Art and Culture

Short Film: Water City

by Alex 13 November 2010 Art and Culture

Water City is a short video by Martin De Thurah which is part of his City series shown at Expo Shanghai 2010. It is one of most peaceful and visually articulated films I’ve seen in a while.

Tell Me Who

by Alex 7 November 2010 Art and Culture

Tell Me Who is a short film that tells the story a lonely young man who is desperately seeking a relationship. Then one day a mysterious love letter arrives which leads him on a search.

Dark Side of the Lens

by Alex 15 October 2010 Art and Culture

The Dark Side of the Lens is a fascinationg documentary about a film maker with an incredible passion who goes to extraordinary lengths to capture what he sees with his heart.

Small Pleasures

by Alex 25 September 2010 Art and Culture

Once upon a time in a country far far away a boy lived, very different from all the others. His name was Eftichis. Everything ran smoothly in his life until one day, many many years ago an incident made him see life from a different perspective. And suddenly, a big secret was revealed.

In the Woods: Pathway

by Alex 24 September 2010 Art and Culture

We just got a tip off about this new movie: Into the Woods: Pathway (known as ITW:Pathway), which is, to say the least, being deliberately mysterious. Just visit the cryptic website at the end of this post and let us know if you discover anything else….freedom of thought? Suffering? pieces of information? You figure it [...]

Feist – Look At What The Light Did Now

by Alex 24 September 2010 Art and Culture

Feist is releasing a film titled Look at What the Light Did Now. It documents the journey of her Grammy nominated album “The Reminder”. The trailer below will give you an idea of the expanse of what went on behind the album, something I was completely unaware of.

Catfish – The Movie

by Alex 15 September 2010 Art and Culture

Catfish The Movie made a big splash at Sundance and it’s released this Friday, 17th Sept in the US. If the build-up currently going on across the net draws in enough people I’m guessing it may well come to the UK. Watch the trailer below to see what all the fuss is about.

Let's Colour Project

by Alex 2 September 2010 Art and Culture

The Let’s Colour Project is an initiaitve by some big paint companies to bring colour to grey areas around the world. They have currently worked in Brazil, France, the UK and India with local communities to transform and brighten up grey spaces. Something most of us are all too familiar with. There is nothing more [...]

Antony and the Johnsons release “Swanlights”

by Alex 30 July 2010 Art and Culture

Secretly Candian previously announced the release of Antony and the Johnsons’ album and 144-page hardcover book, Swanlights in May. Since then, the date has been changed to October 12th in North America and the 11th in Europe. To the devotees-they assure you its worth the week-long wait!

Momentos – A Short Film

by Alex 20 July 2010 Art and Culture

Momentos is a new short film from Nuna Rocha. Nuna wrote and directed it for LG Portugal. The concept, “Life’s good” was the main theme. Despite being made for a commercial company, you could easily be unaware of this. It is both a sad and moving short film, one you would not maybe expect to [...]

The Third & The Seventh

by Alex 19 May 2010 Art and Culture

The Third & The Seventh is a short film by Alex Roman. Architecture through the cinematographic lens. The visual fusion between the Third and Seventh arts – this brief description defines the declaration of aesthetic principles that underlies the “Third and Seventh” project: A full-CG animated piece that tries to illustrate architecture art across a [...]

The Rude Shipyard

by Alex 5 May 2010 Art and Culture

I mentioned a little while ago (on facebook) that I was going to be featuring an occasional piece on venues that offer something a bit different and unique. The first place to catch my eye was The Rude Shipyard run by Pete David and Sally Smith in Sheffield. It’s a cafe/bookshop and the sort of [...]

Colin Meloy to release Children's Books

by Alex 30 April 2010 Art and Culture

That’s right, Colin Meloy of the Decemberists is about to release a series of Children’s books. Maybe not so surprising as some may report though. The series entitled Wildwood see’s Meloy collaborating with his wife, Carsons Ellis, an illustrator. Wildwood is a classic tale of adventure, magic, and danger.

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