I saw the trailer for Marvel’s The Avengers this week, and I said on Twitter something to the effect that this film (due out May next year) is the point that the whole of the history of cinema has been leading up to. Of course, it was treated as hyperbole, and those who bothered to [...]
Categories: culture
There’s a piece in the Guardian in which DJ and film-maker Don Letts dispenses a few observations about culture and society. There’s one line in it that some friends of mine on Twitter (professional musicians and DJs, as it happens) have seized upon and retweeted as a bit of a ‘hell yeah!’ to the bumper [...]
Categories: culture
Tagged: Art, Creativity, culture, Film, Music
Jez introduces his film My friend and colleague Jez (of Dubber and Jez fame) produced a documentary film about music heritage in Birmingham. It’s called Made In Birmingham: Reggae, Punk, Bhangra. Today was the private invitation-only premiere of that film at the MAC. The one-hour documentary was screened to a cinema packed full of creative [...]
Categories: Birmingham,culture,Music
Tagged: documentary, Film
Jake and I went and saw this film at the Flatpack Festival. If you get a chance – definitely go and see it.
Categories: culture
Tagged: cinema, documentary, Film, Video
