Told entirely through close details of hands and objects, Cutaway portrays a phase in the life of a single young man as he works as a labourer, pursues relationships with women, and comes to terms with a life changing event.… Continue Reading
Groove Armada are an English electronic music duo from London, composed of Andy Cato and Tom Findlay. They achieved chart success with their singles “I See You Baby” and “Superstylin’“. The group has released eight studio albums, four of which have charted in the UK Albums Chart top 50. Groove Armada first… Continue Reading
Road House is a 1989 American action film directed by Rowdy Herrington and starring Patrick Swayze as a bouncer at a newly refurbished roadside bar who protects a small town in Missouri from a corrupt businessman. Sam Elliott also plays a bouncer, the mentor, friend and foil of Swayze’s character. The cast also includes Kelly Lynch as… Continue Reading
A getaway driver waiting outside a bank robbery has three nerve shredding minutes to get through before his crew returns. All he has to do is focus…
Lofelive is the best proof that Spain knows how to develop a trend. An unpredictable sound, intelligent and continuously evolving, arising from and respecting the rules of the electronic nuances of house dance and indie. Created with the aim of a… Continue Reading
I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead is a 2003 British crime film directed by Mike Hodges, from a screenplay by Philip Korf. The film bears many striking similarities to Hodges’ directorial debut, the classic 1971 crime drama Get Carter. Both films feature men who… Continue Reading
Love Potion No. 9 is a 1992 movie starring Sandra Bullock and Tate Donovan. Inspired by the famous doo-wop song of the same title, it’s about a special elixir (Love Potion No. 8) that enables a person to make people of the opposite sex become completely infatuated with them by… Continue Reading
A young woman steps into an office to bring some required documents. An office clerk gives her a hard time in a western stand-off style. A short film directed by Juanfér Andrés y Esteban Roel.
In a now long forgotten world, many generations ago, a bird like shape emerged from wooded darkness, floating and fluttering, drifting and dreaming. Backlit by a bright glow of iridescent light, the undecipherable form wore a dazzling golden mask. Its… Continue Reading
Valhalla Rising is a 2009 Danish adventure drama film directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, starring Mads Mikkelsen. The film takes place in 1000 AD and follows a Norse warrior named One-Eye and a boy as they travel with a band of Christian Crusaders in pursuit of the Holy Land. Instead, they… Continue Reading
Mask is a 1985 American drama film directed by Peter Bogdanovich, starring Cher, Sam Elliott, and Eric Stoltz.Dennis Burkley and Laura Dern are featured in supporting roles. Cher received the 1985 Cannes Film Festivalaward for Best Actress. The film is based on the life and early death of Roy L. “Rocky” Dennis, a boy who suffered… Continue Reading
A shoplifter risks paying the ultimate price. A 2002 short film finalist at Tropfest Australia, directed by Tim Bullock.
Marcos Ortega, better known by his stage name Lorn, is an American electronic musician. Lorn is from either Milwaukee, Wisconsin or central Illinois. He received early exposure as a DJ due to his remix of grime musician Jammer’s track “Better Than”. Lorn signed with Flying Lotus’ label, Brainfeeder, in 2009 and released his debut album, Nothing Else,… Continue Reading
An emotionally engaging coming-of-ager set in Rotterdam, “Lena” features one of the most complex and endearing teen heroines of recent years. Continually onscreen and effortlessly carrying the film, non-pro Emma Levie bravely embodies the title character, while Christophe van Rompaey… Continue Reading
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover is a 1989 British-French romantic black comedy crime drama film written and directed by Peter Greenaway, starring Richard Bohringer, Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren and Alan Howard in the titular roles. The wife of an oafish restaurant owner becomes bored with her husband and… Continue Reading
“How God Works” is a short film by director, writer, actress Matilda Brown. Nancy and Jane are twins brought together on this special occasion by the one and only thing they have in common: a birthday. They’re like chalk and cheese.… Continue Reading
The xx are an English indie pop band formed in 2005 in Wandsworth, London. The group released their debut album, xx, in August 2009. The album ranked highly on many best of 2009 lists, placed at number one on the list compiled by The Guardian and second for NME. In… Continue Reading
Wonder Boys is an American 2000 comedy film directed by Curtis Hanson and written by Steve Kloves. The film was based on the novel of the same title by Michael Chabon. Michael Douglas stars as professor Grady Tripp, a novelist who teaches creative writing at an unnamed Pittsburgh university. He has been unable… Continue Reading
Top Secret! is a 1984 action comedy film directed by David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker, whose previous picture had been Airplane! It stars Val Kilmer (in his first feature film), Lucy Gutteridge, Omar Sharif,Peter Cushing, Michael Gough and Jeremy Kemp. Top Secret! lampoons practically every film genre. Specifically, however, this is a hybrid… Continue Reading
Life for a deserting Russian WWII Soldier takes a darkly comic turn. A Short film directed by Rob Brown.
Apparat is the stage name for Sascha Ring, a German electronic musician living in Berlin and previous co-owner of Shitkatapult records. Starting out with dance floor-oriented techno, he later started to create ambient music and more recently became “more interested… Continue Reading
X+Y (released in the US as A Brilliant Young Mind) is a 2014 British drama film directed by Morgan Matthews, starring Asa Butterfield, Rafe Spall, and Sally Hawkins. The film, inspired by Beautiful Young Minds, focuses on a teenage English mathematics prodigy named Nathan (Asa Butterfield) who has difficulty understanding people,… Continue Reading
Coffy is a 1973 Blaxploitation film written and directed by American filmmaker Jack Hill. The story is about a black female vigilante played by Pam Grier. Coffy is notable in its depiction of a strong female lead (a capable nurse), something rare in the genre at the time, and also in its then-unfashionable anti-drug message. It was remade… Continue Reading
A heat wave is bringing racial tensions to boiling point in a London chip shop. Blood and Chips, directed by Ryan Phillips, addresses racism in a way that feels honest and keeps from getting preachy.
Feverist have come a long way in a short time. The band’s strikingly intense live shows won them a slot at The Great Escape, while their desert-bleached noise rock left a scorched trail along the Brighton coastline. Recently playing a packed out headline… Continue Reading
Drive is a 2011 American neo-noir arthouse crime film directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, starring Ryan Gosling,Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, Oscar Isaac and Albert Brooks. It is adapted from the 2005 James Sallis novel of the same name, with a screenplay by Hossein Amini. Like the book, the film is about an unnamed Hollywood stunt performer (played by… Continue Reading
Lying on the bed in her sexiest underwear, her television head on his lap, she looks at him and wonders: Would we still be together if I couldn’t get Sky? A 2003 short film from Big red button.
The Libertines are an English rock band, formed in London in 1997 by frontmen Carl Barât (vocals/guitar) andPete Doherty (vocals/guitar). The band, centred on the songwriting partnership of Barât and Doherty, also included John Hassall (bass) and Gary Powell (drums) for most of its recording career. The band was part of the garage rock… Continue Reading
In Bruges is a 2008 British-American crime-black comedy film written and directed by Martin McDonagh. The film stars Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson as two Irish hitmen in hiding, with Ralph Fiennes as their gangster boss. The film takes place, and was filmed, in the Belgian city of Bruges. In Bruges was the opening night film of… Continue Reading
Wild Style is a 1983 hip hop film produced by Charlie Ahearn. Released theatrically in 1983 by First Run Features and later re-released for home video by Rhino Home Video, it is regarded as the first hip hop motion picture. Wild Style takes place in early… Continue Reading
The zenith of Don McGlashan and Harry Sinclair’s legendary Front Lawn collaborations, this iconic 1988 Kiwi short follows two men and one woman on a rainy night at a deserted bar. Pivoting on amnesia and woven together by music, two… Continue Reading
SBTRKT (pronounced “subtract”) is the musical project led by Aaron Jerome. SBTRKT has remixed songs by artists such as M.I.A, Radiohead, Modeselektor, Basement Jaxx, Mark Ronson, and Underworld, and has released singles, EPs, and two albums. His music has been playlisted by BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 6 Music. SBTRKT also has performed… Continue Reading
Eden Lake is a 2008 British thriller film written and directed by James Watkins and starring Kelly Reilly, Michael Fassbender and Jack O’Connell. Refusing to let anything spoil their romantic weekend break, a young couple confront a gang of loutish youths with terrifyingly brutal consequences. Dennis Harvey reviewed the film for Variety and… Continue Reading
Carlito’s Way is a 1993 American crime drama film directed by Brian De Palma, based on the novels Carlito’s Way and After Hours by Judge Edwin Torres. The film follows the life of Carlito Brigante after he is released from prison and vows to go straight and retire. However,… Continue Reading
A short film by Cody Stokes about a man who is desperately trying to smarten up for a job interview, and ends up at a ‘barberless barber’. The majority of the film is made using stop-motion. The way in which… Continue Reading
A founding member of Rosso Corsa, Lazerhawk is Garrett Hays from Austin, Texas, USA. His outrun electro is robot pop mixed with dark synths and the occasional lyric. He can be described as a reminiscent of everything that was good in the… Continue Reading
Amy is a 2015 British documentary film that depicts the life and death of singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse and is directed by Asif Kapadia. The narrative is focused in Winehouse’s life, who was found dead on 23 July 2011 from alcohol poisoning, at the age of 27 at her home in Camden, North… Continue Reading
A short film by Rhys Wakefield and Sophie Lowe in which after an awkward exchange, two strangers realise that picking up can be a tricky business.
Kostrok is a spanish duo of DJ’s formed by José Martí and Adrián Lurbe Quilis. They played in several major festivals in Europe, sharing stage with artists like Felix da House Cat and Crystal Fighters, and at the beginning of 2012, they produced… Continue Reading
Banksy is a graffiti artist with a global reputation. Fiercely guarding his anonymity to avoid prosecution, Banksy has so far resisted all attempts to be captured on film. “Exit Through the Gift Shop” tells the incredible true story of how… Continue Reading