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NEW YORK TIMES: “Like a mint pressing in a bargain bin SOUND IT OUT is a rare find.”

December 2nd, 2011 by jeaniequeenie | No Comments

NEW YORK TIMES: “Like a mint pressing in a bargain bin SOUND IT OUT is a rare find.”

MOVIE REVIEW – http://movies.nytimes.com/2011/09/16/movies/sound-it-out.html ‘Sound It Out’ By DANIEL M. GOLD Published: September 15, 2011 The Web site for “Sound It Out,” Jeanie Finlay‘s documentary about the last independent record store in the Teesside region in northeast England, calls it “ ‘High Fidelity’ with a northern accent,” and there’s no getting past the similarities with […]


EMPIRE MAGAZINE: “Wonderful” ****

December 2nd, 2011 by jeaniequeenie | No Comments

“Proof that, in the right hands, documentaries boast as much heart as any feature. This one got soul too. Wonderful.”


The Daily Telegraph: “Wondrous and funny” ****

December 2nd, 2011 by jeaniequeenie | No Comments

The Daily Telegraph: “Wondrous and funny” ****

“An independent record shop in Teesside – the last of its kind – might not strike you as fertile ground for a great documentary, but this is wondrous and funny, finding pathos in music nerdery and a rich ensemble of characters among staff and clientèle.”


The Times: “Meet the stars of a very small kingdom”

December 1st, 2011 by jeaniequeenie | No Comments

A film-maker from the North-East has made a warm, funny and insightful portrait of her home town – and its last record shop


Sunday Times: ****

December 1st, 2011 by jeaniequeenie | No Comments

Sunday Times:  ****

Filming in the only surviving vinyl record store on Teesside, Jeanie Finlay has made a documentary that serves as an elegy for small, cosy independent shops in general and for independent record shops in particular. Only a shop for vinyl enthusiasts could bring together the sort of customers we meet here. They are people even […]


The Independent: “Funny-sad” ****

December 1st, 2011 by jeaniequeenie | No Comments

The Independent: “Funny-sad” ****

“A lovely, intimate, funny-sad documentary about Teesside’s last remaining record shop, and the community service it provides to the mostly male, variously lonely, jobless and obsessive music fans who frequent it.”


Evening Standard: ****

December 1st, 2011 by jeaniequeenie | No Comments

Evening Standard: ****

Review: Sound It Out is the last vinyl record shop in Stockton, and apparently the whole of Teesside. Local director Jeanie Finlay took a handheld camera there to watch Tom, the intrepid owner, dealing with his customers. An old boy who loves Meat Loaf plays up to the camera but in general they tell it […]


The Spectator: “Full of heart, affection and thoughtfulness…”

December 1st, 2011 by jeaniequeenie | No Comments

The Spectator:

“In other hands, this might simply have provided a sad procession of sad losers, but Ms Finlay is so warmly empathetic and gently curious — you’d be amazed what people will tell you when they are simply asked to talk though the badges on their jacket — you do not feel anything like pity.”


Scotland on Sunday: “As unexpected a pleasure as finding a mint pressing of the Stones’. Their Satanic Majesties in a WRI jumble sale.” ****

December 1st, 2011 by jeaniequeenie | No Comments

Scotland on Sunday:

“The store is a sanctuary for the collectors, obsessives and regulars who drop in to rifle through its stacks; its owner, Tom, knows where on Nancy Sinatra CD lies amongst thousands of unruly rock riffs and is, unusually for a indie music shop owner, pretty non-judgemental about customer satisfaction, even handing over Dire Straits without editorialising on the choice.”


NME: “Hilarious and incredibly heartwarming…”

December 1st, 2011 by jeaniequeenie | No Comments

NME:

“Tom and his incredibly loyal band of customers delight in indulging each other’s nerdiness…”


Time Out London: “Funny and empathetic…”

December 1st, 2011 by jeaniequeenie | No Comments

Time Out London:

“Sound It Out is the name of the last independent record shop in Teesside, and this dinky, bitter-sweet film offers a profile of its chipper staff and endearingly oddball clientèle.”


The Observor: “A song of love, sadness and mortality…”

December 1st, 2011 by jeaniequeenie | No Comments

The Observor:

“It’s a delightful, real-life version of Nick Hornby’s novel High Fidelity…”


THE VILLAGE VOICE: “Finlay’s handheld style is as casually intimate as her subjects, and the film stirringly posits music as a path to communal bliss.”

September 14th, 2011 by jeaniequeenie | No Comments

THE VILLAGE VOICE: “Finlay’s handheld style is as casually intimate as her subjects, and the film stirringly posits music as a path to communal bliss.”

There’s No App for That: Life at the Record Store in Sound It Out


WHAT NOT TO DOC: “Finlay is able to find the extraordinary in a seemingly ordinary place.”

August 30th, 2011 by jeaniequeenie | Comments Off on WHAT NOT TO DOC: “Finlay is able to find the extraordinary in a seemingly ordinary place.”

WHAT NOT TO DOC: “Finlay is able to find the extraordinary in a seemingly ordinary place.”

What (not) to doc – Basil Tsiokos Jeanie Finlay captures a different sort of caretaker in her portrait of Tom Butchart, the owner of a smalltown UK record shop. While larger chain stores have been decimated by digital music, Tom’s been able to keep Sound It Out Records afloat, largely due to his personal touch […]


THE LINE OF BEST FIT: “Surprisingly moving, funny and unmistakably Teesside”

August 23rd, 2011 by jeaniequeenie | Comments Off on THE LINE OF BEST FIT: “Surprisingly moving, funny and unmistakably Teesside”

THE LINE OF BEST FIT: “Surprisingly moving, funny and unmistakably Teesside”

www.thelineofbestfit.com When people ask me where I’m from, I tend to say Middlesbrough, which is usually met with a little grimace thanks to Kirsty & Phil’s non-too flattering indictment of 2008 – and an assumption that I’m either full of drugs/babies or trapped in a cycle of deprivation. I am none of these things, but […]


DCIST: “Some Things You Just Can’t Get Via iTunes”

July 6th, 2011 by jeaniequeenie | Comments Off on DCIST: “Some Things You Just Can’t Get Via iTunes”

DCIST: “Some Things You Just Can’t Get Via iTunes”

Sound it Out Sound it Out explores the local importance of Sound It Out Records, the last remaining record store in a swath of industrialized land in Northeast England. Proprietor Tom Butchart’s savant-like knowledge and quirky charm conjures memories of John Cusack’s Rob Gordon in High Fidelity, with less elitism and more empathy for his […]


VARIETY: “Poignant insights…Much to enjoy”

July 6th, 2011 by jeaniequeenie | Comments Off on VARIETY: “Poignant insights…Much to enjoy”

VARIETY: “Poignant insights…Much to enjoy”

“Anyone who misspent their youth loitering in record stores will find much to enjoy in this affectionate docu tribute to Sound It Out Records, the only independent music outlet in the north of England. Wryly philosophical staff and overwhelmingly male customers at the titular shop provide an entertaining focus for this crowd-funded labor of love.” […]


TIME OUT London: “Touching on a human level”

July 6th, 2011 by jeaniequeenie | Comments Off on TIME OUT London: “Touching on a human level”

TIME OUT London: “Touching on a human level”

global warming essay p>“I must confess a soft spot too for Jeanie Finlay’s ‘Sound It Out’, a loving portrait of an old-school record shop in Stockton-on-Tees, which was touching on a human level in a way that much-touted doc offering ‘Project Nim’, James Marsh’s vividly told yet thematically diffuse primate-research saga, never quite managed.”


IFC: A sound way to celebrate Record Store Day

May 17th, 2011 by jeaniequeenie | Comments Off on IFC: A sound way to celebrate Record Store Day

IFC: A sound way to celebrate Record Store Day

oedipus rex essay p>Read original article on IFC by Stephen Saito Though no actual vinyl will exchange hands, Jeanie Finlay’s hit SXSW doc “Sound It Out” makes the rounds of the U.S. this weekend and we have a chat with its director. With her flame-red locks and a weeklong international tour, you would be forgiven […]


PASTE MAGAZINE: “Beautifully deft – It’s a wish-I-was-there experience.”

April 1st, 2011 by jeaniequeenie | No Comments

PASTE MAGAZINE: “Beautifully deft – It’s a wish-I-was-there experience.”

Director Jeanie Finlay uses a beautifully deft touch on letting the story tell itself—witnessing the owner’s vast memory bank of his store’s stock, conversing with its colorful patrons.


LITTLE WHITE LIES – “Timely… optimistic… human”

March 28th, 2011 by jeaniequeenie | No Comments

LITTLE WHITE LIES – “Timely… optimistic… human”

Our picks from SXSW – SOUND IT OUT “Timely… optimistic… human”


MSN MOVIES: “Sound It Out” was the unexpected pure pleasure of this year’s indie documentaries at SXSW”

March 26th, 2011 by jeaniequeenie | No Comments

MSN MOVIES: “Sound It Out” was the unexpected pure pleasure of this year’s indie documentaries at SXSW”

“An unexpected pleasure, and entirely winning. Gorgeously shot, loaded with ace tunes and full of real people you come to know and like, “Sound It Out” was the unexpected pure pleasure of this year’s indie documentaries at SXSW.”


‎CINEMATICAL: “One of the most vital and innervating films of SxSW”

March 26th, 2011 by jeaniequeenie | No Comments

‎CINEMATICAL: “One of the most vital and innervating films of SxSW”

‎”With Jeanie Finlay’s ‘Sound it Out’ I stumbled upon one of the most vital and innervating films of the entire festival”


IFC: “Sound It Out” isn’t just good, it’s important”

March 24th, 2011 by jeaniequeenie | No Comments

IFC: “Sound It Out” isn’t just good, it’s important”

“Sound It Out” isn’t just good, it’s important – Matt Singer IFC

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THE GUARDIAN: A winning combination of High Fidelity and American Splendor

March 24th, 2011 by jeaniequeenie | No Comments

THE GUARDIAN: A winning combination of High Fidelity and American Splendor

“A winning combination of High Fidelity and American Splendor”
“The subject, feel and ingenuity of Sound it Out put it in the frame to be one of SXSW’s surprise hits”


EL PAIS: “El vinilo, especie en peligro de extinción”

March 24th, 2011 by jeaniequeenie | No Comments

EL PAIS: “El vinilo, especie en peligro de extinción”

El vinilo, especie en peligro de extinción

La cineasta Jeanie Finlay consigue rodar un documental sobre la última tienda de discos en un pueblo de Inglaterra gracias al micromecenazgo


REELSCREEN: “Last of a dying breed”

March 23rd, 2011 by jeaniequeenie | No Comments

REELSCREEN: “Last of a dying breed”

Such shops have taken a beating in recent years, with the triple threat of online piracy, eBay and cost-cutting retail chains all conspiring to reduce consumer demand, and Sound It Out is one of the last of a dying breed.


TORONTO SCREEN SHOTS: “Hand­made and intimate”

March 23rd, 2011 by jeaniequeenie | No Comments

nos­talgia works best when it’s spe­cific and per­sonal, and the fact that dir­ector Finlay grew up three miles from the record shop she pro­files in Sound It Out gives it a lovely hand­made and intimate feeling.


GORDON AND THE WHALE: “A classic David and Goliath story”

March 23rd, 2011 by jeaniequeenie | No Comments

GORDON AND THE WHALE: “A classic David and Goliath story”

“A classic David and Goliath story…Finlay captures not only the heart of the shop, but the customers that frequent it”


AUSTINIST: “Bonus points for nifty Accents”

March 23rd, 2011 by jeaniequeenie | No Comments

AUSTINIST: “Bonus points for nifty Accents”

A female-directed look at a form of music collection that is fairly male-dominated, Sound It Out is the official film of Record Store Day 2011. It also gets bonus points for nifty accents.


FILM THREAT: SOUND IT OUT – A certified Film Threat in Progress

March 17th, 2011 by jeaniequeenie | No Comments

FILM THREAT: SOUND IT OUT - A certified Film Threat in Progress

This week we head to the UK for our latest Certified Film Threat in Progress. Jeanie Finlay is currently crowdfunding her latest film, “Sound It Out,” on IndieGoGo…


MICHAEL KURTZ, RSD: “A film that is as much about what it means to be human as it is about a record shop.” Co Founder Record Store Day

March 7th, 2011 by jeaniequeenie | 1 Comment

MICHAEL KURTZ, RSD: “A film that is as much about what it means to be human as it is about a record shop.” Co Founder Record Store Day

“Sound It Out tickled me at times, made me sad sometimes, and even shocked my senses a bit. It’s a film that is as much about what it means to be human as it is about a record shop. I was changed after I saw it.”
Michael Kurtz, Co-founder – Record Store Day


REELSCREEN: Obsession and brave new worlds

February 24th, 2011 by jeaniequeenie | No Comments

REELSCREEN: Obsession and brave new worlds

CONVENTO a personal favorite because of its unusual subject matter and strong sense of place. Another one is director Jeanie Finlay’s Sound It Out, a small documentary screening in the 24 Beats Per Second program about the obsessive music fans that work and hang out at the last record store in the Northeastern English town of Teesside.


MUSIC FILM WEB: Jeanie Finlay and Vinyl on Film

February 2nd, 2011 by jeaniequeenie | No Comments

MUSIC FILM WEB: Jeanie Finlay and Vinyl on Film

Sound It Out is the last independent record store in Teesside, and almost certainly the first to be immortalized on film.


LEFT LION: Ali Emm tells us why and how you support the latest documentary from Jeanie Finlay.

November 30th, 2010 by jeaniequeenie | No Comments

LEFT LION: Ali Emm tells us why and how you support the latest documentary from Jeanie Finlay.

Original article from Left Lion When tapes became de rigeur in the eighties, they said vinyl was not long for this world. When CDs came striding in in the nineties they said that tapes and vinyl had definitely had their day. When minidisc were released, well, nobody paid the blindest bit of notice really, but […]


Mojo

November 29th, 2010 by jeaniequeenie | Comments Off on Mojo

Mojo

A tiny but lovely mention in this month’s Mojo Magazine



Synopsis

Glimmer Films in association with Sideshow present a film by Jeanie Finlay; SOUND IT OUT.

Over the last five years an independent record shop has closed in the UK every three days.

SOUND IT OUT is a documentary portrait of the very last surviving vinyl record shop in Teesside, North East England.

A cultural haven in one of the most deprived areas in the UK, SOUND IT OUT documents a place that is thriving against the odds and the local community that keeps it alive. Directed by Jeanie Finlay who grew up three miles from the shop.

A distinctive, funny and intimate film about men, the North and the irreplaceable role music plays in our lives.

High Fidelity with a Northern Accent.


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