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A24’s black comedy Sorry, Baby, comedian and actor Eva Victor‘s feature writing and directing debut produced by Barry Jenkins, opens at Lincoln Square and Angelika in NY, and the Grove and Century City in L.A.. This was one of the buzziest titles in Sundance and one of the few there to sell in a major deal — for about $8 million.

“A star is born, and so is a born filmmaker,” said Deadline’s review, with Pete Hammond calling it “one of the most assured and heartfelt films I have seen in a very long time.” It went on to close the Directors’ Fortnight section at Cannes.

The film lands amid a box office boom with another big weekend led by F1 and M3GAN 2.0. Indie distributors have been carefully evaluating whether the rising tide of the past few months lifts all boats and has been rather upbeat so far.

It had been nearly a decade since Blur last united in the studio. Formed in the late 80s in Colchester, the band rose to prominence in the 90s British music scene alongside groups like Oasis. Led by frontman Damon Albarn, their energetic brand of pop-rock earned them critical and commercial success with hit albums like Parklife.

But the pressures of fame took their toll over time. Relationships strained, and members pursued other projects. By 2015, eight years had passed since their last record together. Then in 2023, Albarn began writing songs dealing with a recent heartbreak. He knew these intimate pieces could only be fully realized with his bandmates by his side once more.

So the quartet reconvened, now in their 50s, to record The Ballad of Darren. Director Toby L was there to capture it all, from the first anxious meetings to emotional studio sessions. He also followed them on a...

Altitude has released the official trailer for ‘blur: Live at Wembley Stadium,’ the new cinematic two-hour concert film immortalising the band’s historic 2023 show.

The gig saw Blur perform their iconic and much-loved songs for 150,000 fans across a transcendent, once-in-a-generation performance weekend that delivered a sweep of ecstatic 5-star reviews.

Directed by Toby L, the doc captures the band in full flight at the biggest show of their career, featuring electrifying performances of hits from across their celebrated songbook, including tracks from 2023’s acclaimed, chart-topping album ‘The Ballad of Darren.’

The trailer launch coincides with the release of a new live album also titled Live at Wembley Stadium, out now on Parlophone, and follows the recent release of the critically acclaimed documentary ‘blur: To The End’ which secured the biggest box office opening of the year for a documentary in the UK and Ireland.

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Altitude has secured key international deals for blur documentary blur: To The End and concert film blur: Live At Wembley Stadium.

Both titles have sold to Australia/New Zealand (Madman Entertainment), Benelux & Latin America (Piece of Magic Entertainment), Germany & Austria (Look at That! Media), Italy (Adler), Spain (Filmin), former Yugoslavia (Discovery), Scandinavia & Baltics (Nonstop Entertainment), Japan (Kadokawa), South Korea (The Coup) and Taiwan (Hooray).

Talks are ongoing for North America, France, Poland and airlines.

Altitude will release blur: To The End in UK-Ireland cinemas from July 19, with blur: Live At Wembley Stadium hitting cinemas from September 6.

Piece of Magic will...

The Money Trench – The Music Industry Podcast with Mark Sutherland (‘Tmt’) is a brand new podcast curated by industry veterans, Mark Sutherland and exec producer Mike Walsh. Sponsored by Ppl, Tmt is set to hit streaming platforms on Monday 24th June.

Conceived as a weekly deep dive into the latest music industry news and views, The Money Trench - named after the infamous Hunter S. Thompson misquote about the music business - will bring listeners compelling insights from the forefront of the global music industry every Monday.

Each episode will discuss and debate the hot topics of the week and delve into the experiences of renowned artists and influential music business leaders who will share their thoughts on the industry of now and the future. The inaugural episode will feature Lorna Clarke, BBC Director of Music – diving into her storied career and pulling the curtain back on what it is...

The enduring friendship between members of the group Blur is on full display in this moving and beautifully executed rock documentary from director Toby L (Liam Gallagher: Knebworth 22).

Blur: To The End, follows lead singer Damon Albarn, bassist Alex James, guitarist Graham Coxon and drummer Dave Rowntree as they make a surprise return with their first record in 8 years, the critically acclaimed number 1 album The Ballad of Darren. The film follows the band as they get ready to play two historic Wembley stadium gigs in July 2023.

“We were never big enough to play Wembley before” utters Albarn, perhaps not completely seriously, from his studio in the Devon countryside. Hinting at his newly single status after the end of his twenty-five year relationship, Albarn is unravelling in more ways than one. His knees are giving up, and his demeanour isn’t quite as spritely as it once was, but this...

Best known for era-defining ’90s hits including ‘Parklife’, ‘Girls & Boys’ and ‘Country House’, Blur escaped the Britpop ghetto to become sophisticated indie rockers while maintaining their large, devoted fanbase. With blur: To The End, director Toby L offers an intimate, revealing portrait of the quartet now.

In early 2023, frontman Damon Albarn invites his bandmates to a Devon recording studio to make The Ballad Of Darren, their first album in eight years. He almost crashes his car — a morbidly funny scene given Albarn had just been ruminating on death. This sets the tone, with more laugh-out-loud moments of gallows humour to follow. Before a Colchester Arts Centre gig undertaken as a warm-up for two huge Wembley Stadium shows, Albarn and self-deprecating guitarist Graham Coxon return to The Stanway School, which they attended as children and now has a classroom named for them. The headmaster is dumbstruck when Albarn profanely explains why...

I get up when I want. Except on Tuesdays, when I get rudely awakened by a new blur documentary trailer.

Iconic British rock band, blur, have unveiled a new trailer and cinema release date for their upcoming documentary, blur: To The End.

Filmed during the production of their surprise 2023 album, The Ballad Of Darren, the film looks behind the scenes at the group’s reunion after eight years of almost complete isolation from each other.

Check out the blur: To The End trailer below:

The film’s director, Toby L, said in a statement: “We sat down at the start of the project and agreed that the film had to tell a new story, be shot entirely on location, and crucially, be honest. In To The End, that’s what I hope people can see, and most importantly, feel.

“Working with blur on this documentary, over the past year has...

Altitude has debuted the trailer for the documentary on one of the pivotal bands of the Brit-pop era, ‘blur: To The End’.

Depicting the most recent chapter in the band’s story, the doc is captured during the period in which they made a surprise – and emotional – return with their first record in 8 years, the critically acclaimed #1 album ‘The Ballad of Darren’.

The documentary follows the unique relationship of four friends – and bandmates of three decades – Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree as they came together in early 2023 to record new songs ahead of their sold-out, first-ever shows at London’s Wembley Stadium in July last summer.

Featuring performances of their most iconic, much-loved songs, footage of the band in the studio and life on the road, the doc is an intimate moment in time with this most enduring of English bands, who have been at the...

Blur fans, rejoice! There’s a concert film and a documentary heading to a cinema near you later this year. More details here.

Here’s a double whammy for your Thursday afternoon. Iconic band Blur are getting not only a documentary on their incredible career, but also a concert film.

Updated From Original Story: release date added at the bottom!

The documentary will follow the band during the year they made their surprise return with the album The Ballad of Darren. The film will portray the friends, bandmembers, some might even say soulmates, as they record ten new songs, culminating in their sold-out shows at Wembley Stadium.

The concert film will then showcase one of those shows at Wembley. Titled blur: Live At Wembley Stadium, it will give you a chance to experience (or relive) the concert from summer 2023.

Toby L. is in charge of directing both films.

Blur, hailing from London,...

Blur To Release Two Films With Altitude

British band Blur will release two feature films this year — a documentary and a concert film. Altitude will launch international sales at EFM and release both films in UK and Irish cinemas later this year. The first film is a new feature-length documentary depicting the band’s recent reunion, captured across a year in which they made a surprise return with their first record in 8 years. The second is blur: Live At Wembley Stadium, a two-hour concert film. Both films are directed by Toby L and produced by Josh Connolly, via production house Up The Game, who previously collaborated on Liam Gallagher: Knebworth 22, Olivia Rodrigo: Sour Prom, Foals: Rip Up the Road, Tonight With Arlo Parks, and Bastille – ReOrchestrated.

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Altitude is launching international sales on two films featuring iconic British band Blur at the Berlin European Film Market. The band, consisting of singer Damon Albarn, guitarist Graham Coxon, bass guitarist Alex James and drummer Dave Rowntree, was formed in 1988 and tasted considerable success until it went on hiatus in 2015.

The first film is an untitled feature-length documentary depicting the return of Blur, captured across a year in which the band made a surprise return with their first record in eight years, the #1 album “The Ballad of Darren.” It follows the relationship of the bandmates of over three decades as they come together to record 10 new songs ahead of their sold-out shows at London’s Wembley Stadium in 2023. The second film is “Blur: Live At Wembley Stadium,” a two-hour concert film of the Wembley show.

Both films are directed by Toby L. and produced by Josh Connolly, via production...

UK sales and distribution outfit Altitude has added a documentary and a separate concert film about iconic British band blur to its European Film Market (EFM) slate.

Altitude will also release both films theatrically in the UK and Ireland later this year.

The first film is a feature-length documentary depicting the band’s emotional return, captured across a year in which the foursome – Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree – recorded their first album in eight years, ‘The Ballad of Darren’, ahead of their sold-out, first ever shows at London’s Wembley Stadium in 2023.

The second film, blur: Live At Wembley Stadium,...

Trafalgar Releasing, Warner Music Entertainment and MTV Entertainment Studios have unveil the trailer for the feature-length documentary ‘Liam Gallagher –

Knebworth 22.’

The theatrical event screenings will also feature two additional songs from the Knebworth

performance to be played after the main feature, this content is exclusive to cinemas and will not appear on any further film release.

Earlier this year Liam Gallagher defied all expectations and returned to Knebworth, some

26 years following Oasis’ historic 1996 shows. Performing to 170,000 fans across two sold-out nights in one of the first significant stage shows following the pandemic, this year’s event coincided with a third solo album, C’mon You Know, attaining Liam’s third number-one spot for a studio release in the album charts.

Liam Gallagher – Knebworth 22 is a new feature-length documentary that traces Liam back

to the site of his former band’s defining performances, including all-new interviews, behind-the-scenes and concert footage captured from 20 camera positions.

A new Liam Gallagher documentary will air in cinemas this November.

The new film – Liam Gallagher - Knebworth 22 – is a feature-length documentary about the Oasis rock star.

The news comes off the back of Gallagher’s performances at Knebworth earlier this year, in his return to the stage after 26 years.

Gallagher last performed there together with his brother Noel for Oasis’s historic shows back in 1996.

The new documentary will see the singer revisiting the band’s defining performances, and includes new interviews and behind-the-scenes footage.

The film will also incorporate different fan perspectives from across the years, juxtaposing the 1990’s fan culture with that of today.

“I’m still in shock that I got to play Knebworth two nights, 26 years after I played it with Oasis. I’m still trying to get my head around it,” Gallagher said.

“To have played to multiple generations at the same venue so...