Art and Culture

James Yorkston Releases Book

by Alex 3 November 2010 Art and Culture

James Yorkston has relased a book titled: It’s Lovely to be Here – The Touring Diaries of a Scottish Gent. As the title suggests, it’s a book of tour diaries. You’re in for one hilarious treat!

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.

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 Builder – Rick Alverson

by Alex 1 July 2010 Cinema

Following an Irish immigrant carpenter from coastal Queens to the Catskills and beyond,The Builder is an American existential portrait that explores the gulf between the idea of a thing and the thing itself. Having set off to the New York countryside to construct a reproduction of the earliest of American cape houses, the protagonist (Colm [...]

We Walk…

by Alex 6 April 2010 Art and Culture

We Walk is a short film which stumbles into the journey of a young girl desperate to leave the city in search of isolation and in turn, sleep. Shot in LA and Palm Springs, the film is based on a new poem by Writer, Brett Darling.

Pictoplasma – Berlin

by Alex 22 March 2010 Art and Culture

Pictoplasma is a Festival of contemporary character design and art with screenings, lectures and presentations which takes place on 9. + 10. April 2010 in Berlin.

Orla Wren – The Fish And The Doll

by Alex 5 March 2010 Art and Culture

Stop motion animation by Rima Staines for the Orla Wren track ‘The Fish and the Doll’ from the album ‘The One Two Bird And The Half Horse’ released in 2009 on the FLAU label. Vocals by Russudan Meipariani.

Micmacs à tire-larigot

by Alex 25 February 2010 Art and Culture

Film Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s latest movie, “Micmacs” has just been released, which for those that enjoyed Amelie (French Academy Award- and Golden Globe-nominated) can expect another whimsical movie set in a surreal and fantastical world.

Echoes of Home – A film by Stefan Schwietert

by Alex 14 January 2010 Cinema

If I suggested to you that I enjoyed a film that focused on the Swiss musical tradition of yodeling, what would your reaction be? Behind the everyday comedy and clichés there has been something quite miraculous and beautiful taking place. You only need to watch the clip in this post to appreciate

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