Happy 80th birthday to James Kelman @JamesKelmanNet
Out now:
When I Was That Age Did Art Exist? (PM Press)
Kieron Smith, boy (And Other Stories)
Conference: James Kelman at 80
An Alasdair Taylor Retrospective @bellacaledonia
Award winning portrait by Chris Close
Happy 80th birthday to James Kelman @JamesKelmanNet
Out now:
When I Was That Age Did Art Exist? (PM Press)
Kieron Smith, boy (And Other Stories)
Conference: James Kelman at 80
An Alasdair Taylor Retrospective @bellacaledonia
Award winning portrait by Chris Close
Happy 80th birthday to James Kelman @JamesKelmanNet
Out now:
When I Was That Age Did Art Exist? (PM Press)
Kieron Smith, boy (And Other Stories)
Conference: James Kelman at 80
An Alasdair Taylor Retrospective @bellacaledonia
Award winning portrait by Chris Close
Happy 80th birthday to James Kelman @JamesKelmanNet
Out now:
When I Was That Age Did Art Exist? (PM Press)
Kieron Smith, boy (And Other Stories)
Conference: James Kelman at 80
An Alasdair Taylor Retrospective @bellacaledonia
Award winning portrait by Chris Close
Thanks to @inclinations_fc and @glasgowfilm for hosting the Scottish premiere of ‘The Day Innocence Died: Bloody Sunday & The Fight for Justice’ join us at @RichMixLondon for the London premiere 18th June tickets at https://t.co/VNRBKcG8xp
Happy 80th birthday to James Kelman @JamesKelmanNet
Out now:
When I Was That Age Did Art Exist? (PM Press)
Kieron Smith, boy (And Other Stories)
Conference: James Kelman at 80
An Alasdair Taylor Retrospective @bellacaledonia
Award winning portrait by Chris Close
Michael Powell explains why "A Canterbury Tale" (1944) was a tremendous flop:
‘'A Canterbury Tale' (1944) was really Emeric Pressburger’s film. I’m a director; I hate writing. With 'A Canterbury Tale', I had doubts, because the script had a wonderful idea—this man who cares so much about truth and beauty that he has to act for it, even on pain of being regarded as some sort of lunatic for what he does—but it was a Continental idea that did not fit into an English film.
If I was going to make an English film with it at all, I should have done more with it, translated it more. But I didn’t. I filmed it straight and the result was a tremendous flop. Since then I’ve never filmed anything I had reservations about, as I’m not conceited enough to think I’m so good I can get away with anything I’m not absolutely sure of."
(Michael Powell's interview to The Times, 1960)
P.S: On this day, 82 years ago, 'A Canterbury Tale' (1944) premiered in Canterbury, UK.
Super Rare Docu Film "Tell Your Tale, Little Bird"
Women of the Palestinian Revolution speak: unbowed, unapologetic, unbreakable.
"Tell Your Tale, Little Bird" (إحكي يا عصفورة) Eng Subs – directed by Arab Loutfi – is a raw, powerful Docu, made in 1993/released in 2007 that lets seven legendary fedaiyat/fedayeen of the 1960s–70s revolutionary generation tell their own stories.
From Leila Khaled to Aisha Odeh, Rasmea Odeh, Therese Halasa, Rashida Obeida, Widad Qamari, and Amina Dahbour – these militant women recount joining the armed struggle, carrying out operations, facing torture and imprisonment in Israeli jails, and refusing to be silenced.
No narration overlays their voices; they speak with pride, confidence, and clarity about empowerment, resistance, and the undimmed dream of a free Palestine. This isn't victimhood – it's a testament to feminine strength that shattered gender roles and terrified the occupier. Memory is resistance.
Their tales keep the fire alive against erasure.
For anyone wanting to understand our world on fire, WASHINGTON BULLETS by @vijayprashad is essential reading. A crucial primer on the CIA Century, now in its sunset. Many references to the long war on Iran. There can be no hope without facing the reality of the situation.