The Birds – Previewed
Adam Scovell previews The Birds, one of Hitchcock’s most enigmatic offerings… Alfred Hitchcock’s later films tipped the pendulum more into the genre of horror than the rest of his works. The likes of...
Playlist #22: Cat Power and Me
Marc Hall takes a personal – at times painful – journey through the Cat Power canon… There’s something about Chan Marshall AKA Cat Power. Of the hundreds of musical performances I’ve seen over...
Field Trip #14: Frankfurt
Artist Natalie Hughes infiltrates Frankfurt, observing camping punks, art schools, curated balconies and confused Americans … It’s 9:20 am Frankfurt time on the 14th September and there’s a chill in the air as I make...
Holy Motors – Un Film de Leos Carax
DW Mault finds himself very much at home in the strange and wonderful world of Leos Carax… Cinema is a home for dreamers, misfits and deadbeats. It’s been 13 long years but Alex...
Film Podcast #9: Our Top Ten Films of All Time
Film Podcast #9: Our Top Ten Films of All Time by The Double Negative on Mixcloud Special edition! DW Mault and our panel of writers, film critics and filmmakers introduce their top ten...
Psychedelia: through the prism of contemporary art
With Liverpool Psych Fest on the horizon, Amy Jones looks at psychedelia’s journey into the world of cutting edge technology and contemporary art … The Liverpool International Festival of Psychedelia has got us...
Culture Diary w/c 24-09-12
Monday – Beetlejuice 8.45pm @ FACT Of the entire Tim Burton canon, Beetlejuice is perhaps correctly considered the passion project. His breakout movie, it is the film which introduced Burton’s brand of macabre...
Artist as Projectionist: my love of cinema
Artist Andrew Bracey professes his love for the clattering roar of the projector, and how it inspired his most recent exhibition at Transition Gallery and Hackney Picturehouse … My eyes were opened to...
Shame: A selective history of compulsive behaviour in cinema
Nik Glover takes a look at cinema’s ongoing fascination with compulsion… We are in a nameless bar in New York. A man is seated at the counter, his attention elsewhere, drinking alone. A woman...