In his latest podcast/interview, host and screenwriter Stuart Wright talks with documentary producer Charlie Phillips about how excited he is to be working with Jeanie Finlay, his love of Jeremy Deller, the Folkestone Documentary Festival and “3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life”
Jubilee (1978) Gallivant (1996) Lost Highway (1997)
“3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life” is about those films that made you fall in love with film. The guest selects their trio of movies and we talk for 5 minutes, against the clock. When the alarm goes off for five minutes we move on to the next film.
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Jubilee (1978) Gallivant (1996) Lost Highway (1997)
“3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life” is about those films that made you fall in love with film. The guest selects their trio of movies and we talk for 5 minutes, against the clock. When the alarm goes off for five minutes we move on to the next film.
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- 11/14/2023
- by Stuart Wright
- Nerdly
The artist has been confounding the art world for 30 years with projects ranging from a brass band playing acid house to a film of the Brexit protests. As he publishes a career memoir, Art Is Magic, he talks about the experiences that have shaped his work
Read an extract from Art Is Magic
Jeremy Deller’s new book, which he describes as “a sort of retrospective”, is called Art Is Magic. It reflects his belief in the alchemical power of art to transform the everyday – “if only for a moment, making the mundane profound”. He did, however, consider several other alternative titles for the book, including “That’s Not Art”, “Call That Art?” and “You Can’t Do That”, all of which are things people have said to him about his work.
While most conceptual artists probably accept that a certain degree of public bemusement comes with the turf, Deller...
Read an extract from Art Is Magic
Jeremy Deller’s new book, which he describes as “a sort of retrospective”, is called Art Is Magic. It reflects his belief in the alchemical power of art to transform the everyday – “if only for a moment, making the mundane profound”. He did, however, consider several other alternative titles for the book, including “That’s Not Art”, “Call That Art?” and “You Can’t Do That”, all of which are things people have said to him about his work.
While most conceptual artists probably accept that a certain degree of public bemusement comes with the turf, Deller...
- 4/23/2023
- by Sean O’Hagan
- The Guardian - Film News
Format Festival is making its 2023 return with another impressive lineup featuring headliners Alanis Morissette, LCD Soundsystem, and Leon Bridges. The three-day music, art, and technology festival goes down between September 22nd and 24th at Sugar Creek Airstrip in Bentonville, Arkansas.
Other notable artists making appearances include Modest Mouse, Jamie xx, Little Simz, Digable Planets, Poolside, Big Wild, Paul Cauthen, Tash Sultana, Bob Moses, Channel Tres, Sudan Archives, serpentwithfeet, Nikki Lane, The Pharcyde, and many more. See the full lineup in the poster below.
Fans can register now to get first access to three-day and one-day passes when they become available during the pre-sale taking place on Thursday, April 6th at 10:00 a.m. Ct. Find more details on the festival’s website.
Format is also set to feature unique performances, installations, and art experiences from the likes of Guerrilla Girls, Jr’s Inside Out Project, Jeremy Deller, Ragnar Kjartansson, and Kameelah Janan Rasheed.
Other notable artists making appearances include Modest Mouse, Jamie xx, Little Simz, Digable Planets, Poolside, Big Wild, Paul Cauthen, Tash Sultana, Bob Moses, Channel Tres, Sudan Archives, serpentwithfeet, Nikki Lane, The Pharcyde, and many more. See the full lineup in the poster below.
Fans can register now to get first access to three-day and one-day passes when they become available during the pre-sale taking place on Thursday, April 6th at 10:00 a.m. Ct. Find more details on the festival’s website.
Format is also set to feature unique performances, installations, and art experiences from the likes of Guerrilla Girls, Jr’s Inside Out Project, Jeremy Deller, Ragnar Kjartansson, and Kameelah Janan Rasheed.
- 4/4/2023
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Music
Alanis Morissette, LCD Soundsystem, and Leon Bridges are among the artists headed to the Ozark Mountains for the 2023 Format Festival, taking place Sept. 22 through 24 in Bentonville, Arkansas.
The three-day event features a packed schedule of music, as well as visual and performing arts. On the music side, there will be sets from Little Simz, Modest Mouse, Jamie Xx, Digable Planets, Tash Sultana, Bob Moses, Paul Cauthen, Theon Cross, Channel Tres, Franc Moody, Serpentwithfeet, Classixx, Francois K, Sparkle City Disco, Sudan Archives, Blond:Ish, Hermanos Gutiérrez, Nikki Lane, and the Pharcyde.
Format...
The three-day event features a packed schedule of music, as well as visual and performing arts. On the music side, there will be sets from Little Simz, Modest Mouse, Jamie Xx, Digable Planets, Tash Sultana, Bob Moses, Paul Cauthen, Theon Cross, Channel Tres, Franc Moody, Serpentwithfeet, Classixx, Francois K, Sparkle City Disco, Sudan Archives, Blond:Ish, Hermanos Gutiérrez, Nikki Lane, and the Pharcyde.
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- 4/4/2023
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Cph: Dox Sets 2023 Main Competition
The Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival, affectionately known as Cph: Dox, has set the full lineup for its 2023 edition. This year, the festival will screen more than 200 new documentaries, with over 100 world premieres – the largest number at Cph: Dox. Christoffer Guldbrandsen’s long-awaited film A Storm Foretold about Donald Trump’s former adviser Roger Stone will debut at the fest alongside a new doc by One Child Nation director Lynn Zhang. This year Cph: Dox also celebrates 20 years. Guests set to visit include Wim Wenders, Joan Baez, Nathan Fielder, and Jeremy Deller. You can check out the full lineup here.
Norway’s Rubicon TV Hires ‘Headhunters’ Writer Lars Gudmestad
Norwegian scripted outfit Rubicon TV has hired writer and producer Lars Gudmestad as Executive Producer. He will begin the position in April 2023. Gudmestad has worked extensively across film and TV, with credits on productions like Morten Tyldum...
The Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival, affectionately known as Cph: Dox, has set the full lineup for its 2023 edition. This year, the festival will screen more than 200 new documentaries, with over 100 world premieres – the largest number at Cph: Dox. Christoffer Guldbrandsen’s long-awaited film A Storm Foretold about Donald Trump’s former adviser Roger Stone will debut at the fest alongside a new doc by One Child Nation director Lynn Zhang. This year Cph: Dox also celebrates 20 years. Guests set to visit include Wim Wenders, Joan Baez, Nathan Fielder, and Jeremy Deller. You can check out the full lineup here.
Norway’s Rubicon TV Hires ‘Headhunters’ Writer Lars Gudmestad
Norwegian scripted outfit Rubicon TV has hired writer and producer Lars Gudmestad as Executive Producer. He will begin the position in April 2023. Gudmestad has worked extensively across film and TV, with credits on productions like Morten Tyldum...
- 2/22/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Frieze has big plans for February.
The international art organization has set Anniversary Sessions, a three-day digital festival scheduled for Feb. 17-19, to mark its 30th anniversary. Also, Frieze is introducing a membership program designed to provide access to digital content, the print publication, and priority access to Frieze fairs and special events. Anniversary Sessions content will include conversations between artists, writers and thought-leaders who have helped shape the industry and culture over the past three decades.
Frieze has confirmed such participants as Matthew Barney, Jeremy Deller, Lubaina Himid, Philippe Parreno, Rirkrit Tiravanija and Kara Walker. To set the table ...
The international art organization has set Anniversary Sessions, a three-day digital festival scheduled for Feb. 17-19, to mark its 30th anniversary. Also, Frieze is introducing a membership program designed to provide access to digital content, the print publication, and priority access to Frieze fairs and special events. Anniversary Sessions content will include conversations between artists, writers and thought-leaders who have helped shape the industry and culture over the past three decades.
Frieze has confirmed such participants as Matthew Barney, Jeremy Deller, Lubaina Himid, Philippe Parreno, Rirkrit Tiravanija and Kara Walker. To set the table ...
Frieze has big plans for February.
The international art organization has set Anniversary Sessions, a three-day digital festival scheduled for Feb. 17-19, to mark its 30th anniversary. Also, Frieze is introducing a membership program designed to provide access to digital content, the print publication, and priority access to Frieze fairs and special events. Anniversary Sessions content will include conversations between artists, writers and thought-leaders who have helped shape the industry and culture over the past three decades.
Frieze has confirmed such participants as Matthew Barney, Jeremy Deller, Lubaina Himid, Philippe Parreno, Rirkrit Tiravanija and Kara Walker. To set the table ...
The international art organization has set Anniversary Sessions, a three-day digital festival scheduled for Feb. 17-19, to mark its 30th anniversary. Also, Frieze is introducing a membership program designed to provide access to digital content, the print publication, and priority access to Frieze fairs and special events. Anniversary Sessions content will include conversations between artists, writers and thought-leaders who have helped shape the industry and culture over the past three decades.
Frieze has confirmed such participants as Matthew Barney, Jeremy Deller, Lubaina Himid, Philippe Parreno, Rirkrit Tiravanija and Kara Walker. To set the table ...
The artist on a touching moment with an elephant, treasuring his hair and his love of bats
Born in London, Jeremy Deller, 54, gained an art history degree at the Courtauld Institute in 1988. He went on to become a conceptual, video and installation artist. In 2004, he won the Turner prize for his mixed media installation Memory Bucket, which documents his travels through Texas. In 2010 he was awarded the Rsa’s Albert Medal and in 2013 he represented the UK at the Venice Biennale. From 2007 to 2011 he served as a Tate trustee. He lives in London.
Which living person do you most admire and why?
Either Stevie Wonder or Willie Nelson. Hopefully, no explanation required.
Born in London, Jeremy Deller, 54, gained an art history degree at the Courtauld Institute in 1988. He went on to become a conceptual, video and installation artist. In 2004, he won the Turner prize for his mixed media installation Memory Bucket, which documents his travels through Texas. In 2010 he was awarded the Rsa’s Albert Medal and in 2013 he represented the UK at the Venice Biennale. From 2007 to 2011 he served as a Tate trustee. He lives in London.
Which living person do you most admire and why?
Either Stevie Wonder or Willie Nelson. Hopefully, no explanation required.
- 6/27/2020
- by Rosanna Greenstreet
- The Guardian - Film News
More than 400 figures in the UK’s creative industries have signed a letter sent to the Chancellor and Culture Secretary warning that the country come become a “cultural wasteland” if more is not done to help creative workers during the coronavirus crisis.
Signatories include Stephen Fry, Grayson Perry, Nick Cave, Rufus Wainwright, Simon Callow, Anish Kapoor, Meera Syal, Jamie Cullum, Jeremy Deller, Paloma Faith, Johnny Marr, Imogen Heap, Jonathan Pryce, Pj Harvey, Stephen Hough, Katie Melua, Sanjeev Bhaskar and Sophie Dahl.
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The letter has been penned by the Creative Industries Federation (Cif), the body repping the country’s creative sector. It claims that “more than 50% of...
Signatories include Stephen Fry, Grayson Perry, Nick Cave, Rufus Wainwright, Simon Callow, Anish Kapoor, Meera Syal, Jamie Cullum, Jeremy Deller, Paloma Faith, Johnny Marr, Imogen Heap, Jonathan Pryce, Pj Harvey, Stephen Hough, Katie Melua, Sanjeev Bhaskar and Sophie Dahl.
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The letter has been penned by the Creative Industries Federation (Cif), the body repping the country’s creative sector. It claims that “more than 50% of...
- 4/27/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
There’s music, mullets and vodka aplenty in this not-quite-biopic of Polish pop star Zenon Martyniuk … but zero thrills
Polish director Jan Hryniak has made a shaky drama about a teenager from 1980s nowheresville who becomes a mega-successful pop star. Based on the real-life career of disco polo act Zenon Martyniuk, this feels like a remix of a dozen better, more heartfelt coming-of-age films. It is fundamentally unconvincing and bland, a missed opportunity to say something – anything – about life as a teenager behind the iron curtain. Watching Zenek, I was reminded of Jeremy Deller’s interviews with people who’d grown up in East Germany and Soviet Russia starved of western pop music, in his brilliant documentary about Depeche Mode superfans, The Posters Came from the Walls.
Jakub Zajac has the boyish good looks of young Ewan McGregor in the role of Zenek, a kid with mullet who gets a break as a wedding singer,...
Polish director Jan Hryniak has made a shaky drama about a teenager from 1980s nowheresville who becomes a mega-successful pop star. Based on the real-life career of disco polo act Zenon Martyniuk, this feels like a remix of a dozen better, more heartfelt coming-of-age films. It is fundamentally unconvincing and bland, a missed opportunity to say something – anything – about life as a teenager behind the iron curtain. Watching Zenek, I was reminded of Jeremy Deller’s interviews with people who’d grown up in East Germany and Soviet Russia starved of western pop music, in his brilliant documentary about Depeche Mode superfans, The Posters Came from the Walls.
Jakub Zajac has the boyish good looks of young Ewan McGregor in the role of Zenek, a kid with mullet who gets a break as a wedding singer,...
- 3/4/2020
- by Cath Clarke
- The Guardian - Film News
Further winners included Nikolaus Geyrhalter’s Earth and Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang’s One Child Nation.
Luke Lorentzen’s Midnight Family won the grand jury award (with a £2000 prize) at this year’s Sheffield Doc/Fest, which held its closing ceremony last night (June 11).
Full list of winners below
The film tells the story of a family scraping a living operating a private ambulance in Mexico city, and was praised by the jury for acting “as a timely warning to the dangers of privatised healthcare.”
The jury, made up of artist Jeremy Deller, producer Charlotte Cook and artist-filmmaker Jenn Nkiru...
Luke Lorentzen’s Midnight Family won the grand jury award (with a £2000 prize) at this year’s Sheffield Doc/Fest, which held its closing ceremony last night (June 11).
Full list of winners below
The film tells the story of a family scraping a living operating a private ambulance in Mexico city, and was praised by the jury for acting “as a timely warning to the dangers of privatised healthcare.”
The jury, made up of artist Jeremy Deller, producer Charlotte Cook and artist-filmmaker Jenn Nkiru...
- 6/12/2019
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
Ai Weiwei, Werner Herzog to particpate in extended conversations following screenings.
A Spotlight section of screenings followed by extended conversations is the major addition to the programme for this year’s Sheffield Doc/Fest (June 6-11), revealed today.
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei and German filmmaker Werner Herzog are among those attending the festival and participating in the section.
Ai Weiwei will present his film The Rest, about Europe’s refugee crisis and the disintegrating humanitarian aid system, which premiered at Cph:Dox in March.
Herzog will take part in a discussion with Patrick Holland, controller, BBC Two, following a...
A Spotlight section of screenings followed by extended conversations is the major addition to the programme for this year’s Sheffield Doc/Fest (June 6-11), revealed today.
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei and German filmmaker Werner Herzog are among those attending the festival and participating in the section.
Ai Weiwei will present his film The Rest, about Europe’s refugee crisis and the disintegrating humanitarian aid system, which premiered at Cph:Dox in March.
Herzog will take part in a discussion with Patrick Holland, controller, BBC Two, following a...
- 5/9/2019
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Ai Weiwei film is a companion piece to Human Flow.
Copenhagen-based documentary festival Cph:dox (March 20-31) has revealed its line-up of competition titles for 2019.
Notable world premieres include The Rest, the latest feature from Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei. His previous feature, refugee crisis doc Human Flow, premiered at Venice in 2017 and won multiple awards.
The Rest is a parallel work to Human Flow, again focusing on the refugee crisis, but this time in line with the voice and experience of an individual refugee. Edited down from 900 hours of footage, the film depicts those living in political limbo in Europe,...
Copenhagen-based documentary festival Cph:dox (March 20-31) has revealed its line-up of competition titles for 2019.
Notable world premieres include The Rest, the latest feature from Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei. His previous feature, refugee crisis doc Human Flow, premiered at Venice in 2017 and won multiple awards.
The Rest is a parallel work to Human Flow, again focusing on the refugee crisis, but this time in line with the voice and experience of an individual refugee. Edited down from 900 hours of footage, the film depicts those living in political limbo in Europe,...
- 2/22/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Campaign is calling for Picturehouse owner Cineworld to pay its staff the London Living Wage.
Ian McKellen, Susan Sarandon and Mark Rylance are among actors to have lent their names to a campaign calling for Picturehouse and Cineworld cinemas to pay their staff the London Living Wage.
According to UK entertainment union Bectu, a host of actors and directors have signed a letter which will be delivered to Cineworld CEO Mooky Greidinger.
As previously reported by Screen, the letter calls for Cineworld to pay staff at its venues - which include the Picturehouse cinema chain - the London Living Wage of £9.75 per hour. The letter proposes boycotting the cinemas if staff is not paid the Wage.
Lowest paid staff at Picturehouse’s Brixton location the Ritzy currently earn £9.10 per hour, while some staff at other Picturehouse locations in London earn £9.05 per hour. Outside of London, the rate is £8.18.
Signatores are said to also include Elizabeth Berrington, [link...
Ian McKellen, Susan Sarandon and Mark Rylance are among actors to have lent their names to a campaign calling for Picturehouse and Cineworld cinemas to pay their staff the London Living Wage.
According to UK entertainment union Bectu, a host of actors and directors have signed a letter which will be delivered to Cineworld CEO Mooky Greidinger.
As previously reported by Screen, the letter calls for Cineworld to pay staff at its venues - which include the Picturehouse cinema chain - the London Living Wage of £9.75 per hour. The letter proposes boycotting the cinemas if staff is not paid the Wage.
Lowest paid staff at Picturehouse’s Brixton location the Ritzy currently earn £9.10 per hour, while some staff at other Picturehouse locations in London earn £9.05 per hour. Outside of London, the rate is £8.18.
Signatores are said to also include Elizabeth Berrington, [link...
- 3/22/2017
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
Campaign is calling for Picturehouse owner Cineworld to pay its staff the London living wage.
Ian McKellen, Susan Sarandon and Mark Rylance are among actors to have lent their names to a campaign calling for a boycott of Picturehouse and Cineworld cinemas over a pay dispute.
According to UK entertainment union Bectu, a host of actors and directors have signed a letter which will be delivered to Cineworld CEO Mooky Greidinger.
As previously reported by Screen, the letter calls for Cineworld to pay staff at its venues - which include the Picturehouse cinema chain - the London living wage of £9.75 per hour.
Lowest paid staff at Picturehouse’s Brixton location the Ritzy currently earn £9.10 per hour, while some staff at other Picturehouse locations in London earn £9.05 per hour. Outside of London, the rate is £8.18.
Signatores are said to also include Elizabeth Berrington, Jo Brand, Mark Cousins, Richard Curtis, Natalie Dormer, Lindsay Duncan, [link...
Ian McKellen, Susan Sarandon and Mark Rylance are among actors to have lent their names to a campaign calling for a boycott of Picturehouse and Cineworld cinemas over a pay dispute.
According to UK entertainment union Bectu, a host of actors and directors have signed a letter which will be delivered to Cineworld CEO Mooky Greidinger.
As previously reported by Screen, the letter calls for Cineworld to pay staff at its venues - which include the Picturehouse cinema chain - the London living wage of £9.75 per hour.
Lowest paid staff at Picturehouse’s Brixton location the Ritzy currently earn £9.10 per hour, while some staff at other Picturehouse locations in London earn £9.05 per hour. Outside of London, the rate is £8.18.
Signatores are said to also include Elizabeth Berrington, Jo Brand, Mark Cousins, Richard Curtis, Natalie Dormer, Lindsay Duncan, [link...
- 3/22/2017
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
Campaign is calling for Picturehouse owner Cineworld to pay its staff the London living wage.
Ian McKellen, Susan Sarandon and Mark Rylance are among actors to have lent their names to a campaign calling for a boycott of Picturehouse and Cineworld cinemas over a pay dispute.
According to UK entertainment union Bectu, a host of actors and directors have signed a letter whcih will be delivered to Cineworld CEO Mooky Greidinger.
As previously reported by Screen, the letter calls for Cineworld to pay staff at its venues - which include the Picturehouse cinema chain - the London living wage of £9.75 per hour.
Lowest paid staff at Picturehouse’s Brixton location the Ritzy currently earn £9.10 per hour, while some staff at other Picturehouse locations in London earn £9.05 per hour. Outside of London, the rate is £8.18.
Further signatores are said to include: Elizabeth Berrington, Jo Brand, Mark Cousins, Richard Curtis, Natalie Dormer, Lindsay Duncan, [link...
Ian McKellen, Susan Sarandon and Mark Rylance are among actors to have lent their names to a campaign calling for a boycott of Picturehouse and Cineworld cinemas over a pay dispute.
According to UK entertainment union Bectu, a host of actors and directors have signed a letter whcih will be delivered to Cineworld CEO Mooky Greidinger.
As previously reported by Screen, the letter calls for Cineworld to pay staff at its venues - which include the Picturehouse cinema chain - the London living wage of £9.75 per hour.
Lowest paid staff at Picturehouse’s Brixton location the Ritzy currently earn £9.10 per hour, while some staff at other Picturehouse locations in London earn £9.05 per hour. Outside of London, the rate is £8.18.
Further signatores are said to include: Elizabeth Berrington, Jo Brand, Mark Cousins, Richard Curtis, Natalie Dormer, Lindsay Duncan, [link...
- 3/22/2017
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
Concert movie Björk: Biophilia Live is to receive its European Premiere at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.
Directors Peter Strickland and Nick Fenton will be on hand for the gala presentation of Björk: Biophilia Live at the 49th Kviff (July 4-12).
Icelandic artist Björk came out with the Biophilia project in 2011. Beyond her eighth full-length album, the project also includes performances, interactive applications, and educational programs. These have now been augmented by a film of the concert created at London’s Alexandra Palace where Björk completed the Biophilia tour; the singer cooperated on the project with Fenton and Strickland.
In addition to Björk, the film features an Icelandic choir, Austrian percussionist Manu Delago, and numerous unusual instruments. The performance is rounded out with collages referencing tectonic plates, DNA, the Moon, mushrooms, and various other objects of scientific interest. The resulting film illustrates songs and concepts from the Biophilia project, plus other well-known...
Directors Peter Strickland and Nick Fenton will be on hand for the gala presentation of Björk: Biophilia Live at the 49th Kviff (July 4-12).
Icelandic artist Björk came out with the Biophilia project in 2011. Beyond her eighth full-length album, the project also includes performances, interactive applications, and educational programs. These have now been augmented by a film of the concert created at London’s Alexandra Palace where Björk completed the Biophilia tour; the singer cooperated on the project with Fenton and Strickland.
In addition to Björk, the film features an Icelandic choir, Austrian percussionist Manu Delago, and numerous unusual instruments. The performance is rounded out with collages referencing tectonic plates, DNA, the Moon, mushrooms, and various other objects of scientific interest. The resulting film illustrates songs and concepts from the Biophilia project, plus other well-known...
- 7/2/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Martin Scorsese’s documentary about The New York Review of Books to receive its world premiere at this year’s Sheffield Doc/Fest.
Sheffield Doc/Fest (June 7-12) has unveiled this year’s line up and has secured the world premiere of A 50 Year Argument, the feature co-directed by Scorsese and David Tedeschi that charts how The New York Review of Books has reflected Us culture since its launch in 1963.
The festival will include 21 world premieres, 12 European premieres, eight international premieres and 24 UK premieres.
As previously announced, music doc Pulp: A Film About Life Death and Supermarkets will open the festival on June 7.
There will be focuses on South Africa, art, sex, cycling and interactive.
World premieres will include Alex Holmes’ Stop At Nothing: The Lance Armstrong Story; The Last Man On The Moon, which tells the story of former astronaut Captain Eugene Cernan, who will attend the festival; One Rogue Reporter, written and directed...
Sheffield Doc/Fest (June 7-12) has unveiled this year’s line up and has secured the world premiere of A 50 Year Argument, the feature co-directed by Scorsese and David Tedeschi that charts how The New York Review of Books has reflected Us culture since its launch in 1963.
The festival will include 21 world premieres, 12 European premieres, eight international premieres and 24 UK premieres.
As previously announced, music doc Pulp: A Film About Life Death and Supermarkets will open the festival on June 7.
There will be focuses on South Africa, art, sex, cycling and interactive.
World premieres will include Alex Holmes’ Stop At Nothing: The Lance Armstrong Story; The Last Man On The Moon, which tells the story of former astronaut Captain Eugene Cernan, who will attend the festival; One Rogue Reporter, written and directed...
- 5/8/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
The BBC has confirmed the lineup for its new documentary festival Art Screen, which runs in Glasgow April 10-13.
The festival kicks off with Julien Temple’s Rio, with the director also participating in a Q&A with Kirsty Wark.
Martin Scorsese has specially selected Italianamerican for Art Screen audiences, exclusively from his own personal archive.
Jarvis Cocker will also attend a Q&A following the screening of steelworks project The Big Melt, which he co-directed with Martin Wallace.
Other screenings include Jeremy Deller’s The Bruce Lacey Experience, Kim Longinotto’s Salma, and a world premiere of Louise Lockwood’s Facing Up To Mackintosh.
Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard will give a masterclass about making their Nick Cave film, 20,000 Days on Earth.
Art Screen is led by the BBC with collaborators including Glasgow International, British Council, frieze, Lux, Glasgow Film, Cca and BFI. It is supported by Creative Scotland.
The festival kicks off with Julien Temple’s Rio, with the director also participating in a Q&A with Kirsty Wark.
Martin Scorsese has specially selected Italianamerican for Art Screen audiences, exclusively from his own personal archive.
Jarvis Cocker will also attend a Q&A following the screening of steelworks project The Big Melt, which he co-directed with Martin Wallace.
Other screenings include Jeremy Deller’s The Bruce Lacey Experience, Kim Longinotto’s Salma, and a world premiere of Louise Lockwood’s Facing Up To Mackintosh.
Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard will give a masterclass about making their Nick Cave film, 20,000 Days on Earth.
Art Screen is led by the BBC with collaborators including Glasgow International, British Council, frieze, Lux, Glasgow Film, Cca and BFI. It is supported by Creative Scotland.
- 3/31/2014
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
The BBC has confirmed the lineup for its new documentary festival Art Screen, which runs in Glasgow April 10-13.
The festival kicks off with Julien Temple’s Rio, with the director also participating in a Q&A with Kirsty Wark.
Martin Scorsese has specially selected Italianamerican for Art Screen audiences, exclusively from his own personal archive.
Jarvis Cocker will also attend a Q&A following the screening of steelworks project The Big Melt, which he co-directed with Martin Wallace.
Other screenings include Jeremy Deller’s The Bruce Lacey Experience, Kim Longinotto’s Salma, and a world premiere of Louise Lockwood’s Facing Up To Mackintosh. Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard will give a masterclass about making their Nick Cave film 20,000 Days on Earth.
Art Screen is led by the BBC with collaborators including Glasgow International, British Council, frieze, Lux, Glasgow Film, Cca and BFI. It is supported by Creative Scotland.
The festival kicks off with Julien Temple’s Rio, with the director also participating in a Q&A with Kirsty Wark.
Martin Scorsese has specially selected Italianamerican for Art Screen audiences, exclusively from his own personal archive.
Jarvis Cocker will also attend a Q&A following the screening of steelworks project The Big Melt, which he co-directed with Martin Wallace.
Other screenings include Jeremy Deller’s The Bruce Lacey Experience, Kim Longinotto’s Salma, and a world premiere of Louise Lockwood’s Facing Up To Mackintosh. Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard will give a masterclass about making their Nick Cave film 20,000 Days on Earth.
Art Screen is led by the BBC with collaborators including Glasgow International, British Council, frieze, Lux, Glasgow Film, Cca and BFI. It is supported by Creative Scotland.
- 3/31/2014
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
The director's new film is an elegy for pit workers, while up in the north-east the theme of this year's Av is 'extraction'. Together they explore the legacy of a hammer blow to workers' power
Film-maker Bill Morrison is feeling a little rueful. "Striking was once an effective means of leveraging power. Today's striking worker may feel fortunate to wake up and still have a job." He's reflecting on his film The Miners' Hymns, a collaboration with Icelandic musician Jóhann Jóhannsson, which trawls through hundreds of hours of archival footage of mines in the north-east of England to fashion an elegy for the workers, brass bands, local communities and unions that sustained the region throughout much of the 20th century. This month there will be many articles, radio programmes and TV documentaries marking the 30th anniversary of the beginning of the miners' strike: few will be as beautiful or as...
Film-maker Bill Morrison is feeling a little rueful. "Striking was once an effective means of leveraging power. Today's striking worker may feel fortunate to wake up and still have a job." He's reflecting on his film The Miners' Hymns, a collaboration with Icelandic musician Jóhann Jóhannsson, which trawls through hundreds of hours of archival footage of mines in the north-east of England to fashion an elegy for the workers, brass bands, local communities and unions that sustained the region throughout much of the 20th century. This month there will be many articles, radio programmes and TV documentaries marking the 30th anniversary of the beginning of the miners' strike: few will be as beautiful or as...
- 3/8/2014
- by Sukhdev Sandhu
- The Guardian - Film News
You can watch a trailer for it online, but artist Jamie Shovlin's 1970s-style exploitation film is not all it seems…
Jamie Shovlin is a conman, a trickster, the most artful of dodgers. His entire career consists of elaborate hoaxes. He has faked any number of artworks, quite apart from inventing the artists themselves, beginning with the teenage prodigy Naomi V Jelish (spot the anagram), whose words and images were bought wholesale by Charles Saatchi after her strange disappearance – though that may be a fiction in itself.
Shovlin was born in Leicester in 1978 (or so it is claimed by the various galleries that represent him). He was shortlisted for the Becks Futures award in 2006 for his terrific archive of invented memorabilia for the German cult band Lustfaust, who never recorded an actual record. You got their music by sending a blank cassette (they despised the record industry) and designing your own label.
Jamie Shovlin is a conman, a trickster, the most artful of dodgers. His entire career consists of elaborate hoaxes. He has faked any number of artworks, quite apart from inventing the artists themselves, beginning with the teenage prodigy Naomi V Jelish (spot the anagram), whose words and images were bought wholesale by Charles Saatchi after her strange disappearance – though that may be a fiction in itself.
Shovlin was born in Leicester in 1978 (or so it is claimed by the various galleries that represent him). He was shortlisted for the Becks Futures award in 2006 for his terrific archive of invented memorabilia for the German cult band Lustfaust, who never recorded an actual record. You got their music by sending a blank cassette (they despised the record industry) and designing your own label.
- 1/5/2014
- by Laura Cumming
- The Guardian - Film News
From the Nutcracker to American Psycho, from Mary Poppins to Kurt Vile, our critics pick their must-sees of the festive season
If you wish it could be Christmas every day
Nutcrackers, various
You know it's Christmas in the ballet world by the number of Nutcrackers touring the world's stages. In the UK alone, there are close to a dozen doing the rounds, but the top three remain the Royal Ballet's exquisitely traditional version, the sparky family friendly production by Birmingham Royal Ballet, and English National Ballet's – with the best snow scene of them all. Royal Opera House, London (020-7304 4000), 4 December to 16 January; Birmingham Hippodrome (0844 338 5000), to 12 December; London Coliseum (020-7845 9300), 11 December to 5 January.
Father Christmas
Does Father Christmas use the loo? Does he secretly long for summer? Does he have strong views on the size of chimneys? You bet he does. Raymond Briggs's gorgeous picture book gets a heartwarming makeover for under-sixes.
If you wish it could be Christmas every day
Nutcrackers, various
You know it's Christmas in the ballet world by the number of Nutcrackers touring the world's stages. In the UK alone, there are close to a dozen doing the rounds, but the top three remain the Royal Ballet's exquisitely traditional version, the sparky family friendly production by Birmingham Royal Ballet, and English National Ballet's – with the best snow scene of them all. Royal Opera House, London (020-7304 4000), 4 December to 16 January; Birmingham Hippodrome (0844 338 5000), to 12 December; London Coliseum (020-7845 9300), 11 December to 5 January.
Father Christmas
Does Father Christmas use the loo? Does he secretly long for summer? Does he have strong views on the size of chimneys? You bet he does. Raymond Briggs's gorgeous picture book gets a heartwarming makeover for under-sixes.
- 11/25/2013
- by Lyn Gardner, Michael Billington, Andrew Clements, Alexis Petridis, Judith Mackrell, John Fordham, Brian Logan, Stuart Heritage, Mark Lawson, Jonathan Jones
- The Guardian - Film News
The world’s art elite donned their shiniest loafers last week and beat a swift path by vaporetto, gondola, and speedboat to the biggest international art event this year, the 55thVenice Biennale. With a record 88 national pavilions, and ten countries appearing for the first time — including Angola, Kosovo, the Maldives, and bizarrely, the Vatican — there was no shortage of spectacles. Among the highlights and press stunts from the first few days were: Jeremy Deller’s acclaimed British Pavilion, which included birds of prey snatching Range Rovers from the super-rich; Milla Jovovich’s appearance in a Plexiglas box in the Barnabo garden; Portugal’s Pavilion arriving on sea in the form of decommissioned ferry boat decked out ornately inside and out; and in Venice’s Sant’Antonin church, Ai Wei Wei’s arresting account of his 81 days spent in a Chinese prison. We bring you twenty of the most noteworthy artworks from around Venice.
- 6/7/2013
- by Tess Thackara
- Vulture
From Meryl Streep's Iron Lady to Spitting Image and the Spice Girls, Observer writers and critics pick the films, books, art, music and TV that show Thatcher's lasting influence
Art, chosen by Laura Cumming
Treatment Room (1983)
In Richard Hamilton's installation, Thatcher administered her own harsh medicine from a video above the operating table with the viewer as helpless patient: a case of kill or cure.
Taking Stock (1984)
Hans Haacke portrayed Thatcher enthroned, nose in the air like a gun-dog, surrounded by images of Queen Victoria, the Saatchi brothers and, ominously, Pandora. Caused national furore.
In the Sleep of Reason (1982)
Mark Wallinger edited Thatcher's 1982 Falklands speech from blink to blink, fading to black in between, emphasising her solipsistic tendency to close her eyes when speaking as if nobody else existed.
The Battle of Orgreave (2001)
Jeremy Deller's restaged the worst conflict of the miners' strike from multiple viewpoints, uniting...
Art, chosen by Laura Cumming
Treatment Room (1983)
In Richard Hamilton's installation, Thatcher administered her own harsh medicine from a video above the operating table with the viewer as helpless patient: a case of kill or cure.
Taking Stock (1984)
Hans Haacke portrayed Thatcher enthroned, nose in the air like a gun-dog, surrounded by images of Queen Victoria, the Saatchi brothers and, ominously, Pandora. Caused national furore.
In the Sleep of Reason (1982)
Mark Wallinger edited Thatcher's 1982 Falklands speech from blink to blink, fading to black in between, emphasising her solipsistic tendency to close her eyes when speaking as if nobody else existed.
The Battle of Orgreave (2001)
Jeremy Deller's restaged the worst conflict of the miners' strike from multiple viewpoints, uniting...
- 4/13/2013
- by Robert McCrum, Kitty Empire, Philip French, Andrew Rawnsley, Euan Ferguson
- The Guardian - Film News
Noise as art raises hackles on Radio 4, but nothing irritates more than the laughter of City traders
Open Air Radio 4 | iPlayer
Inside the Bonus Culture Radio 4 | iPlayer
Art doesn't half get people cross. If you label a piece of creativity as art – "proper" art, as opposed to an amazing musical performance or an arresting photograph, or a stimulating piece of radio – then whoever made it is guaranteed to get a kicking. The status of art is irritating to a lot of people. I'm never quite sure why: surely we've moved beyond the idea that only Really Good Drawing is allowed to be art, haven't we? Not everything that claims the big A as its title is bogus or pretentious or condescending.
Still, perhaps it would be diplomatic to call Radio 4's new Open Air slot something other than art. How about three minutes of sound, as made by various artists?...
Open Air Radio 4 | iPlayer
Inside the Bonus Culture Radio 4 | iPlayer
Art doesn't half get people cross. If you label a piece of creativity as art – "proper" art, as opposed to an amazing musical performance or an arresting photograph, or a stimulating piece of radio – then whoever made it is guaranteed to get a kicking. The status of art is irritating to a lot of people. I'm never quite sure why: surely we've moved beyond the idea that only Really Good Drawing is allowed to be art, haven't we? Not everything that claims the big A as its title is bogus or pretentious or condescending.
Still, perhaps it would be diplomatic to call Radio 4's new Open Air slot something other than art. How about three minutes of sound, as made by various artists?...
- 3/31/2013
- by Miranda Sawyer
- The Guardian - Film News
The Queen Of Versailles + Q&A | Nick Abrahams | Slapstick 2013 | Loco London Comedy Film Festival
The Queen Of Versailles + Q&A, London
Few recent documentaries have summed up the craziness of our times as well as Lauren Greenfield's The Queen Of Versailles. It focused on the wealthy Siegel family and their matriarch Jackie, whose attempts to build one of the largest private homes in America were stalled by the sub-prime meltdown. The film-makers and the Siegels apparently fell out, too. But what happened next? This one-off screening is the chance to find out, with both Greenfield and Jackie Siegel attending the Q&A.
Ritzy Picturehouse, SW2, Wed
Nick Abrahams, London
He recently received an award for his gorgeous Sigur Rós short film (in which Aidan Gillen, pictured, is guided by a talking snail), but Abrahams has been experimenting visually for the coolest bands for decades, including Huggy Bear, Stereolab, Leftfield,...
The Queen Of Versailles + Q&A, London
Few recent documentaries have summed up the craziness of our times as well as Lauren Greenfield's The Queen Of Versailles. It focused on the wealthy Siegel family and their matriarch Jackie, whose attempts to build one of the largest private homes in America were stalled by the sub-prime meltdown. The film-makers and the Siegels apparently fell out, too. But what happened next? This one-off screening is the chance to find out, with both Greenfield and Jackie Siegel attending the Q&A.
Ritzy Picturehouse, SW2, Wed
Nick Abrahams, London
He recently received an award for his gorgeous Sigur Rós short film (in which Aidan Gillen, pictured, is guided by a talking snail), but Abrahams has been experimenting visually for the coolest bands for decades, including Huggy Bear, Stereolab, Leftfield,...
- 1/19/2013
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
London -- Director Danny Boyle has joined leading British arts figures urging a cash-strapped local authority not to sell off a valuable Henry Moore sculpture – arguing it should be erected in London's Olympic Park instead.
"Draped Seated Woman" is owned by London's Tower Hamlets Council and stood for years on a public housing complex in the city's East End.
Last month the council announced plans to sell the bronze artwork to offset funding cuts. Estimates of its value range from 5 million pounds to 20 million pounds ($8 million to $32 million).
Tower Hamlets Mayor Luthur Rahman said the local authority faced a "stark choice" at a time of economic weakness and government austerity.
Moore, who died in 1986, is one of Britain's best-known 20th-century artists, and his curved, semi-abstract forms stand in public spaces around the world.
He sold "Draped Seated Woman" to the now-defunct London County Council in 1960 for a token price so...
"Draped Seated Woman" is owned by London's Tower Hamlets Council and stood for years on a public housing complex in the city's East End.
Last month the council announced plans to sell the bronze artwork to offset funding cuts. Estimates of its value range from 5 million pounds to 20 million pounds ($8 million to $32 million).
Tower Hamlets Mayor Luthur Rahman said the local authority faced a "stark choice" at a time of economic weakness and government austerity.
Moore, who died in 1986, is one of Britain's best-known 20th-century artists, and his curved, semi-abstract forms stand in public spaces around the world.
He sold "Draped Seated Woman" to the now-defunct London County Council in 1960 for a token price so...
- 11/5/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Fatboy Slim Live From The Big Beach Boutique, Nationwide
Fatboy Slim's Big Beach Bootique, an all-the-trimmings shindig with lasers and pyrotechnics to make a Muse fan weep, is a bit of a fixture in the DJ's hometown of Brighton. In 2002, 250,000 people crammed on to Brighton beach to hear Cook play for free when organisers expected only 60,000.This year's outing was staged at Brighton & Hove Albion Fc's Amex stadium, where a 600 square metre Led video wall stretched the length of the pitch. The gig was filmed and will be shown for one night only at eight Picturehouse screens across the UK, as well as at cinemas worldwide. A bit of an intimate affair compared to Fatboy's Olympics closing ceremony appearance, but still. Come along in fancy dress and you might win a prize. But please: no whistles.
Various venues, Fri, times vary, picturehouses.co.uk
Flea To The Circus, Bristol...
Fatboy Slim's Big Beach Bootique, an all-the-trimmings shindig with lasers and pyrotechnics to make a Muse fan weep, is a bit of a fixture in the DJ's hometown of Brighton. In 2002, 250,000 people crammed on to Brighton beach to hear Cook play for free when organisers expected only 60,000.This year's outing was staged at Brighton & Hove Albion Fc's Amex stadium, where a 600 square metre Led video wall stretched the length of the pitch. The gig was filmed and will be shown for one night only at eight Picturehouse screens across the UK, as well as at cinemas worldwide. A bit of an intimate affair compared to Fatboy's Olympics closing ceremony appearance, but still. Come along in fancy dress and you might win a prize. But please: no whistles.
Various venues, Fri, times vary, picturehouses.co.uk
Flea To The Circus, Bristol...
- 8/24/2012
- by Ryan Gilbey
- The Guardian - Film News
★★★★☆ There's so much going on in the BFI's The Lacey Rituals box set that it's often hard to get a grasp on it, all down to the artist in question - Bruce Lacey. A leading figure of the 1960s counter-culture movement, Lacey worked with everyone from Spike Milligan to Richard Lester and the Beatles. Artist, filmmaker, family man and experimental musician, his scope is wide, his eye mystical and strange, and his work often just plain silly. But don't be fooled; as he states in a documentary included here (directed by Jeremy Deller and Nick Abrahams): "If you use humour, you can get below the protective armour of people".
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- 7/23/2012
- by CineVue
- CineVue
The Lacey Ritual, London
Inventor, performer, prop-maker, junk collector and all-round great British eccentric, Bruce Lacey has been so active on the underground scene that he's a difficult man to pin down. In the 1960s you'd have found him on The Goon Show, in the Beatles' Help! movie, at live countercultural "happenings", playing the spokes of a penny farthing in a documentary by Ken Russell and also exhibiting his robots in art galleries. But Lacey also made films, and moved in avant garde film-making circles, so as well as collecting together his diverse body of work, this retrospective puts it in context with the work of others. Opening the proceedings is Jeremy Deller and Nick Abrahams's new documentary The Bruce Lacey Experience, followed by a Q&A with all three.
BFI Southbank, SE1, Thu to 31 Jul
Arab Film Festival, Liverpool
Documentaries about the Arab spring have so dominated recent notions of Arab cinema,...
Inventor, performer, prop-maker, junk collector and all-round great British eccentric, Bruce Lacey has been so active on the underground scene that he's a difficult man to pin down. In the 1960s you'd have found him on The Goon Show, in the Beatles' Help! movie, at live countercultural "happenings", playing the spokes of a penny farthing in a documentary by Ken Russell and also exhibiting his robots in art galleries. But Lacey also made films, and moved in avant garde film-making circles, so as well as collecting together his diverse body of work, this retrospective puts it in context with the work of others. Opening the proceedings is Jeremy Deller and Nick Abrahams's new documentary The Bruce Lacey Experience, followed by a Q&A with all three.
BFI Southbank, SE1, Thu to 31 Jul
Arab Film Festival, Liverpool
Documentaries about the Arab spring have so dominated recent notions of Arab cinema,...
- 6/29/2012
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
London -- There will be amazing performances and memorable scenes all over Britain this summer. And only some of them will involve medals.
Many of the world's top athletes will compete in the Olympics this summer, and there will be plenty of action away from the tracks, fields and arenas. Alongside the sporting contest is an entertainment extravaganza that will bring stars and celebrities from Paul McCartney to Brangelina to London during the Games.
Britain is organizing a banquet designed to demonstrate – as Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt put it – that "culture is to Britain what the sun is to Spain."
Culture is a $177 billion a year business in Britain, and music is one of the country's biggest exports, so it's no surprise that the Games will be accompanied by a melodic soundtrack of summer concerts.
On July 21-22, the "River of Music" will feature six stages along the Thames – each...
Many of the world's top athletes will compete in the Olympics this summer, and there will be plenty of action away from the tracks, fields and arenas. Alongside the sporting contest is an entertainment extravaganza that will bring stars and celebrities from Paul McCartney to Brangelina to London during the Games.
Britain is organizing a banquet designed to demonstrate – as Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt put it – that "culture is to Britain what the sun is to Spain."
Culture is a $177 billion a year business in Britain, and music is one of the country's biggest exports, so it's no surprise that the Games will be accompanied by a melodic soundtrack of summer concerts.
On July 21-22, the "River of Music" will feature six stages along the Thames – each...
- 6/28/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
The Guardian art critic journeys deep into the heart of darkness with Tuymans's Gauguin-themed painting, displayed in A Room for London, the boat perched on the Queen Elizabeth Hall
Gallery: cast adrift in A Room for London
When did I last get butt-naked with a painting in the line of duty, I ask myself. There's just the two of us here: me, and a work by Luc Tuymans called, propitiously enough, Allo!
I'm off to bed. We're in my cabin on a boat called the Roi des Belges ("King of the Belgians"). Tuymans is Belgian too. To be honest, this is the only cabin. It's after midnight and the crew – let's call them "room service" – aren't about. The tide's up. Where's my cocoa?
I'm sailing through the night on the Roi de Belges, the riverboat shuddering and creaking on the roof of the Queen Elizabeth Hall on London's South Bank.
Gallery: cast adrift in A Room for London
When did I last get butt-naked with a painting in the line of duty, I ask myself. There's just the two of us here: me, and a work by Luc Tuymans called, propitiously enough, Allo!
I'm off to bed. We're in my cabin on a boat called the Roi des Belges ("King of the Belgians"). Tuymans is Belgian too. To be honest, this is the only cabin. It's after midnight and the crew – let's call them "room service" – aren't about. The tide's up. Where's my cocoa?
I'm sailing through the night on the Roi de Belges, the riverboat shuddering and creaking on the roof of the Queen Elizabeth Hall on London's South Bank.
- 5/4/2012
- by Adrian Searle
- The Guardian - Film News
Our critics' picks of this week's openings, plus your last chance to see and what to book now
• Which cultural events are in your diary this week? Tell us in the comments below
Opening this weekTheatre
Enquirer
The Guardian's Deborah Orr is one of a team conducting the interviews with journalists for this timely site-specific verbatim piece about the media. Andrew O'Hagan co-edits a project directed and edited by Vicky Featherstone and John Tiffany. The Hub, Glasgow (0141-429 0022), 19 April to 13 May.
A History of Everything
The controversial Ghent-based company Ontroerend Goed returns to the UK with a show that offers a history of everything, from now back to the Big Bang. No small undertaking from a company that has delighted and challenged spectators with previous shows including the outrageous Audience. Drum, Plymouth (01752 267222), until 28 April.
Film
The Cabin in the Woods (dir. Drew Goddard)
A bunch of great-looking teens take a...
• Which cultural events are in your diary this week? Tell us in the comments below
Opening this weekTheatre
Enquirer
The Guardian's Deborah Orr is one of a team conducting the interviews with journalists for this timely site-specific verbatim piece about the media. Andrew O'Hagan co-edits a project directed and edited by Vicky Featherstone and John Tiffany. The Hub, Glasgow (0141-429 0022), 19 April to 13 May.
A History of Everything
The controversial Ghent-based company Ontroerend Goed returns to the UK with a show that offers a history of everything, from now back to the Big Bang. No small undertaking from a company that has delighted and challenged spectators with previous shows including the outrageous Audience. Drum, Plymouth (01752 267222), until 28 April.
Film
The Cabin in the Woods (dir. Drew Goddard)
A bunch of great-looking teens take a...
- 4/15/2012
- The Guardian - Film News
Our critics' picks of this week's openings, plus your last chance to see and what to book now
• Which cultural events are in your diary this week? Tell us in the comments below
Opening this weekTheatre
In a Garden
The Ustinov's ambitious season of modern American plays continues with the British premiere of Howard Korder's play about an American architect summoned to a Middle Eastern country to fulfil an impossible commission. Richard Beecham directs a tale of dangerous misunderstandings. Ustinov, Bath (01225 448844), Wednesday until 5 May.
Film
Into the Abyss (dir. Werner Herzog)
Werner Herzog probes the dark heart of humanity with his death-row interviews. Why do people kill?
Dance
The Royal Ballet: Mixed Bill
The Royal at their adventurous best, with new works by Liam Scarlett and Wayne McGregor, plus a revival of Wheeldon's classy, intelligent Polophonia. Royal Opera House, London WC2 (020-7304 4000), Thursday until 23 April.
The Eifman Ballet: Anna Karenina (Tue-Weds) Onegin (Fri)
Big,...
• Which cultural events are in your diary this week? Tell us in the comments below
Opening this weekTheatre
In a Garden
The Ustinov's ambitious season of modern American plays continues with the British premiere of Howard Korder's play about an American architect summoned to a Middle Eastern country to fulfil an impossible commission. Richard Beecham directs a tale of dangerous misunderstandings. Ustinov, Bath (01225 448844), Wednesday until 5 May.
Film
Into the Abyss (dir. Werner Herzog)
Werner Herzog probes the dark heart of humanity with his death-row interviews. Why do people kill?
Dance
The Royal Ballet: Mixed Bill
The Royal at their adventurous best, with new works by Liam Scarlett and Wayne McGregor, plus a revival of Wheeldon's classy, intelligent Polophonia. Royal Opera House, London WC2 (020-7304 4000), Thursday until 23 April.
The Eifman Ballet: Anna Karenina (Tue-Weds) Onegin (Fri)
Big,...
- 4/2/2012
- The Guardian - Film News
One of the most authentic and important artists of modern Britain opens at the Hayward, while Donatello's awe-inspiring power of illusion is unleashed at the V&A – all in your weekly roundup
Exhibition of the Week: Jeremy Deller
Art is alchemy. Who can say why one work of art lives and another dies? Why one artist can create images that take flight while another works assiduously at producing entropic stuff? Or why art that once seemed magical suddenly seems gross? Like I say – it's an alchemical process that defies logic.
The most alchemical British artist of my generation is Jeremy Deller. This curator of social happenings has none of the conventional attributes of an artist at all. He does nothing by the book – this is, for instance, the first proper gallery exhibition of his works. His most famous creations are events and performances that involved large numbers of people: a...
Exhibition of the Week: Jeremy Deller
Art is alchemy. Who can say why one work of art lives and another dies? Why one artist can create images that take flight while another works assiduously at producing entropic stuff? Or why art that once seemed magical suddenly seems gross? Like I say – it's an alchemical process that defies logic.
The most alchemical British artist of my generation is Jeremy Deller. This curator of social happenings has none of the conventional attributes of an artist at all. He does nothing by the book – this is, for instance, the first proper gallery exhibition of his works. His most famous creations are events and performances that involved large numbers of people: a...
- 2/17/2012
- The Guardian - Film News
Luke Haines has joined the bill of an evening celebrating former wrestler 'Exotic' Adrian Street. The ex-Auteurs frontman will perform at Jeremy Deller's The Life & Times Of Adrian Street at London's Southbank Centre on Friday, March 30. Journalist and The Wrestling author Simon Garfield will also appear at the multimedia event. Born in Wales, Street became a star of British wrestling in the 1970s before relocating to the Us to continue his career there and moving into music. The former wrestler himself will join proceedings via a video-link up from his Florida home. Tickets are available now and (more)...
- 2/15/2012
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
While 2011 was all about cuts, the arts community puts its best foot forward in 2012 as the Olympics come to London
The arrival of the Olympics in London will mean that British culture is on show like never before. Commentators will be poring over what these headline events say about us as nation, whether they were planned to tie in with the Games or not.
The Olympics opening ceremony
Directed by Danny Boyle, in November this extravaganza had its budget doubled to more than £80m – either an encouraging sign or an extremely bad one. It was thought impossible to top Beijing's opening ceremony, but the ballooning costs have raised the stakes vertiginously. Could either be a triumph, or that most British of things – a glorious disaster.
Indie's past comes back to haunt it
It's a landmark year for three indie institutions. In April, NME is 60. Three months later, the music weekly...
The arrival of the Olympics in London will mean that British culture is on show like never before. Commentators will be poring over what these headline events say about us as nation, whether they were planned to tie in with the Games or not.
The Olympics opening ceremony
Directed by Danny Boyle, in November this extravaganza had its budget doubled to more than £80m – either an encouraging sign or an extremely bad one. It was thought impossible to top Beijing's opening ceremony, but the ballooning costs have raised the stakes vertiginously. Could either be a triumph, or that most British of things – a glorious disaster.
Indie's past comes back to haunt it
It's a landmark year for three indie institutions. In April, NME is 60. Three months later, the music weekly...
- 1/2/2012
- by Alex Needham
- The Guardian - Film News
Leading names from the worlds of contemporary art, design, fashion and film donated a record 2,900 postcard size artworks to the Royal College of Arts annual RCA Secret event, which culminated in a massive sale in London in the weekend.
Artists including Tracey Emin, Anish Kapoor, Grayson Perry, Yoko Ono, Olafur Eliasson, John Baldessari, Richard Wilson, Jeremy Deller and Christo; designers Sir James Dyson and Kenneth Grange; fashion designers Sir Paul Smith, Erdem, Manolo Blahnik and Dries Van Noten and film-makers Nick Park and Mike Leigh all produced mini masterpieces that went up for sale at just £45. The only twist was that buyers didn’t know who had designed the postcards until after they purchased one!
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Artists including Tracey Emin, Anish Kapoor, Grayson Perry, Yoko Ono, Olafur Eliasson, John Baldessari, Richard Wilson, Jeremy Deller and Christo; designers Sir James Dyson and Kenneth Grange; fashion designers Sir Paul Smith, Erdem, Manolo Blahnik and Dries Van Noten and film-makers Nick Park and Mike Leigh all produced mini masterpieces that went up for sale at just £45. The only twist was that buyers didn’t know who had designed the postcards until after they purchased one!
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- 11/28/2011
- Look to the Stars
Jim Jarmusch In Context, London
With their relaxed pace, obsessions about seemingly meaningless detail and contempt for the very concept of plotting, Jarmusch's films are very much a context of their own. But on the back of his latest, The Limits Of Control, this is a good chance to see other fine Jarmusch movies such as Dead Man, Down By Law, and Stranger Than Paradise alongside films that inspired them, like Buster Keaton's The Cameraman, They Live By Night and L'Atalante, as well as kindred spirits such as Wings Of Desire and The Man Without A Past.
Ica Cinema, SW1, Fri to 23 Dec
Phelim O'Neill
Sally Potter, London
With Dennis dead and Harry taking a well-earned rest, the UK's current Potter of choice is award-winning, genre-bending director Sally. Her small but significant body of work includes 1992's critically lauded Orlando, a highly unusual and witty imagining of Virginia Woolf's classic gender-switching novel.
With their relaxed pace, obsessions about seemingly meaningless detail and contempt for the very concept of plotting, Jarmusch's films are very much a context of their own. But on the back of his latest, The Limits Of Control, this is a good chance to see other fine Jarmusch movies such as Dead Man, Down By Law, and Stranger Than Paradise alongside films that inspired them, like Buster Keaton's The Cameraman, They Live By Night and L'Atalante, as well as kindred spirits such as Wings Of Desire and The Man Without A Past.
Ica Cinema, SW1, Fri to 23 Dec
Phelim O'Neill
Sally Potter, London
With Dennis dead and Harry taking a well-earned rest, the UK's current Potter of choice is award-winning, genre-bending director Sally. Her small but significant body of work includes 1992's critically lauded Orlando, a highly unusual and witty imagining of Virginia Woolf's classic gender-switching novel.
- 11/28/2009
- by Phelim O'Neill, Andrea Hubert
- The Guardian - Film News
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