Tag: composition

Miseris Succurrere Disco
(I Learn to Help
Those in Need)

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Post date March 7 2026
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(I Learn to Help
Those in Need)
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Curators – Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard – 2026 – UK **** A chapel interior is repurposed as a reflection on how personal tragedy can awaken empathy, mercy and collective care – exhibition / installation at Fitzrovia Chapel from Friday, March 6th to Wednesday, March 25th It’s a strange phenomenon when you attend an exhibition / installation and the unfamiliar venue […]

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Animation Features Movies

The Glassworker
(Sheesha Gar,
شیشہ گ)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date June 25 2024
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(Sheesha Gar,
شیشہ گ)
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Director – Usman Riaz – 2024 – Pakistan, Spain – Cert. 12a – 98m ***** The son of a pacifist glassblower learning his father’s trade falls for the violin-playing daughter of an army colonel in wartime – complex, anti-war drama from the 2024 Annecy International Animation Festival in the Contrechamps section, released in Pakistan on […]

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Features Live Action Movies

Tokyo Pop

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Post date May 1 2025
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Director – Fran Rubel Kuzui – 1988 – US, Japan – Cert. 18 – 99m **** A girl singer, fed up with being sidelined by the music business in New York, relocates to Tokyo and falls in with local rock band hopefuls there – select UK cinema screenings from Friday, April 25th prior to its […]

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Features Live Action Movies Music

Slade in Flame

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date April 28 2025
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Director – Richard Loncraine – 1975 – UK – Cert. – 91m **** Slade play Flame, a small-time rock band who cut their musical teeth managed by lowlife crooks before going on to a meteoric rise and fall managed by corporate suits – 2K Remaster for the film’s 50th Anniversary Re-release is out on UHD […]

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Features Live Action Movies Music

A Complete Unknown

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date January 16 2025
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Director – James Mangold – 2024 – US – Cert. 15 – 141m ***** A feature narrative recreation of Bob Dylan’s career in New York up to the 1965 Newport Folk Festival gig where he switched acoustic guitar for electric – out in UK cinemas on Friday, January 17th 1961. Carrying his acoustic guitar, complete […]

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Documentary Features Live Action Movies Music

Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus

Director – Neo Sora – 2023 – Japan – Cert. U – 103m ***** Composer Ryuichi Sakamoto performs a final concert of his music in 2022, months before finally dying of cancer on March 28th, 2023 – out in UK cinemas on Friday, March 29th, 2024 Released in the UK within a day of the […]

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Ennio: The Maestro
(Ennio)

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Post date April 22 2022
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(Ennio)

Director – Giuseppe Tornatore – 2021 – Italy – Cert. 15 – 156m **** Documentary Ennio: The Maestro looks at the career of Italian film composer Ennio Morricone – out in cinemas on Friday, April 22nd It’s difficult to know where to start with Ennio Morricone, whose career in film music covers some 70 years. […]

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Exhibitions Music

The Pink Floyd
Exhibition:
Their Mortal Remains

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date June 19 2017
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Exhibition:
Their Mortal Remains

Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK. 13 May – 1 October 2017. ***** On my Must See list for a while: finally managed a visit last week. Thoroughly enjoyed as someone who grew up when everyone but everyone owned a copy of Dark Side Of The Moon and subsequently discovered the whole back catalogue only […]

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