For the upcoming centenary of his birth, I wrote about Alex Trocchi's life and work and where he sits in the Glasgow lit canon for @gumagazine
https://t.co/iVx4DqDs4z
ISSUE 14
One of 200 and each complete with a unique rubbing of Preston’s Wallace & Gromit statue, STAT is BACK.
Besides Preston, we’re bringing you pool tables, prison visits, and peeking into Martin Scorsese’s dressing room. Grab one while you can.
https://t.co/63gpQJpW6Q
Ten years ago today, If Follows, was released in the UK. Read my interview with the film's composer, Richard Vreeland aka Disasterpeace, on @screensphere. We talk about the film's legacy, scoring for video games and AI in music and film:
https://t.co/ngRDnhlAxM
And the female vocal around 7 mins and 15 mins just does something in my bones. Discogs say's it's Loes Hamel who appears to had a relatively mute career in music - a damn shame
I've struggled to connect with most new music recently, the only stuff I can get into atm is when I come across some unfamiliar Don Cherry like this Penderecki collab
https://t.co/NOih9vK6ad
R.I.P. Souleymane Cissé, one of the greats. I highly recommend my favorite film of his Yeelen [1987] which is a wholly unique and visionary odyssey that should be more known and talked about as the all-timer that it is.
I can’t think of anything more appropriate for this moment of shared grief over the loss of David Lynch than his Log Lady introductions. Catherine Coulson said it best: “One day, the sadness will end.”
Remembering the legendary Alice Coltrane, who passed away on this day in 2007…
One of the foremost proponents of spiritual jazz, her eclectic music proved influential both within and outside the world of jazz.
It's hard to believe @leedsfilmfest opened almost 3 weeks ago. In that time I managed 20 films, 4 reviews and 1 chest infection - round up piece now up on @screensphere
https://t.co/yLT0JjFoPP
And my last review for @leedsfilmfest before a round up piece for @screensphere is @rasoulof contender for film of the year - The Seed of The Sacred Fig
https://t.co/eggDwl7wgd