The Medium is the Medium
It’s a question that’s been asked since the dawn of time, well blogging, but just where are the standards in journalism set now? Getting on for a couple of weekends ago, I was...
Biennial 2012: Making Chinatown – Ming Wong in conversation
In the third of our special Biennial ‘in conversation’ series, we pair up cine-inspired artist Ming Wong with director and film critic DW Mault … Ming Wong, born in Singapore and based in...
Film Podcast #10: Guy Maddin’s Keyhole
Film Podcast #10: Guy Maddin’s Keyhole by The Double Negative on Mixcloud DW Mault reviews Guy Maddin’s abstract thriller Keyhole. In a house haunted with memories, gangster and deadbeat dad Ulysses Pick arrives...
Biennial 2012: The Cunard Building
C James Fagan on feeling very much like an unexpected guest at the Cunard building… This piece is the result of two visits to the Cunard Building; when faced with something as large...
Culture Diary w/c 01-10-12
Tuesday – The Horse Loom 7.30pm @ Bold Street Coffee £donation The Horse Loom is the solo project of Northumbrian guitarist and singer Steve Malley. Described as “the most unique marriage between British...
Reel Unknown – Back with a Vengeance
Rachael Jones quizzes the brains behind Reel Unknown about comedy, drive-thru cinema, and improving actors … Back in March I checked out Reel Unknown, a new ‘secret cinema’ event aimed at giving Liverpool’s...
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...