This week on(line): American film director Spike Lee talks about crowdfunding his new movie and remaking Oldboy
Alex Fitch
More info at: http://tinyurl.com/spikeleekickstarter / http://www.40acres.com
4pm, Friday 16th August 2013, Resonance 104.4 FM (London) / streamed at www.resonancefm.com / podcast at www.electricsheepmagazine.com/events
Ahead of its tour of America, in a panel discussion recorded in Welwyn Garden City, actors Simon Bamford (Ohnaka) and Nick Vince (Kinski) plus restoration producer Russell Cherrington and restoration editor Jimmy Johnson discuss the reconstruction of the director's cut of Clive Barker's Nightbreed, which is being presented at various venues to help fund a high definition print. The panel discuss the edits imposed on Barker by the studio, the disappointment felt by many of the bowdlerised version released in 1990 and how with the help of various formats and sources a reedit of all the existing footage was mounted to restore the film to its original version.
http://panelborders.wordpress.com/2013/08/02/electric-sheep-magazine-podcast-reconstructing-nightbreed/
Panel Borders: What's normal anyway?
Concluding a month about LGBT comics, Alex Fitch talks to cartoonist Morgan Boecher about his humorous webcomic What's normal anyway? which depicts the travails of a transgender male. Morgan discusses the autobiographical elements of his comic, his history as an artist and future plans for the narrative. (Last in the current series)
http://panelborders.wordpress.com/2013/07/29/panel-borders-whats-normal-anyway/
Electric Sheep Magazine issue 75 - Beyond Love and Evil
Upstream Colour, Only God Forgives, Dark Star
In addition to the thrills of Film4 FrightFest, August brings a flurry of exciting films to UK screens, including Nicolas Winding Refn’s must-see Only God Forgives and Adam Wingard’s fine horror gem You’re Next.
The third summer stand-out is Upstream Colour, which also serves as inspiration for our new theme, Sounds of Sci-Fi. We have an interview with the film’s sound designer, Johnny Marshall, a feature on Roger Corman’s re-edits of popular Soviet sci-fi films and a review of Carpenter’s Dark Star.
Also out in cinemas are James Wan’s supernatural horror flick The Conjuring, Ulrich Seidl’s trilogy finale, Paradise: Hope, and a new, digitally restored version of René Clément’s thrilling 1960s classic Plein Soleil.
Out on Blu-ray/DVD, we look at Brian De Palma’s spine-chilling classic Dressed to Kill, Sion Sono’s Fukushima-inspired film The Land of Hope, Lotte Reiniger’s beautifully animated The Adventures of Prince Achmed, and Douglas Sirk’s The Tarnished Angels. We also review Gregg Araki’s Nowhere and look back at Darren Aronofsky's surreal debut feature Pi, while our comic strip review is on Corman's The Fall of the House of Usher.
The Jukebox comes from Roly Porter, while Daniel H. Wilson’s cinematic alter ego is Dave Lister from Red Dwarf. In Reel Sounds we listen to Forbidden Planet, and we also have a new Cine Lit column, and festival reports from Karlovy Vary and London’s EEFF.■
recommended events:
Steadman @77 exhibition
The Cartoon Museum is proud to present a selection of Ralp Steadman's iconic cartoons to celebrate his 77th birthday. To accompany the exhibition there is a programme of events and talks, these include:
Brian Sibley talks about steadman's adaptations of classic texts such as Alice in Wonderland - 27th June, 6.30pm
Anita O'Brien discusses the use of the weird in Steadman's work - 4th July / 3rd September, 6.30pm
Exhibition continues until Autumn 2013, more info at http://cartoonmuseum.org
The Cartoon Museum, 35 Little Russell Street, London WC1A 2HH
Caption Festival, Oxford
The longest running British comic book festival, now in its 21st year returns to the East Oxford Community Centre, off Cowley Road. Guests include Rian Hughes (Dan Dare), Andrzej Klimowski (Stanisław Lem’s Robot…), Danusia Schebal (Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde graphic novel), Al Davison (Doctor Who comics), Paul Collicutt (The Murder Mile), Vicky Stonebridge (Dogbreath), Karen Rubins (Victoria & Albert Museum comic artist in residence), Ian Rakoff (V & A comics lecturer, writer “The Prisoner: Welcome to Harmony”) and Charles Cutting (The Dream Quest of Randolph Carter), Glenn Fabry (Preacher) and many more.
August 24th / 25th, East Oxford Community Centre, 44 Princes Street, Oxford OX4 1DD
The weekend includes panel discussions, workshops, a book group, quiz and much more. Tickets: £6/day or £10 for the weekend.
More info here: www.caption.org
Edinburgh Book Fest and Stripped festival
This year’s Edinburgh Book Fest starts on 10th August 2013 with guests including Cerys Matthews, Ben Aaronovitch, Lauren Beukes, Roy Hattersley, Oliver James, Ken MacLeod, Alexander McCall Smith and many more. Within the festival there is also a dedicated graphic novels weekend – Stripped on August 24th / 25th – with guests including Kieron Gillen, Melinda Gebbie, Neil Gaiman, Grant Morrison and Hanny Berry.
Tickets and more info here: www.edbookfest.co.uk
Comica Conversations: Family Secrets - Rutu Modan in conversation with Hannah Berry
Rutu Modan’s The Property, the first full-length graphic novel from the award-winning author of Exit Wounds,
is this summer’s most exciting event in literary comics. On Wednesday
August 21st, Comica Festival in association with Foyles Bookshop and
Jonathan Cape brings you the rare opportunity to hear Rutu Modan in her exclusive speaking engagement in London, in a lively Comica Conversation with Hannah Berry.
Foyles Gallery, 3rd Floor, Foyles Bookshop, 113-119 Charing Cross Rd, London WC2H 0EB.
Wednesday August 21st, doors open 6.15pm for 6.30pm start and 8.30pm finish.
More info at: http://www.comicafestival.com/index.php/site/news/ruta_modan_in_comica_conversation_with_hannah_berry
Thanks for listening,
Alex
Programme maker, Resonance 104.4 FM (Arts Council) - www.resonancefm.com
Assistant editor, Electric Sheep Magazine - www.electricsheepmagazine.com