When indie-pop singer Knox Fortune asked his friends Chris Bailoni and Clay Frankel to open for him at Chicago’s Lincoln Hall last November, they were a little hesitant. “We were like, ‘We’re not even really a band!'” Frankel recalls. “But he was like, ‘Aw, c’mon. We’ll get drunk. It’ll be fun.'”
A year later, Bailoni and Frankel’s rollicking synth-pop duo, Grapetooth, is still going, with an electrifying debut LP and a reputation as one of Chicago’s wildest live acts. “It feels bizarre,...
A year later, Bailoni and Frankel’s rollicking synth-pop duo, Grapetooth, is still going, with an electrifying debut LP and a reputation as one of Chicago’s wildest live acts. “It feels bizarre,...
- 12/13/2018
- by Dan Hyman
- Rollingstone.com
Mountain
Director Jennifer Peedom has spent a considerable portion of her career telling the stories of mountains. Her 2008 film Miracle On Everest told of the remarkable rescue of Australian climber Lincoln Hall, who almost died atop the world's most famous peak, and in 2015 she captured the tragedy of the Khumbu Icefall avalanche in Sherpa. Now she's back with documentary Mountain, which takes viewers on a tour of some of the world's most spectacular landscapes, set to classical music.
“This one came about because a number of years ago, while I was still making another film, called Sherpa, I was approached by the Australian Chamber Orchestra, who are known for their unusual collaborations and wanted to collaborate on a project about mountains," she explains. “Making a film with an orchestra is not something I’d ever done before and it came with a lot of creative challenges. In many ways...
Director Jennifer Peedom has spent a considerable portion of her career telling the stories of mountains. Her 2008 film Miracle On Everest told of the remarkable rescue of Australian climber Lincoln Hall, who almost died atop the world's most famous peak, and in 2015 she captured the tragedy of the Khumbu Icefall avalanche in Sherpa. Now she's back with documentary Mountain, which takes viewers on a tour of some of the world's most spectacular landscapes, set to classical music.
“This one came about because a number of years ago, while I was still making another film, called Sherpa, I was approached by the Australian Chamber Orchestra, who are known for their unusual collaborations and wanted to collaborate on a project about mountains," she explains. “Making a film with an orchestra is not something I’d ever done before and it came with a lot of creative challenges. In many ways...
- 5/10/2018
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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