'Ulysses' Book Club: Week One

January 16, 2013 in Andrew R. Hill, blog, Erika Sella

Last week Blasted began a new challenge for a new year, a literary odyssey: Ulysses in twelve parts of (approximately) eighty pages each. Bobby Dickson, Erika Sella and Andrew R. Hill explain their reasons for wanting tackle this important and intimidating Modernist epic, and their first impressions.

Listism: Best of 2012

December 29, 2012 in music, cinema, Andrew R. Hill, events, art, Listism, blog, Erika Sella

Our love of lists borders on compulsion, so a 'best of 2012' was inevitable. Please note these are by no means exhaustive/comprehensive, and in no particular order:

Andrew R. Hill:

VIC.ism
The Pastels @ Neu! Reekie! (Summerhall)
Cry Parrot vs Green Door @ Nice N Sleazy
Eastern Promise @ Platform
Savages @ The Führer Bunker
Grouper (part of Counterflows) @ St Andrew’s in the Square
Leo Condie @ The Voodoo Rooms
Veronica Falls, Palms @ Stereo
Bish Bosch – Scott Walker
Electric Cables – Lightships
Lawrence of Belgravia - Paul Kelly
Holy Motors - Leos Carax
Berberian Sound Studio - Peter Strickland
Hitchcock season @ The Filmhouse
David Lynch retrospective @ The Filmhouse

Erika Sella:

The Monochrome Set/Wake The President @ The Vodoo Rooms
VIC.ism
Muscles of Joy @ Summerhall (part of Art Late South)
Tabu - Miguel Gomes
Berberian Sound Studio - Peter Strickland
Holy Motors - Leos Carax
Lawrence of Belgravia - Paul Kelly
Vertigo - Alfred Hitchcock (Thank you, Sight and Sound)
Picasso & Modern British Art @ The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
Flying to Berlin/Husbands - Savages
North - Casual Sex
Lemondale - Bill Wells

Review: 'Tabu' →

December 13, 2012 in cinema, Erika Sella, review

A cinephile’s paradise, from Lisbon to Mozambique: Erika Sella revels in Miguel Gomes’ sublime story of love, memory and loss.

Review: 'Amour' →

December 05, 2012 in cinema, Erika Sella, review

Austrian director Michael Haneke is notorious for an unflinching and uncompromising approach to the violent and the taboo. As Erika Sella finds, Haneke's eye is no less unyielding in his new film as he tackles inescapably universal themes: ageing and Amour...

Review: Berberian Sound Studio →

December 03, 2012 in cinema, Erika Sella, review

Erika Sella delves into the murky world of 1970s Italian horror cinema, as seen through the eyes of a shy and retiring British Foley artist, in her review of Berberian Sound Studio.