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Perfectly Pitched Pitch Perfect
A few days ago Youngest Daughter persuaded her sister and me to take her to see Pitch Perfect recently released in UK cinemas. I hadn’t heard anything about the film, but hearing that even x’s mum and dad had ‘loved … Continue reading
Experiencing #theartist
Months ago on a visit to Paris I was doing my usual post-arrival trawl of films on release to plan my evening cinema visits and spotted an odd looking one called The Artist. I thought it sounded interesting and a … Continue reading
Posted in Encountering Art, Life encounters with the Artist
Tagged cinema, culture, film, Postaday
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À French Film
I saw an intriguing and compelling French film last night. L’homme qui voulait vivre sa vie (the man who wanted to live his life) quite literally had me on the edge of my seat. Fortunately I was sitting on the … Continue reading
The Courage of Non-violent Protesters
This evening I went to a showing of Budrus, an extraordinary documentary by filmmaker Julia Bacha. It was being presented as part of the Leeds International Film Festival, now in its 25th year, and a beacon of culture when I moved to Leeds … Continue reading
A Family Outing
We had been planning this trip for weeks. Correction: R (12) had been planning this trip for weeks, to celebrate the only 12 hour period all six of us are together over two months of summer. Hunched over the computer … Continue reading
Posted in Life encounters with the Artist
Tagged ; Harry Potter, cinema, family outings, film, postaday2011
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Aesthetics and Politics at Pavilion II
Well, hoping for enlightenment and answers after 24 hours of sleep and reflection doesn’t always work. Yesterday evening’s discussion at Pavilion with Dairmuid Costelloe and T J Demos on the art/politics nexus provided some really interesting reflections and more … Continue reading
Aesthetics and Politics at Pavilion
This evening I’m off to listen to talks at Pavilion in Leeds by Diarmuid Costello and TJ Demos, two prominent and distinctive thinkers in the field of aesthetics and politics who will each talk on their current research. As a … Continue reading
