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Tag: Film

Midwinter with Margaret Tait: Readings of Personae

16th April 202116th April 2021  Lucy Writers

On the anniversary of the death of writer and filmmaker Margaret Tait, we celebrate her life’s work with a recording of our event Midwinter with Margaret Tait, a book launch in collaboration with LUX London and So Mayer, which featured special guest speakers Sarah Neely, Lottie Whalen, Pema Monaghan and Alison Miller.

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Posted in Arts, Books, Film and MediaTagged: Alison Miller, Benjamin Cook, Faith Ringgold, Film, Gees Bend Quilting, Lottie Whalen, LUX, LUX London, LUX Scotland, Margaret Tait, Midwinter with Margaret Tait, Nina Mingya Powles, Orkney, Pema Monaghan, Personae, quilting, Sarah Neely, self-publishing, So Mayer, Takeaway Press

In conversation with award-winning novelist Niven Govinden: ‘I believe in the autonomy of the people that I write’

30th March 202131st March 2021  Kathryn Cutler-MacKenzie

Kathryn Cutler-MacKenzie talks to award-winning author Niven Govinden about his latest book Diary of a Film, the power and freedom of walking, the importance of the cinematic lens to his writing and assertive characters.

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Posted in Arts, BooksTagged: All The Days and Nights, author, Basquiat, Dialogue Books, Diary of a Film, Feminism, Film, Gender, Laura Mulvey, Masculinity, Niven Govinden, Queer Art, queer literature, This Brutal House

It All Comes Down at the Barbican

10th March 202110th March 2021  Rochelle Roberts

Bringing together thirteen emerging artists between the ages of 16-25, the Barbican’s latest exhibition, It All Comes Down, explores how young people navigate the world and approach their artistic practise during the pandemic.

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Posted in Art and design, ArtsTagged: Annie Lee, Arabella Turner, art, Barbican, Barbican Centre, Becca Lynes, Dada, Defne Ozdenoren, Film, Jordan Robertson, Lay Stevens, Lockdown, Molly Morphew, Photography, Rebecca Cromwell, Rochelle Roberts, Safiye Grey, Sam Ahern, Sneha Alexander, Surrealism, Vangelis Trichias, Young Visual Arts Group

Diary of a Film by Niven Govinden – a ‘skin to eye’ portrait of queer love, cinema and la dolce vita

23rd February 2021  Kathryn Cutler-MacKenzie

Niven Govinden’s latest novel, Diary of a Film, is a love letter to the art of cinema, a sensuous portrayal of the relationships occurring behind the camera as well as on-screen.

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Posted in Arts, BooksTagged: cinema, Dialogue Books, Diary of a Film, Federico Fellini, Film, Krzysztof Zanussi, La Dolce Vita, Niven Govinden, Novel, queer love, The Folded Leaf, The Structure of Crystal, This Brutal House, William Maxwell1 Comment on Diary of a Film by Niven Govinden – a ‘skin to eye’ portrait of queer love, cinema and la dolce vita

‘Dance – Alone – Together: Relational Presence in Post-Proximity Days’ by Georgia Gardner

17th February 20214th March 2021  Georgia Gardner

In her film, artist Georgia Gardner reflects on her experience of learning and participating in movement workshops via Zoom, and how the transition from physical space to a virtual one creates new selves and connections.

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Posted in Arts, Dance, Film and MediaTagged: Artist, choreographer, connection, Dance, dancer, Disembodied Voices, Disembodied Voices: Friendship During the Pandemic, Film, friendship, Friendship During the Pandemic, Georgia Gardner, home, Lockdown Living, movement, Pandemic, studio, vimeo, yoga, Zoom

Homemade: DIY Film-making in a Post-Pandemic World

12th October 202012th October 2020  Mavra Bari

Homemade sees 17 acclaimed and upcoming filmmakers from around the world respond to the pandemic and quarantine experience during the first few months of lockdown.

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Posted in Arts, Film and MediaTagged: Covid-19, Film, Gurinder Chadha, Johnny Ma, Lockdown Living, netflix, Pablo Larrain, Pandemic, quarantine, Rachel Morrison, Rungano Nyoni

The Dinner Party Reloaded 1: The Artists

19th July 20201st September 2020  Susanna Crossman

In the first of her self-conceived series, The Dinner Party Reloaded, a virtual dinner party with selected artists and writers, Susanna Crossman meets Chiara Ambrosio, Lottie Whalen and Jemima Yong to discuss their creative projects, the looseness of time in lockdown, contact and intimacy in our increasingly digital age and the joys of chickpea stew.

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Posted in Art and design, Arts, InterviewsTagged: Chiara Ambrosio, Covid-19, Decorating Dissidence, Film, Jemima Yong, Lockdown Living, Lottie Whalen, Pandemic, Photography, Susanna Crossman, The Dinner Party Reloaded, Women in the Arts

Nam June Paik: The Modern Shaman of the Multimedia World

2nd February 20203rd February 2020  Christina Makri

A pioneer of video art and a foreseer of communication in the age of the internet, visionary artist Nam June Paik is celebrated in Tate Modern’s latest exhibition.

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Posted in Art and design, ArtsTagged: Film, Fluxus, John Cage, Joseph Beuys, Nam June Paik, Tate, Tate Modern, The Beatles, Video Art

On Unwavering Faith in Systems: Has the Sun Set on Procedurals?

27th August 201927th August 2019  Olivia Scott-Berry

I’ve found comfort in procedurals including State of Play, Spotlight, Miss Sloane and Denial, but now I’m moved by doubts about how they fit into an increasingly extreme political climate, writes our arts contributor Olivia Scott-Berry.

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Posted in Arts, Film and MediaTagged: Denial, Film, investigation, Line of Duty, Miss Sloane, Politics, procedural, Spotlight, State of Play, The West Wing, Wind River

Why Always Be My Maybe is “the One”!

3rd July 20193rd July 2019  Tasmika Ramkaran

Netflix’s latest rom-com offering, Always Be My Maybe, sidesteps the monotony of the genre and presents a product fit for a 2019 audience.

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Posted in Arts, Film and MediaTagged: Ali Wong, Always Be My Maybe, comedy, Film, keanu, netflix, Randall Park, Review, romcom, yelp

Captain Marvel: The Hero We’ve Been Waiting For

20th May 201919th May 2019  Amina Ahmed

The arrival of Captain Marvel heralds a new era for the Marvel Cinematic Universe – one that finally allows me, and millions of other moviegoers, to see ourselves in MCU superheroes.

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Posted in Arts, Film and MediaTagged: Avengers Endgame, Brie Larson, Captain Marvel, Carol Danvers, Film, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Superheroes, Wonder Woman

Diaspora Daydreams: Storytelling, Solidarity and Survival in our Films

16th May 201917th May 2019  Sumaya Kassim

Writer and independent researcher, Sumaya Kassim, looks at how film is being used to explore what diaspora, issues of transnational belonging and British national identity mean to Arab womxn and non-binary film-makers.

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Posted in Art and design, Arts, Film and MediaTagged: Al-Ghorba, Alia Hijaab, Amrou Al-Kadhi, Arwa Aburawa, Basi Akpabio, Bayan Dahdah, Birmingham Museum, Clash, Dardishi, Decolonality, Decolonisation, Decolonising the Museum, diaspora, Film, Georgette Mrakadeh-Keane, In the Kitchen, Period dramas, Samar Ziadat, Samaya Kassim, Scheherazade, Shish Barak, Temi Wilkey, The Museum Will Not Be Decolonised, Travis Alabanza, Umber Ghauri, Womxn

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