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Jamie McHale immersed himself in the late, great British director Ken Russell at the National Media Museum’s Saturday Day School. Read about his day here.
In any cinéphile’s mind there are those few directors whose oeuvres …
Louisa Parker visits the fifth Northern Art Prize on the final day of the exhibition. What’s her verdict, did the right artist win?
Adam Ryan went to the Howard Assembly Room to check out a fascinating evening of (almost) silent cinema with musical accompaniment: Seaming To Vs Maya Derren’s Meshes of the Afternoon and Hauschka Vs Dreyer’s Vampyr
Once …
One more example why reviews should be left to the professionals; editor of airy nothings, @philkirby gets to waste a ticket to the brilliant Madama Butterfly at Opera North.
Guest post from @AtkiTeach
“Oh fuck!” We’ve all said it. We’ve all thought it. We’ve all forced it out between gritted teeth, eyes simultaneously closing and drifting skyward. “Oh fuck!” “Ohhhhhh fuck!” “Oh fuuuuuuuuuuck.” “Oh FUCK!” …
Five Truths at The Howard Assembly Room . . . go get some Grotowski!
Irna Qureshi and her six year old come unstuck as they try to make their way through the BFI’s 50 films to watch before you turn 14.
Jamie Cross reports from his vist to the Bradford African Film Festival last week
My trip to the Culture Vultures blogger event at The Hepworth Gallery.
On top of blogging, writing articles, studying for my MA, running Minicine and actually trying to earn some money, there’s my number one priority, being a dad to my five year old son Corey. Being …
You must not miss out on Son of Babylon says Mike McKenny.
Filmed in Leeds, Paddy Considine’s feature debut Tyrannosaur is one of the most talked British movies of 2011. Laurence Boyce reviews it as it comes out on DVD and Blu-Ray.
Like Danish drama? Then you must fancy Finland? And some international award winning shorts? Washed down with flavoured vodkas, a new cocktail, pastries and popcorn? Bring your favourite jumper….this is the Kino Pop-Up Film Festival
There …
Laurence Boyce looks at the re-release of this seminal graphic novel
Sarah Cockburn enjoys some gender-bending jollity at the Lyceum with Propeller’s all-male production of Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale. It’s far from being a drag.
Amy of Tiger Tea makes us want to sniff ink…in a good way. Here’s her review of the first (and definitely not the last) Leeds Print Festival
Laurence Boyce takes a look at the acclaimed new adaptation of the classic spy novel coming to DVD and Blu-Ray on 30th January
Guest blogger Nicole Paciello (@nicoledandy) and old hand Nicola Chapman (@nicochapo) venture into The Nation of Shopkeepers for a night of Vice. Photography also by Nicole – check it!
Laurence Boyce reviews a tour-de-force of modern gothic horror as it gets a well deserved re-release
Guest post by Maria Spadafora
If you haven’t yet experienced Daniel Meadows’ exhibition in Gallery Two at National Media Museum, Bradford, you have until 19th February – and I heartily recommend it.
Daniel Meadows is an inspirational …
Guest blog by Billy Patch, Arthur Patch and @lizipatch
It is very good, (especially the chickens) because it was funny and at the same time nice. The giant was very, very funny (and a bit …
A review of last week’s artist talk at Leeds Art Gallery with James Hugonin and Matthew Hearn.
Pen Coles checks out the new bigger and brighter Reliance in Leeds
Irna Qureshi felt so culturally inept to have seen so few of the Guardian’s top romantic films, that she challenged herself to watch the lot.
Louise Atkinson finds a common thread amongst the artists exhibited at the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds…not all of them are British so what might it be?
