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Let the Right One In

"As delicate, haunting and poetic a film as you're ever bound to see. A chilling fairy tale," - Guillermo del Toro

www.lettherightonein.co.uk

The Lovely Bones

Peter Jackson's latest film, The Lovely Bones is an adaption of one of my favorite recently read books. Really looking forward to this one.

The Lovely Bones on imdb.com

John Hughes R.I.P.

A musical tribute from Pitchfork

Variety reports that film director John Hughes died this morning at the age of 59. Hughes was on a visit to New York when he suffered a heart attack while on a morning walk. Hughes directed The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and Weird Science. He also wrote and produced Pretty in Pink and Some Kind of Wonderful, as well as many, many others.

This isn't, strictly speaking, a music news story, but Hughes' 1980s movies are jammed with iconic music moments: Judd Nelson's fist hitting the sky to the sound of the Simple Minds' "Don't You (Forget About Me)", Duckie wailing "Try a Little Tenderness" to Andie Walsh, Ferris Bueller singing "Twist and Shout" from a Chicago parade float. Music from the Psychedelic Furs, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, and the Smiths showed up in his movies. The Pretty in Pink soundtrack is one of the best new wave compilations in history. (Hughes' son John Hughes III also runs the Chicago-based indie label Hefty and records music as Slicker.)

Hughes' movies did as much to define and embody that particular cultural era as any other body of work, and they've left an indelible stamp on several generations. (For instance, just try reading an interview with M83 that doesn't make reference to Hughes.)

Below, we've compiled a few of our favorite music moments from John Hughes films. Enjoy.

Duckie singing "Try a Little Tenderness" in Pretty in Pink:

Ferris singing "Twist and Shout" in Ferris Bueller's Day Off:

Kate Bush's "This Woman's Work" in She's Having a Baby:

Dream Academy's cover of the Smiths' "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want" in Ferris Bueller's Day Off:

The Simple Minds' "Don't You (Forget About Me)" video, with Breakfast Club clips:

A montage of Pretty in Pink clips set to OMD's "If You Leave":

Another Pretty in Pink montage, this one set to the Psychedelic Furs' "Pretty in Pink":

Zeitgeist

www.zeitgeistmovie.com

Zeitgeist, the Movie is a 2007 documentary film and 2008 addendum film about alleged historical and modern conspiracies, including the origins of Christianity, the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, and the U.S. banking system. Great food for thought.

The first film on Google

The Addendum on Google

Inglourious Basterds

Tarantino at the top of his game.

Inglourious Basterds @ IMDB.com

In The Mood For Love

Wong Kar-Wai's (or according to imdb.com, Kar Wai Wong's) In The Mood For Love is a visually stunning film with an equally beautiful soundtrack

One of my favorite quotes about the film,
"Dizzy with a romantic spirit
that has been missing from the cinema forever."