Anton Corbijn's Joy Division band-pic, Control, is on its way to the big screen, having played the festivals and to the press. I'm not expecting it'll make it out to this corner of the burbs--although they will put on the film of the concert of someone who was once in Pink Floyd. It stars Samantha Morton as Deborah Curtis, on who's memoir the screenplay is based, so it may appeal to more than the usual suspects. Can light romantic tragedy find success as a date movie? And what happened to the other Joy Division flick, the one Moby was going to soundtrack? The soundtrack for Control is mostly a mix of the songs that were influential on the band, but they missed a critical pick, one song Joy Division covered live, The Door's Riders on the Storm, with its choice line

Into this world we're thrown

In the meantime, while we wait for the Weinstein Company to throw it into the local cinemaplex, those in need of a dose of that Manchester milieu, there's always the first half of Michael Winterbottom's 24 Hour Party People.  ¶ 8:29 AM