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Tag Archives: film
Coming Soon: Leisure, Discipline and Punishment
Continuing the ongoing programme of film happening here at FACT as part of Liverpool Biennial 2014, we will be hosting an evening of new moving image works entitled Leisure, Discipline and Punishment. This collection of films, by international artists Sonia Boyce, … Continue reading
Film Round Up: Liverpool Biennial 2014
Peter Wächtler, Untitled, 2013 video, 14’ 14” on view at The Old Blind School In contemporary art exhibitions, film installation and video art play as big a role as any other medium, which is echoed in the exciting array of video work being … Continue reading
Posted in Art & Events, Film
Tagged #Biennial2014, a needle walks into a haystack, Agnieszka Polska, art, bullring, fact, film, Hairy Who & The Chicago Imagists, jef cornelis, Keren Cytter, leisure discipline and punishment, leslie buchbinder, liverpool biennial, Louise Hervé & Chloé Maillet, Marinella Senatore, Peter Wächter, Petra Bauer, sharon lockhart, Sonia Boyce, st andrews gardens, the old blind school
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Tell me more about… Chester Film Co-op
On the bustling city centre high street that is Chester’s Northgate, you will find the area’s very own secret cinema. Chester Film Co-op, on the site of the old Odeon complex is a recent addition to Chester’s somewhat sparse contemporary … Continue reading
Posted in Art & Events, Features, Film, Reviews
Tagged artist, chester, chester film co-op, cinema, derek tyman, emma rushton, film, film makers, imogen stidworthy, paul rooney, re:new, redevelopment, secret cinema, studio 1, studio 2
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Future Artists: Interview with Mark Ashmore
Art in Liverpool meets Mark Ashmore, Director and Producer of THE LOST GENERATION (2014) – the new hit independent film, showing this February at FACT and other cinemas around the UK. Who, or what are Future Artists? We should not … Continue reading
Posted in Interviews
Tagged dvd, fact, film, future artists, indie film, liverpool, lost generation, low budget, manchester, mark ashmore, online, reality tv, tour
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LJMU: Peggy Buth’s Desire in Representation
Peggy Buth’s ‘Desire in Representation’ is the German artist’s first solo show in the UK, which has been organised in collaboration with KLEMM’s in Berlin. From an interest in the writings of Welsh-born American journalist Henry Morton Stanley, who explored … Continue reading
Away We Go ****
‘The three S’s are: no separation, no sugar, no strollers’. This is just one of the madcap couples that Verona (Maya Rudolph) and Burt (John Krasinski) encounter on their quest to find the perfect American city to raise their child. … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Reviews, Uncategorized
Tagged allison jenney, america, away we go, catherine o hara, children, cinema, comedy, family, film, indie, jeff daniels, john krasinski, josh hamilton, maggie gyllenhaal, maya rudolph, parenting, relationships, rom-com, sam mendes, travel
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The Art of Pop Video @ FACT
The Art of Pop Video is a surprisingly definitive collection of music videos housed at Liverpool’s FACT gallery, in collaboration with the current Glam! exhibition at the Tate. The collection, brought together by curators Michael P Aust and Daniel Kothenschulte, … Continue reading
Posted in Art & Events, Reviews
Tagged amateur video, animation, art, beatles, bob dylan, daniel kothenschulte, disney, duke ellington, fact, film, franz ferdinand, glam, gorillaz, len lye, liverpool, michael p aust, mtv, music, music video, musicals, ok go, peter gabriel, pop video, pussy riot, silent movies, soundtracks, tate, the art of pop video, the white stripes, tophat, viral, youtube
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This Is 40 ***
Although there was less comedy than expected from an Apatow-creation, This Is 40 is an enjoyable watch and everyone can find something to relate to in Pete and Debbie’s dysfunctional relationship. Plugged as the ‘Sort-of Sequel’ to 2007’s Knocked Up, This Is 40 follows the … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Reviews
Tagged chris o'dowd, comedy, film, iris apatow, jason segel, john lithgow, judd apatow, knocked up, leslie mann, marriage, maude apatow, mccarthy, megan fox, melissa, paul rudd, stoner, this is 40
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Is Blu-Ray Too Real?
Watching Prometheus last night with a group of friends in Blu-Ray on a HD TV, I was left feeling cheated. Why? Because for me, something about the hyper-real quality of Blu-Ray destroys the whole magic of cinema. Yes, the picture is crisp, … Continue reading
