No Sour Notes: Top Ten Fictional Bands in the Movies
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Frank
“Frank” is a delightful finger-snapping oddball set to music and creative mayhem
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Obsessed with Pop Culture: Best of the Week
The Hype Cycle: Contenders Arrive in Theaters Excuse the absence …
Sound On Sight Podcast, Episode 395: ‘Frank’ and ‘We Are The Best’
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Awesome Mix Tape Volume 4: Best Soundtracks & Scores of 2014 (Part One)
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Uncomfortable truths pierce through the mask of ‘Frank’
Frank steers away from almost-Almost Famous territory and into something familiar to anyone who’s seen The Devil and Daniel Johnston; director Abrahamson carries his deft balancing of tonal shifts from his 2012 film What Richard Did over to this effort.
Kenny’s Five Best and Worst Films of Fantasia 2014
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Fantasia 2014: Frank is this year’s most heartwarming film about a gigantic head
Frank follows a post-internet age Billy Liar and asks, “What if he did follow his dream through, but his idol was a lunatic?” Jon (Domnhall Gleeson), a young middling English songwriter, gets invited to play keyboard for the aforementioned Frank (Michael Fassbender). Frank wears a giant fake head made of papier-mâché and refuses to take it off. Soon, Jon is invited to spend a year in Ireland with the band as they record their painstakingly overblown album, all the while secretly filming it and posting clips to YouTube.
Sundance London 2014: Fassbender hilarious in ‘Frank,’ a tribute to late musician
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Sundance London 2014: Line-up includes ‘Frank’, ‘Fruitvale Station’, and ‘The Voices’
The third Sundance London Film and Music Festival hits the …
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SXSW 2014 Wrap Up: World premieres, directorial debuts, and more!
South by Southwest 2014 felt even larger this year with …
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SXSW 2014: ‘Frank’ takes an odd ball look at the depths of bohemia
Frank Directed by Lenny Abrahamson Written by Jon Ronson and …
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‘Frank’, with Michael Fassbender, releases its first trailer
Actor Michael Fassbender has seen his star rise significantly over …
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Films acquired at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival
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Sundance 2014: ‘Frank’ a wildly eccentric look at creativity, ego, and mental instability
Lenny Abrahamson’s Frank is brash and unflinching in its depiction of …
First Clip for Sundance Entry ‘Frank,’ Starring Michael Fassbender Behind The Mask
Frank Sidebottom, alter ego Chris Sievey, is best known as …
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Sundance 2014: Most Anticipated in the Premieres Section
The Sundance Premieres section is “A showcase of world premieres …
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