no Country For Old Man

Through in-depth and informative text written by film journalist Ian Nathan, The Coen Brothers Archive re-examines the brothers' most famous work including Raising Arizona, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, No Country for Old Men and True Grit. Plus, some of their cult films, like The Evil Dead, Paris je t'aime, and A Serious Man.

Roque Banos is reuniting with director Fede Alvarez on the upcoming thriller The Girl in the Spider’s Web. The film stars Claire Foy, alongside Sverrir Gudnason, Sylvia Hoeks, Claes Bang, Lakeith Stanfield, Vicky Krieps, Synnove Macody Lund and Stephen Merchant. The movie is the sequel to David Fincher’s 2011 feature The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (scored by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross) and follows Lisbeth Salander and journalist Mikael Blomkvist as they find themselves caught in a web of spies, cyber criminals and corrupt government officials. Steven Knight (Dirty Pretty Things, Eastern Promises, Locke) wrote the screenplay with Alvarez & Jay Fasu based on David Lagercrantz’s bestseller. Scott Rudin (The Social Network, No Country for Old Men), Amy Pascal (The Post, Spider-Man: Homecoming) and Elizabeth Cantillon (Concussion) are producing the project. Banos has previously scored Alvarez’s first two features, Don’t Breathe and Evil Dead. The Girl in the Spider’s Web is set to be released on November 9, 2018 by Sony Pictures.

At last, the wait is over, we hear you cry! AVID have finally inducted Miss Peggy Lee into the 4 Classic Albums “hall of fame”! Ok so we have taken our time in paying tribute to the great lady, but we wanted to get it right, we wanted to select the best albums that truly captured Miss Lee’s huge vocal talents. Peggy Lee spent most of her recording career at Capitol Records which she joined in 1947. She had a short break between 1952-56 where she recorded for Decca, and ironically made one of her greatest albums “Black Coffee” (AVC876). We feature three albums for her Capitol years, a couple of classics arranged by the legendary Nelson Riddle, “Jump For Joy” and “The Man I Love” which also features conducting duties by that other rather famous Capitol Records artist, Mr Frank Sinatra! These two are joined by another classic “concept” album “Blues Cross Country” arranged and conducted by Quincy Jones. To round off our selections we feature the extraordinarily intimate “Dream Street” recorded by Peggy for Decca in 1956. And if you need any further proof of the regard Peggy Lee was held in by the jazz fraternity, take a look at some of the names that appear on our selections. Harry “Sweets” Edison, Pete Condoli, Mel Lewis, Shorty Rogers, Bud Shank, Bob Cooper, Bill Perkins, Lou Levy, Max Bennett, Benny Carter and Buddy Collette. Oh and did we mention Nelson Riddle, Frank Sinatra and Quincy Jones?!

Around the time of his 71st birthday, rock-&-roll legend Jerry Lee Lewis unveiled LAST MAN STANDING, a celebratory outing that features a stunning cast of guest musicians, ranging from B.B. King and Little Richard to Merle Haggard and Neil Young. Among the many highlights of this album are Lewis's lively collaboration with guitarist Jimmy Page on Led Zeppelin's "Rock N' Roll," a rendition that wonderfully plays up the tune's 1950s leanings, and the Killer's honky-tonk spin on Hank Williams's "Lost Highway," which points to his often-overlooked country recordings and features Delaney Bramlett's searing six-string work. Like the latter-day recordings of his old Sun labelmate Johnny Cash, this Lewis collection points to a remarkable legacy, while also displaying his still-formidable talents, resulting in a musical testament to aging impressively well……