Blasted first encountered director Paul Kelly's work with his 2011 portrait of former Felt frontman Lawrence. This summer, his 2013 film How We Used To Live has been on tour with a live soundtrack performed by Saint Etienne, including a screening back in May for Monorail Film Club at the GFT. An email from the Film Club prompted us to look further into Kelly's work and a filmography - whether you are a fan of Saint Etienne or not, his London Trilogy made in collaboration with the band, and the complementary short films, are essential viewing
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Preview: Glasgow Film Festival 2015
The 2015 Glasgow Film Festival kicks in to action today, and what a treat it promises to be. For the next fortnight with films, gigs and events from Bergman to Burroughs, Casablanca to cat videos, The Tales of Hoffmann to Talking Heads, and (almost) everything in between.
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Freitags #4. Every Friday we post links to news, articles, media, events and other assorted sources of distraction that we've unearthed through the week. This week features the third Scottish Independent Music Fair, Kraftwerk, My Bloody Valentine, Last Shop Standing Jean-Luc Godard, Vic Godard and a preview of upcoming articles on the site.
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Freitags #3. Every Friday we post links to news, articles, media, events and other assorted sources of distraction that we've unearthed through the week. This week features: Pierrot le Fou, Vertigo magazine on Jean-Luc Godard, Richard Brody's Everything Is Cinema, Amour and Electric Sheep Magazine's interview with director Michael Haneke, a new video and tour dates from Veronica Falls, the announcement of Golden Grrrls debut LP on Night School and Slumberland, and a quick nod to this weekend's Neu! Reekie and VIC.ism events.
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