Who’s your hero? Having just watched the documentary Never Sorry about the Chinese artist Ai WeiWei, he’s definitely got our vote. It’s a fascinating insight into this defiant, media-savvy, humorous and very human artist who increasingly comes into conflict with… Continue reading
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Posts Tagged ‘Documentary’
Documentary: Searching for Sugarman
You know that feeling when it seems like everybody is raving about a film that you haven’t yet seen? Well, that’s what happened to us with Searching for Sugarman, so we were very glad that we finally got the chance to catch… Continue reading
Art & Film: Marina Abramovic The Artist is Present
From 6 July 2012
At first look, a documentary about a Serbian performance artist might not sound like a lively bums-on-seats Friday night cinema triumph. But take it from us, even if you know nothing about Marina Abramović, if you’re even slightly interested in
DVD: did he/didn’t he? documentary, The Staircase
Following the 2001 trial of American author Michael Peterson, who was accused of murdering his wife (he claimed she fell down the stairs), this is a twisting, turning Capturing the Friedmans style documentary. The director, Academy-Award winning Jean-Xavier de Lestrade,… Continue reading
Video: Winnebago Man
This is a cult classic: a video cut together from the outtakes of an RV promo. This guy, Jack Rebney, since dubbed “the Angriest Man in the World” (try googling it), could be straight out of a David Mamet script.… Continue reading
TV: Nina Conti – A Ventriloquist’s Story: Her Master’s Voice
Available on iPlayer until 12.59am on Wed 20 June
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We kept hearing about how brilliant Nina Conti and her monkey are. Yep, stand-up comedian Conti performs with a monkey puppet because she’s that old fashioned, unfashionable thing: a ventriloquist. It turns out the buzz is justified, as evidenced in… Continue reading
Dance: book now for Pina Bausch at Sadler’s Wells & Barbican
Sadler's Wells: 6 June - 9 July 2012. Barbican: 9 - 17 June 2012
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The German dancer and choreographer Pina Bausch died in 2009, but her company, Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch continues to thrive, and in June the company arrives in London for the month with a season of shows at Sadler’s Wells
Book now: Under African Skies at Sundance Festival, London
26 - 29 April 2012
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The brilliant Graceland, made by Paul Simon in 1986, might have been the Grammy Award -winning album of the year but it was recorded under much controversy in South Africa. Considered by many to have broken the cultural boycott imposed… Continue reading
Art: Gillian Wearing at Whitechapel Gallery
Till 17 June, 2012. Gallery open: Tues - Sun: 11am - 6pm and till 9pm on Thurs & Fridays
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This exhibition, Gillian Wearing’s first major international survey show, is great. Wearing, one of the original YBA’s, who won the Turner prize in 1997, is such a clever artist, and her work is executed fantastically well. Her best pieces stick
Talks: Molly Dineen at the BFI
22 Nov, 6.30pm
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We heard Molly Dineen talk about her devastating, BAFTA-winning documentary, The Lie of the Land (2008), on Britain’s crisis in farming, at the Hay Festival a few years ago and were fascinated by both the film and the maker. Dineen’s… Continue reading
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