Peter now screening at Institut Finlandais – 5pm today

A change of venue for Peter’s Premiere to the Institut Finlandais. Here’s some info about the festival for you: International Festival Signes de Nuit An Independent World Festival History Since 2003 the international Festival SIGNES DE NUIT is active in Paris and world wide. In these last years we have presented some thousand films from…

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Headlong’s 1984

Richard Burton (r) taking a break with John Hurt (l) and Suzanna Hamilton

Forgot to mention that I witnessed this at the Citz last week. 2 hours straight through, folk walking out and as much gore as I’ve seen on a stage. And I’ve seen a few Macbeths. Early concerns that it was too televisual soon melted with a thrice-repeated canteen discussion. And a finish that took more…

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Peter screening at Studio des Ursulines 20/09/14

Studio des Ursulines is a legendary Paris film theater, and one of the oldest to be still running, opened on January 21 1926. It showed “Entr’acte” by René Clair, and “Freudlose Gasse” (Joyless street) by Georg Wilhelm Pabst, introducing Greta Garbo. Then it became a famous “Art and Essay” film theater, and when the “Jules and Jim” trio by François Truffaut go…

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Peter and Muerte en Arizona

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Peter will screen at 5pm, Saturday 20th September at Studio des Ursulines, Paris. Very excited to be showing along side Tin Derdamal & Christina Haglund‘s Muerte en Arizona (Death in Arizona). For more info and to watch an extract of Muerte en Arizona, take yourself off in this direction.

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The 12th International Festival Signes de Nuit

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My film Peter will be part of the 12th International Festival Signes de Nuit film festival taking place in Paris next week. It’s in the International Documentary (Experimental) competition. More info to follow, but check the festival out here and here. September 15 – 21, 2014 Studio des Ursulines 10, Rue des Ursulines / 75005 Paris…

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Infinity Kisses – The Movie

Infinity Kisses - The Movie, 2008

Just been revisiting this 2008 film by Carolee Schneemann (and Cluny & Vesper). Featuring ‘the expressive self-determination of the ardent cat’. Uh-huh. Infinity Kisses – The Movie

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One from the Vault

Just found this image of Rebecca Mellor’s work I cant go on, I’ll go on; Like I said I would from group show Vault at The Bank, Carlisle, 2010. And there’s my work, acting as a doorway in the background. Have a look at this and other works on Rebecca’s website here. The Bank was an…

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How do YOU pronounce Behemoth?

Illustration by David Black

It’s a first for me; reading a book recommended by a T-shirt of Gregor Wright’s. Or rather, reading a book on which a T-shirt was based. Read Mikhail Bulgakov’s lightly & wittily written, vividly realised, image-packed masterpiece here. There’s a solvent cat involved.

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Room 237

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Just re-watched this mesmerising 2012 documentary directed by Rodney Ascher. You can see it all on YouTube, but why not buy it instead? Here’s a YouTube clip: Danny’s Impossible Tricycle Ride

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