In response to negative reviews of her recent DJing set at Houston’s Day for Night Festival, Björk has penned an open letter on her Facebook page. Addressed to “dear little miss media,” the note decries the sexism with which the Icelandic musician has been met throughout her career — she’s ignored it most of the time, she says, but this time she wanted to “mention one thing.”
Read More: Watch: Trailer for Björk’s ‘Black Lake’ Showcases Celestial Vocals and Evocative Imagery
“I am aware of that it is less of a year since I started DJing publicly so this is something people are still getting used to and my fans have been incredibly welcoming to me sharing my musical journey and letting me be me,” Björk explains. “But some media could not get their head around that I was not ‘performing’ and ‘hiding’ behind desks. And my male counterparts not.
Read More: Watch: Trailer for Björk’s ‘Black Lake’ Showcases Celestial Vocals and Evocative Imagery
“I am aware of that it is less of a year since I started DJing publicly so this is something people are still getting used to and my fans have been incredibly welcoming to me sharing my musical journey and letting me be me,” Björk explains. “But some media could not get their head around that I was not ‘performing’ and ‘hiding’ behind desks. And my male counterparts not.
- 12/22/2016
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Exclusive: The British director of Berberian Sound Studio and The Duke of Burgundy set to deliver new play next year.
Peter Strickland is to write and direct a radio play over the coming months.
The British director of the award-winning Berberian Sound Studio has been in London with follow-up The Duke of Burgundy, which received its European premiere at the BFI London Film Festival last week.
He has also been promoting concert film Björk: Biophilia Live, which was the Sonic Gala premiere at the Lff and is released in the UK today.
Interview: Strickland on Bjork and Burgundy
Speaking to ScreenDaily, Strickland said: “I’m working on a radio play, which I’m writing and directing. It’s something I’ve always wanted to do and the opportunity came up.
“I worked a lot last year, on Duke in the daytime and Bjork in the evening. I needed to go down a few gears, and radio play...
Peter Strickland is to write and direct a radio play over the coming months.
The British director of the award-winning Berberian Sound Studio has been in London with follow-up The Duke of Burgundy, which received its European premiere at the BFI London Film Festival last week.
He has also been promoting concert film Björk: Biophilia Live, which was the Sonic Gala premiere at the Lff and is released in the UK today.
Interview: Strickland on Bjork and Burgundy
Speaking to ScreenDaily, Strickland said: “I’m working on a radio play, which I’m writing and directing. It’s something I’ve always wanted to do and the opportunity came up.
“I worked a lot last year, on Duke in the daytime and Bjork in the evening. I needed to go down a few gears, and radio play...
- 10/17/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Directors: Peter Strickland and Nick Fenton; Starring: Björk; David Attenborough Running time: 96 mins; Certificate: U
It feels like Biophilia has been around for ages. Björk's eighth studio album was released in October 2011 alongside some quirky apps. A series of remixes followed, some of which were collected on the Bastards compilation a year later.
Björk toured the album from 2011 to 2013, and this film is made from one of the last dates at London's Alexandra Palace. It opens with the comforting tones of David Attenborough, whose meeting was recorded on the BBC's enjoyable When Björk met Attenborough.
The album is gorgeous. The live show looks wondrous. But sadly Björk: Biophilia Live fails to deliver on the tease of Attenborough's opening monologue. We're promised a melding of nature, technology, music and wonder. We only get it in flashes.
All of Biophilia is played, along with a sprinkling of a Bio-d up back...
It feels like Biophilia has been around for ages. Björk's eighth studio album was released in October 2011 alongside some quirky apps. A series of remixes followed, some of which were collected on the Bastards compilation a year later.
Björk toured the album from 2011 to 2013, and this film is made from one of the last dates at London's Alexandra Palace. It opens with the comforting tones of David Attenborough, whose meeting was recorded on the BBC's enjoyable When Björk met Attenborough.
The album is gorgeous. The live show looks wondrous. But sadly Björk: Biophilia Live fails to deliver on the tease of Attenborough's opening monologue. We're promised a melding of nature, technology, music and wonder. We only get it in flashes.
All of Biophilia is played, along with a sprinkling of a Bio-d up back...
- 10/16/2014
- Digital Spy
Watch Björk perform Hidden Place as part of her Biophilia: Live tour. Recorded at London's Alexandra Palace in September 2013 and co-directed by Berberian Sound Studio's Peter Strickland with Nick Fenton, the concert film shows Björk performing tracks from her eighth studio album as well as hits from across her career. Björk: Biophilia Live is released in the UK on Friday and had its world premiere at the Tribeca film festival Continue reading...
- 10/14/2014
- by Guardian Staff
- The Guardian - Film News
248 features and nearly 150 shorts will screen at the 58th BFI London Film Festival and, while you'll already know about quite a few of these titles, e.g., tonight's opener, Morten Tyldum’s The Imitation Game, there's plenty, of course, yet to discover—including the film that closes London 2014 on October 19, David Ayer's Fury. Here, I'll be gathering notes throughout the festival on films of particular interest that haven't yet been written up in the Daily. For starters: Benoît Delépine and Gustave Kervern's Near Death Experience with Michel Houellebecq and Peter Strickland and Nick Fenton's Björk: Biophilia Live. » - David Hudson...
- 10/8/2014
- Keyframe
248 features and nearly 150 shorts will screen at the 58th BFI London Film Festival and, while you'll already know about quite a few of these titles, e.g., tonight's opener, Morten Tyldum’s The Imitation Game, there's plenty, of course, yet to discover—including the film that closes London 2014 on October 19, David Ayer's Fury. Here, I'll be gathering notes throughout the festival on films of particular interest that haven't yet been written up in the Daily. For starters: Benoît Delépine and Gustave Kervern's Near Death Experience with Michel Houellebecq and Peter Strickland and Nick Fenton's Björk: Biophilia Live. » - David Hudson...
- 10/8/2014
- Fandor: Keyframe
October 3, 2014
Life After Beth
Director: Jeff Baena
Starring: Jeff Baena
Running time: 89 mins
Certificate: 15
Dracula Untold
Director: Gary Shore
Starring: Luke Evans, Dominic Cooper
Running time: 92 mins
Certificate: 15
Draft Day
Director: Ivan Reitman
Starring: Kevin Costner, Jennifer Garner
Running time: 107 mins
Certificate: 15
Gone Girl
Director:David Fincher
Starring: Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike
Running time: 149 mins
Certificate: 18
October 10, 2014
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Director: Miguel Arteta
Starring: Steve Carell, Jennifer Garner
Running time: 81 mins
Certificate: PG
Annabelle
Director: John R. Leonetti
Starring: Ward Horton, Annabelle Wallis
Running time: 99 mins
Certificate: 15
The Calling
Director: Jason Stone
Starring: Susan Sarandon, Gil Bellows
Running time: 108 mins
Certificate: 15
Effie Gray
Director: Richard Laxton
Starring: Dakota Fanning, Emma Thompson
Running time: Tbc mins
Certificate: 12A
The Maze Runner
Director: Wes Ball
Starring: Dylan O'Brien, Kaya Scodelario
Running time: 113 mins
Certificate: 12A
The Rewrite
Director: Marc Lawrence
Starring: Hugh Grant, Marisa Tomei...
Life After Beth
Director: Jeff Baena
Starring: Jeff Baena
Running time: 89 mins
Certificate: 15
Dracula Untold
Director: Gary Shore
Starring: Luke Evans, Dominic Cooper
Running time: 92 mins
Certificate: 15
Draft Day
Director: Ivan Reitman
Starring: Kevin Costner, Jennifer Garner
Running time: 107 mins
Certificate: 15
Gone Girl
Director:David Fincher
Starring: Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike
Running time: 149 mins
Certificate: 18
October 10, 2014
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Director: Miguel Arteta
Starring: Steve Carell, Jennifer Garner
Running time: 81 mins
Certificate: PG
Annabelle
Director: John R. Leonetti
Starring: Ward Horton, Annabelle Wallis
Running time: 99 mins
Certificate: 15
The Calling
Director: Jason Stone
Starring: Susan Sarandon, Gil Bellows
Running time: 108 mins
Certificate: 15
Effie Gray
Director: Richard Laxton
Starring: Dakota Fanning, Emma Thompson
Running time: Tbc mins
Certificate: 12A
The Maze Runner
Director: Wes Ball
Starring: Dylan O'Brien, Kaya Scodelario
Running time: 113 mins
Certificate: 12A
The Rewrite
Director: Marc Lawrence
Starring: Hugh Grant, Marisa Tomei...
- 10/2/2014
- Digital Spy
Is "Björk: Biophilia Live," the concert film chronicling the last performance of her 2013 tour, the Björkiest thing she's ever done? Directors Peter Strickland ("Berberian Sound Studio") and Nick Fenton's document of this ecstatic Alexandra Palace show has wowed festivals from Karlovy Vary (our review) to London to Rio de Janeiro and, of course, the singularly ethereal chanteuse's native Iceland. Björk is in her element and in full command amid a choir of 24 Icelanders, rapturous visuals that marry the organic with the far-out spectacular, Manu Delago's driving percussion and the multimedia feast that defined "Biophilia," her eighth studio album which was originally intended as an App. Well now we get to see the film in theaters stateside, and worldwide, with a generous slate of screenings beginning September 26 at New York's IFC Center. "Biophilia Live" will make its way to La, Sf, Chicago, Brooklyn,...
- 9/10/2014
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
Fury (David Ayer)
[via the BFI]
The programme for the 58th BFI London Film Festival launched today, with Festival Director Clare Stewart presenting this year’s rich and diverse selection of films and events. The lineup includes highly anticipated fall titles including David Ayer’s Fury, Bennett Miller’s Foxcatcher, the Sundance smash Whiplash, Jean-Luc Godard’s Goodbye to Language 3D, The Imitation Game starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Mike Leigh’s Mr. Turner, Jason Reitman’s Men, Women and Children and Jean-Marc Vallee’s Wild.
As Britain’s leading film event and one of the world’s oldest film festivals, it introduces the finest new British and international films to an expanding London and UK-wide audience, offering a compelling combination of red carpet glamour, engaged audiences and vibrant exchange. The Festival provides an essential profiling opportunity for films seeking global success at the start of the Awards season, promotes the careers of British and...
[via the BFI]
The programme for the 58th BFI London Film Festival launched today, with Festival Director Clare Stewart presenting this year’s rich and diverse selection of films and events. The lineup includes highly anticipated fall titles including David Ayer’s Fury, Bennett Miller’s Foxcatcher, the Sundance smash Whiplash, Jean-Luc Godard’s Goodbye to Language 3D, The Imitation Game starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Mike Leigh’s Mr. Turner, Jason Reitman’s Men, Women and Children and Jean-Marc Vallee’s Wild.
As Britain’s leading film event and one of the world’s oldest film festivals, it introduces the finest new British and international films to an expanding London and UK-wide audience, offering a compelling combination of red carpet glamour, engaged audiences and vibrant exchange. The Festival provides an essential profiling opportunity for films seeking global success at the start of the Awards season, promotes the careers of British and...
- 9/3/2014
- by John
- SoundOnSight
Concert film Björk: Biophilia Live to receive its UK premiere at the Lff.
Björk: Biophilia Live will receive its UK premiere as the Sonic Gala at the 58th BFI London Film Festival (Oct 8-19).
Björk will attend the event with directors Peter Strickland and Nick Fenton on Oct 9 at the Odeon West End.
The concert film films the Icelandic artist as she performs songs from her eighth album with visuals provided by designers from around the world.
Directed by Strickland (The Duke of Burgundy, Berberian Sound Studio) and editor Fenton (The Selfish Giant, Sigur Rós film Inni), the concert was recorded live at London’s Alexandra Palace in September 2013
The film will be screened at festivals, museums, galleries and cinemas in the UK and worldwide through autumn 2014.
Strickland said: “Being offered the Sonic Gala is gleeful revenge for all those many occasions when people complained about the music I was playing.”
Fenton added:...
Björk: Biophilia Live will receive its UK premiere as the Sonic Gala at the 58th BFI London Film Festival (Oct 8-19).
Björk will attend the event with directors Peter Strickland and Nick Fenton on Oct 9 at the Odeon West End.
The concert film films the Icelandic artist as she performs songs from her eighth album with visuals provided by designers from around the world.
Directed by Strickland (The Duke of Burgundy, Berberian Sound Studio) and editor Fenton (The Selfish Giant, Sigur Rós film Inni), the concert was recorded live at London’s Alexandra Palace in September 2013
The film will be screened at festivals, museums, galleries and cinemas in the UK and worldwide through autumn 2014.
Strickland said: “Being offered the Sonic Gala is gleeful revenge for all those many occasions when people complained about the music I was playing.”
Fenton added:...
- 8/20/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Concert movie Björk: Biophilia Live is to receive its European Premiere at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.
Directors Peter Strickland and Nick Fenton will be on hand for the gala presentation of Björk: Biophilia Live at the 49th Kviff (July 4-12).
Icelandic artist Björk came out with the Biophilia project in 2011. Beyond her eighth full-length album, the project also includes performances, interactive applications, and educational programs. These have now been augmented by a film of the concert created at London’s Alexandra Palace where Björk completed the Biophilia tour; the singer cooperated on the project with Fenton and Strickland.
In addition to Björk, the film features an Icelandic choir, Austrian percussionist Manu Delago, and numerous unusual instruments. The performance is rounded out with collages referencing tectonic plates, DNA, the Moon, mushrooms, and various other objects of scientific interest. The resulting film illustrates songs and concepts from the Biophilia project, plus other well-known...
Directors Peter Strickland and Nick Fenton will be on hand for the gala presentation of Björk: Biophilia Live at the 49th Kviff (July 4-12).
Icelandic artist Björk came out with the Biophilia project in 2011. Beyond her eighth full-length album, the project also includes performances, interactive applications, and educational programs. These have now been augmented by a film of the concert created at London’s Alexandra Palace where Björk completed the Biophilia tour; the singer cooperated on the project with Fenton and Strickland.
In addition to Björk, the film features an Icelandic choir, Austrian percussionist Manu Delago, and numerous unusual instruments. The performance is rounded out with collages referencing tectonic plates, DNA, the Moon, mushrooms, and various other objects of scientific interest. The resulting film illustrates songs and concepts from the Biophilia project, plus other well-known...
- 7/2/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Damián Szifrón’s Cannes Competition film Wild Tales and Palm d’Or winner Winter Sleep to open the T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival in Wroclaw.
A total of 20 films from Cannes Film Festival have been secured for the 14th New Horizons International Film Festival (July 24-Aug 3), Poland’s largest film event.
The festival, held in Wroclaw, will comprise screenings of around 365 films, including 199 features.
The opening film will be Damián Szifrón’s Cannes Competition film Wild Tales, an Argentinian satire co-produced by Pedro Almodovar.
A second opening film will be this year’s Palme d’Or winner Winter Sleep, by Nuri Bilge Ceylan.
Third, after the opening gala, will be Olivier Assayas’ Sils Maria starring Juliette Binoche and Kristen Stewart.
The festival will close with Cannes Grand Prix winner The Wonders by Italian director Alice Rohrwacher.
Main programme
The main programme will include Aleksey German’s Hard to be God, Naomi Kawase’s Still...
A total of 20 films from Cannes Film Festival have been secured for the 14th New Horizons International Film Festival (July 24-Aug 3), Poland’s largest film event.
The festival, held in Wroclaw, will comprise screenings of around 365 films, including 199 features.
The opening film will be Damián Szifrón’s Cannes Competition film Wild Tales, an Argentinian satire co-produced by Pedro Almodovar.
A second opening film will be this year’s Palme d’Or winner Winter Sleep, by Nuri Bilge Ceylan.
Third, after the opening gala, will be Olivier Assayas’ Sils Maria starring Juliette Binoche and Kristen Stewart.
The festival will close with Cannes Grand Prix winner The Wonders by Italian director Alice Rohrwacher.
Main programme
The main programme will include Aleksey German’s Hard to be God, Naomi Kawase’s Still...
- 7/2/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
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