself, "hilarious, transgressive, brilliant, and most people will find it unwatchable." But that doesn't mean you shouldn't...

I've never set foot in Vancouver, but I did see The Comedy at BAMcinemaFest back in June. That's right, I saw it before it was cool. And since there's no full review of the film in the ScreenAnarchy archive, it...

We told you about this day a few months ago, and now it is finally here. Will Lovelace and Dylan Southern's inspired LCD Soundsystem documentary SHUT UP AND PLAY THE HITS is playing for one night in theaters across America,...

New York distributor Oscilloscope Pictures has announced they will be bringing their Sundance hit LCD Soundsystem documentary SHUT UP AND PLAY THE HITS to the big screen in a less than typical fashion. The film will play one night only,...

When LCD Soundsystem front man James Murphy announced he was closing up shop on the band he founded, filmmakers Will Lovelace and Dylan Southern had to know why. They approached Murphy with the idea of making a movie about his...

We've got another clip from The Comedy, Rick Alverson's hipster comedy / drama that debuted at Sundance over the weekend to wildly divergent reactions. And this one gives you a brief, but bigger, taste of the film's tone, I...

Debuting tonight in the U.S. Dramatic Competition, Rick Alverson's The Comedy follows a character named Swanson and his hipster friends, who "live in a tepid social paradise, a.k.a. Williamsburg, where their good fortune breeds indifference and recreational cruelty." Now...

You always want to go out on top of your game; to forever be remembered for your greatness. Few entertainers know how and when to do that, allowing their careers and influence to tumble into mediocrity. From the trailer for the...