Future's Purple Reign Tour had the Aragon Ballroom Lit
Photos & Video by: Jeremy Franklin
The multiplatinum Atlanta hip-hop game-changer Future personally announced his Purple Reign North American tour via his social media back in December. Chicago was the second stop on his tour and sold out the Aragon Ballroom. Last night was a concert you didn't want to miss. Future Hendrix fans were in for a treat as Ty Dolla $ign and DJ Esco started the night on a high note. Check out Future's Purple Reign Tour through our camera lens with photos and video.
Rest Easy DJ Timbuck 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7eBNAHr0EQ&sns=tw
Rest easy to our dear friend DJ Timbuck 2 (Tim Jones). He was loved by so many in the hiphop community around the world and especially Chicago. Timbuck gave local artists a platform to be heard over the radio waves every Saturday from 9-10pm. Thank you for believing in your city and you will be greatly missed. Rest Easy and you will truly be missed.
[SXSW Interview] Paul Feig and Melissa McCarthy (Spy)
Video by Elijah Alvarado.
To coincide with the film's theatrical release, we are re-releasing our Spy interviews from this year's SXSW.
Paul Feig has risen up as one of Hollywood's best directors for comedies thanks to films like Bridesmaids and his penchant for creating strong female characters in a socially-aware landscape that asks for such positive depictions. It's this specific point that I wanted to hear more of from both Feig and Spy lead actress Melissa McCarthy (who also played a supporting role in Bridesmaids). I got the chance to do exactly that during a roundtable interview with Feig and a short red carpet interview with McCarthy ahead of Spy's SXSW premiere on March 15th.
[Video Interview] Kim Shaw, David Dastmalchian, and Collin Schiffli (ANIMALS)
[Ruby Hornet will be covering SXSW from March 7th to March 16th. Follow along as we bring you exclusive film reviews, photos, daily features, and interviews with filmmakers, actors, and musicians!]
ANIMALS holds a special place in my heart. The dark drama details the story of a couple, Bobbie (Kim Shaw) and Jude (David Dastmalchian), addled with opiate addiction while living in Jude's car in Chicago. During this year's SXSW, I had the chance to talk to Shaw, Dastmalchian (who also served as the film's writer), and ANIMALS director Collin Schiffli about the film, any semblance to real life events, and how important of a role Chicago played, both as a setting, but also as a narrative piece. ANIMALS won SXSW accolades for Special Jury Recognition for Courage in Storytelling for Dastmalchian's writing, so it's not just my personal bias speaking out about how amazing this film is.
You can watch the video interview below and expect a full review of the film super soon.
[Video Interview] Ryan Moore (Manny)
[This interview was part of our SXSW 2014 coverage. It is being reposted to coincide with Manny's wide release.]
Manny Pacquiao is one of those sports icons that transcends the sport that he comes from. As a Filipino, he carries The Philippines on his shoulders every time he steps into the ring for a match. For those familiar with Pacquiao, you all know that the country literally shuts down to watch Pacquiao box, from government officials to guerrilla rebels to everyday citizens. To say Pacquiao has become a true Filipino icon is an understatement. Away from the ring, away from Congress, away from the spotlight and the cameras, Manny Pacquiao is still just a man.
In Ryan Moore's documentary, Manny, the goal was not to just highlight Pacquiao's rags to riches story, but to also highlight the man he truly is away from the spectacle of his iconic status. Over the span of three years and more than 1,200 hours of footage, Moore's documentary sheds light on Pacquiao's life in a way that has never been seen or covered before.
In our SXSW interview with Moore, we discuss how he first approached Pacquiao about the documentary, any personal pressure or worries he faced in capturing and sharing Pacquiao's story, and much more. Watch the full video interview below!
[Video Interview] Lenny Mesina (Manny)
[This interview was part of our SXSW 2014 coverage. It is being reposted to coincide with Manny's wide release.]
Manny Pacquiao is one of those sports icons that transcends the sport that he comes from. As a Filipino, he carries The Philippines on his shoulders every time he steps into the ring for a match. For those familiar with Pacquiao, you all know that the country literally shuts down to watch Pacquiao box, from government officials to guerrilla rebels to everyday citizens. To say Pacquiao has become a true Filipino icon is an understatement. Away from the ring, away from Congress, away from the spotlight and the cameras, Manny Pacquiao is still just a man.
In Ryan Moore's documentary, Manny, it was up to amazing film editor Lenny Mesina, known to most as the editor behind Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest, to help craft a cohesive narrative that not only traces Pacquiao's rise as an undersized boxer into the pound-for-pound best boxer in the sport, but also to illuminate Pacquiao's humanity beyond the ring.
Watch the SXSXW interview above in which we talked with Mesina about how he joined the crew for the documentary, the production process, any difficulties editing all of the footage together, and his own personal feelings about Pacquiao. Enjoy!
[Video] The Simpsons Reimagined in Other Cartoon Styles
The Simpsons' annual "Treehouse of Horror" special allows the creators to have fun with everybody's favorite yellow-skinned cartoon family. This year, the big tease was having the current Simpsons family meeting their past incarnations as they were originally drawn on The Tracy Ullman Show. However, the big surprise was the introduction of The Simpsons' incarnations in different cartoon styles. As a big fan of comics, I'm used to the idea of the Multiverse in which various incarnations of characters exist, and seeing The Simpsons play with this concept was a fun one.
Watch the clip below and see if you can guess all of the shows/films The Simpsons references!
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[Video] Supercut of Every Death in Quentin Tarantino's Films
I'm a huge Quentin Tarantino film, both for his stylistic approach to filmmaking, but for how entertaining and rewarding every one of his carefully-crafted films have been. Many people lament his style for its ultra-violence, but really, he should be known more for his talking head pieces and narratives than the amount of blood shed throughout his cinematic career.
Nevertheless, it's not really a Tarantino film if it lacked a surplus of entertaining blood spills. One fan has put together a supercut of every single on-screen death found in Tarantino's filmography from his debut with Reservoir Dogs to 2012's Django Unchained in a four-minute video. Surprisingly, there aren't as many deaths as you may imagine, as the bulk of them come from Kill Bill, vol. 1 and Kill Bill, vol. 2. Watch and re-live every single death below.
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