The Jezabels are an Australian indie rock band formed in Sydney in 2007. They consist of Nik Kaloper on drums, Samuel Lockwood on lead guitar, Hayley Mary (also known as Hayley Frances McGlone) on lead vocals, and Heather Shannon on piano and keyboard. They have described their… Continue Reading
Irrational Man is a 2015 American mystery drama film written and directed by Woody Allen, and starring Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, Parker Posey and Jamie Blackley. At the small-town fictional New England college campus of Braylin, philosophy professor Abe Lucas (Phoenix) finds himself in an existential crisis, but he eventually discovers a… Continue Reading
Sweet Sugar is a 1972 blaxploitation women in prison film directed by Michel Levesque, about a woman sentenced to work on a chain gang. A prostitute, Sugar Bowman, agrees to serve two years working on a sugar-cane plantation rather than go to jail on a… Continue Reading
While enjoying a quiet meal by himself at a cafe, a man has an unusual but important encounter. Writer and director Stefan Parker has done an amazing job stitching together many techniques to make this engaging film. Without any real… Continue Reading
Jungle are an English modern soul musical collective based in London. Jungle’s musical style has been described as “midtempo 1970s-style funk” and their music is intermixed with “tropical percussion, wildlife noises, falsetto yelps, psychedelic washes and badoinking bass”. The band has a fearsome live reputation: “Jungle are… Continue Reading
American Psycho is a 2000 American-Canadian psychological thriller-horror slasher black comedy film co-written and directed by Mary Harron, based on Bret Easton Ellis’s 1991 novel of the same name, in which a wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as… Continue Reading
D.O.A. A Right of Passage is a 1980 rockumentary film directed by Lech Kowalski (his premiere film as a director) about the origin of punk rock. The rockumentary takes interview and concert footage of some of punk rock’s earliest bands… Continue Reading
Actresses is a short film written and directed by Jeremy Hersh, that follows two New York stage actresses, Sara and Danielle, one emerging, the other established, who fall in love. Everything’s great until Sara decides to ask Danielle for a few… Continue Reading
Chelsea Nikkel, better known by her stage name Princess Chelsea, is an experimental ‘space pop’ musician from Auckland, New Zealand, and a previous member of twee pop band The Brunettes and Auckland band Teenwolf. Nikkel is associated with the Lil’ Chief Records collective and is a part-time member of Auckland soul group… Continue Reading
Billy Elliot is a 2000 British dance drama film produced by Greg Brenman and Jon Finn, written by Lee Hall and directed by Stephen Daldry.The film is set in north-eastern England during the 1984-85 coal miners’ strike, it stars Jamie Bell as 11-year-old Billy, an aspiring dancer dealing with the negative stereotype of the male… Continue Reading
Wall Street is a 1987 American drama film, directed and co-written by Oliver Stone, which stars Michael Douglas, Charlie Sheen, Daryl Hannah and Martin Sheen. The film tells the story of Bud Fox (Sheen), a young stockbroker who becomes involved with Gordon Gekko (Douglas), a wealthy, unscrupulous corporate raider. Stone made the film… Continue Reading
Ishtar X Tussilago is a short film by Maceo Frost starring downhill longboard rider Ishtar Backlund in the epic mountains of Norway. Combined with a magical soundtrack from Swedish rock band Tussilago, the film is a glimpse into the profound… Continue Reading
Elizabeth Vanessa Harper, better known by her stage name Class Actress, is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. Class Actress was originally conceived as a trio, consisting of Harper, Mark Richardson, and Scott Rosenthal. Class Actress display a level of sophistication and… Continue Reading
24 Hour Party People is a 2002 British comedy-drama film about Manchester’s popular music community from 1976 to 1992, and specifically about Factory Records. It was written by Frank Cottrell Boyce and directed by Michael Winterbottom. The film was entered into the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. It received positive reviews. It… Continue Reading