AUTHOR Beverly Andrews
YOKO ONO: MUSIC OF THE MIND
YOKO ONO: MUSIC OF THE MIND is an enormous retrospective of a towering artist who finally appears to be escaping the long shadow cast by her famous husband John Lennon. This show highlights the fact that Yoko Ono should be seen, now as one the greatest contemporary artist. Someone who has influenced a generation.
VISIONS OF QUEERNESS
London’s British Film Institute this summer has screened two queer classics, two of the most significant gay films from the 70’s/80’s: Sebastiane & A Life in Four Chapters.
Tribeca Film Festival 2024
This spring the legendary Tribeca Film Festival returned with its usual lovely mix of features, dazzling shorts and ground-breaking documentaries: The Stanford Prison Experiment: Unlocking the Truth, Soldiers of Song, Luther: Never Too Much, Alien Weaponry: Kua Tupu Te Ara, Griffin in Summer & In the Summers.
The London International Festival of Theatre 2024
The London International Festival of Theatre is a bi-annual UK based festival, which invites companies from around the world to the capital to present international work.
Chineke at the Southbank
This June Chineke has showcased an eclectic programme which featured compositions by Nigerian composer Fela Sowande, British Nigerian composer Cassie Kinoshi along with German composer Max Richter’s new re-composition of The Four Seasons, by Vivaldi.
OMEN
The Belgium Rapper Baloji’s first feature film has now been released and it shows him to be also an intriguing film director.
Showing the Unimaginable
How should filmmakers depict crimes against humanity? An important question particularly for those filmmakers who decide to make films about the Holocaust.
A New Dawn for Italian Cinema in the UK
Launched in December, the CinemaItaliaUK player will make both Italian classics, as well as contemporary releases available to UK audiences.