#Sheffield Film Festival

[denimbex1986]

'Sun 2 Jun 14.30

Marking the 40th anniversary of the Miner’s Strike, the 10th anniversary of the film’s release, and the beginning of Pride Month, Showroom Cinema is delighted to return Pride to the big screen for a very special screening.

Set in the summer of 1984 – Margaret Thatcher is in power and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is on strike. At the Gay Pride March in London, a group of gay and lesbian activists decides to raise money to support the families of the striking miners. But there is a problem. The Union seems embarrassed to receive their support.

But the activists are not deterred. They decide to ignore the Union and go direct to the miners. They identify a mining village in deepest Wales and set off in a mini bus to make their donation in person. And so begins the extraordinary story of two seemingly alien communities who form a surprising and ultimately triumphant partnership.

This screening is followed by a Q&A with Mike Jackson, co-founder of Lesbians & Gays Support the Miners, who is played by Joe Gilgun in Pride.'

[phetheringtonnz]

The Sheffield Global Cinema Festival

I'm attending the Sheffield Global Cinema Festival next weekend (17-19 Nov). I'm running a workshop and hosting a Q+A. Come say hi!

Next weekend, Friday 17th to Sunday 19th November, I will be up in Sheffield for the Sheffield Global Cinema Festival. The screenings and workshops are being held at Site Gallery. Most of the films are shorts, with at least one feature. Tickets to the screenings are available on Eventbrite here. Most of the films are shorts, with one feature. I’m MC’ing at least one of the Q+As. There are a…

[marta-diablo]

‘Noel and Julian were possibly aroused’: The Mighty Boosh turns 20 – in pictures

 ‘Something magic happens when they get together’

While filming the surreal comedy, Dave Brown AKA Bollo was on hand with a camera to snap awkward kisses, creepy venues … and crack foxes ordering pie and mash

Tony & Dennis (Series 3 – The Strange Tale of the Crack Fox, 2007)

Dave Brown: ‘Lunchtime on set was a feast for the eyes. It was always a treat seeing cast members milling about munching on a jacket potato with ridiculous full face of makeup, asking for more cheese on their beans. Here, Noel Fielding (Tony Harrison) and Julian Barratt (Dennis the Head Shaman) pose for a quick shot before tucking into their pasta bake. Behind the Boosh 20, an exhibition by Boosh cast member Dave Brown AKA Bollo, is at the pop-up Behind the Gallery, London, 10-13 October. All photographs Dave Brown

Up on the Roof (Series 3 – Party, 2007)

‘During a particularly long scene, Noel and Julian look a little nervous and possibly slightly aroused as they contemplate their upcoming big kiss scene. I love the light and composition of this shot’

Tony & Saboo (Series 3 – Eels, 2007)

‘This was a particularly special scene. On Head Shaman Dennis’s stag do, Saboo rubs sun cream into Tony Harrison’s smooth pink crease, saying: “Don’t leave it in thick blobs, rub it in. Factor seven?! Shit off! I need factor 67 you ball bag!” It was always a hilarious pleasure to witness Noel and Richard Ayoade riffing off of each other in scenes, kinda like jazz, but jazz on bikes. Two very funny humans in ridiculous costumes at the top of their game, trying to out laugh each other with hilarious absurdities’

Luna Looks (Luna Park, Melbourne comedy festival, 2001)

‘Noel throws me his best blue steel look beneath the giant face of Luna Park as I lie on the pavement among the chewing gum and cigarette butts trying to get the angle. Melbourne festival was always very special, such an amazing city with brilliant crowds’

Come Play With Us (Aberdeen Future Sailors Tour, Press and Journal Arena, 2008)

‘The last gig of an insane tour. A strange place to end things after 99 dates that included Brixton, Wembley, Manchester and Sheffield but still, it was a great gig. Rich Fulcher was doing his usual dicking about pre-show in the corridors, grooving to tunes, practising his fossil moves. As I walked around the corner he was at the end and the blue suit reminded me of the Shining twins. I took two shots of him stood holding his own hand then comped them together. Way more terrifying than Kubrick’s version’

Hitcher Nabootique (Series 3 – Eels, 2007)

‘Loved this set: the sign, the lighting and one of my favourite characters, the Hitcher. Him walking up to the door in the rain was just a perfect moment to capture. All undercut by the ridiculous graffiti. Not sure why “loose change” makes me laugh so much, it’s one of those perfect examples of Noel and Julian’s writing and their way with language’

Noel Draws (Noel’s House during the Future Sailors Tour, 2008)

‘I spent many an evening pre-tour and sometimes during tour, in my flat or at Noel’s place, scribbling artworks for tour posters, DVDs, the book. The two of us produced all of that material. Old art school mates getting busy with the fizzy. We could draw those Boosh faces in our sleep, which became a bit of a problem some nights on tour in posh hotels’

Moody Naboo (Series 3 – Journey to the Centre of the Punk, 2007)

‘Naboo was indeed an enigma. Often found gazing into the middle-distance meditating deep astral conundrums, solving some of the world’s biggest problems and answering those age-old impossible questions like what flavour Pot Noodle he was going to have later when watching Columbo. Here is one of those moments in-between scenes shooting series three in a warehouse in a disused Ministry of Defence site somewhere in Surrey’

Foxy Man (Series 3 – The Strange Tale of the Crack Fox, 2007)

‘One of my favourite characters: those two voices, the laugh, the costume and makeup, terrifyingly hilarious! This is me capturing Julian just after lunch break walking back on set. It was a wonderful vision seeing the Crack Fox stood upright on two legs by the catering van ordering pie and mash from a visibly disturbed catering assistant, all while the real hungry Hackney crack foxes looked on through distant bushes in awe and jealousy’

Fossil Faces (Series 3 Rehearsals – American International Church, London, 2007)

‘Rich isn’t really acting in The Boosh. The character Bob Fossil is 92.4% Fulcher. A force of nature, he will crush any down moment anyone is having with his comedy fists and have you wetting your little blue pants in a hot minute. These shots were taken during rehearsals for series three in the American church on Tottenham Court Road in London. It was a pretty intense afternoon with some writing issues and a few moody clouds brewing. Then Rich provides these six faces and everyone’s laughing again’

Hippy Boosh (Series 2 – The Call of the Yeti, 2005)

‘Vince, Parsley and Naboo in full Polyphonic Spree get-up in front of the big blue studio 11 doors at 3 Mills Studios in east London. We’d just been shooting the song scene in Call of the Yeti and I was still in my Bollo suit. It always amused me when cast and crew from other shows filming at 3 Mills would walk past and assume this show had a Gorilla as the official set photographer’

Bendelack Directing (Pilot Episode –Tundra, Pinewood Studios, 2003)

‘Steve Bendelack directed loads of our favourites: Lee and Herring, Newman and Baddiel, League of Gentlemen. So when he was directing the pilot episode of Arctic Boosh at Pinewood Studios it was a pinch-me moment. Paul King took over from Steve when the first series was commissioned by the BBC. Steve was no doubt busy on something else. Or maybe he swerved it? Stewart Lee, who directed Noel and Julian in the Arctic Boosh stage show for the Edinburgh fringe in the late 90s, said it was like ‘trying to direct smoke’

Mutant Readers (Series 1 – Mutants, 3 Mills Studios, 2004)

‘Mike [Fielding] having some down time in his dressing room sipping on a brew and glancing across at a coupon for 10p off Monster Munch. Two trained thespians sit beside him on the smallest sofa in Europe; one reads a crime novel and an unshaven Pete from Dixons in the middle reads about how Bolton are on the brink’

Graffiti (Series 3 – The (Power of the) Crimp, 2007)

‘I’ve known Noel for over 30 years and Julian for over 25. Something magic happens when those two get together. They’re one of the great double-acts. It was never easy getting a decent shot of them together. Noel on his own was easy; he’d spot a camera lens a mile away in heavy fog. Julian, on the other hand, was usually eating, talking, squinting those already tiny eyes or hiding somewhere in a cabinet. I love these two nincompoops like brothers’

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[aimeedaisies]

The Princess Royal’s Official Engagements in March 2023

01/03 As Patron of the Royal Northern Agricultural Society, HRH visited The Royal Northern Spring Show in Inverurie, Scotland 🚜

02/03 As President of the National Equine Forum, HRH attended the 31st National Equine Forum in London 🐴

03/03 Held an Investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace in the morning. As Royal Patron of Hearing Dogs for Deaf People, later visited The Grange, Saunderton, on the occasion of their 40th Anniversary. In the evening as Patron of Tenovus Cancer Care, HRH attended their 80th Anniversary Concert at St David’s Hall, Cardiff 🎖️🐶🎤

07/03 Princess Anne accompanied by Sir Tim Laurence, attended the races at Sandown Park Racecourse in Esher, where she presented the trophy to the winners of a race named in memory of her grandmother, The Queen Mother. Later she held a reception for the races at Windsor Castle 🏇🏼

08/03 Held two investiture ceremonies, one in the morning and one in the afternoon at Windsor Castle🎖️

09/03 As Patron of Maritime UK, HRH attended the Annual Awards in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire ⚓️

10/03 In Sheffield, South Yorkshire, Princess Anne visited Special Quality Alloys Limited and ITM Power. Later, as Patron of the Vine trust she held a dinner at Holyrood House, Edinburgh ⚡️

12/03 As Patron of the Scottish Rugby Union, accompanied by Sir Tim, HRH attended the International Rugby Match between Scotland and Ireland at Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🏉

13/03 King Charles III, Queen Camilla, Prince William, Prince of Wales, Catherine, Princess of Wales, Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh, Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, Princess Anne, Princess Royal and Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence attended the annual Commonwealth Day Service at Westminster Abbey. Later the King and The Queen, with the aforementioned members (minus Catherine) of the royal family hosted members of the diplomatic and Commonwealth communities at Buckingham Palace for the annual Commonwealth Day Reception ⛪️🥂

14/03 unofficial Princess Anne attended Champion Day (day one) of Cheltenham Festival. Peter Phillips, Zara and Mike Tindall also attended the races, Zara is the Director of Cheltenham Racecourse.🐴

15/03 As Colonel-in-Chief of the Intelligence Corps, Princess Anne visited the Government Communications Headquarters in Cheltenham and laid a wreath at the memorial for Intelligence Corps staff. Later on HRH opened Five Valleys Medical Centre in Stroud, in the evening HRH, accompanied by Sir Tim, attended the Gloucestershire and District Agricultural Valuers Association’s Centenary Dinner at the Royal Agricultural University in Cirencester ����🥂

16/03 unofficial Princess Anne, accompanied by Sir Tim, attended St Patrick’s Thursday (day three) of Cheltenham Festival. Zara and Mike Tindall also attended the races 🐴

17/03 Princess Anne, accompanied by Sir Tim, attended Gold Cup day (day 4) of Cheltenham Festival and crowned Paul Townend, jockey of Galopin Des Champs the champion racer of the year and presented him with the gold cup 🏆

18/03 As patron Scottish Rugby Union, accompanied by Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, HRH attended the Guinness Six Nations International Rugby Match between Scotland and Italy at Murrayfield Stadium and presented Scotland captain Jamie Ritchie with the Cuttitta Cup after beating Italy 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇹🏉

20/03 As Patron of the Acid Attack Survivors Trust International, Princess Anne visited the set of Coronation Street at ITV studios in Salford. They are currently filming an acid attack storyline and HRH met with producers, script writers, the makeup department and actors and discussed how they have worked together to create and portray such a delicate storyline 📺

21/03 The Service of the Royal Victorian Order was held in St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle. King Charles, Sovereign of the Order, Princess Anne, Princess Royal, Grand Master of the Order, accompanied by Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh, Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester and Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester were all present. Later King Charles held a reception at Windsor Castle for those who attended the service. 🏅🍾

22/03 As President of the Scotch Chef’s Club, Princess Anne visited Cowbag Farm in Kelso, where HRH was given a tour of the farm, met cows and sheep, unveiled a plaque and planted a gum tree. 🐮🐑

27/03 As Patron of the Butler Trust, HRH held the Annual Awards Ceremony at St James’s Palace. In the evening, as Patron of Save the Children UK, HRH accompanied by Sir Tim attended the International Financial Review Annual Awards Dinner at the Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane. 🥇🍾

28/03 Princess Anne carried out the following engagements in Suffolk;

As Royal Patron, National Coastwatch Institution, visited Felixstowe Station and afterwards attended a Reception at Orwell Hotel, Felixstowe. ⛵️

Opened Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service’s new Combined Fire and Police Station, Ipswich. 🚒

As Patron of the Excelsior Trust, visited the restored Great Yarmouth Shrimper Horace and Hannah at Ipswich Waterfront. ⛴️

28/03 Princess Anne carried out the following engagements in Suffolk and Norfolk;

Visited Adnams Brewery, to mark its 150th Anniversary. 🍻

Opened the Centre for the Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science’s new Headquarters, Lowestoft. 🐟

As Patron of Friends of Happisburgh Lighthouse, visited Happisburgh Lighthouse. 💡

Visited Elm House Temporary Accommodation in Thetford. 🏠

30/03 As Patron of the Injured Jockeys Fund, Princess Anne opened their South West Hub at Taunton Rugby Club, Taunton. 🐎

31/03 As Vice Patron of the British Horse Society, HRH this visited Summerfield Stables in Birmingham. 🐴

Total official engagements for Anne in March: 51

2023 total so far: 142

Total official engagements accompanied by Tim in March: 10

2023 total so far: 38

[thirdrowcentre]

2 years ago I decided I should watch at least two movies I’d never seen before a week. That year I managed 278 films. This year I have 346 first-watch-films, and so many more still to see. These are ones that stood out, in no particular order other than the order in which I saw them. Movies are magic, history and humanity, and how lucky are we to have them.

2022 FIRST WATCHES – STANDOUTS

January

Career Girls (dir. Mike Leigh, 1997), 4 January

Titane (dir. Julia Ducournau, 2021), 8 January at Prince Charles Cinema

La Chienne (dir. Jean Renoir, 1931), 18 January

Panique (dir. Julien Duvivier, 1946), 20 January

Undine (dir. Christian Petzold, 2020), 21 January

An Angel at my Table (dir. Jane Campion, 1990), 23 January

Drive My Car (dir. Ryusuke Hamaguchi, 2021), 29 January at Prince Charles Cinema

February

Parallel Mothers (dir. Pedro Almodóvar, 2021), 7 February at Rich Mix

Life is Sweet (dir. Mike Leigh, 1990), 18 February

March

Accattone (dir. Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1961), 5 March

In the Cut (dir. Jane Campion, 2003), 6 March

Phoenix (dir. Christian Petzold, 2014), 10 March

Outer Space (dir. Peter Tscherkassky, 1999), 16 March

Cleopatra (dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1963), 20 March

Inside (dir. Bo Burnham, 2020), 31 March

April

Scenes with Beans (dir. Ottó Foky, 1975), 5 April

High and Low (dir. Akira Kurosawa, 1963), 9 April

Una Mujer Fantastica (dir. Sebastian Leilo, 2017), 13 April

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (dir. Pedro Almodóvar, 1988), 19 April

May

Chungking Express (dir. Wong Kar Wai, 1994), 2 May

Zazie dans le metro (dir. Louis Malle, 1960), 5 May

Three Colours: Blue (dir. Krzysztov Kieślowski, 1993), 11 May

La 317e Section (dir. Pierre Schoendoerffer, 1965), 28 May at Christine 21

La Collectionneuse (dir. Eric Rohmer, 1967), 30 May

June

Remorques (dir. Jean Grémillon, 1941), 1 June

Orphée (dir. Jean Cocteau, 1950), 17 June

Les plages d’Agnès (dir. Agnès Varda, 2008), 20 June

La belle et la bête (dir. Jean Cocteau, 1946), 21 June

Moonage Daydream (dir. Brett Morgen, 2022), 25 June at Showroom, Sheffield

July

Endless Summer (dir. Bruce Brown, 1966), 2 July

L’une chante, l’autre pas (dir. Agnès Varda, 1977), 12 July

Junior (dir. Julia Ducournau, 2011), 17 July

The Big City (dir. Satyajit Ray, 1963), 23 July at BFI Southbank

Andrei Rublev (dir. Andrei Tarkovsky, 1966), 24 July at Prince Charles Cinema 35mm

Flee (dir. Jonas Poher Rasmussen, 2021), 24 July

Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (dir. Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1975), 30 July at Prince Charles Cinema 35mm

August

Blood and Black Lace (dir. Mario Bava, 1964), 4 August

Happening (dir. Audrey Diwan, 2021), 9 August

Nope (dir. Jordan Peele, 2022), 15 August at Castle Cinema, 29 August at Vue Islington

Brute Force (dir. Jules Dassin, 1947), 16 August

Naked City (dir. Jules Dassin, 1948), 30 August

September

Gaslight (dir. George Cukor, 1944), 1 September

The Red Balloon (dir. Albert Lamorisse, 1956), 5 September

A Valparaíso (dir. Joris Ivens, 1963), 8 September

Raw Deal (dir. Anthony Mann, 1948), 10 September

Little Dieter Needs to Fly (dir. Werner Herzog, 1997), 25 September

October

The Killers (dir. Robert Siodmak, 1946), 8 October

Foolish Wives (dir. Erich von Stroheim, 1922), 9 October at BFI Southbank (London Film Festival)

One Fine Morning (dir. Mia Hansen Løve, 2022) at Odeon Luxe West End (London Film Festival), 14 October

Orlando (dir. Sally Potter, 1992), 19 October

7 Days in May (dir. John Schlesinger, 1964), 22 October

Seconds (dir. John Schlesinger, 1966), 28 October

November

The Rider (dir. Chloe Zhao, 2017), 1 November

Los Huesos (dir. Cristóbal León, Joaquin Cociña, 2021), 10 November

Fire of Love (dir. Sara Dosa, 2022), 13 November

Aftersun (dir. Charlotte Wells, 2022) 19 November at Castle Cinema

The Draughtsman’s Contract (dir. Peter Greenaway, 1982) 26 November at BFI Southbank

December

Sullivan’s Travels (dir. Preston Sturges, 1941), 3 December

Victim (dir. Basil Dearden, 1961), 8 December

Le Pupille (dir. Alice Rohrwacher, 2022), 16 December

The Queen of Spades (dir. Thorold Dickinson, 1949) at BFI Southbank, 30 December

Honourable mentions

Barry Lyndon (dir. Stanley Kubrick, 1975) at la Filmotheque du Quartier Latin, 8 May. I don’t like Kubrick but I think I liked this. Titane at the Cinematheque Francaise in Paris with Ducournau Q&A, 16 May. Top Gun Maverick at the Vue Leicester Square, 6 June, with my best friends. Jane (2017) at Sheffield DocFest, introduced by Brett Morgen. I had literally had 10 minutes sleep the night before. 26 June at Showroom, Sheffield

Moonage Daydream at BFI IMAX, while the Queue was ongoing. 17 September. Mrs Harris Goes to Paris (Anthony Fabian, 2022) at 11am on a Sunday at the Vue Islington. 29 October. Glass Onion (Rian Johnson, 2022) at the Rio Cinema in Dalston on a very uncomfortable date. 25 November

And rewatching The Third Man (Carol Reed, 1949) for the first time since I wrote my dissertation on it, six years ago.

[tributariesdigitalcinema]

We are pleased to announce our Redington film starring Eeland Stribling, All Jokes Aside is playing at the 2023 Sheffield Adventure Film Festival. If you’re over the pond in the UK, the festival starts this Friday. Hit up their page for all the details.

[visionescontemporaneas]

Del 02 de marzo al 28 de mayo del 2023 VC#031 LUR OLAIZOLA

Cineasta guipuzcoana, el trabajo de Olaizolase se enmarca dentro del cine de no-ficción y está dedicado fundamentalmente al retrato de mujeres cuya memoria no ha quedado recogida en el relato oficial de la historia.

Aborda el tema de la memoria tanto como hecho individual como social, reflexionando también sobre la forma de representarla en imágenes. Las imágenes se convierten así en el eslabón entre el recuerdo del pasado y su transposición al ahora.

En las películas de Olaizola está presente la figura de la propia cineasta, ya sea delante o detrás de la cámara, como una directora que escucha a sus personajes. Siendo la palabra un herramienta fundamental para exaltar la imaginación del espectador y para que el pasado no se olvide y siga vivo. En su obra voz y texto se convierten en elementos de gran potencia cinematográfica.

Sus películas se han visto y han sido premiadas en el marco de festivales internacionales como; Sheffield Doc Fest (Reino Unido), Cinéma du Réel (Francia), Festival internacional de cine de San Sebastián, Zinebi de Bilbao, Mostra Internacional de Films de Dones de Barcelona, Festival de Cine de Xixón o Festival Punto de Vista de Navarra. En 2021 fue seleccionada para el programa Berlinale Talents del Festival de cine de Berlín y es coordinadora de los programas audiovisuales en Tabakalera - Centro Internacional de Cultura Contemporánea de San Sebastián - Esta será la primera vez que expone su obra en Salamanca.

OBRAS

Xulia. Sonido. Color. Digital. 2019. 16’

Zerua Blu. Sonido. Color. Digital. 2021. 14’

Hirigarren koadernoa. Sonido. Color. Digital. 2022. 21’

[sublimeretreat]

Bill Meyer writes about "Moments Lost" by Colin Andrew Sheffield @ Dusted Magazine

"Played at low volume, it could be your next go-to ambient recording. But if you spend time listening closely, perhaps while peering at the sleeve’s stills from a film that Sheffield played along with the music when he first presented it at the Molten Plains Festival in Denton in 2023, you might find your physique and consciousness sinking deep while you hit the play button over and over."

[baanimationbournemouth]

We are very excited to announce that Madeline’s House and Nobody To Play With have been selected for the Latest Visions Halloween Special.

What is latest visions?

‘We are Latest TV, Northern Visions and Sheffield Live!, community, not-for-profit local TV channels in Brighton, Belfast and Sheffield. We organise film festivals, both as live events in our venues when possible, and, on our TV channels; so when you are part of our festival, you get your film on local TV stations in the UK!’

Running from the 24th of October to the 31st of October - Latest TV Halloween Special is available on Freeview 7 and Virgin Media 159 in Brighton and surroundings, and you can catch the shows anywhere in the world on Latest TV's livestream - you'll find the window under 'Latest TV Live!' on the homepage - https://thelatest.co.uk/

You can check out the trailer and see the running order for each day here - https://thelatest.co.uk/brighton/2024/10/09/celebrate-halloween-with-our-very-spooky-film-festival/

[weaversweek]

28 "Closer to fine" - Indigo Girls

writer Emily Saliers

"I had graduated from college and I was thinking a lot about the insular world of academia, and how the one thing I learned in school is that you can't believe everything you read or hear."

Part of the UncoolTwo50 project, marking the best singles from 1977-99.

How do you make your life a little better? Whatever way works for you.

Emily Saliers and Amy Ray met while still at school in Decatur Georgia, and started recording music together while at college. They write separately, record together. Theirs is gentle folk rock, strumming guitars and lilting melodies, the sting is in the arrangements and especially in the lyric. Being from Georgia, they've had influences and a bit of a leg-up from the B-52s and R.E.M., and they've proven as enduring as their peers.

"Closer to fine" was the lead single from their eponymous second album, and almost turned them into stratosphere-level pop stars. American college radio was all over it, pop stations got interested in another Suzanne Vega / Tracy Chapman. The gals played significant dates across Europe, supporting 10,000 Maniacs at the Albert Hall.

And they did a lot of press - interviews in the New Musical Express (Incorporating Accordian Times) and Snouds were de rigeur, pieces in The Times and Het Grauniad came as no surprise. But pop mag Smash Hits? The Indy (a cross between The Independent newspaper and John Craven's Newsround)? Someone wants the Indigo Girls to be huge.

The world was at their feet, and they chose not to pursue superstardom. Rather, Amy and Emily stayed true to their own values, made the music they could make, built their close-knit fanbase, and slowly grew into pillars of the lesbian community. (Compare how modern Sheffield troubadour Lucy Spraggan chose not to be a mega-pop-star.)

It takes bravery to turn back from superstar status, and courage to use star power for controversial causes - Southern Poverty Law Centre, pro-choice campaigns, indigenous rights, boycotting the erstwhile Michigan Womyn's Music Festival over its trans-exclusionary policies.

"Closer to fine" won the Grammy for Best Contemporary Folk Recording. They lost in the Best Newcomer Grammy category (sponsored by Memorex) to Milli Vanilli. They won in the 2023 Barbie movie, being sung in context at the film's pivotal moment. Director Greta Gerwig noted, "'Closer to fine' is just one of those songs that meets you where you are, wherever you are. It has spoken to me throughout my life, like a novel you revisit."

What is the song about? There is no simple answer. That's the answer: there is no simple answer. The lyric twists and turns, has melodic point and counterpoint, tuneful tonic and a dash of gin, always building to the singalong chorus. It's the traditional closer to Indigo Girls concerts, let the audience leave happy and contented, a massive group hug.

If there is such a thing as the lesbian national anthem, this may be it.

[chonacas]

Happy Campers Documentary with Filmmaker Amy Nicholson

Amy Nicholson is a New York-based filmmaker and commercial director whose projects often explore the essence of Americana with a humorous eye and a warm respect for her subjects. Nicholson’s most recent documentary, a short titled Pickle, won multiple audience awards, was selected for The New York Times’ Op-Docs, and was featured on the Criterion Collection alongside Errol Morris’ Gates of Heaven. Pickle was also nominated for an IDA Award and Cinema Eye Honors. Nicholson has produced and directed several features. Zipper: Coney Island’s Last Wild Ride won the Special Jury Prize at DOCNYC and was held over twice at the IFC Center. Muskrat Lovely premiered at the Hamptons International Film Festival and was broadcast on Independent Lens. Nicholson’s films have screened at Hot Docs, Sheffield, Full Frame, DOK Leipzig, BFI London, Camden, Traverse City, Rooftop Films, and the MoMA. They have been reviewed by Variety, Indiewire, The Hollywood Reporter, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times.

  HAPPY CAMPERS chronicles the final days of a working-class summer colony in a scrappy trailer park that just happens to hold the secret to a rich life. In a waterfront campground off the coast of Virginia, residents spend their summers living spitting distance apart in rust-bitten RVs. They chuckle about the modest rent they pay for a million-dollar location, but what makes them the luckiest people in the world is more than just stunning sunsets, it’s the community they’ve created. Beneath cliched trailer park stereotypes lies an unlikely utopia where all are welcome. Neighbors help each other out, and share everything from power tools to simple pleasures. Loneliness and isolation are inconceivable.  When their affordable paradise is sold to developers, the residents brace for eviction and the loss of friendships that span generations. They hold tight to their final days in the sun. The well-heeled crowd that takes their place will never be as wealthy. HAPPY CAMPERS: NEW TRAILER: Embed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJevuuNAxfU

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[cppsheffield]

Centre for Poetry and Poetics in Collaboration with Black Humanities Series Presents:

A Reading With Safia Khan, Inua Ellams and Imtiaz Dharker

Venue: The Diamond, LT2, The University of Sheffield, 6pm.

Safia Khan is a junior doctor and poet. Her debut collection (Too Much Mirch) was published in 2022 with Smith | Doorstop and won the New Poets Prize. She has been commissioned to write and deliver lectures in poetry for various universities and literary organisations, including The British Library, The University of Oxford, The Poetry Business, and the Hippocrates Initiative for Poetry and Medicine. Her work has been published in various journals and anthologies including The North, BATH MAGG, Poetry Wales, Introduction X: The Poetry Business Book of New Poets (New Poets List), We’re All in It Together: Poems for a disUnited Kingdom (Grist), Dear Life (Hive), Surfing the Twilight (Hive). -- Born in Nigeria, Inua Ellams is a poet, playwright & performer, graphic artist & designer. He is a Complete Works poet alumni and facilitates workshops in creative writing where he explores reoccurring themes in his work - Identity, Displacement and Destiny - in accessible, enjoyable ways for participants of all ages and backgrounds.

His awards include: Edinburgh Fringe First Award 2009, The Liberty Human Rights Award, The Live Canon International Poetry Prize, The Kent & Sussex Poetry Competition, Magma Poetry Competition, Winchester Poetry Prize, A Black British Theatre Award and The Hay Festival Medal for Poetry. He has been commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company, National Theatre, Tate Modern, Louis Vuitton, BBC Radio & Television. His poetry books include ‘Candy Coated Unicorn and Converse All Stars’ published Flipped Eye, 'The Wire-Headed Heathen' by Akashic Books, The Half God of Rainfall by 4th Estate and The Actual by Penned in The Margins. His plays include ‘Black T-shirt Collection’, ‘The 14th Tale’, ‘Barber Shop Chronicles’ and ‘Three Sisters’ published by Oberon. He founded The Midnight Run (an arts-filled, night-time, urban walking experience.) The Rhythm and Poetry Party (The R.A.P Party) which celebrates poetry & hip hop, and Poetry + Film / Hack (P+F/H) which celebrates Poetry & Film. -- Imtiaz Dharker grew up a 'Muslim Calvinist' in a Lahori household in Glasgow, was adopted by India and married into Wales. She is an accomplished artist and video film-maker, and has published six books with Bloodaxe, Postcards from god (including Purdah) (1997), I Speak for the Devil (2001), The terrorist at my table (2006), Leaving Fingerprints (2009), Over the Moon (2014) and Luck Is the Hook (2018). Her seventh, Shadow Reader, is published in 2024. All her poetry collections are illustrated with her drawings, which form an integral part of the books; she is one of very few poet-artists to work in this way. She was awarded The Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry for 2014, presented to her by The Queen in spring 2015, and has also received a Cholmondeley Award from the Society of Authors and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Over the Moon was shortlisted for the Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry 2014. Her poems are on the British GCSE and A Level English syllabus, and she reads with other poets at Poetry Live! events all over the country to more than 35,000 students a year. She has had a dozen solo exhibitions of drawings in India, London, Leeds, New York and Hong Kong. She scripts and directs films, many of them for non-government organisations in India, working in the area of shelter, education and health for women and children. In 2015 she appeared on the iconic BBC Radio 4 programme Desert Island Discs. In 2020 she was appointed Chancellor of Newcastle University. She lives in London.

Please note this is an in-person event and we would love you to be there but if you can't make it to Sheffield you can log in by no later then 5.50 on the following link: meet.google.com/fdh-igyk-hrr

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The McManus Brothers’ Netflix Ecological horror stunner THE BLOCK ISLAND SOUND (2020) makes its worldwide Blu-ray and 4K UHD debut this December from Synapse Films with exciting special features!

"The Block Island Sound is a modern horror masterpiece." - Elena Conforti, CBR.COM

"A terrifying story of grief and madness." - Michelle Swope, Dread Central

Official Selection - 2020 Fantasia Film Festival

Something terrifying is happening off the coast of Block Island. A strange force is thriving, influencing residents and wildlife alike. Birds are dropping out of the sky and fish are mysteriously washing up on shore. As some residents are suffering from inexplicable emotional collapse, Harry Lynch (Chris Sheffield, The Stanford Prison Experiment) watches with dread as his father grows increasingly forgetful, confused and angry. Very, very angry! His sister Audry (Michaela McManus, Into the Grizzly Maze, TV's The Orville), whose work in marine biology will soon prove invaluable, returns to town with her daughter and leads them all towards chilling revelations that will affect her family in unimaginable ways.

The Block Island Sound is a hair-raising new horror creation from Kevin and Matthew McManus, Emmy-nominated writers and producers of American Vandal and Cobra Kai. Delivering thrills while touching on a range of the signature worries of our times, from conspiracy theories and climate change to unpreventable familial breakdowns, this film is “a well-constructed puzzle box of a movie” (Josh Hurtado, Screen Anarchy) that “will haunt you long after it’s over." (Molly Henery, Blogging Banshee).

You saw it on NETFLIX in 1080p high-definition, but Synapse Films is proud to present the world-premiere 4K UHD release of The Block Island Sound in a stunning presentation with high-dynamic range (HDR10) and eerie 5.1 surround sound!

SPECIAL FEATURES:

- Audio commentary with directors Kevin McManus and Matthew McManus

- Original Trailer

- A Practical Apocalypse

- Finding the Cast

- Filming on the Water

- Special Effects on a Shoestring

- Los Angeles Behind-the-Scenes (Super 8mm)

- McManus Family Home Movies

- The 4K UHD release features a special limited edition slipcover featuring new art from Joel Robinson, while supplies last

NOT RATED / 2020 / COLOR / 99 MINS. / 2.35:1 / 5.1 SURROUND

2160p 4K UHD EDITION

ITEM # SFD0233

UPC CODE: 654930325698

$39.95 SRP

1080p BLU-RAY EDITION

ITEM # SFD0234

UPC CODE: 65493032579

$29.95 SRP

STREET DATE: December 10, 2024

BLU-RAY SPECIFICATIONS

VIDEO: High-Definition 1080p Widescreen (2.35:1) Presentation / AVC

AUDIO: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 Surround Sound

SUBTITLES: English for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing

4K UHD SPECIFICATIONS

VIDEO: Ultra High-Definition 4K 2160p Widescreen (2.35:1) Presentation (HDR10)

AUDIO: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 Surround Sound

SUBTITLES: English for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing

[alexstorm]

i can't really see the point in them producing a tour video now. I think the interest may have already gone. I think it was a shame the Kings Theatre film disappeared after the album came out. Also was hoping they might go the full Documentary route. Not sure why I come to that conclusion but mentions of DVD extras(however jokey that might have been) and just the general emphasis on filming, even more so than usual. Plus have to say the 'Wags' were certainly putting on a show and that seemed to be for the benefit of cameras. So thought it might end up being shown at a festival as a launch pad. Sheffield June big UK Docufest. Can't think another country would go for it and more authentic maybe, than just online.

For some reason I don't see them going that big. I think it's their usual round up of a tour video only that they've gone more pretentious now and pretend it's art (read: a documentary). Nobody's interested in a boring documentary of a boring tour years after it took place. If they want any interest they need to come out soon with it.

[elizabethbarlowunit5]

Barnsley's history

Barnsley's most famous for its markets, brass bands and coal mining heritage.

in 1802 the Barnsley canal became a very important connection to the fire-calder navigation system. this gave the wool factories of Wakefield, Leeds, and Branford access to barnskleys coalfields.

miners strikes: in the 1980s barnsley became the centre of the minors strikes. this divided the mining communitiesnwith the district. in the end of the minors strikes all Barnsley's coal mines were closed down in 1994. this was a massive loss for the town and took the people a long time to come to terms with.

brass bands: barnsley is home to a tradition of brass bands. grimehtrope colliery band which is located in grime throe is the best known brass bands in Britain. it rose to fame bybeig in the film brassed off and is now at the royal college of music in London. they have performed in places such as Hyde Park, and ;picnic in the park.

Ian mcmilian: he writes a column in the Barnsley chronicle. he was nominated for a chair of poetry at Oxford university and appears on abc radio 4. he has a barnsley accent which is stafrting ti were off during younger generations, but is the most maintained Yorkshire accent.

kes: this was a dilm that was set and filmed in several villages in Barnsley. which include Lundwood and Monk Bretton. it also used local actors.

music scene: there is a massive scene of music surrounding barnsley which first reached its height during britpop years around 1997 due to its close proximity towards Sheffield and Manchester. two of the famous band members the arctic monkeys studied music at barnsley college. barnsley is home to several live music venues and hosts BOMfest an outdoor summer festival.

(No date) Barnsley Facts for Kids. Available at: https://kids.kiddle.co/Barnsley (Accessed: 08 November 2023).