There are not many between the age of 20 and 50 that don’t know the iconic motif of "Love Will Tear Us Apart" by Joy Division. However, it is, perhaps, unlikely that they will know any other of the ...

Once upon a time, in a horribly depressing place called Manchester, England, there was a boy named Ian Curtis. He had a few problems but decided to channel them into his music by singing in a band he ...

“Control” opens as does any great biopic: with its main character contemplating his existence. The film centers on the life of Ian Curtis, the late lead singer of English rock band Joy Division. Visit ...

While "Control" may not be the film Joy Division fans were hoping for, it is worth seeing for Sam Riley's performance as lead singer and songwriter Ian Curtis. It begins promisingly, with scenes of ...

Corbijn at the premiere, and, tragically, in color.Photo: Getty Images Control is noted photographer and short filmmaker Anton Corbijn’s first full-length feature, and he wasn’t messing around. It’s a ...

Control, the feature-film debut of famed photographer/video director Anton Corbjin, is a gripping interpretation of late Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis’s brief life, based on his wife Deborah’s 1995 ...

Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis has waited almost 30 years to become a star of stage and screen, so he's not going to let a little thing like being dead interfere with his Moment. And with Rhino's ...

TORONTO (Reuters) - It was only a matter of time before someone made a movie about post-punk band Joy Division, which has attained near-mythological status since frontman Ian Curtis committed suicide ...

U.K. indie the Works U.K. Distribution has tuned into the sounds of "Joy Division," a documentary from Grant Gee about the cult 1970s British indie rock band. By Stuart Kemp, The Associated Press ...

Music enthusiasts are likely familiar with the rock band Joy Division, which originated in Salford in 1976. The ensemble included Ian Curtis as the vocalist, guitarist and lyricist, Bernard Sumner on ...