Tag: SFF
[SFF: Interview] Kevin Macdonald on Marley
On a wall next to the spot where Tunisian street vendor Mohammed Bouazizi committed suicide in December 2010 – sparking the Tunisian revolution and in turn the Arab Spring – are written lyrics from Bob Marley’s ‘Get Up, Stand Up.’ In fact, you can find the image and words of Marley anywhere around the world where class struggles and revolution still exist – as Kevin Macdonald found when he was shooting his Academy Award-winner The Last King Of Scotland, in Uganda.
Posted: June 5th, 2012 under Arts, Arts - Interview, Arts Feature, Brag 465 (June 4), Sydney Film Festival 2012.
Tags: Arts, Dee Jefferson, Documentaries, Film, interview, Marley, Review, SFF, Sydney Film Festival, Third World Superstar
[SFF: Preview] Under African Skies
Without Paul Simon’s Graceland we wouldn’t have Vampire Weekend or any of the other purveyors of modern Afro-pop – or at the very least, it would be very different. The skittering, chiming guitars, the lilting melodies and rolling rhythms, the sometimes-abstract lyrics and wordless vocals, the collision of cultures – it’s all there on the 1987 album that Simon describes (quite accurately) as the high point of his career. The album was born out of collaboration with black South African musicians towards the end of apartheid, and the compelling details of this venture form the basis of Under African Skies.
Posted: June 5th, 2012 under Arts, Brag 464 (May 28), Sydney Film Festival 2012.
Tags: Arts, Film, Joe Berlinger, Laurence Rosier Staines, Preview, SFF, Sydney Film Festival, Under African Skies
[SFF: Histlist] Alice Fenton (Creative Director, FBi Radio)
Alice Fenton (Creative Director, FBi Radio)
She co-founded Even Books and was editor of TwoThousand, before taking over the creative reigns at 94.5. She’s a lady of taste – so we couldn’t refuse her plea for six rather than five picks from the fest…
Posted: June 5th, 2012 under Arts, Brag 464 (May 28), Film Reviews, Sydney Film Festival 2012.
Tags: Ai Weiwei, Alice Fenton, Alison Klayman, Bart Layton, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Benh Zeitlin, Dead Europe, Moonrise Kingdom, Never Sorry, Recommended, SFF, Sydney Film Festival, The Imposter, Tony Krawitz, Under African Skies, Wes Anderson
[SFF: Hitlist] Fergus Linehan (Vivid LIVE)
Fergus Linehan (Vivid LIVE)
Fergus’ eye – and ear – for a good thing saw him blaze a trail through Sydney in his five years at the helm of Sydney Festival, before taking up a permanent post as Head of Contemporary Music at Sydney Opera House – including curating Vivid LIVE. Which makes his first choice potentially biased – but still definitely on the money.
Posted: June 5th, 2012 under Arts, Brag 464 (May 28), Film Reviews, Sydney Film Festival 2012.
Tags: Barnaby Southcombe, Fergus Linehan, Film, I Anna, Kevin MacDonald, Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present, Matthew Akers, Paolo & Vittorio Taviani, Recommended, Review, SFF, Shut Up And Play The Hits, Sydney Film Festival, Vivid Live, Will Lovelace & Dylan Southern
[SFF: Hitlists] David Stratton (ABC’s At The Movies)
DAVID STRATTON (ABC’s At The Movies)
A cinephile who needs no introduction.
Posted: June 5th, 2012 under Arts, Brag 464 (May 28), Film Reviews, Sydney Film Festival 2012.
Tags: A Simple Life, ABC's At The Movies, Alps, Ann Hui, David Stratton, Gerardo Naranjo, Maïwenn, Miss Bala, Not Suitable For Children, Polisse, Recommended, SFF, Sydney Film Festival, Templeman, Yorgos Lanthimos