Category: Film

Watch: New Order’s 90-minute ‘Decades’ documentary and concert film surfaces online

Watch: New Order’s 90-minute ‘Decades’ documentary and concert film surfaces online

The concert film/documentary “New Order: Decades” — chronicling the group’s “So It Goes…” synth-orchestra collaboration with artist Liam Gillick — was broadcast last month on the U.K.’s Sky Arts television network, and finally has surfaced online for the rest of the world to see. Watch it right here.

Wax Trax! documentary ‘Industrial Accident’ due out on DVD in April — plus a soundtrack

Wax Trax! documentary ‘Industrial Accident’ due out on DVD in April — plus a soundtrack

Fans at long last will be able to get their hands on a copy of the “Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax! Records” documentary, as the film — and a much-anticipated soundtrack — will be released in April, according to an email sent today to the project’s Kickstarter backers. Watch the trailer here.

Wire to begin work on new album next month, plus they’re making ‘a film about Wire by Wire’

Wire to begin work on new album next month, plus they’re making ‘a film about Wire by Wire’

Post-punk warriors Wire have announced plans to enter the studio next month to begin work on the band’s 17th album, as well as early explorations into making “a film about Wire by Wire” — a documentary that may ultimately be funded by fans through Kickstarter. The band also is touring Europe later this year.

‘New Order: Decades’ concert film/documentary to air on British TV next month

‘New Order: Decades’ concert film/documentary to air on British TV next month

A new hybrid concert film/documentary called “New Order: Decades” that chronicles the legendary band’s “So It Goes…” synth-orchestra collaboration with artist Liam Gillick will be broadcast on the U.K.’s Sky Arts network on Sept. 22. The film includes performance footage of the concert as well.

‘Midnight Oil 1984’ documentary to screen in U.S. theaters next month — see full trailer

‘Midnight Oil 1984’ documentary to screen in U.S. theaters next month — see full trailer

The new documentary chronicling Midnight Oil’s pivotal year of 1984 — which saw the release of Red Sails in the Sunset and Peter Garrett’s failed run for the Australian Senate as a Nuclear Disarmament Party candidate — will screen later next month in select U.S. theaters. Full dates and trailer right here.

Watch: Trailer for ‘The Public Image is Rotten’ — new documentary on John Lydon’s PiL

Watch: Trailer for ‘The Public Image is Rotten’ — new documentary on John Lydon’s PiL

he new documentary “The Public Image is Rotten” — chronicling John Lydon’s post-Sex Pistols band Public Image Ltd. — will screen in theaters in the U.K. and Europe this summer and then North America this fall, according to the band. And here’s your first taste of the project, via the trailer here.

‘Midnight Oil 1984’ documentary to screen in Australian theaters, worldwide — watch trailer

‘Midnight Oil 1984’ documentary to screen in Australian theaters, worldwide — watch trailer

A new documentary chronicling Midnight Oil’s pivotal year of 1984 — which saw the release of Red Sails in the Sunset and Peter Garrett’s failed run for the Australian Senate as a Nuclear Disarmament Party candidate — will screen in Australian theaters in May before an international rollout.

‘New Wave: Dare to Be Different’ documentary about Long Island’s WLIR to debut on Showtime

‘New Wave: Dare to Be Different’ documentary about Long Island’s WLIR to debut on Showtime

The years-in-the-making, crowdfunded documentary “New Wave: Dare to Be Different” — director Ellen Goldfarb’s star-studded account of the hugely influential New York alternative station WLIR 92.7 FM — will debut on the Showtime cable network later this month. See the trailer right here.

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds concert film ‘Distant Sky’ to screen worldwide in April

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds concert film ‘Distant Sky’ to screen worldwide in April

A new Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds concert film titled “Distant Sky” and filmed last year will be screened in theaters worldwide for one night only on April 12. Directed by David Barnard, the film captures the Bad Seeds’ Skeleton Tree-centered performance on Oct. 20 at the Royal Arena in Copenhagen.

Watch: ‘Hansa Studios By The Wall 1976-90’ — 90-minute documentary on famed studio

Watch: ‘Hansa Studios By The Wall 1976-90’ — 90-minute documentary on famed studio

Explore the legacy of the German recording studio where David Bowie’s “Heroes” and so many other classic albums were made in the new 90-minute documentary “Hansa Studios By The Wall 1976-90,” which aired on U.K. television earlier this month and now has popped up on YouTube. Watch it here.

Watch: Showtime debuts new trailer for upcoming XTC documentary ‘This Is Pop’

Watch: Showtime debuts new trailer for upcoming XTC documentary ‘This Is Pop’

The Showtime cable network has released a trailer ahead of its airing of the new XTC  documentary “This Is Pop,” a 30-second tease that’s a fraction as long as the nearly 6 1/2-minute trailer that leaked earlier this year. Still, for fans in the U.S., where the doc has yet to air, it’s a tantalizing glimpse of the film that will screen Jan. 11.

Now showing: The Go-Betweens documentary ‘Right Here’ available to stream on Vimeo

Now showing: The Go-Betweens documentary ‘Right Here’ available to stream on Vimeo

“The Go-Betweens: Right Here,” director Kriv Stenders’ new documentary about the beloved Australian indie-rock act that premiered last summer at the Sydney Film Festival, can now be seen by fans in the U.S. thanks to a Vimeo streaming deal. The film, previewed below, can be rented for $4.99 or bought for $9.99.

The Cure to mark 40th anniversary with new documentary: ‘Robert himself will tell the story’

The Cure to mark 40th anniversary with new documentary: ‘Robert himself will tell the story’

Film director Tim Pope finally let the cat out of the bag, today announcing plans to collaborate with Robert Smith on a “feature-length, chronological documentary of The Cure’s history from the 1970s via present day to the future” — a project that promises to include never-before-seen footage.