As venues around the world open and shutter in sync with the fits and starts of local pandemic containment measures, it’s reassuring to know that one of London’s most cherished institutions, the jazz club Ronnie Scott’s, founded in 1959, is still chugging along. (It’s reopening after a short lockdown again Dec. 4 for socially distant business.) British director Oliver Murray salutes the club, its music, guests, fans and the people who ran it, especially co-founder, namesake and front-of-house-emcee Ronnie Scott himself, with Ronnie’s, a well-measured, if somewhat muted and minor-key-melancholy, tribute.
The feature, Murray’s ...
The feature, Murray’s ...
- 12/4/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
As venues around the world open and shutter in sync with the fits and starts of local pandemic containment measures, it’s reassuring to know that one of London’s most cherished institutions, the jazz club Ronnie Scott’s, founded in 1959, is still chugging along. (It’s reopening after a short lockdown again Dec. 4 for socially distant business.) British director Oliver Murray salutes the club, its music, guests, fans and the people who ran it, especially co-founder, namesake and front-of-house-emcee Ronnie Scott himself, with Ronnie’s, a well-measured, if somewhat muted and minor-key-melancholy, tribute.
The feature, Murray’s ...
The feature, Murray’s ...
- 12/4/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Christian D Bruun's Calendar Girl on Ruth Finley, the creator of the Fashion Calendar, is a Doc NYC highlight. Other feature films of note include Chris McKim’s Wojnarowicz (on David Wojnarowicz); Nathan Grossman’s I Am Greta (on Greta Thunberg); Ulrike Ottinger’s Paris Calligrammes; Petra Epperlein and Michael Tucker’s The Meaning of Hitler; Oliver Murray’s Ronnie’s (on Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club); Katja Hogset, Margreth Olin, and Espen Wallin’s Self Portrait (Selvportrettet) (on photographer Lene Marie Fossen); Yael Bridge’s The Big Scary "S" Word; and two shorts, Jennifer Callahan’s Making The Case on Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s handbags (thank you to Alessandro Nivola and Emily Mortimer) and Alison Klayman’s Flower Punk (on artist Azuma Makoto).
Calendar Girl (written with producer Natalie Nudell) features interviews with the who’s who of the fashion world (including Bill Cunningham; Carolina Herrera, who designed the white pantsuit and pussy-bow blouse.
Calendar Girl (written with producer Natalie Nudell) features interviews with the who’s who of the fashion world (including Bill Cunningham; Carolina Herrera, who designed the white pantsuit and pussy-bow blouse.
- 11/18/2020
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
If you've ever wondered what it might be like to step inside Ronnie Scott's jazz club but have never had the chance, this documentary will take you there, it's steady pace allowing director Oliver Murray to drink in the atmosphere via a rich seam of archival footage, while also giving the history of the club, Ronnie and his partner Pete King a chance for solo riffs in the spotlight.
"Only an idiot would go into the jazz club business," Scott declares in one of the interviews that pepper this film. But, of course, Murray goes on to show that not only was Ronnie no idiot, he was also a fine saxophonist in his own right, a genial host and a savvy negotiator whose efforts to bring US talent to British shores paid off well beyond the walls of his club in terms of allowing a two-way street for musicians between the.
"Only an idiot would go into the jazz club business," Scott declares in one of the interviews that pepper this film. But, of course, Murray goes on to show that not only was Ronnie no idiot, he was also a fine saxophonist in his own right, a genial host and a savvy negotiator whose efforts to bring US talent to British shores paid off well beyond the walls of his club in terms of allowing a two-way street for musicians between the.
- 11/18/2020
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Did ex-Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan and the late London jazz club impresario Ronnie Scott ever cross paths? As key figures of the last century of music, it is certainly possible. And based on the documentaries Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds With Shane MacGowan and Ronnie’s, it is enticing to ponder the conversation that might ensue between the ragged Irish eccentric (MacGowan) and the witty tenor sax man turned club owner (Scott). The gobsmackingly entertaining Crock of Gold and well-made if less enthralling Ronnie’s make a strong case that both figures have left an indelible mark on music. And while director Julien Temple’s Gold is far more memorable than Oliver Murray’s Ronnie’s, both films deserve attention. Crock of Gold is making its North American premiere at the Doc NYC festival, while Ronnie’s is making its international premiere.
It should come as no surprise that...
It should come as no surprise that...
- 11/12/2020
- by Christopher Schobert
- The Film Stage
Retirement is a fluid concept in music, but at 10 years and counting, Bill Bruford’s just might be the real deal. Since he announced he was calling it quits in 2009, the prog drumming legend — who worked with Yes, King Crimson, and Genesis before founding his own long-running jazz group, Earthworks, and came in at number 16 on Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Drummers list — hasn’t performed in public a single time, and he doesn’t see that changing anytime soon.
“I think to play rock — to play any kind of music,...
“I think to play rock — to play any kind of music,...
- 10/29/2019
- by Hank Shteamer
- Rollingstone.com
The Crown’s Anna Chancellor and Black Mirror’s Daniel Rigby have joined the second season of British comedy Timewasters after ITV2 recommissioned the series.
Chancellor, who played Lady Rosse in the Netflix royal drama and also recently starred in Trust, and Rigby, who starred in Black Mirror episode The Waldo Moment, are joined in the six-part series by Javone Prince (PhoneShop) and Ellie White (The Windsors).
BAFTA-nominated comedy Timewasters, which is produced by Friday Night Dinner producer Big Talk Productions, follows a group of Londoners who are transported back to the 1950s to play in a jazz band. Original cast members including Daniel Lawrence Taylor, Kadiff Kirwan, Adelayo Adedayo and Samson Kayo.
The second season follows the band as they start a jazz club. Nick discovers that his one true love from the 1920s is alive and well and has a 32 year old son, Lauren is on a roll...
Chancellor, who played Lady Rosse in the Netflix royal drama and also recently starred in Trust, and Rigby, who starred in Black Mirror episode The Waldo Moment, are joined in the six-part series by Javone Prince (PhoneShop) and Ellie White (The Windsors).
BAFTA-nominated comedy Timewasters, which is produced by Friday Night Dinner producer Big Talk Productions, follows a group of Londoners who are transported back to the 1950s to play in a jazz band. Original cast members including Daniel Lawrence Taylor, Kadiff Kirwan, Adelayo Adedayo and Samson Kayo.
The second season follows the band as they start a jazz club. Nick discovers that his one true love from the 1920s is alive and well and has a 32 year old son, Lauren is on a roll...
- 8/8/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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