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The 10 best music documentaries

18 May 2013 4:11 PM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

As films about Ginger Baker and the Stone Roses are released, here's our pick of the movies in which film-makers focus on the drama behind the songs

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We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen (2005)

"Our band could be your life," sang the Minutemen in History Lesson Part II – a line that embodied the fierce love the audiences of the Us indie underground held for their bands. The Minutemen were pioneers, coming out of the southern California hardcore punk scene, but to be tied to it, and living what they preached – "We jam econo," was a phrase bassist Mike Watt coined to describe a commitment to doing everything cheaply and independently. More than a history lesson, though, We Jam Econo is a deeply moving love letter from Watt to his friend – and the Minutemen's leader – D Boon, who died in »

- Michael Hann

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Graceling Adaptation Lands at Reliance Entertainment

25 April 2013 5:32 PM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »

India-based Reliance Entertainment has acquired as a film franchise starter the rights to Kristin Cashore's bestselling, award winning young adult fantasy trilogy Graceling in partnership with Kintop Pictures.

Producer Deepak Nayar (Paranoia, Bend It Like Beckham, Buena Vista Social Club) will oversee the project for Reliance and Kintop Pictures and will produce alongside Tabrez Noorani (Slumdog Millionaire, Life of Pi) of Tamasha Talkies and Leigh Ann Burton for Blu-Sky Media.

British screenwriter Piers Ashworth (Nostradamus: 2012, St. Trinian's 1, 2 & 3) has signed on to write the script. Graceling is the first installment of a trilogy, which also includes The New York Times bestsellers Fire and Bitterblue. These New York Times bestselling books have won numerous awards, including the Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award, the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature, the Siba Book Award/Ya, Indies Choice Book Award Honor Book, and Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year.

The first installment of the trilogy, »

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Feature: HollywoodChicago.com’s 15 Best Interviews of 2012

4 January 2013 8:27 AM, PST | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Chicago – The significant HollywoodChicago.com show business interviews of 2012 – eclectic, independent and varied – flowed throughout the year from the perspectives of Matt Fagerholm, Brian Tallerico and Patrick McDonald. All three contribute to this year-end survey of the 15 Best Interviews of 2012.

With so many promotional tours, conventions and shows coming through Chicago, the opportunity to get a wide range of celebrities, filmmakers and up-and-comers is one of the privileges of covering TV and film here. The following interviews – often enhanced with the photography of Joe Arce – were memorable for the timing or circumstance, and the shared give-and-take between HollywoodChicago.com and the representatives of the entertainment world.

Emily Hagins

Emily Hagins (center) directs the cast and crew of her third feature, My Sucky Teen Romance.

Photo credit: Cheesy Nuggets Productions

Interviewer: Matt Fagerholm

Background and Behind-the-Scenes: Some 18-year-olds only dream of becoming a filmmaker. By that age, Austin wunderkind Emily Hagins »

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

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