Friday, October 29, 2004

Tarnation open in more theaters today

Monterey, CA: Osio Cinema
Palm Springs, CA: Laemmle Camelot 3 Theatre
San Diego, CA: Landmark Hillcrest Cinemas
Santa Rosa, CA: Rialto Cinemas Lakeside
Provincetown, MA: New Art Cinema
Huntington, NY: Cinema Arts Center
Plano, TX: Angelika Film Center Plano

See the Complete Theater List for showtimes and theaters near you.

Thursday, October 28, 2004

San Antonio Current & Monterey County Herald article

San Antonio Current - "Lost And Found."
Monterey County Herald - "Examination of instability, Tarnation is a work of genius."

See the Tarnation Reviews & Links post for a complete list of articles about Jonathan & Tarnation.

Wednesday, October 27, 2004

Film Stew article

Film Stew - "Caouette's So-Called Life."

See the Tarnation Reviews & Links post for a complete list of articles about Jonathan & Tarnation.

Tuesday, October 26, 2004

London Times Review

London Times - "Tarnation."

See the Tarnation Reviews & Links post for a complete list of articles about Jonathan & Tarnation.

Saturday, October 23, 2004

The Daily Herald, Everett WA article

The Daily Herald - "Filmmaker makes sense of a hard life in Tarnation."

See the Tarnation Reviews & Links post for a complete list of articles about Jonathan & Tarnation.

Friday, October 22, 2004

Tarnation: Complete theater list

Tarnation - outside the U.S.:

France

London - Febuary 11th, 2005 (more details coming)

Tarnation is now playing at the following theaters.

Tucson, AZ: The Loft Cinema
Tempe, AZ: Harkins Valley Art Theatre
Denver, CO: Landmark Mayan Theatre
New Haven, CT: Criterion Theatre
Stamford, CT: Avon Theatre
Hartford, CT: Real Art Ways
Des Moines, IA: Fleur 4 Cinema & Café
Iowa City, IA: Bijou Cinema - University of Iowa
Indianapolis, IN: Key Cinema
New Orleans, LA: Landmark Canal Place
Williamstown, MA: Images Cinema
Boston, MA: Coolidge Corner Cinema
Minneapolis, MN: Landmark Lagoon Cinema
St. Louis, MO: Landmark Tivoli Theater
Albuquerque, NM: Century 14 Downtown
Pleasantville, NY: Jacob Burns Film Center
Pittsburgh, PA: Harris Theatre



In later dates, Tarnation will open in these following cities.




12/10/04
Baltimore, MD: Charles Theatre
Las Vegas, NV: Century Suncoast 16
Tulsa, OK: Circle Cinema
Sacramento, CA: Crest Theatre
Knoxville, TN: Regal Downtown West
Salt Lake City, UT: Tower Theater
Fort Wayne, IN: Regal Holiday Cinema

12/17/04
Grand Rapids, MI: Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts

12/29/04
Nevada City, CA: Magic Theatre

1/7/05
Gainesville, FL: Hippodrome State Theatre
Santa Barbara, CA: Plaza De Oro
Memphis, TN: Studio on the Square

1/14/05
Dayton, OH: NewNeon Movies
Springfield, MO: Moxie Cinema

1/20/05
Columbia, MO: Rag Tag Cinema

1/21/05
Kansas City, MO: Tivoli Manor Square
Lincoln, NE: Mary Riepma Ross
Media Arts Center
Louisville, KY: Kentucky Theatre

2/3/05
Columbus, OH: Wexner Center for the Arts

2/4/05
Cleveland Heights, OH: Cedar Lee

2/10/05
New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers Film Co:op/NJ Media Arts Center

2/24/05
Santa Barbara, CA: UCSB Arts & Lectures



Tarnation has ended it's Run of Engagement at the following theaters:

Berkeley, CA: Landmark Act 1 & 2 Cinemas
Campbell, CA: Camera 7 @ Pruneyard
Encino, CA: Laemmle Town Center 5 (Town & Country)
Irvine, CA: Edwards University 6
Los Angeles, CA: Landmark Nuart Theatre
Los Angeles, CA: Laemmle Regent Showcase Cinema
Los Angeles, CA: Landmark Westside Pavilion Cinemas
Monterey, CA: Osio Cinema
Palm Springs, CA: Laemmle Camelot 3 Theatre
Pleasant Hill, CA: Century CineArts 5
San Diego, CA: Landmark Hillcrest Cinemas
San Diego, CA: Landmark Ken Cinema
San Francisco, CA: Castro Theater
San Francisco, CA: Landmark Lumiere 3
San Rafael, CA: Rafael Film Center
Santa Rosa, CA: Rialto Cinemas Lakeside
South Pasadena, CA: Landmark Rialto Theatre
West Hollywood, CA: Laemmle Sunset 5
Washington, DC: Landmark E Street Cinemas
Fort Lauderdale, FL: Gateway Cinema 4
Miami, FL: Regal South Beach 18
Atlanta, GA: Landmark Midtown Art
Chicago, IL: Music Box Theatre
Cambridge, MA: Landmark Kendall Square
Provincetown, MA: New Art Cinema
Huntington, NY: Cinema Arts Center
New York, NY: Film Forum Triplex
Portland, OR: Cinema 21
Philadelphia, PA: Ritz at the Bourse
Nashville, TN: Belcourt Theater
Austin, TX: Landmark Dobie Theater
Austin, TX: Regal Arbor Cinema
Dallas, TX: Angelika Dallas
Fort Worth, TX: Magnolia at the Modern
Houston, TX: Angelika Houston
Houston, TX: Landmark Greenway 3
Plano, TX: Angelika Film Center Plano
San Antonio, TX: Bijou at the Crossroads
San Antonio, TX: Regal Fiesta 16
Seattle, WA: Landmark Varsity Theater
Milwaukee, WI: Landmark Oriental 3 Theatre

The Dallas Voice & Austin Chronicle article

The Austin Chronicle - "Tarnation sensation."
The Dallas Voice - "Cinema's new wild child."

See the Tarnation Reviews & Links post for a complete list of articles about Jonathan & Tarnation.

hi-res images

if you are looking for some hi-res film stills from Tarnation, check out this page on Wellspring's site.

e-mail

If you do not wish to sign up for a Blogger account, but have a link or info you'd like added, please use this e-mail address:

jonathancaouette@gmail.com

Thursday, October 21, 2004

Houston Chronicle & Newhouse News articles

The Houston Chronicle - "Painfully beautiful 'Tarnation' seals family bond."
Newhouse News - "For Tarnation Filmmaker, Life Becomes Art."

See the Tarnation Reviews & Links post for a complete list of articles about Jonathan & Tarnation.

Tarnation Reviews & Links

Links and Reviews are added to this list daily.



A

About.com - "Jonathan Caouette talks about Tarnation."
The Advocate - "Grave Humor."
Arizona Daily Wild Cat - "Tarnation: America's saddest home video."
The Austin Chronicle - "Tarnation sensation."
AZ Central.com - "Budget of movie is lowest of the low ."

B

BBC News - "Micro-budget film wows Cannes."
The Boston Herald - "Tarnation unravels a family's twisted ties."
The Boston Globe - "Tarnation: Examination of instability is a work of genius."
The Boston University Daily Free Press - "A Life lost in Tarnation."
Business Wire - "American Vantage's Wellspring Receives Two Gotham Award Nominations."

C

ChicagoFilm.com - "Homemade Superstar."
Chicago Sun Times - Roger Ebert - "Tarnation."
chlotrudis.org - "Tarnation."
Combustable Celluloid - "Couch Trip."

D

D+Kaz (Daniel Kasman) - "Tarnation."
The Daily Herald - "Filmmaker makes sense of a hard life in Tarnation."
The Daily Vanguard - "Reasons to celebrate: Tarnation."
The Dallas Voice - "Cinema's new wild child."
The Detroit Free Press - "Filmmaker pieces together his troubled past."
The Detroit News - "iMovie flick breaks through with depression, survival tale."

E

Ebertfest - "Tarnation."
Entertainment Weekly - "Tarnation."

F

Filmcritic.com - "Tarnation."
Filmmaker Magazine - "I'll be your mirror."
Film Stew - "Tarnation."
Film Stew - "Caouette's So-Called Life."
Frontiers Magazine - "What In Tarnation?"

G

Gay.com - "An interview with Tarnation director Jonathan Caouette."
The Guardian - "$200 family film is a festival hit."

H

Hatfield Valley Advocate - "Mama, don't go -- Daddy, come home!"
Hollywood Bitchslap - "Tarnation."
The Hollywood Reporter - "Tarnation."
The Hot Button - "Tarnation."
Hour.ca - "Boys' inner thoughts jump from journals to screens."
The Houston Chronicle - "Autobiographical film gets attention in the Big Apple."
The Houston Chronicle - "Painfully beautiful 'Tarnation' seals family bond."
The Houston Chronicle - "Jonathan Caouette opens his life for the world to view."
The Houston Chronicle - "Tarnation wins top prize at London Film Festival."
Houston Voice - "Gay filmmaker's 'diary' beats out Moore's '911'."

I

The Independent Film Channel - "Caouette breaks out with Tarnation."
Indie Wire - "Wellspring gets worldwide Tarnation rights; company puts up finishing funds as Caouette prepares for Cannes '04."
Indie Wire - "The Messiah of Bargain-Basement Filmmaking Arrives: Jonathan Caouette and Tarnation."
Ing.com - "Tarnation: A hypnotic and unnerving film."

J

The Jewish Journal - "Caouette's journey to hell and back."

L

LA Weekly - "Will sucess spoil filmmaker savant Jonathan Caouette?"
London Times - "Beyond the edge of a nervous breakdown."
London Times - "Tarnation."

M

The Mercury News - "Mom's mental illness captured in super-8."
The Mercury News - "Filming a fractured life."
Metroactive.com - "Haywire: Experimental Tarnation explores a filmmaker's troubled life."
Minneapolis City Pages - "Walk A Mile In My Headphones."
Minneapolis Star Tribune - "Tarnation is a a surreal memoir." (subscription may be required)
Mixed Reviews - "Tarnation."
Modesto Bee - "Form dominates substance in Tarnation."
Monterey County Herald - "Examination of instability, Tarnation is a work of genius."
Movie City News - "Sundance invoked m-word for Tarnation."
Movie Martyr - "Tarnation."
Movienet.com | Landmark Theaters - "25 things that I love, by Jonathan Caouette."
MTV - "Tarnation: Powerful and unsparing."

N


Nerve.com - "The days of lithium and iMovie."
New York Daily News - "Amazing home movies from hell."
New York Daily News - "Voyage of the damned."
New York Metro - "Tarnation."
New York Post - "Fantastic voyage."
The New York Post - "Candid Camera."
The New York Times - "The man who was raised by a movie camera."
New York Times - "Tracing a 20 year odyssey across hope and despair."
Newhouse News - "For Tarnation Filmmaker, Life Becomes Art."
News Day - "Tarnation: Using chopped logic in the recipe of life."
The Newark Star Ledger - "Shattered life forms compelling mosaic."
The Newark Star Ledger - "Lights! Computer! Action! It's A Movie!"
North Jersey.com - "An MTV baby points filmmaking in a new direction."
NPR audio review - "Difficult childhood on display in Tarnation."
NPR audio review - "David Edelstein Review: Tarnation."

O

Off Off Off Film - "Tar baby."
The Onion A.V. Club - "Tarnation."

P

Philadelphia Daily News - "Tarnation: self-exposed cut on iMovie."
Plume Noire - "Tarnation."
Pridesource.com - "Tarnation is a rough cinematic journey."

R

Riverfront Times - "Brave and Crazy ."
Rotten Tomatoes - "Tarnation."

S

Salon.com - "Mother of all home movies."
San Antonio Current - "Lost And Found."
San Francisco Bay Guardian - "I, Movie."
The San Francisco Chronicle - "When Mom is having shock treatments and you're 13, what do you do? Pick up a camera."
The San Francisco Examiner - "Mother, may I make a documentary?"
The Seattle Times - "Indie director's $218 movie gaining worldwide acclaim."
Seattle Weekly - "Small World: The Real Deal."
San Francisco Weekly - "Jonathan Caouette's tumultuous life story spills out over 90 minutes."
Silver Chips Online - "Tarnation breaks boundaries to create art."
Slant Magazine - "Tarnation."
Slate.MSN - "Confessional Cinema."
South Florida Sun Sentinel - "Tarnation: Tale dark, uplifting at same time."
St. Paul,MN Pioneer Press - "Messy home movies a tribute to the beauty of life." (subscription may be required)
South Florida Sun Sentinel - "From abuse and tragedy, filmmaker conjures uplifting magic on a computer."
Staten Island Advance - "Tarnation: A boy's life becomes art."
The Sun Herald - "Unique Tarnation a movie milestone."

T

Tarnation.free.fr - A French Tarnation movie site (well done!)
365gay.com - "Tarnation."
Towleroad.com - "Tarnation: Life as he knew it."

V

Variety - "Tarnation." (must sign up to view)
Variety - "Tarnation takes it." (must sign up to view)
The Village Voice - "Family Viewing: Recycling home movies into wrenching autobiography."
The Village Voice - "Boy, Interrupted: A troubled artist's cinematic shock therapy."

W

Washington Blade - "My life as a camera."
Washington Post - "A Spliced-Together Life." (registration may be required) (additional link)
Washington Post - "Picking Up the Pieces Of a Troubled Family." (registration may be required)
Washington Times - "Tarnation takes self-pitty to extreme." (registration may be required)
Washington DC Metro Weekly - "Jonathan Caouette discusses Tarnation, his new documentary."
Windy City Media Group - "Tarnation: Filmmaker Jonathan Caouette."
Wired - "Here's the price of fame: $218.32."


List of more reviews and articles:
Google: News - Jonathan Caouette
Google: News - Tarnation

Metacritic.com
Online Film Critics Society

The Music Of Tarnation

Following are all of the songs you heard in Tarnation. Also listed is the original music composed and recorded by Max Avery Lichtenstein and original score composed and recorded by John Califra.

Low - "Laserbeam"
Iron and Wine - "Naked As We Came"
Glen Campbell - "Wichita Lineman"
Lisa Germano - "Reptile"
Cocteau Twins - "Ice Pulse"
From HAIR - "Frank Mills"
From HAIR - "Walking In Space"
Marianne Faithful - "The Ballad of Lucy Jordan"
HEX - "Diviner" (Steve Kilbey & Donnette Thayer)
Low - "Embrace"
Blue Velvet - "Mysteries of Love"
The Chocolate Watchband - "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue"
The Magnetic Fields - "Strange Powers"
Jean Wells - "After Loving You"
Dolly Parton - "A lil' Ole Pissant Country Place"
The Red House Painters - "Around and Around"
Low - "Back Home Again"
Mavis Staples - "How Many Times"
The Red House Painters - "Around and Around" (end credits)

Original Score: (available here - http://www.tindrum.com/tarnation)

Max Avery Lichtenstein - "Tarnation"
Max Avery Lichtenstein - "Desperation"
Max Avery Lichtenstein - "Recovery"
Max Avery Lichtenstein - "As Fate Would Have It"
Max Avery Lichtenstein - "Depersonalization"
Max Avery Lichtenstein - "Departures"


Included in The Trailer only:

Hopewell - "Safe As Milk"

Thanks to Bob (Post Production Supervisor for "Tarnation") for the list.



Music from the trailer

(originally posted to IMDB by Max Avery Lichtenstein)

There are 3 pieces of music in the trailer...
1st is an outtake from the film's "orchestral" score by the composer John Califra.

The middle piece, named appropriately enough "Tarnation", is one of the film's original instrumental tracks written by me (Max Avery Lichtenstein).

The 3rd and final piece is a song called "Safe As Milk" that I produced with the band Hopewell for their 2001 record "The Curved Glass". You can find more info and downloads on the Tin Drum website http://www.tindrum.com or at http://www.hopewell.tv ... thanks for listening!



***Yes, there was different music included in original cuts of the film as shown at Film Festivals, but because of licensing, some songs could not be cleared for the international release of the film. The list above is what's included in the theatrical release Tarnation.***

Official Tarnation Movie Site