Bijou be praised!

The Bijou is showing a couple of movies this spring whose soundtracks got some heavy play on KRUI's airwaves.

Control, which looks at Joy Division singer Ian Curtis' early demise, starts tomorrow, March 7, and runs through March 13. I love Joy Division, and I like the work of the director, who did Depeche Mode videos for years. Check out the trailer below.



And not long after spring break, Todd Haynes' Bob Dylan film, I'm Not There, will hit the Bijou's screen. Screenings start March 28 and run through April 3. Again, a trailer is found below.



Nice work, Bijouers and Bijouettes.

Onion Movie trailer

I assume at least six of our listeners read the Onion. An Onion movie has been in the works for a long time, and apparently it's finally coming out, albeit straight to DVD. Check out the trailer — will it meet the Onion's high standards?

It's nice to see an old article that was set in Iowa is used in the trailer (although they switched the print-version's location of Oskaloosa to the more familiar Des Moines, which has to infuriate the Oskaloosa Area Chamber & Development Group).