ALIEN AT HEART - ‘Alien Nation’ exhibition at the ICA

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 […]

Artist, Comics, Exhibition, Film, Movie, Painting

SNAKES ON A PLANE - Green Light for Quirk

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 […]

Cinema, Director, Film, Hollywood, Horror, Lover, Magic, Movie, Performance, Photography, Poetry

HITCHCOCK’S EMD CINEMA - Injustice in Art & History

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 […]

Architecture, Art, Cinema, Designer, Director, East London, Film, History, Movie, Performance

LOIN DU VIETNAM - Far From Vietnam

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 […]

Cinema, Director, Elusive, Events, Film, Horror, Inspiration, Modern, Movie, Political, Radical, Social, Theatre, War

SPIDERMAN 3 - Preview

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, […]

Director, Film, Hollywood, Movie

EXILS - Journey to the Land of Their Fathers

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 […]

Actor, Culture, Film, Lover, Movie, Music, Perils, Religion, Social

FLIRTING AT CANNES 2006

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 […]

Actor, Art, Artist, Cinema, Director, Drama, Events, Festival, Film, Filmmaker, Modern, Movie, Museum, Music, Performance, Political, Social, Theatre, War

SAYLES TECHNIQUE - A Social, Political & Emotional Travelogue

SAYLES TECHNIQUE - A Social, Political & Emotional Travelogue

John Sayles’ work tends to act as a social, political and emotional travelogue rather than a straight-line narrative. The films are all about the compromises that exist between individuals and the society in which they live.

Roger Corman’s B-movie factory of the sixties and seventies produced a number of leading film talents like Francis Ford Coppola,Martin […]

Actor, Director, Editor, Film, Filmmaker, Gallery, Hollywood, Humanist, Iconic, Modern, Movie, Nature, Performance, Political, Psychology, Social, War, Writer

SPICE FESTIVAL 2005 - Music, Painting, Poetry & Drama

SPICE FESTIVAL 2005 - Music, Painting, Poetry & Drama

The opening night sees an evening of classical opera extracts performed, including Carmen, Nessun Dorma, The Barber of Seville, The Marriage of Figaro and many others at The Hackney Empire.
East London Metropolitan Opera continues to bring together top professional musicians with members of the local community and children from Hackney schools accompanied by a full […]

Actor, Art, Artist, Classical, Drama, East London, Editor, Events, Festival, Magic, Movie, Music, Musician, Opera, Painting, Performance, Poetry, Punk, Songwriter, Theatre, Writer

RAHMANIAN RHAPSODY - Letting his Work do the Talking

RAHMANIAN RHAPSODY - Letting his Work do the Talking

A. R. Rahman, having scored for over 75 movies and sold over 150 million albums, is almost worshipped as a god in some parts of India. However, despite his huge success he is ever the reluctant celebrity, preferring to let his work do the talking. Rahman will bring his Live, 3D Concert to Wembley Arena […]

Artist, Bollywood, Classical, Concert, Director, Film, History, Lover, Magic, Movie, Music, Musician