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ELECTRIC SHEEP AT EXPOSURES FESTIVAL SUNDAY 23 NOVEMBER, Cornerhouse, Manchester, 7:00pm: Electric Sheep are very proud to present a preview screening of Far North, the stunning new film from award-winning British director Asif Kapadia, adapted from a short story by Sara Maitland. A folk tale set in the Arctic Ocean, it stars Michelle Yeoh (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) Sean Bean (Lord of the Rings trilogy) and Michelle Krusiec (Saving Face). Far North is a story of myth, love and revenge played out against an epic landscape. For tickets and information, go to the Cornerhouse website.
HECTIC PEELERS FILM CLUB TUESDAY 2 DECEMBER, Roxy Bar and Screen, 7:30pm, FREE: For the next Electric Sheep/Resonance FM film club we will be screening Memories of Matsuko, an exuberant bubblegum Japanese melodrama with a dark edge, which pieces together the tragi-comic tale of an eccentric woman who went looking for love in all the wrong places. Saturated colour, moody lighting and musical interludes make the film a pure joy to watch, and it is no surprise that it received the audience award at the Tiger Festival in June 08. Adam Torel, head of Third Window Films, the distributors of the film in the UK, will be in attendance to introduce the film and do a Q&A afterwards.
SUNDAY SHOCK THERAPY SUNDAY 7 DECEMBER, Vibe Live, 2-6pm, FREE: To celebrate the publication of the winter issue of Electric Sheep we’ll be screening a double bill of outrageous Icelandic horror movies, the comic book-style vampire comedy Frostbite (2006) and the classic 50s monster movie Terror in the Midnight Sun (1959). For all those desperate to find eccentric, bizarre, funny, enchanting, beautiful and non-mass-produced Christmas presents, we’ll also have an alternative mini-Christmas market with a film books and DVDs stall from Cinéphilia, London Underground Comics, Where It’s At Is Where You Are records, Sophistikitten retro lingerie, and cakes!The first 20 people in get a free copy of the new issue of Electric Sheep! You will also have the possibility of winning a year’s subscription to the magazine! 
RESONANCE FM I'm Ready for My Close-Up, Resonance FM's excellent programme on film and visual culture, is on Thursday nights at 10:30pm and Fridays at 5pm. Check this page for news of Electric Sheep's contributions to the show.ELECTRIC SHEEP PODCASTSInterview with Peter GreenawayInterview with Charles Burns Helen McCarthy discusses Osamu Tezuka Alex Fitch and Tom Humberstone discuss Dark City Xavier Mendik, director of Cine-Excess Alex Fitch and film critic Hannah Patterson discuss Zoo, a documentary that deals with bestiality in a sensitive and intelligent way, after a screening of the film at the Prince Charles on Thursday 12 June 2008. Alex Fitch and Virginie Sélavy discuss La Antena and modern silent movies Marjane Satrapi Winter Podcast, featuring an interview with Rigoberto Castaneda about his film KM31 and an extract from Jessica Fostekew’s performance of the monologue Looking for Sweeney Todd Asif Kapadia London Film Festival shorts programmers Simon Young and Philip Ilson Raindance programmer Suzanne Ballantyne Allan Moyle Sandhya Suri John Maringouin Alejandro JodorowskyMAGAZINE LAUNCH The print version of Electric Sheep magazine re-launched at the ICA bar in London. Click the photo below for more pics. For more information about the print version, see the Electric Sheep magazine page.  |
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