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The initial lineup for the “Together for Palestine” benefit concert helmed by Brian Eno has been announced, with Damon Albarn, Jamie xx, and Rina Sawayama among the artists confirmed. It takes place at London’s Wembley Arena on September 17th.

In addition to Palestinian musicians Adnan Joubran, Faraj Suleiman, and Nai Barghouti, they will be joined by James Blake, PinkPantheress, King Krule, and Hot Chip. This initial wave of performers is rounded out by Bastille, Cat Burns, Greentea Peng, Mabel, Obongjayar, Paloma Faith, Rachel Chinouriri, Riz Ahmed, and Sampha. Sawayama, PinkPantheress, and Ahmed’s appearances are described as “one-off contributions.”

100% of the ticket price (minus additional fees) will be donated to Choose Love, a British charity partnered with Palestinian-led organizations in Gaza to provide humanitarian relief. Tickets are available now via MyTicket.

“In the face of the horrors of Gaza, silence becomes complicity,” Eno said in a statement. “Artists have...

Musical activism is nothing new. Think of Jimi Hendrix protesting the Vietnam War at Woodstock with his distorted, electronic take on the “Star-Spangled Banner.” So it should come as no surprise that the most contentious political issue of our time — the ongoing war in Gaza — is being voiced, debated and fought over on stages at music festivals and in clubs worldwide.

On the festival circuit, artists condemning Israel or calling for a “free Palestine” have become as common as a chorus sing-along. Pop stars — Dua Lipa, Billie Eilish, Lana Del Rey, The Weeknd, Olivia Rodrigo, and many more — regularly take to social media to call attention to the humanitarian crisis in the region. Groups like DJ for Palestine and Ravers for Palestine have injected activism into the club scene.

The pro-Palestinian views espoused by many musical artists appear to be popular with their young, mostly left-wing audiences — the recent Glastonbury...

Director-artist Ilya Khrzhanovskiy, best known for the “Dau” project, will be the subject of the “Tribute To” program at the 31st Sarajevo Film Festival, with a curated retrospective of his films.

Khrzhanovskiy was born in Russia and graduated from the Russian State Institute of Cinematography (Vgik), but last year, the Russian Ministry of Justice added him to its list of foreign agents, and he subsequently renounced his Russian citizenship.

His debut feature film “4” won the Tiger Award at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2005, and the best director awards in Buenos Aires and Athens. The film was screened at over 50 festivals and distributed worldwide.

Since 2006, he has been working on “Dau,” a multidisciplinary project at the intersection of film, art and anthropology. In 2006, “Dau” was selected for the Atelier of the Festival de Cannes. He shot 700 hours of footage, from which 14 feature films, three TV series, video performances and scientific films were created.

Among the brilliant first four Talking Heads albums, More Songs About Buildings and Food has always been a dark horse candidate for the all-around greatest. Released 47 years ago this month, it sounds more electable now than ever. With its lean muscularity, panic-attack propulsion, weird ambiance, highwire anxiety, paranoid prescience and formal coherence, it comes across as the Sgt. Pepper of media-age alienation.

That alone would merit a shout-out for More Songs About Buildings and Food (Super Deluxe Edition), yet another super-sized major label classic album vault-scraping. But there’s context,...

UK trip-hop pioneers Massive Attack have launched a new alliance in support of musicians who are facing intimidation “from within our industry” for publicly speaking out against Israel’s military violence in Gaza.

Brian Eno, Kneecap, and Fontaines D.C. are among the artists who have joined Massive Attack in this effort, sharing a post on Instagram explaining that they aim to support fellow musicians who have been threatened with “attempted censorship.”

“The scenes in Gaza have moved beyond description. We write as artists who’ve chosen to use our public platforms to speak out against the genocide occurring there & the role of the UK government in facilitating it,” Massive Attack and other artists in the alliance posted on Instagram. “Because of our expressions of conscience, we’ve been subject to various intimidations from within our industry (live & recorded) & legally via organized bodies such as UK Lawyers for Israel… Having...

Massive Attack have announced an alliance for musicians who are facing “intimidations from within” the music industry over their support of Palestine and Gaza. The band shared a statement on Instagram saying they hope help protect other artists from the “organized censorship” many have experienced after speaking out.

“The scenes in Gaza have moved beyond description,” the band wrote. “We write as artists who’ve chose to use our public platforms to speak out agains the genocide occurring there & the role of the UK Government in facilitating it. Because of our expressions of conscience,...

The Bear is already a visual treat, a show packed with tight cinematography, razor-sharp editing, and performances that pull you right into the heat of the kitchen. But the creators didn’t stop at just looking good. They wanted more. They wanted the show to feel like something. To hit you in the chest, it stays with you long after the credits roll. And boy, did they cook.

From chaos to calm, the building tensions to the small wins, The Bear uses music like a secret ingredient, one that elevates every emotional scene. It’s not just good TV; it’s something that makes shows like this stand out. The soundtrack is packed with iconic needle drops, perfectly placed to deepen the mood or underscore a moment of character transformation. Whether it’s Taylor Swift soundtracking Richie’s big breakthrough or Wilco playing while Carmy chases his next big step,...

In a global entertainment landscape often dominated by high-stakes competition and relentless action, Islands & Trains arrives as a quiet but confident statement. It is not a game to be conquered, but a space to be inhabited, a digital model-making kit that taps into a deep, cross-cultural current of nostalgia.

It evokes the patient hobbyism of physical model railroading, a pastime cherished from the meticulous layouts in German basements to the compact designs in Japanese apartments. The central premise is one of elegant simplicity: presented with a blank ocean canvas, the player uses a clean palette of tools to raise land, cultivate scenery, and lay railways.

There are no objectives, no timers, no external pressures to perform. This is a pure exercise in creation, a rejection of the goal-oriented loops that define so many interactive experiences. Once the diorama is complete, a single train can be sent to circle through the handcrafted world,...

Nation of Language have announced their fourth album Dance Called Memory. The synth pop trio’s next record drops on September 19th, and marks their first full-length release under the Sub Pop label. What’s more, they’ve released the album’s next single, “I’m Not Ready For the Change,” which you can listen to below.

Dance Called Memory was produced, recorded, and mixed by close collaborator Nick Millhiser, who also produced 2023’s Strange Disciple. Frontman Ian Richard Devaney revealed the trio was influenced by Brian Eno’s creative philosophy. “I’ve read about how Kraftwerk wanted to remove all of the humanity from their music, but Eno often spoke about wanting to make synthesized music that felt distinctly human,” Devaney said. “In this era quickly being defined by the rise of AI supplanting human creators I’m focusing more on the human condition, and I need the underlying music to support that.

Two titans of New Wave, the B-52’s and Devo, will team up this fall for the co-headlining Cosmic De-Evolution Tour.

Although the B-52’s embarked on a farewell tour three years ago — they’ve since confined themselves to a Las Vegas residency — the idea of joining the “Whip It” troupe on the road proved too enticing to ignore. The two bands recently linked up (alongside Fred Armisen) at the all-star SNL 50 concert and discussed the venture.

“In 2022, I swore I’d never get on a tour bus again, but...

Benedict Cumberbatch, Riz Ahmed, Dua Lipa and Annie Lennox are among 300 public figures to have signed an open letter calling on UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer to end the country’s “complicity” in the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

“We urge you to take immediate action to end the UK’s complicity in the horrors in Gaza,” read the letter. “Right now, children in Gaza are starving while food and medicine sit just minutes away, blocked at the border. Words won’t feed Palestinian children – we need action. Every single one of Gaza’s 2.1 million people is at risk of starvation, as you read this.

“Mothers, fathers, babies, grandparents – an entire people left to starve before the world’s eyes. 290,000 children are on the brink of death – starved by the Israeli government for more than 70 days.”

The signatories called for an immediate suspension of all UK arms sales to Israel; immediate...

Brian Eno is leveraging his historical ties to Microsoft to urge the company to cease providing AI technology and cloud services to the Israeli Ministry of Defense. In a significant further step, he has also pledged to donate the fees he received for composing the Windows 95 startup sound to victims of Israel’s attacks on Gaza.

“Today, I’m compelled to speak, not as a composer this time, but as a citizen alarmed by the role Microsoft is playing in a very different kind of composition: one that leads to surveillance, violence, and destruction in Palestine,” Eno wrote in an open letter posted to Instagram on Wednesday, May 21st. “In a blog post dated May 15, 2025, Microsoft acknowledged that it provides Israel’s Ministry of Defense with ‘software, professional services, Azure cloud services and Azure AI services, including language translation.'”

Eno continued, “These ‘services’ support a regime that is engaged...

Manchester rock band James have announced a 2025 North American tour, during which they will play their 1993 album, Laid, in its entirety for the first time ever.

Marking their first full North American headline tour in 15 years, the jaunt kicks off on September 3rd in Atlanta, followed by stops in cities including Nashville, Brooklyn, Toronto, Los Angeles, and Vancouver. See the full itinerary below.

The general on-sale begins on Friday, May 9th at 10:00 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster. It will be preceded by several pre-sales, including an artist pre-sale (sign up here) starting Wednesday, May 7th at 10:00 a.m. local time and a Live Nation pre-sale (use code Freestyle) for select dates beginning Thursday, May 8th at 10:00 a.m. local time.

“So looking forward to returning to North America,” vocalist Tim Booth said in a statement. “This time the album Laid will be the centrepiece of the...

In celebration of Earth Day, over 30 acclaimed artists from across the globe have released new music infused with the sounds of nature – from birdsong and crashing waves to glaciers, moths, antelopes and rainforest wildlife. This unique collection of songs is released as part of Sounds Right, a groundbreaking initiative that made Nature an official artist on streaming platforms generating 130 million listeners and real funding for frontline conservation projects worldwide.

The new tracks feature an eclectic mix of artists, with leading Indian singing sensation and songwriter Armaan Malik and Indian American singer-songwriter Raveena fronting a stellar lineup that includes Grammy winners and rising stars across multiple genres. French composer Yann Tiersen, electronic powerhouse Steve Angello (Swedish House Mafia), and Seattle indie-rocker Syml, are among the key contributors. They are joined by artists such as Rozzi, George The Poet, Rosa Walton, Penguin Cafe, Madame Gandhi, Franc Moody, and many more.

Representing countries including India,...

There’s a certain formula that often defines the recipients of the Cannes Film Festival’s prestigious top prize, the Palme d’Or. These films, especially in the last two decades, tend to have a sense of importance about them, frequently due to their sociopolitical awareness of the world (Laurent Cantet’s The Class), or of specific societal ills.

From time to time, the Palme d’Or goes to a bold, experimental, and divisive vision from a well-liked auteur, such as Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives and Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life. But more often it’s awarded to a film in the lineup that the majority of the members on the Cannes jury can agree is good. That felt like the case for Ken Loach’s The Wind that Shakes the Barley and I, Daniel Blake, as well as Julia Ducournau’s Titane,...

Brian Eno and Beatie Wolfe have announced that they are releasing two new albums together this summer. Luminal and Lateral are both out June 6th via Verve Records, and the duo has shared the two albums’ respective lead singles. Listen to “Suddenly” and “Big Empty Country (Edit)” below.

Eno and Wolfe met in 2022 during a scheduled conversation at SXSW titled Art & Climate, in which they discussed the intersection of art and the ongoing climate crisis. They reconnected later in London, where they were both displaying their art at separate galleries in the city.

Luminal appears to feature 11 distinct tracks, while Lateral is split into eight ambient movements, each titled “Big Empty Country.” In a joint statement, Eno and Wolfe revealed a list of words from other languages that defined their process of working together.

“Music is about making feelings happen… There are many beautiful words for such feelings in other...

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National Recording Registry adds Amy Winehouse, Elton John, Tracy Chapman, Hamilton, and more

The National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress has selected 25 new recordings for preservation, including albums by Miles Davis, Elton John, Tracy Chapman, and Mary J. Blige, plus Brian Eno's Windows 95 startup chime, the Minecraft video game score, and the original cast recording of Hamilton. Here's the full list:

“Aloha ‘Oe” — Hawaiian Quintette (1913) (single) “Sweet Georgia Brown” — Brother Bones & His Shadows (1949) (single) “Happy Trails” — Roy Rogers and Dale Evans (1952) (single) Radio Broadcast of Game 7 of the 1960 World Series — Chuck Thompson (1960) Harry Urata Field Recordings (1960-1980) Hello Dummy! — Don Rickles (1968) (album) Chicago Transit Authority — Chicago (1969) (album) Bitches Brew — Miles Davis (1970) (album) “Kiss an Angel Good Mornin’” — Charley Pride (1971) (single) “I Am Woman” — Helen Reddy (1972) (single) “El Rey” — Vicente Fernandez (1973) (single) Goodbye Yellow Brick Road — Elton John (1973) (album) “Before the...

More than 30 years ago, Microsoft commissioned Brian Eno to create the now-iconic Windows 95 reboot chime. Now, the meticulously created “Microsoft Sound” is among this year’s selection of 25 “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” pieces of recorded music archived into the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry.

Other 2025 inductions include classic albums like Tracy Chapman’s self-titled debut, Elton John’s Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Amy Winehouse’s Back to Black, Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew, the Hamilton original cast recording, and Mary J. Blige’s My Life.

Celine Dion’s Titanic anthem “My Heart Will Go On,” Charley Pride’s “Kiss an Angel Good Mornin,'” Vicente Fernandez’s ranchera song “El Rey,” and Chuck Thompson’s radio broadcast of Game 7 of the 1960 World Series have also been added. See the full list below and take a look at the Library of Congress’ full registry here.

In a 1996 interview with SFGate,...

The Library of Congress announced its 2025 selections for the National Recording Registry, an eclectic list that ranges from Elton John’s “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” album, the cast recording of Hamilton, the Microsoft Windows reboot chime and “Minecraft: Volume Alpha.”

Also on the list: Amy Winehouse’s “Back to Black,” Tracy Chapman’s 1988 debut album, Celine Dion’s 1997 single “My Heart Will Go On” from Titanic, and Roy Rogers and Dale Evans’ classic “Happy Trails.”

The recordings were selected as “audio treasures worthy of preservation for all time,” based on their “cultural, historical or aesthetic importance in the nation’s recorded sound heritage,” according to the Library of Congress.

“These are the sounds of America – our wide-ranging history and culture. The National Recording Registry is our evolving nation’s playlist,” Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden said in a statement. The library adds 25 new entrants each year.

The public nominated more...

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Legendary musician, songwriter, and composer Brian Eno seems to be in a reflective mood. Last year, he released his experimental documentary, Eno, and now he’s releasing a new book. What Art Does arrives today from Faber & Faber, and is available as a hardcover or Kindle.

What Art Does, co-written by Bette Adriaanse, is Eno’s first book in nearly three decades. Subtitled “An Unfinished Theory,” the...

Brian Eno released his surprise new album, Aurum, Thursday exclusively on Apple Music, with the LP making use of the service’s spatial-audio technology.

To coincide with Aurum’s arrival, the ambient-music pioneer also sat down with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe for an expansive video interview to discuss the 80-minute album, his thoughts on AI technology, his tenure with the Rock Hall-inducted Roxy Music, and his new book What Art Does.

“Talking about AI itself, I’ve always been happy to welcome new technologies and to see what you...

The archive of the pioneering BBC Radiophonic Workshop is being made available for the first time for use by musical artists and producers in a move set to continue a legacy of helping invent and develop electronic music and sampling. The Workshop created legendary sounds and music for radio and TV series, such as Doctor Who, including its famous theme, Tomorrow’s World, and The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, giving, as the BBC noted, “the Tardis an engine and the Daleks a voice.”

The move comes thanks to a licensing deal and collaboration between Spitfire Audio, a London-based technology company that creates virtual instrument sample libraries used for music production, and BBC Studios. The BBC Radiophonic Workshop was launched in 1958, rose to prominence at its Maida Vale Studios in London, and closed in March 1998.

Spitfire touted that under the partnership “an unprecedented package of samples” will be available from Wednesday,...

Record Store Day has revealed its extensive list of limited edition vinyl, box sets, and other speciality releases that will be available as part of its 2025 edition taking place on Saturday, April 12th, 2025.

This year promises exclusive releases from Post Malone (who serves as the 2025 Rsd Ambassador), Rage Against the Machine, Wu-Tang Clan, Gorillaz, Taylor Swift, Charli Xcx, The Killers, Tom Waits, and more.

You can find specifics on some of the most notable releases below, and find many more detailed at the Record Store Day website.

Post Malone’s epic Nirvana covers set from April 2020 is being released on vinyl for the first time, with proceeds benefiting MusiCares’ Addiction Recovery/Mental Health division.

Rage Against the Machine will collect completely untouched and unmixed live recordings from their first world tour on Live on Tour 1993.

Wu-Tang Clan has teamed up with producer Mathematics for a brand new album called Black Samson,...

The annual, massive list of Record Store Day releases has arrived. The event, which recently named Post Malone as the 2025 ambassador, takes place at indie record shops on April 12.

The list, which includes over 300 titles, includes an official release of Post Malone’s Nirvana covers, which he performed on a livestream in 2020 during the pandemic. Pressed on vinyl for the first time, Post Malone Tribute To Nirvana features Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker, guitarist Nick Mack, and bassist Brian Lee.

In addition, “Fortnight,” Malone’s collaboration with Taylor Swift, will be released on exclusive 7″ white vinyl.

Here’s a toast to Marianne Faithfull, a true rock & roll legend. Nobody was ever better at being an old rock star, except maybe Leonard Cohen. Yet the difference is that Cohen didn’t release his debut album until he was 33 — he was never young in public. Faithfull was a Sixties dolly bird who was on Top of the Pops in her teens, singing “As Tears Go By,” just another disposable pop ingenue. She played Ophelia in the 1970 film version of Hamlet, a hauntingly tragic performance, at a time when...

Nothing, positively nothing, good comes out of purchasing a decades-old farmhouse in the middle of Wales. Or anywhere else, for that matter. In Bryn Chainey’s contribution to the ever-expanding folk horror sub-genre, Rabbit Trap, Darcy (Oscar nominee Dev Patel) and Daphne Davenport (Rosy McEwan), a sound recordist and an experimental/electronic music artist (imagine a cross between genre pioneers Brian Eno and Laurie Anderson), respectively, purchase said farmhouse somewhere in Wales circa 1976, ostensibly so Daphne can complete work on her latest album and Darcy, husband and chief assistant, gathers sounds from the natural and human-made world outside their farmhouse. The “nothing good” part happens almost immediately: rambling through the nearby woods, Darcy crosses a mushroom circle, records strange, discordant sounds, and experiences a...

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David Lynch, the undisputed master of surrealism and the uncanny, has left an indelible mark on the world of film and television. His works are characterized by haunting visuals, enigmatic narratives, and an unparalleled ability to explore the darker corners of human nature. Upon his passing, we hope to commemorate his lasting impact on the art of cinema with a closer look at seven of his most iconic projects, with my personal favorite, Twin Peaks, reigning supreme.

7. Dune (1984)

While Dune remains one of Lynch’s most polarizing works, it deserves recognition for its ambition and scale. Adapting Frank Herbert’s sprawling sci-fi epic was no small feat, and Lynch brought his unique visual style and atmospheric world-building to the project. Starring actor Kyle MacLachlan in his first collaboration with Lynch, the film immerses viewers in the desolate beauty of Arrakis.

Although Lynch famously disowned the final cut due to studio interference,...

"We really need to be able to harness the intelligence and creativity of everybody - art is the way we do that." Film First has unveiled an official trailer for a documentary film called simply Eno, a creative biopic doc about music artist Brian Eno. This first premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival last year and it will be getting an online premiere exactly one year from its original debut. If you want to watch it online during this time on January 24th, click here ($24 for 24 hours). The doc film is showing as a "24 Hours of Eno" event, because it features generative elements and always-changing footage, making it "unique" every single time anyone watches it - including during this 24 hour period. In the first career-spanning doc about the legendary artist, filmmaker Gary Hustwit set out to decode Eno's creative strategies and to reject the hagiographic impulses of the music doc genre.

Gold Derby’s top news stories for Jan. 10, 2025 2025 Cinema Eye Honors announces winners

On Thursday, Cinema Eye announced this year’s documentary and nonfiction winners at the New York Academy of Medicine in East Harlem. No Other Land, the war doc made by four young Palestinian and Isreali filmmakers, won three trophies including Best Nonfiction Feature. Directors Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, and Rachel Szor shared the award for Debut Feature, while Abraham and Adra were also recognized as Unforgettables for their onscreen appearances. No Other Land is currently the Oscar frontrunner to win Best Documentary Feature. Here is the complete list of winners for the 2025 Cinema Eye Honors:

Nonfiction Feature: No Other Land

Direction: Mati Diop, Dahomey

Editing: Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat (Rik Chaubet)

Production: Union (Bretty Story, Stephen Mang, Mars Verrone, Samantha Curley, and Martin Dicicco)

Cinematography: Sugarcane (Christopher Lamarca and Emily Kassie)

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After its world premiere at Sundance last year, Gary Hustwit’s “Eno” quickly became one of the most talked-about documentaries of 2024. And its reputation is well deserved: a generative feature film made with digital artist Brendan Dawes about the legendary musician/producer/artist/ ambient music pioneer Brian Eno that’s different each time it screens. It’s a groundbreaking concept as playful and creative as Eno himself, and it’s left many bracing to experience it not just once but several times.

Continue reading ’24 Hours Of Eno’: Gary Hustwit’s Groundbreaking Brian Eno Doc Gets The Livestream Treatment On January 24 at The Playlist.

Last year’s top two documentary titles from the Berlinale continue there winning ways landing the top prizes at last night’s Cinema Eye Honors. Docus that premiered at Sundance dominated the other major categories, with Soundtrack to a Coup d’État, Union, Sugarcane, and The Remarkable Life of Ibelin all taking home awards. As we creep up towards the Oscar noms date, No Other Land (they also took the Best Debut doc) and Dahomey are probable locks for the top five. Here are all the winners

Nonfiction Feature

“No Other Land,” Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor, Fabien Greenberg, Bård Kjøge Rønning, Julius Pollux Rothlaender, and Bård Harazi Farbu

Direction

Mati Diop for “Dahomey”

Editing

Rik Chaubet for “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat”

Production

Brett Story, Stephen Maing, Mars Verrone, Samantha Curley, and Martin Dicicco for “Union”

Cinematography

Christopher Lamarca and Emily Kassie for “Sugarcane”

Original...

The acclaimed and innovative documentary about the incomparable Brian Eno — a theatrical experience where no two screenings were the same — is finally coming to home audiences with a similarly one-of-a-kind twist: A 24-hour livestreaming event.

Dubbed 24 Hours of Eno and presented by Film First and director Gary Hustwist, the event — “a 24-hour curated film, art, and music experience with multiple unique versions of the documentary generated around the clock” — will begin January 24 at noon Est.

Film First also shared the first official trailer for Eno, which premiered at the...

Even as it continues to seek U.S. distribution, “No Other Land” is continuing its remarkable awards season run. The latest win for the documentary, made by a Palestinian/Israeli collective that includes directors and activists Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor, and Basel Adra: a trio of awards at this year’s Cinema Eye Honors.

At the 18th annual Cinema Eye Honors, which took place Thursday, January 9 at the New York Academy of Medicine in East Harlem, the film walked away with three awards, including Cinema Eye’s top prize, Outstanding Nonfiction Filmmaking. Directors Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, and Rachel Szor also received the award for Debut Feature, with Abraham and Adra also Honored as Unforgettables for their appearance on screen in the film.

This year’s nominees for the Cinema Eye Honors, which honors the best in documentary fiction and TV, included a healthy crop...

“No Other Land” has been named named the best feature of 2024 at the Cinema Eye Honors, the New York-based documentary awards that were established to celebrate all aspects of nonfiction filmmaking. The show took place on Friday night at the New York Academy of Medicine in East Harlem in New York City.

The film was made by two Israeli and two Palestinian filmmakers over the last five years during the conflict in Gaza. It also won the best-feature award at the IDA Documentary Awards, the other major award devoted to nonfiction films.

“Porcelain War” won the Audience Choice Award, the one Cinema Eye category voted on by the public.

The award for directing went to Mati Diop for “Dahomey,” while the production award went to “Union.” “No Other Land” won the award for the best first feature.

“Eno” won for visual design, “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat” for editing and sound design,...

Explorer of the properties of film whose work was seen on Channel 4 and taken up by Tate Modern

In 1970 Malcolm Le Grice made the seven-minute film Berlin Horse. There is no narrative: original 8mm footage of a horse led around a yard in circles is looped and transformed by adding pure spectrum colour filters through the film step-printer in the London Film-makers’ Co-op (Lfmc) workshop. It is accompanied by a soundtrack that Brian Eno had made from guitar chords, with a delay pattern that parallels the visual loops, echoing the use of loops by the US minimalist composers Philip Glass and Steve Reich.

Shown at Lfmc screenings and film festivals, it went on to make a mark in popular culture through inspiring the look of, and being occasionally glimpsed in, the music video for Catch the Sun by the indie band Doves. Both can be found on YouTube.

Illustrations by Stephanie Lane Gage.In 1996, Brian Eno reflected on his run of ambient albums for Eg Recordings twenty years prior, writing that he recognized a desire among his friends “to use music in a different way—as part of the ambience of our lives—and we wanted it to be continuous, a surrounding.”1 I was reminded of these lines while watching Harmony Korine’s Aggro Dr1ft (all films 2024), a film characterized less by its plot or its performances than what Eno refers to as a “sonic mood.” The picture floats by on an ocean of sound that ebbs and flows but never breaks, never crashes. Over the last few years there has been a slew of articles complaining about the lopsided sound of major blockbusters—especially since the pandemic provoked an escalation in the streaming wars. Netflix, Apple TV+, & co. are aware that many home-cinema viewers are only half-watching...

U2 frontman Bono is among the honorees who will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Joe Biden during a ceremony at the White House on Saturday.

The country’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom is presented to individuals “who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors.”

Bono is being recognized as both “the frontman for legendary rock band U2 and a pioneering activist against AIDS and poverty. He brought together politicians from opposing parties to create the United States Pepfar AIDS program, and is co-founder of campaigning organizations One and (Red),” according a statement released by the White House.

Saturday’s other honorees include Bill Nye the Science Guy, actors Denzel Washington and Michael J. Fox, chef and humanitarian José Andrés, NBA legend Magic Johnson,...

If the Oscars shortlist is the equivalent of mid-term exams for awards contenders, then Netflix’s “Emilia Pérez” and Universal Pictures’ “Wicked” just received passing grades.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the shortlists in 10 categories for the upcoming 97th Oscars ceremony.

“Emilia Pérez” landed six mentions overall, including makeup, sound, original score, international feature, and two for original song (“El Mal” and “Mi Camino”). The musical was followed another behometh in the race, Universal Pictures’ “Wicked,” which landed four.

The preliminary voting applies to animated short film, documentary feature, documentary short, international feature, live action short, makeup and hairstyling, original score, original song, sound and visual effects.

Oscar voting to determine the nominees in all 23 categories opens on Wednesday, Jan. 8, and concludes on Sunday, Jan. 12. Nominations will be announced on Friday, Jan. 17.

There are five 2024 Student Academy Award-winning films shortlisted: “Keeper” (documentary short), “Au Revoir...

During the nearly five decades Larry Mullen Jr. has served as the drummer for U2, he has been keeping time for one of the biggest bands in the world. As it turns out, the percussionist has done it while battling a learning disability called dyscalculia.

In a recent interview with Times Radio, Mullen Jr. opened up about his recent diagnosis with dyscalculia for the first time. Sometimes known as “math dyslexia,” the learning disability makes it difficult to learn or comprehend concepts in arithmetic like algebra and understanding whether one amount is greater than another. In turn, this impacts skills like reading music.

“I’ve always known that there’s something not particularly right with the way that I deal with numbers,” Mullen Jr. said. “I’m numerically challenged. And I realized recently that I have dyscalculia, which is a sub-version of dyslexia. So I can’t count [and] I can’t add.

Warning: Spoilers ahead for Maria.

Netflix's 2024 biopic Maria features many classical orchestrations and select opera pieces sung by Maria Callas and performed by Academy Award-winner Angelina Jolie. Jolie, best known for her roles in films such as Maleficent, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, and Girl, Interrupted, returns in her first feature film since Marvel's 2021 action blockbuster Eternals. Jolie has also directed several films, such as First They Killed My Fathers (2017) and Unbroken (2014). Jolie took a break from acting from 2021's Eternals until 2024's Maria to focus on spending more time with her six kids, Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh, and twins Knox and Vivienne.

Maria depicts the final days in the life of Maria Callas, who was once considered the greatest opera singer in the world. The film takes place in 1970s Paris as Maria's health declines. Jolie leads Maria's cast as the titular protagonist who sees the world through a...

Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. To keep up with our latest features, sign up for the Weekly Edit newsletter and follow us @mubinotebook on Twitter and Instagram.News Emilia Pérez.Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Pérez (2024) leads the Golden Globe film nominations with ten, including for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy), Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Actress. On its heels are Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist (2024) with seven nominations and Edward Berger’s Conclave (2024) with six. The January 5 ceremony will be hosted by comedian Nikki Glaser. The year-end list season has begun in earnest. Check out Adam Nayman’s list of the top 10 films of the year at The Ringer, plus Bilge Ebiri’s and Alison Willmore’s respective rankings over at Vulture, which also hosts John Waters’s picks. Meanwhile, Sight and Sound and NME have shared their contributor-solicited lists as well.A new...

Eno is the world’s first generative feature film.

“I tell people, ‘The film is different every time,’” explains director Gary Hustwit. “And they always say, ‘What do you mean? I don’t understand!’ So the best way to explain it is that each iteration of the film is 100 percent unique, because there are things being created for that iteration that will never occur again.”

Hustwit admits the idea for a generative documentary was the result of boredom — at repeated screenings of his own films.

“You go on a 50-city tour, and every time you hit ‘play,’ you then go to a bar or something because you can’t watch the film anymore. I’ve seen it too many times. I just want to be surprised by the movie, like the audience. We’re making digital files now. There’s no film. There’s no celluloid. We’re...

We find ourselves tasked with defending what our purpose is in a society that increasingly values machines, unadulterated praise, and PR speak over personalized opinions, ambivalence, and substantive discussion. Casual cultural consumers often view critics as haters who look to tear down carefully constructed art for clout’s sake.

We can’t, though, think of a more vital purpose for our ever-embattled profession than a list like this. With songs, more so than albums or most other media, there are simply way too many to choose from—which is one reason why even a half-discerning listener might throw up their arms and give over control of the aux to the algorithm.

Not so fast. Lend your ears to the extremely varied tunes we’ve assembled here after months of sifting through countless mediocrities and misfires, only to land on the most unique and arresting pieces of songcraft we could scare up.

“Eno” was already a groundbreaking documentary, as the first non-fiction feature film to screen in a different randomly-generated version each showing. But since its January premiere at Sundance, the documentary about the music and creative process of Brian Eno has only been available to screen at special roadshow theatrical engagements — from which it has grossed nearly a million dollars so far.

Now Gary Hustwit’s technologically innovative doc will be available to viewers at home for the first time in a special 24-hour livestream with multiple versions of the film about the British musician and producer who played with Roxy Music and worked with David Bowie, the Talking Heads and U2. Special surprise guests will drop by the livestream to perform and give talks, and the stream will also incorporate the generative art prequel piece “Nothing Can Ever Be the Same” that showed at the Venice Biennale.

“You see unique...

The dream team of David Bowie and Coldplay was clearly just not meant to be. Bowie is no stranger to collaborations, nor has he been afraid to join forces with superstar musicians. Quite willing to public hate his own songs, the Thin White Duke also cultivated a reputation for openly criticizing other musicians, no matter what their profile or track record.

Elton John and the once Ziggie Stardust had started out as friends, but their closeness eroded in the 1970s when Bowie referred to John as “The token queen of rock and roll” in an interview. He also had choice words for Paul McCartney, and Gary Numan, and infamously came to blows with Axl Rose (at least according to Slash's autobiography). And that openness with his criticism translated to an unwillingness to collaborate with some of rock's most prominent figures.

Not only did Bowie turn down a crossover with Red Hot Chilli Peppers,...

The Edge has teased that he the rest of U2 have linked up with Brian Eno to work on music that could potentially land on the band’s next album — and as he tells it, the results might not sound like what fans are expecting.

“We were in the studio the other day just working on some crazy new music,” the guitarist said. “Bono and I are working on some crazy kind of sci-fi Irish folk music… which could end up becoming a part of the new U2 album. We’re not sure yet, we’ll see.”

The Edge spoke on the new music during an interview with BBC Radio 2, where he touched on the 20th anniversary of U2’s How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, as well as the fittingly-titled reissue How to Re-Assemble an Atomic Bomb.

Offering more insight into the ongoing operations of U2, The Edge explained,...

Gary Hustwit’s documentary “Eno” on music pioneer Brian Eno premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, where it played six times and no audience saw the exactly the same film. “Eno” is the first “generative” movie, utilizing algorithmic software that randomizes the film’s scenes. The algorithm could create as many as 52 quintillion permutations of the film.

Reviews were solid, and the film’s creative, ever-evolving structure — one that’s emblematic of Eno’s own generative music — was a key selling point. That was the theory, anyway.

When Hustwit met with distributors, they all asked: “You could make a director’s cut, right?”

“It defeats the purpose of the whole exercise of this film,” Hustwit told IndieWire of the offers to buy “Eno.” “I don’t want to dumb it down for legacy, linear streaming technology.”

No streamer was willing to figure out how to show unique versions of “Eno” to each viewer,...

Sugarcane, the story of sexual abuse and disappearances at a school for Indigenous children in British Columbia, leads the nominations for the prestigious documentary-focused Cinema Eye Honors awards with six. Four films are next with five noms each: Dahomey, Eno, Frida and No Other Land. See the full list below.

Sugarcane, Dahomey and No Other Land will vie for the marquee Nonfiction Feature prize along with Black Box Diaries, Daughters, Look Into My Eyes and Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat. This is the first year that the named nominees in the Nonfiction Feature category will include the entire creative team: directors, producers, editors, cinematographers, composers, sound designers, visual designers and significant on-screen participants.

The producers of Sugarcane, No Other Land, Hollywoodgate, Mistress Dispeller, Porcelain War and Union are up for the Production prize. The Cinema Eye winner in that category has gone on to take the Documentary Feature Academy...

If you go to see Eno (2024), you will watch a completely different movie from the one I saw. I myself have seen it twice and saw a completely different movie both times. That’s not an uncommon assertion, but usually it’s meant to be taken metaphorically, a statement about the subjective nature of art. Here it’s quite literal: director Gary Hustwit has tried to create a cinematic analogue of the “generative music” his subject is famous for. He shot thirty hours of original footage and sifted through another five hundred hours of archival footage, and then turned it over to an AI editing program to splice it differently each time it gets shown, broadcasting a different cut to each digital projector across the globe. According to the New York Times, there are over “fifty-two quintillion” possible different variations based on the available footage. The end result is intended...

Musician Brian Eno once claimed that the limitations of a medium are exactly what people will miss about it once those limitations are gone. That’s probably why so many modern horror titles opt to embrace styles and mechanics that were once criticized for being cheap and obtuse (like low-poly graphics and tank controls). If you ask me, I’d also argue that this is why we’ve seen a resurgence in movie tie-in games despite licensed productions once being considered the scourge of the video game industry.

And in honor of recent releases like RetroRealms Arcade (which is actually way more enjoyable than most of the licensed titles it’s trying to emulate), we’ve decided to come up with a list highlighting six retro horror movie tie-in games that time forgot. After all, from the Commodore 64 to the Atari 2600, there are plenty of old video games that benefit from some spooky source material.