Ian Curtis

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Joy Division

24 Apr 20084 stars

DOCUMENTARY (15) 96mins After last year’s Control, Anton Corbijn’s considered and stylish dramatisation of Ian Curtis’ life, it would be easy to think that everything you need to know about the legend and legacy of English post-punk outfit Joy…

Control

4 Oct 20074 stars

Photographer Anton Corbijn took the defining picture of Joy Division a few months before lead singer Ian Curtis took his own life. Since then Corbijn has made a name for himself for his virtuoso music videos for Depeche Mode and U2. A neat circle is…

Control wins List screenplay award

6 Sep 2007

Forget all the other festival awards: there is only one that counted this year and that was The List and The Writers’ Guild’s Edinburgh Writing Award for Best Screenplay of a New British Film. There were 11 UK films at this year’s Edinburgh…

Top film award goes to Ian Curtis biopic Control

28 Aug 2007

A black and white biopic of Joy Division singer Ian Curtis has won the Michael Powell award for best new British feature at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. The directorial debut from Anton Corbijn, who won acclaim photographing the…

In control

16 Aug 2007

Samantha Morton

Samantha Morton is in control. The critically lauded, hard working and in-demand British actress plays the long suffering wife of troubled singer of legendary Manchester band Joy Division in the Ian Curtis movie, Control. Fresh from winning the Best…