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Freedom to Create Prize 2009: Filmmaker winsThursday, 26 November 2009
The second annual Freedom to Create Prize, which was presented in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London last night, has been won by Mohsen Makhmalbaf. The internationally renowned and prolific Iranian filmmaker, 52, downed tools earlier this year... Read more... |
Birthdays On The Tube, 22-28 NovemberSaturday, 21 November 2009An ongoing series celebrating musicians' birthdays. 23 November 1876: Manuel de Falla's El Amor Brujo filmed as part of Carlos Saura's classic film dance trilogy. {youtube width="400"}Ftd8tIdiYq4{/youtube} El Amor Brujo Carlos Saura26 November... Read more... |
theartsdesk in Colombo: Sri Lankan sports wannabes go globalSunday, 15 November 2009
The Regal Cinema is a charming old place. At 300 rupees for a box seat (£1.50 on a good day for the SLR), you can put your feet up, sip your Fanta in style and, peeping through the plush velour curtains that separate you from both hoi polloi and... Read more... |
Birthdays on the Tube, 15-21 NovemberSunday, 15 November 2009A continuing series celebrating musicians' birthdays.22 November 1965: Bjørk released her first self-titled album at the age of 11, at 14 she was in a punk band called Spit and Snot, and has since gone on to be one of the most successful and... Read more... |
The Nature Autumn '09 Debate: Science in CinemaMonday, 09 November 2009
It's genuinely sad that last night's proceedings are not higher on the cultural agenda and that the gleaming new Kings Place auditorium was only half full. But as one of the participants pointed out, 50 years on from C P Snow's Two Cultures, there... Read more... |
Sheffield Doc/Fest: the wrapMonday, 09 November 2009
Upon emerging from Sheffield railway station, one of the first things you clap eyes on is Andrew Motion’s 2007 poem What If? unfurling down the side of one of the university tower blocks and gleaming faintly in the last of the autumn sun. With its... Read more... |
Birthdays on the Tube, 8-15 NovemberSaturday, 07 November 20098 November, 1927: Patti Page was the Madonna of her time, selling over 100 million records. "The Tennessee Waltz" was her biggest hit, being number one in the charts for 13 weeks in 1950. Jerry Springer picked the song last week as one of his Desert... Read more... |
Wunderbar FestivalThursday, 05 November 2009
With the launch of the Wunderbar Featival this week, Newcastle continues to demonstrate just what 2008’s European Capital of Culture judges missed when they anointed Liverpool. The 10-day celebration, which starts tomorrow, is international in... Read more... |
theartsdesk in Cheltenham: Screenwriters gatherSunday, 01 November 2009
The Victorian Gothic (with 1970s additions) maze of Cheltenham Ladies’ College is a far cry from the sun-blasted soundstages of Los Angeles, particularly at this time of year when it’s surrounded by deep piles of swirling autumn leaves. Nevertheless... Read more... |
Birthdays on the Tube, 1-7 NovSunday, 01 November 2009A continuing series celebrating musicians' birthdays.6 November 1949: Virtuoso Cuban trumpeter Arturo Sandoval co-founded Irakere with pianist Chucho Valdez in Havana. This is in 1988, after Sandoval had set up his own band, but before he defected.... Read more... |
Chap-Hop, Straight out of SurreyWednesday, 28 October 2009"Hip-hop has been a commercial proposition since the release of 'Rapper’s Delight' in 1979. That’s 30 years, a long time for any genre," writes Sasha Frere-Jones in this week's New Yorker. The genre, according to Frere-Jones, is on the way out. Not... Read more... |
Birthdays On The TubeSaturday, 24 October 2009The first in a new series that celebrates musicians born this week: 31 October 1896: Ethel Waters sings "Am I Blue" from the 1929 film On with the Show, actually the first sound film with colour, although only black and white copies have survived (... Read more... |
