sâmbătă, 28 decembrie 2019

Sue Lyon RIP

Lolita is no more....:(
Sue Lyon ,who most famously played Lolita in Stanley Kubrick's film of 1962, passed away on Dec. 26 in Los Angleles. She was 73.  RIP...

luni, 16 decembrie 2019

Khalif Wailin Walter@Transilvania Blues Nights

Khalif Wailin' Walter | Transilvania Blues Nights, pe 20 decembrie! 
Pregătiți-vă pentru un amestec exploziv de blues, funk, boogie și, de ce nu, reggae! 
Bilete online (https://bit.ly/34mYfmA
și la @Rockstadt la preț de pre-sale de 65 RON.



În premieră la Brașov, Khalif Wailin Walter vine din Chicago, orașul blues-ului. El a început să cânte la chitară la 17 ani, după o întâlnire cu B.B. King, care i-a schimbat viața cu o lecție de chitară de jumătate de oră! Stilul lui Khalif este un amestec unic de boogie blues, cu elemente de funk, soul, rock și reggae!
Haideți să încheiem un an de Transilvania Blues alături de Khalif Wailin Walter, the funkin' boogie groovin' bluesman!

Bilete: 65 RON pre-sale, 80 RON în seara concertului

Sponsori: Butangas, TEMAD Romania, Miele Shop Brasov, BCR, Tehnic Mihor S.R.L.
Parteneri: Brahouse Imob
Parteneri media: Zile și Nopți, Rock FM

duminică, 15 decembrie 2019

Anna Karina RIP

Danish born Anna Karina, Godard's muse (and his wife for a while once upon a time) was 79. She was in his films, Le Petit Soldat, Vivre sa vie, Une Femme es une femme, Bande a Part,Alphaville,  Pierrot le Fou, Made in USA.  
“Not since Josef von Sternberg and Marlene Dietrich had there been a director-and-star tandem so potent,” (Variety)
Top model for starters, then actress, symbol of Nouvelle Vague, 3 more husbands, 4 novels, directed two features, Vivre ensemble, in 1973 and Victoria in 2008. Died Dec. 14, in Paris.
Her lesser known films, incl. posters on MUBI article here.
Obituary here 
or
https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/obituary/8546368/anna-karina-obituary
and a grata piece on her on the Criterion Collection here or
https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/6736-unforgettable-anna-karina


 A wonderful brilliant scene with her dancing on Bande à Part that influenced Tarantino (his company is called Band A Part), here:
https://twitter.com/DancerOnFilm/status/1206161068768350208?s=20



vineri, 13 decembrie 2019

Danny Aiello RIP

Gone Danny Aiello at 86, on Dec.12.

best remembered for
Do the Right Thing (Oscar and Golden Globe nominated for supporting actor), The Pickle, Moonstruck, Leon, Hudson Hawk, Once Around, The Purple Rose of Cairo and so many others., bit parts but memorable  in The Godfather part 2 and Once Upon a Time in America
Here he is singing FLY ME TO THE MOON in Once Around (1991)...
treibute in memoriam in January at Cinemateca Patria Brasov.
 “See you in Heaven, Danny.”
(Robert De Niro)