Culture Diary w/c 01-04-13
Monday – #INDIENIGHT 8pm @ Studio 2, Parr Street Studios FREE Indie; who knows what it even means these days, but Studio 2 @ Parr St. are putting their own spin on things...
Film Podcast #27: Trance and Dans La Maison
Film Podcast #27: Trance and Dans La Maison by The Double Negative on Mixcloud DW Mault reviews Danny Boyle’s neo noir thriller Trance and Francois Ozon’s psychological drama Dans la Maison … Filmed...
Soundtrack to my Ego
The mixtape is the ultimate representation of the ego, argues C James Fagan, as he gets to grips with his very own cultural artefact … Music, noise and sound; hardly new things, but...
Fluxus Fest, Feelings and Fraktures
A chance visit to a performance piece at the Bluecoat gets Mikey Stevenson thinking about the murky world of emotional outsourcing… I noticed a pattern forming in my behavior recently. I’ve amassed an...
Misdirect Movies – Reviewed
For the latest exhibition at The Royal Standard, co-curators Andrew Bracey and John Rimmer take the world of film as inspiration… When we arrive at the Royal Standard, we creep in, running...
The Princess Bride Reissued
… Inconceivable!
A year on from celebrating its 25th anniversary, we take a look at why The Princess Bride proves so enduring… A beautiful princess, a dashing and handsome masked hero and as bad as...
Film Podcast #26: Reality & Beyond the Hills
Film Podcast #26: Reality & Beyond the Hills by The Double Negative on Mixcloud DW Mault reviews Matteo Garrone’s paranoid comedy Reality (2012), and Cristian Mungiu’s dark drama Beyond the Hills (2012). Reality:...
Culture Diary w/c 25-03-13
Monday – Tony Teardrop 8pm @ the Bombed out church £10-£16 Following the cancellation of performances due to the unseasonal snow, Tony Teardrop is back from today at St. Luke’s ‘bombed out’ Church....
I Want My MTV
The Art of Pop Video exhibition at FACT awakens memories of a transformative period for Amy Roberts… Everyone goes through those childhood obsessions with collections. The idea of amassing something, proudly showing it off...