FOLK BRITANNIA AT BARBICAN - 21st Century Folk Music
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FOLK BRITANNIA provides an idiosyncratic snapshot of British folk music in the 21st century.
A year ago, the festival Jazz Britannia was such a success that the Barbican along with BBC Four are bringing to us this year, a 3 day festival which celebrates the evolution of British folk music from the end of the Second […]
ALIEN AT HEART - ‘Alien Nation’ exhibition at the ICA
The Private view of the ‘Alien Nation’ exhibition at the ICA on the 16th of November was interesting… It was an exhibition about ‘Alien Art’ a direct homage to the 50-60’s early 70’s Alien movies which mostly reflected the anti-communist, xenophobic & anti-nuclear fears of the time.
Few masterpieces came out of that strand but vintage […]
SNAKES ON A PLANE - Green Light for Quirk
Snakes on a Plane is an action/horror film to be released on August 18, 2006. by New Line Cinema.
Written by David D’Alessandro, John Heffernan, Sheldon Turner, directed by David R. Ellis and starring Samuel L. Jackson. The film finished filming principal photography in September of 2005 including five days of additional re-shooting to raise the […]
HITCHCOCK’S EMD CINEMA - Injustice in Art & History
It’s one of those injustices we see too often in the world of art and history… An integral monument to the cultural structure of a society being sacrificed in the name of some unfulfilling, commercial purpose.
The EMD Cinema in Walthamstow was a celebrated building. It is acknowledged as one of London’s finest art deco cinemas […]
LOIN DU VIETNAM - Far From Vietnam
Loin du Vietnam (Far From Vietnam) is made up of seven short films made in the ‘60s at the time of the occupation of Vietnam by celebrated political directors including Jean-luc Godard and Alain Resnais.
Paulo Gerbaudo looks at the parralels between film and war then and now Loin du Vietnam is both a failure and […]
SHOOT THE COMMUNITY? - Shoot the Messenger
I wasn’t privy to the preview of the film ‘Shoot the Messenger’ to a floor full of ‘community leaders’, leading lights, notables and other luminaries…
However, what I have to say was that some organizations like Ligali, who I want to stress, usually do a good job, were quick to do the intellectual jump stating that […]
SPIDERMAN 3 - Preview
Cast:
Tobey Mcguire as Peter Parker/Spiderman, Kirsten Dunst as Mary Jane Watson, Daniel Gillies as John Jameson, J.K Simmons as J. Jonah Jameson, Thomas Haden Church as Sandman/Flint Marko, Topher Grace as Venom, Dylan Baker as Dr. Curt Conners, Adrian Lester as a Research Scientist, Bryce Dallas Howard as Gwen Stacey, Theresa Russell as Mrs. Marko, […]
EXILS - Journey to the Land of Their Fathers
Rukhsana Yasmin reviews Tony Gatlifs tale of two lovers on a journey to discover the land of their fathers.
Exils or Exiles tells the spirited, energetic and heartfelt story of Naima (Lubna Azabal) and her lover Zano (Romain Duris) on their journey to the land of their fathers, Algeria. Lost in the perils of immigration, these […]
FLIRTING AT CANNES 2006
Friday May 19th
Meeting at the UK Pavilion. Dealing with passes and accreditations. Sorting out the usual mumbo-jumbo required to cruise through the festival.
‘Volver’ from eternal ‘enfant-terrible’ Pedro Almodovar is on show and has the usual red-carpet treatment. Penelope Cruz - gorgeous in a white Balanciagga dress, or is it? - and Carmen Maura, the co-stars […]
SLAVERY - 500 YEARS LATER
The film is a compelling compilation of testimonies, voices and opinions gathered around five continents.
The Live8 concert in July this year, in London’s Hyde Park was set up to raise awareness about the Black continent issues, but before the first guitar riffs, the gig highlighted one single home truth: Africans should do it for themselves! […]
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