Ireland Baldwin is looking back at the voicemail dad Alec Baldwin left her 15 years ago.
22.01.2022 - 10:09 / variety.com
Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticAlbum covers used to be mythically important — they could etch the image of a musician forever in your mind’s eye. In “Nothing Compares,” Kathryn Ferguson’s incisive and poignant documentary about the life and career of Sinéad O’Connor, we see the image that was chosen in 1987 for the cover of O’Connor’s first album, “The Lion and the Cobra,” made when she was 20 years old and pregnant: an extraordinary photograph of Sinéad in mid-scream.
Talk about mythology! That’s how the album was released in Europe, but for us benighted souls in America, the image was deemed to edgy. It was replaced by that demure shot of Sinéad staring downward.Sinéad O’Connor was far from the first pop star to scream (you can go back to the earliest rockers) or to scream in rage (John Lennon on “Plastic Ono Band,” a generation of punks).
But as “Nothing Compares” shows you, O’Connor framed her very identity as a rock singer around a cry of anger from the depths. She had a scream inside, a wail of fury she was going to let out, and — this was her artistry — she was going to make it beautiful.
Premiering at Sundance tonight, just a couple of weeks after the suicide of O’Connor’s 17-year-old son, Shane, “Nothing Compares” was completed before that tragic event. Yet it remains a rock doc steeped in pain.
Just what was Sinead O’Connor screaming about? She is interviewed in the film off camera, her voice lower and gruffer than it used to be, and she talks about the childhood of staggering abuse she suffered at the hands of a mother she describes as “a beast.” The abuse was mental, physical, spiritual. As a girl, Sinéad would be forced to stay outside for a week at a time, which means that she was in the garden, alone,
.Ireland Baldwin is looking back at the voicemail dad Alec Baldwin left her 15 years ago.
Back in 2007, Alec Baldwin was in the midst of a messy divorce from Kim Basinger, and during their legal battle a voicemail he left their daughter, Ireland, was somehow leaked.
Back in 2007, Alec Baldwin was in the midst of a messy divorce from Kim Basinger, and during their legal battle a voicemail he left their daughter, Ireland, was somehow leaked.
Will Arnett is reflecting on his divorce from Amy Poehler, recalling that period in his life as being “excruciating.”
Sofia Vergara is celebrating being a cancer survivor.
Sofia Vergara is reflecting on her cancer journey.
Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticTwo hours of parading nations later, IOC president Thomas Bach stood on the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony stage and did his best to justify the Olympic ideal in 2022, a year more surreal than most. “Division, conflict, and mistrust are on the rise,” Bach said.
Dave Franco is taking a trip down memory lane!
Selena Gomez is taking a trip down memory lane.
In his review of the film, TheWrap’s Steve Pond wrote “‘Nothing Compares’ is a movie that is both timely and curiously out of time. It’s a potent film that explores the roots of the brilliant but troubled Irish singer, who’s been back in the news recently with the suicide of her teenage son and her own hospitalization, but it also turns her recent years into an afterthought, bypassing many of the highs and lows that led her here over the last two decades.”“Nothing Compares” is produced by Eleanor Emptage and Michael Mallie for Tara Films (UK) and Ard Mhacha Productions (Ireland), and presented by Field of Vision.
EXCLUSIVE: Numerous broadcasters and streamers vied for it, but Deadline hears that Showtime is in exclusive negotiations for the worldwide rights to Nothing Compares, the Sundance buzz title documentary about the provocative life of Irish singer Sinéad O’Connor.
Psalm West is growing up to look like his older brother Saint! Psalm’s mom Kim Kardashian posted an adorable photo of her two-year-old youngest child on Instagram on Sunday January 30. The SKIMS founder shared the sweet photo with a vampire emoji in the caption, probably referencing Psalm’s sharp-looking teeth in his big smile.
Bella Hadid is opening up about her past relationships.
Janet Jackson is addressing her infamous 2004 Super Bowl Halftime Show performance with Justin Timberlake.
Angelique Jackson When “King Richard” star Aunjanue Ellis and “The Harder They Fall’s” Regina King paired off for Variety‘s Actors on Actors, presented by Amazon, Ellis asked King to dish on one of her favorite performances from her fellow actor — Marcee Tidwell in 1996’s “Jerry Maguire.”“You’re taking me back to a long time ago. I can’t believe it’s been 25 years since that film,” King told Ellis.The film debuted on Dec.
Benedict Cumberbatch is opening up about his role in Zoolander 2.
John Stamos is opening up for the New York Times about his friendship with “Full House” co-star Bob Saget, who died at age 65 earlier this month.
Grieving Sinéad O'Connor has revealed the sweet way she's remembering her late son Shane following his funeral last week.Taking to Twitter, the Irish musician revealed that she has a permanent place set at the table for the 17 year old, who was reported to have gone missing from hospital before his tragic death earlier this month. Sinéad, 55, wrote: “Am staying with my best girlfriend. Been with her since the funeral.
Equipped with a hazy aesthetic and archival footage galore, “Nothing Compares,” Kathryn Ferguson’s documentary about the early stardom of controversial singer-songwriter Sinéad O’Connor, celebrates the Irish artist’s commitment to shattering industry trends but ultimately fails to break away from traditionalism itself. “Nothing Compares” presents O’Connor as a pioneer, an artist whose foremost rationale for pursuing a career in music resided in her desire to craft art for the sake of social reform by way of personal catharsis.