★★★★☆ British social realism gets a welcome shot in the arm this week with the release of Cannes Director's Fortnight hit (and Lff select) The Selfish Giant (2013), the new feature from The Arbor (2010) director Clio Barnard. Known for her poignant installation work that blends documentary with a variety of other modes and forms, Barnard brought the Bradford of the late playwright Andrea Dunbar vividly to life with The Arbor, returning to the area once again for a more straightforward, though no less compelling portrayal of working-class life, with Oscar Wilde's short story of the same name providing the drama's basic framework.
Central to Barnard's latest is the friendship between hyperactive 13-year-old Arbor (a superb debut performance from Conner Chapman) and his best friend Swifty (fellow newcomer Shaun Thomas). After one misdemeanour too many at the local secondary school the two boys beg and plead with Kitten (Shameless' Sean Gilder) -...
Central to Barnard's latest is the friendship between hyperactive 13-year-old Arbor (a superb debut performance from Conner Chapman) and his best friend Swifty (fellow newcomer Shaun Thomas). After one misdemeanour too many at the local secondary school the two boys beg and plead with Kitten (Shameless' Sean Gilder) -...
- 10/23/2013
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Revisiting 18 years of pop culture, from Britpop to the Spice Girls, via Father Ted
1994: Mad fer it!
Issue No 1 Previously a broadsheet section in the newspaper, The Guide was expanded into a magazine proper on 27 August 1994. Nobody bothered to archive a copy, though, so the best we can do is show you a Xeroxed reproduction of the cover. At the time we were concerned with the weird state of science shows on TV and had a wander around the Notting Hill Carnival.
Spotted! All Saints From a review of their single Silver Shadow: "Born in the same year and in the same area of London, what else could these girls do but form a swingbeat group? Their debut is a sickly Atlantic Starr cover with an idiotic number of mixes, encompassing every dance style bar Morris. Eternal may rest easy in their Timberlands." Note: swingbeat was a form of...
1994: Mad fer it!
Issue No 1 Previously a broadsheet section in the newspaper, The Guide was expanded into a magazine proper on 27 August 1994. Nobody bothered to archive a copy, though, so the best we can do is show you a Xeroxed reproduction of the cover. At the time we were concerned with the weird state of science shows on TV and had a wander around the Notting Hill Carnival.
Spotted! All Saints From a review of their single Silver Shadow: "Born in the same year and in the same area of London, what else could these girls do but form a swingbeat group? Their debut is a sickly Atlantic Starr cover with an idiotic number of mixes, encompassing every dance style bar Morris. Eternal may rest easy in their Timberlands." Note: swingbeat was a form of...
- 1/5/2013
- by The Guide
- The Guardian - Film News
The Public Relations Institute of Australia has revealed what it regards as the best PR campaigns from around the state of Victoria, with JetStar, Fight Dementia and City of Melbourne among the winners.
The winners:
Arts
Winner: Joanne Painter from icon.pr for The ArtStart Campaign
Business-to-Business Marketing
Commended: Jocelyn Hunter and the Bench PR Team for Xero – The Small Business Hero
Community Relations
Winner: Yasmin Standfield from City of Whittlesea for See Beyond Race social marketing campaign
Commended: Briana Dowling from Public Transport Victoria for Communications and Community Relations for the South Morang Rail Extension Project
Commended: Taimor Hazou, Sheena Campbell, Kylie Cochrane and Clare Robertson from Sinclair Knight Merz for the Rowville Rail Study
Environmental
Winner: Leanne Mitchell from City of Melbourne for Melbourne’s Urban Forest Strategy
Government Sponsored Campaign
Winner: Suzanne Waddell and Donna Morgan from the Regional Rail Link Authority for 2011 July School Holiday rail...
The winners:
Arts
Winner: Joanne Painter from icon.pr for The ArtStart Campaign
Business-to-Business Marketing
Commended: Jocelyn Hunter and the Bench PR Team for Xero – The Small Business Hero
Community Relations
Winner: Yasmin Standfield from City of Whittlesea for See Beyond Race social marketing campaign
Commended: Briana Dowling from Public Transport Victoria for Communications and Community Relations for the South Morang Rail Extension Project
Commended: Taimor Hazou, Sheena Campbell, Kylie Cochrane and Clare Robertson from Sinclair Knight Merz for the Rowville Rail Study
Environmental
Winner: Leanne Mitchell from City of Melbourne for Melbourne’s Urban Forest Strategy
Government Sponsored Campaign
Winner: Suzanne Waddell and Donna Morgan from the Regional Rail Link Authority for 2011 July School Holiday rail...
- 9/26/2012
- by Robin Hicks
- Encore Magazine
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