The Runaways
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Floria Sigismondi ('The Runaways', 'Postmortem Bliss') By Scott W. Perry
In the mid 1990s, director Floria Sigismondi exploded onto the music video scene with visually striking, intense visuals that took the art form to a high. Probably best known for Marilyn Manson’s iconic music video "The Beautiful People," Sigismondi has made arrestingly striking videos with the best artists in the field, including David Bowie, The White Stripes, Christina Aguilera, and The Black Eyed Peas.
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03/17/10 |
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Kristen Stewart & Dakota Fanning ('The Runaways', 'Twilight') By Scott W. Perry
In the past decade, Dakota Fanning and Kristen Stewart grew up before our eyes on screen to become the most successful child stars of the decade. Now grown up, Fanning, 16, and Stewart, 19, enter the new decade with their most challenging and ambitious work yet in capturing the essence of the two main members of The Runaways, Cherrie Curie and Joan Jett respectively.
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03/17/10 |
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'Neon Angel: A Memoir of a Runaway' hits shelves March 16, 2010 Neon Angel: A Memoir of a Runaway by Cherie Currie is about to hit bookshelves tomorrow, March 16th, 2010. Cherie Currie, with her signature Bowie haircut and fishnet stockings, was the groundbreaking lead singer of ’70s teenage all-girl rock band The Runaways. At the tender age of fifteen, she joined a group of talented girls — Joan Jett and Lita Ford on guitar, Jackie Fox on bass, and Sandy West on drums—who could play rock like no one else.
Arriving on the Los Angeles music scene in 1975, they catapulted from playing small clubs to selling out major stadiums, headlining shows with opening acts like the Ramones, Van Halen, Cheap Trick, and Blondie. Currie lit up the stage with the provocative teen-rebellion songs “Cherry Bomb,” “Queens of Noise,” and “Born to Be Bad,” riding a wave of hit songs and platinum albums, all while touring around the world...
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03/15/10 |
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'The Devilles', 'Amer', 'The Runaways, and 'Punk Rock Barbershop' at SXSW |
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New images from Floria Sigismondi's 'The Runaways'; Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning The new rock biopic The Runaways, written and directed by Floria Sigismondi, will screen at South by Southwest 2010 in Austin Texas, USA March 12-16 2010, and we've got some hot new images from the film.
The Runaways follows two friends, Joan Jett (Kristen Stewart) and Cherie Currie (Dakota Fanning), as they rise from rebellious Southern California kids to rock stars of the now legendary group that paved the way for future generations of girl bands. Also starring Scout Taylor-Compton, Michael Shannon, Alia Shawkat, and Tatum O'Neal. Check out Dakota and Kristen...
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02/05/10 |
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Pepperminta, Still Birds, The Zo, Lourdes, and The Runaways at Sundance The 2010 Sundance Film Festival will screen the animated short horror film The Zo, written and directed by Glenda Wharton.
Also in the Sundance lineup are several sci-fi and fantasy movies directed by women, including Sara Elliassen's bleak and futuristic short Still Birds; Austrian filmmaker Pippilotti Rist's LSD-inspired riff on Pippi Longstocking called Pepperminta; Floria Sigismundi's rockumentary about the all-female rocker The Runaways; and Hotel director Jessica Hausner's fantastic drama Lourdes. Read on for details and trailers...
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12/12/09 |
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Women horror directors at Sundance 2010 The 2010 Sundance Film Festival will screen the animated short horror film The Zo, written and directed by Glenda Wharton.
Also in the Sundance lineup are several sci-fi and fantasy movies directed by women, including Sara Elliassen's bleak and futuristic short Still Birds; Austrian filmmaker Pippilotti Rist's LSD-inspired riff on Pippi Longstocking called Pepperminta; Floria Sigismundi's rockumentary about the all-female rockers The Runaways; and Hotel director Jessica Hausner's fantastic drama Lourdes. Read on for details and trailers...
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12/12/09 |
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