Mike Skinner is back with The Darker the Shadow, the Brighter the Light, his new album as The Streets. The project, his first full-length album as The Streets in 12 years, arrives in full October 20th via 679 Recordings/Warner Music UK Ltd. In anticipation, the lead single “Troubled Waters” is out now.
Skinner made The Darker the Shadow, the Brighter the Light alongside a film of the same name that is self-made in every sense of the word; described as “a tripped out noir murder mystery based in London’s clubland,” the artist wrote, directed, stars in, edited, funded and produced it himself.
“It has been seven long years working on this film and album,” Skinner said in a statement. “It’s something I’ve always wanted to do and after dipping my toe in with some shorts and music videos, I felt I was ready. I tried to go the traditional route for a bit,...
Skinner made The Darker the Shadow, the Brighter the Light alongside a film of the same name that is self-made in every sense of the word; described as “a tripped out noir murder mystery based in London’s clubland,” the artist wrote, directed, stars in, edited, funded and produced it himself.
“It has been seven long years working on this film and album,” Skinner said in a statement. “It’s something I’ve always wanted to do and after dipping my toe in with some shorts and music videos, I felt I was ready. I tried to go the traditional route for a bit,...
- 7/13/2023
- by Carys Anderson
- Consequence - Music
His role in Heartbreaker could take Romain Duris into the mainstream. But don't categorise him just yet
There's a recurring line in Romain Duris's new film, Heartbreaker: the suggestion that when he smiles, he looks like "a bit of a dickhead". The woman playing his sister says it, the woman playing his love interest says it. He says it. He reiterates it now, over espresso in a Paris hotel. "Yes! This is not the ideal guy. He's a simple guy. He's a buffoon [he pronounces it to rhyme with muffin]. And he has a dickhead face, yes."
He laughs. Duris does not, in fact, look like a dickhead, less still act like one. But he does have a completely transformative smile, capable of changing his face in the flick of a lip: from sexy to silly, brooding to buffoonish. In Heartbreaker, the reason he's supposed to look dim when he grins is that his emotional cover has been blown: his character,...
There's a recurring line in Romain Duris's new film, Heartbreaker: the suggestion that when he smiles, he looks like "a bit of a dickhead". The woman playing his sister says it, the woman playing his love interest says it. He says it. He reiterates it now, over espresso in a Paris hotel. "Yes! This is not the ideal guy. He's a simple guy. He's a buffoon [he pronounces it to rhyme with muffin]. And he has a dickhead face, yes."
He laughs. Duris does not, in fact, look like a dickhead, less still act like one. But he does have a completely transformative smile, capable of changing his face in the flick of a lip: from sexy to silly, brooding to buffoonish. In Heartbreaker, the reason he's supposed to look dim when he grins is that his emotional cover has been blown: his character,...
- 6/24/2010
- by Catherine Shoard
- The Guardian - Film News
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