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Articles tagged "control" Column: The Box Office BelletristHe’s Lost Controlby Jennifer Makowsky[25.Aug.08] :. The kids who grew up in the '90s had the haunted Kurt Cobain; my generation had the tormented Ian Curtis.  Short Ends and LeaderOde to Joy: Joy Division / Control (2007)by Bill Gibron[1.Jun.08] :. The most revolutionary thing about punk wasn’t the music, though it’s hard to imagine that ‘70s listeners were ready for the Ramones/Sex Pistols style of cacophonous crash and burn....  PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2007 FeaturePerformance Art: The Best Acting of 2007 - Maleby PopMatters Staff[9.Jan.08] :. From the tender and eerie precision of Sam Riley's depiction of Joy Division singer Ian Curtis in Control to yet another superlative performance by Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood, PopMatters highlights the best male actors of 2007. PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2007 Featured Article Music ReviewJoy Division: Unknown Pleasuresby Evan Sawdey[21.Dec.07] :. Anton Cobijn's movie biopic has triggered the largest revival of interest in Joy Division in nearly a decade.  Film ReviewControlby Matt Mazur[12.Nov.07] :. What could have easily ended up as a humorless exercise in hipster excess turns out warm and snappy.  Film ReviewControlby Cynthia Fuchs[7.Nov.07] :. Despite occasional strange and impossibly intimate reveries, the film lapses frequently into biopickish shorthand. Anton Corbijn’s ‘Control’ is a joyby Jim Harrington [The Oakland Tribune (MCT)][26.Oct.07] :. “Control” is a joy. It’s one of the best music biopics in years, as good as the Johnny Cash film “Walk the Line” and the Ray Charles saga “Ray.” Of course,... Tragic rocker Ian Curtis the subject of two new moviesby Rafer Guzman [Newsday (MCT)][11.Oct.07] :. When Ian Curtis hanged himself at his suburban home outside Manchester, England, the 23-year-old singer ended a short career. But he was about to embark on a second life as one of rock’s most... The Toronto trend: movies about musicby Terry Lawson [Detroit Free Press (MCT)][8.Oct.07] :. TORONTO—Along with its announced purpose of bringing the best of contemporary international cinema to North America, and its unofficial standing as the launching pad for films that the studios... Pedro the Lion: Controlby Jeremy Schneyer[23.Apr.02] :. By now, issues of Dave Bazan’s faith should really be beyond discussion—yeah, he’s a Christian. Yeah, sometimes he sings about it. However, whenever he does, it’s in a... |
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