Podcasts about british new wave

John Schlesinger's Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971) is a deeply personal work, presaging New Hollywood while making something neither New Hollywood or the British New Wave would dare. We meet a middle-aged doctor, Daniel, and a 30 something divorced woman, Alex, who are both dating Bob, a young artist who makes them both feel alive even if he's a self-centered jerk most of the time. Like the average non-Lubitsch film about polyamory, this relationship is obviously doomed, but the exploration of Daniel and Alex's emotional journey in their final week with Bob is exquisite. Plus, we get to meet some of the most wonderfully precocious we've ever seen in a Criterion picture.

A special Christmas bonus edition! As part of Goon Pod Film Club - www.patreon.com/GoonPod - every month Tyler and a special guest discuss a British comedy film and in August this year Tim Worthington came to talk about his favourite: Billy Liar from 1963. Here's the full episode for Goon Pod listeners to get a taste. As you'd expect from Tim the conversation takes many twists and turns – as well as analysing the film itself, its themes and ideas, its stars, its production, its position in the pantheon of British New Wave cinema, there are also nods aplenty towards popular culture connected with the film, including Ken Russell, the Four Yorkshiremen sketch and Saint Etienne! Tom Courtenay is the titular Billy Liar, or, more accurately, William Fisher, a grammar school boy on a scholarship from a working class environment who finds himself constantly at odds with distant parents, girlfriends expecting greater commitment, a mocking colleague and a rather foolish boss. He is a provincial dreamer with aspirations to better himself but is somewhat lacking the drive. Prone to lapsing into fantasies in which he is a big wheel in a fictional state called Ambrosia, Billy's doing a job he hates working as a clerk in a funeral directors firm. However, he almost finds a way out of it all,  a chance to escape and spread his wings and soar, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to shake off the cloying ordinariness of his Northern town and leave it all behind. Other films covered on GPFC this year include A Hard Days Night, Carry On Screaming and Guest House Paradiso! For a free 7-day trial of Goon Pod Film Club head over to patreon.com/GoonPod

Our exit today has us wanting to live deliciously and commune with the devil. This week we are talking about two films that depict the Prince of Darkness, Lucifer, albeit in different forms. First, we will talk about Bedazzled, a remake of the Dudley Moore comedy and directed by Harold Ramis. Next, we will talk about Little Nicky, starring Adam Sandler. While one is a modern Faust update, the other is looking at the spawn of Satan trying to save the world and his father. Along the way, we talk about previous versions of the Faust legend, SNL sketches, British New Wave, the Golden Gate Bridge, Hugh Grant's scandals, celebrity cameos, Nosferatu, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, and of course, Harvey Keitel. Article about shutting down the Golden Gate Bridge. Thememusic by Jonworthymusic. Powered by RiversideFM. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠CFF Films⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ with Ross and friends. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Movies We've Covered on the Show⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ on Letterboxd. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Movies Recommended on the Show⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ on Letterboxd.

Send us a textYeerk joins the show once again to talk about the first book in Michael Moorcock's Corum series, The Knight of the Swords.We range across topics such as sword and sorcery, formula, the British New Wave science fiction, and much more.And for more talk about Moorcock, politics in fiction and social media, head on over to https://www.patreon.com/c/GettingLitFollow Yeerk on X: https://x.com/PYeerkSubscribe to Bistro Californium: https://www.patreon.com/c/BistroCalifornium/Support the show

Join @thebuzzknight for this episode with singer, songwriter, musician Howard Jones. Howard had ten multiple hit singles during the 80's second British invasion and has sold over 10 million albums. He is heading out on a North American tour with ABC and Haircut 100 and is celebrating the 40th anniversary of his music career with a new compilation called "Celebrate it together." If you have questions, comments or suggestions share them at buzz@buzzknightmedia.com. Connect with Buzz on Twitter @TheBuzzKnight and Instagram @takinawalkpodcast. Like the show? Leave us a review. ReviewSupport the show: https://takinawalk.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Britain. Fish and chips. Cups of tea. The smell of the theatrical greasepaint, the roar of the football crowd. A diverse nation grappling with its own long, complex history, always with one tongue firmly in cheek. Over the last century, British film has ebbed and flowed, from Ealing comedy to Carry on sauciness, from the British New Wave to Cool Britannia, from Hammer horror to… Hammer horror again. Forget Hollywood - embrace Pinewood. I'm A. J. Black. Author, writer and podcaster, and I love British film. Join me in a celebration of its quirks, its successes, its failure and its unique gems, At the Pictures in Britain… Coming July 5th exclusively on the Film Stories Podcast Network! Subscribe via Spotify, Apple Podcasts or your podcast player of choice, and don't miss the first episode. https://linktr.ee/atthepicturesinbritain Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rita Tushingham burst onto the film scene with her debut role in A Taste Of Honey and established herself as an iconic face of the British New Wave. Ian is joined by film historian Melanie Williams to review three of her early roles. A Taste Of Honey (1961). Directed by Tony Richardson. Written by Shelagh Delaney. Starring Rita Tushingham, Dora Bryan, Robert Stephens, Murray Melvin and Paul Danquah. Girl With Green Eyes (1964). Directed by Desmond Davis. Written by Edna O'Brien. Starring Rita Tushingham, Peter Finch and Lynn Redgrave. The Knack...and How To Get It (1965). Directed by Richard Lester. Written by Charles Wood from the play by Ann Jellicoe. Starring Rita Tushingham, Michael Crawford, Ray Brooks and Donal DonnellyMelanie Williams is Professor of Film and Television Studies at the University of East Anglia. A historian of British cinema, her recent books include a BFI Film Classic on A Taste of Honey (2023), Transformation and Tradition in 1960s British Cinema (with Richard Farmer, Laura Mayne and Duncan Petrie, 2019), and Female Stars of British Cinema: The Women in Question (2017). She is currently writing a book about the British filmmaker Muriel Box.

In this episode, Ralph and Owen journey into the spectral wastes of British film, asking: what went wrong, and what is to be done? Through kitchen sink realism, folk-horror spooks, socially-engaged documentarians, materially-inclined avant-gardism, and more than a handful of oddballs, the situation seems as underwhelming as it was in 1927, when Kenneth Macpherson opined that “it is no good pretending one has any feeling of hope about it”. Ninety-seven years later, is the landscape still as dispiriting – and why did ‘we' never get our own New Wave – and why are we still stuck in the kitchen sink? Through cash, ‘character', class, and capital, there's a lot to unpick. Regardless, the boys do their best to keep the aspidistra flying. Who do they discuss? Who don't they! Anderson, Macpherson, Grierson, Hogg, Keillor, Reisz, Clark, Watkins, Jarman, Brook, Greenaway, Powell & Pressburger, Reed, Lean, Hitchcock, Loach, Leigh. The lot. 00:00:00:00 Intro 00:04:20:04 Early Silent British film 00:05:27:03 Talent leaving Britain for America 00:06:52:14 British documentaries and municipal filmmaking 00:09:09:17 The Studios of the interwar years 00:12:01:16 Powell and Pressburger 00:15:22:14 Class and politics in film 00:17:56:16 Free Cinema movement 00:24:30:13 Woodfall 00:28:15:05 The Third Man 00:30:37:10 60s-70s studio films/Merchant Ivory 00:31:54:13 60s counterculture 00:35:12:00 Folk horror 00:37:04:09 London Filmmakers Coop 00:48:04:15 Playwrights 00:55:27:00 The Paternalism of Social Realism 01:00:11:03 Pedro Costa as a counterpoint to social realism 01:04:16:13 Peter Watkins 01:09:47:05 Lindsay Anderson making an arse of himself 01:10:55:10 Peter Wollen's 1963 essay on the British New Wave 01:13:10:09 Kenneth MacPherson's 1927 article about British film 01:19:02:16 TV's influence in the 70s-80s 01:19:16:09 Alan Clarke 01:23:05:18 Sally Potter 01:30:10:24 Peter Brook 01:31:47:19 90s 01:32:34:21 British art film/essay films 01:37:09:20 00s and 10s 01:40:06:10 Joanna Hogg 01:43:08:18 Borderline (Kenneth Macpherson) 01:48:13:19 Peter Greenaway 01:55:09:09 Top 5 worst tendencies 01:57:31:14 Alternative Top 5 British films 01:59:59:23 Conclusion Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6hdAjXtGPpeQTCcuJ3KNmH?si=Ud_f__90TOSa28tzYPA5GQ Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/muub-tube/id1515030490 Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@returntoformpod

Get intimate with the author of A Kiss Across The Ocean, Richard T. Rodriguez. Chapter by chapter, artist by artist.  Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with a panel of Gen Xers as we explore the connections between British New Wave and US Latinidad.  Subscribe to the show, share and follow on Instagram @thedsidedavido. Also on Threads @thedsidedavido. Email the podcast at TheDSide@mail.com with ideas and/or artists you'd like to see covered. Theme song, Armchair Astronaut, composed, produced, performed by Anthony J. Resta.

Nina Sosanya has been a regular presence on TV screens since the nineties, quite often portraying hard-working and so seen as “difficult” women, including Jenny in Teachers and now Leigh in Screw. Screw is back for season two, so our Hannah took the chance to get Nina on the Zoom to chat about, well, being on the Zoom, putting the prison uniform back on, those ‘difficult' women and the strikes in America.Jen's chatting to Dr Friederike Otto, senior lecturer in climate science, about climate change and angry weather – which, coincidentally, is also the name of her new book. And in Jenny Off the Blocks, Jen's rightly raging about Rubiales while also redressing the balance.And in Rated or Dated, the team visits a time capsule set in the north (so, spoiler, Mick's delighted), as we watch Sir Tom Courtenay deliver performance magic in 1963 British New Wave classic, Billy Liar.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/standardissuespodcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When you're drawing people in a webcomic one of the common ways to indicate gender is by outfits, but why are clothes gendered at all and is that a constant? Gendered clothing clothing is influenced by many things like fashion, history, custom, occupation, class, culture, and religion, and much less so practicality or biology, contrary to popular belief. All these things have gendered components that have an influence on the clothes people wear and the way they present themselves. There are no constants in gendered clothing, the idea that men have short hair and wear trousers and women have long hair and wear dresses for example was thought to be a constant in the 20th century but that was utter nonsense since even IN the 20th century there were plenty of examples of people doing the opposite with mainstream styles all over the world, let alone all throughout history. What we associate with “masculine styles” and “Feminine styles” are also a nonsense because that always changes and is different all over the world, it only applies here and now. People LOVE to rationalise based on current styles and pretend it applies more universally but that's just foolish to anyone who looks at world history. For example the current “masculine” style is for men to be drab, dull and modest in their styles, with clothes that are only dark, bulky and hide the shape of the form, but we know from little more than 150 years ago this was strikingly different, and 200, 250, and 300 years ago it was even more striking! But we don't have to look that far back for an example! There's the modern myth of the “hair band”. The term is now used to describe flashy heavy rock bands from the 1980s in order to separate them from other musical styles and create the myth that they were unusual. While the truth is far more interesting: “hair band” was a term used at the time to describe British “New Wave” bands like Flock of Seagulls who mainly liked short hair with a long fringe over the eyes. In the 1980s Heavy Metal took over as one of the most popular commercial music styles and this was completely driven by bands that had flashy “glam” stage clothes (the name comes from 1970s glam rock, a different genre). Their popularity influenced all other rock bands. Contrary to modern belief, all rock bands dressed in flashy glam clothes, most especially every single heavy metal band, and all had long hair almost without exception. They were never “hair bands” because ALL metal bands looked like that. The modern myth is simply driven by our need to rationalise what we see now and somehow apply it to history. We do the same thing when we look back at the long haired men with their high heels and gold capes from the past and question their sexuality, while characters like Buffalo Bill Cody who were the epitome of American masculinity commonly wore thigh high leather boots, leather outfits with fringes, long wavy hair, and a slouch hat! Women in the past have never been limited only to dresses and skirts, there have always been examples of them wearing trousers throughout history. Even gender neutral clothing is nothing at all new: a famous version was the proposed simple suit consisting of a black jacket and trousers for men and women just after the French revolution! Ironically all of us in the Quackcast have designed our characters with heavily gendered outfits! How do you go with gendered fashions? This week Gunwallace has given us a theme inspired by Eye Hand Voice - A miles high wall of sound that snakes over the landscape and reaches up to the heavens! Gunwallace builds this tune brick by brick till it blocks out the sun, it's a mighty effort. Layered with scythe sounds and a driving beat Topics and shownotes Links Special thanks to - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/Soushiyo/ -For the addition of then new “other gender” part of our sign up forms. Some inspiration from Tantz's newspost - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/news/2023/aug/18/gender-toxicity/ Featured comic: Masks Comic - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/news/2023/aug/15/featured-comic-masks-comic/ Featured music: Eye Hand Voice - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Eye_Hand_Voice - by Kalamitycomics, rated M.. Special thanks to: Gunwallace - http://www.virtuallycomics.com Ozoneocean - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/ozoneocean Tantz Aerine - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/Tantz_Aerine/ Banes - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/Banes/ VIDEO exclusive! Become a subscriber on the $5 level and up to see our weekly Patreon video and get our advertising perks! - https://www.patreon.com/DrunkDuck Even at $1 you get your name with a link on the front page and a mention in the weekend newsposts! Join us on Discord - https://discordapp.com/invite/7NpJ8GS Duc Francis d'Quackarto XIV, ancestor of The Drunk Duck

Matt Belenky returns for another Carlee-less episode to discuss Steven Soderbergh's technical tour-de-force 'The Limey'. It's both a whip-smart, crackling crime film showcasing Steven Soderbergh at the height of his power and a mesmerizing, patiently observed rumination on memory, loss, and legacy.We discuss the metatextual significance of leads Terence Stamp and Peter Fonda as mutual elegies for the British New Wave and the American films of the New Hollywood era, the film's brilliantly evocative formal techniques, and Steven Soderbergh's singular position as a prolific auteur in our current era of haphazard regurgitation.Follow Matt Belenky on Twitter.Get access to all of our premium episodes and bonus content by becoming a Hit Factory Patron for just $5/month.....Our theme song is "Mirror" by Chris Fish. 

Melanie Williams is Professor in Film and Television Studies at the University of East Anglia, UK. A specialist in British cinema, her publications in this area include British Women's Cinema (2009), Ealing Revisited (BFI, 2012), David Lean (2014), Female Stars of British Cinema: The Women in Question (2017) and Transformation and Tradition in 1960s British Cinema (2019).A Taste of Honey (1961) is a landmark in British cinema history. In this book, Melanie Williams explores the many, extraordinary ways in which it was trailblazing. It is the only film of the British New Wave canon to have been written by a woman – Shelagh Delaney, adapting her own groundbreaking stage play. At the behest of director Tony Richardson and his company, Woodfall, it was one of the first films to be made entirely on location, and was shot in an innovative, rough, poetic style by cinematographer Walter Lassally. It was also the launchpad for a new type of young female star in Rita Tushingham.Tushingham plays the young heroine, Jo, who finds she is pregnant after her love affair with Jimmy (Paul Danquah), a Black sailor. When Jimmy's ship sails away, Jo is comforted and supported by her gay friend Geoff (Murray Melvin), while her unreliable mother, Helen (Dora Bryan), has her own life to lead. Candid in its treatment of matters of gender, class, ethnicity, sexuality and motherhood, and highly distinctive in its evocation of place and landscape, A Taste of Honey marked the advent of new possibilities for the telling of working-class stories in British cinema. As such, its rich but complex legacy endures to this day.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/writers-on-film. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this solo episode, Carl looks at the general context surrounding the British New Wave movement of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Tune in again later this week for an episode focusing on the film A Taste of Honey... Host & Editor: Carl Sweeney Twitter: @MoviePalacePod Facebook: facebook.com/MoviePalacePod Instagram: moviepalacepodcast We Made This on Twitter: @we_madethis www.wemadethisnetwork.com Music: Golden Memories (composer: Magnus Ringblom) via epidemicsound.com

The Worthy squire boys pull up their tights to join a hunt in the English countryside as we're discussing Tony Richardson's Tom Jones. The film is based on the adaptation of Henry Fielding's classic 1749 novel The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, and stars Albert Finney as the titular hero. Tom Jones is one of the few comedies to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards so Ben and Jon try to dissect why this film was adored at the time and how it's become forgotten over time.    We discuss the unique look and style of the film and how Richardson used some of the technical elements of the British New Wave in this wacky British comedy. Tom Jones is one of only nine films in all of cinema history that have been nominated for five Oscars for their performances and we ask the question of whether this is a sign as to why the film is not often spoken of. Come join us with beers a plenty, roast chicken dinners, and numerous lovers to discuss Tom Jones!    Is Tom Jones worthy of the Best Picture award of 1963? Tell us how we're wrong at worthysubmissions@gmail.com

Kicking off a three parter, Mary takes us through the Gothic origins of Heavy Metal - uncovering the genre's spooky, occult, and camp foundations in the 60s and 70s and then some of its later Gothic developments in the 80s with British New Wave and Glam Metal. This is the first in a 3 part series exploring the Gothic history of Heavy Metal - so settle in and join us as we delve into iconic Metal bands such as Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, and Twisted Sister. Links and treats: Watch our 'But is it Gothic?' episodes on Crossroads featuring a discussion of Blues music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pybt0kxKpwE&ab_channel=TheGhoulGuides Watch a trailer for Netflix's METAL LORDS (2022) here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzAAtZx6xzk&ab_channel=Netflix Songs mentioned in the video Black Sabbath, 'Black Sabbath': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lVdMbUx1_k&ab_channel=BlackSabbath Ozzy Osborne, 'Patient Number 9': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_6DfxA6LiI&ab_channel=OzzyOsbourneVEVO Judas Priest, 'A Touch of Evil': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PW-6FKFnHx8&ab_channel=JudasPriestVEVO Iron Maiden, 'The Number of the Beast': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxnN05vOuSM&ab_channel=IronMaiden

Label: Sire 29775Year: 1983Condition: MLast Price: $15.00. Not currently available for sale."Melt" is one of the quintessential recordings of the early 1980s British New Wave. Though it failed to get much airplay here when first released, it had a second life in 1990 when re-released on the TVT label. Have a listen to the mp3 "snippet" to hear it. By the way, this release has a specially edited version of a 4:10 album track. Note: This copy has light storage wear that lowers the Label grade to Near Mint. The wax and audio are pristine.

In April of 1980 Iron Maiden released their debut studio album. Recorded at Kingsway Studio the previous December, the album is a shot across the bow for heavy music. With breakneck speeds, ferocious riffs, anthemic melodies, and the dulcet tones of original singer Paul Di'Anno, the album heralded the arrival of The British New Wave of Heavy Metal. Let's talk Iron Maiden, Iron Maiden!

No dip into film history would be complete without a swim through New Wave. A movement born in France in the 1950s within the pages of the magazine Cahiers du Cinema – New Wave began when a group of adventurous film critics tried their hands at tearing down old concepts of film grammar and subjects and replacing them with kinetic, symbolic, and abstract examinations of social alienation, psychopathology, and sex! The French New Wave quickly (and, at times, not so quickly in some countries) caught on in countries across the globe, and filmmakers in dozens of countries took on the same revolutionary charge that began in France. This episode, Corey chose The Entertainer (1960), adapted by John Osborne from his play and starring Laurence Olivier who originated the title character. The British New Wave is quite different from pretty much every other country's, and Paul and Corey discuss why this may be the case and why The Entertainer perfectly encapsulates this theory. There's so much to discuss: music hall, peeing next to Laurence Olivier, and the Suez Crisis/Second Arab-Israeli War/Tripartite Aggression/Sinai War! This Month's Theme: New Wave This Episode's Focus: The Entertainer (1960)

An interview with legendary author J. G. Ballard (1930-2009), conducted for KPFA's Probabilities radio program on May 8, 1988, digitized and re-edited in 2016 by Richard Wolinsky. This encore podcast was originally posted on May 13, 2016. J. G. Ballard, who died in 2009 at the age of 78, was one of the greatest of all British speculative fiction writers, and one of the major writers of the period known as the British New Wave. In novels such as The Crystal World and The Drowned World, and in short story collections like Vermillion Sands, he dissected our present world through looking at disaster scenarios. Two of his novels became well-known films. Crash was directed in 1996 by David Cronenberg, and his fictionalized memoir Empire of the Sun, was turned into a film by Steven Spielberg, introducing a young actor named Christian Bale. A filmed version of High Rise, starring Tom Hiddleston and Jeremy Irons, was just released. On May 8th, 1988, the Probabilities crew (Lawrence Davidson, Richard A. Lupoff and Richard Wolinsky) had a chance to sit down with J. G. Ballard while he was on tour for his novel, The Day of Creation. It turned into a fascinating career retrospective.       The post J.G. Ballard (1930-2009), 1988 appeared first on KPFA.

“Rebel Yell” by Billy Idol is now a classic for good reason. It showcases his unique ability to put a hard edge on a pop song, and it was one of the reasons his 1983 Rebel Yell album went double platinum. His success paved the way for a mainstream embrace of the aesthetics of punk rock, heralding a turning point in 1980's music at large. One listen to this song and you want more more more…dig in to the story behind it in the new episode of the Behind The Song podcast. Watch the video episode and subscribe to the Behind The Song Youtube channel: https://bit.ly/2DBF4wJ

Director, producer, screenwriter, film critic. Tony Richardson (1928-1991) held every one of these distinctions over his long and prolific career, but he's best remembered as a leading figure of the Free Cinema and British New Wave movements, which produced many great filmmakers and shed light on the plight of England's post-war working class in the late 50s and early 60s. His films Look Back in Anger, The Entertainer, A Taste of Honey, and The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner helped define this era of "kitchen sink" realism, their shared cynical, bleak tone lamenting Britain's decline from an industrialized Western powerhouse to a shell of its former self. We'll revisit these beloved films, Richardson's tumultuous marriage to the great Vanessa Redgrave, his role in the prison break of a former British spy, and more in today's episode. Listen, subscribe, and comment on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Google Podcasts, and don't forget to stay up to date with the show by following on Instagram @closedsetpodcast. Kisses many.

The Boys check out British New Wave artist Thomas Dolby.

The Boys check out British New Wave artist Thomas Dolby.

This week, we revisit the life and work of the great Czech-British filmmaker Karel Reisz (1926-2002). A seminal figure of England's Free Cinema movement and the British New Wave, Reisz announced his arrival with the 1960 "kitchen sink" classic Saturday Night and Sunday Morning before directing memorable films like Morgan - A Suitable Case for Treatment, Isadora, The Gambler, and The French Lieutenant's Woman. Join us as we celebrate the work of a reserved and unassuming man who deftly examined some of the darker sides of human behaviour. Kisses many.

An interview with legendary author J. G. Ballard (1930-2009), conducted for KPFA's Probabilities radio program in 1988, digitized and re-edited in 2016 by Richard Wolinsky. This podcast was previously posted on May 13, 2016. J. G. Ballard, who died in 2009 at the age of 78, was one of the greatest of all British speculative fiction writers, and one of the major writers of the period known as the British New Wave. In novels such as The Crystal World and The Drowned World, and in short story collections like Vermillion Sands, he dissected our present world through looking at disaster scenarios. Two of his novels became well-known films. Crash was directed in 1996 by David Cronenberg, and his fictionalized memoir Empire of the Sun, was turned into a film by Steven Spielberg, introducing a young actor named Christian Bale. A filmed version of High Rise, starring Tom Hiddleston and Jeremy Irons, is now streaming via an Amazon Prime subscription. On May 8th, 1988, the Probabilities crew (Lawrence Davidson, Richard A. Lupoff and Richard Wolinsky) had a chance to sit down with J. G. Ballard while he was on tour for his novel, The Day of Creation. It turned into a fascinating career retrospective.     The post The Probabilities Archive: J.G. Ballard (1930-2009), 1988 appeared first on KPFA.

Town Square with Ernie Manouse airs at 3 p.m. CT. Tune in on 88.7FM, listen online or subscribe to the podcast. Join the discussion at 888-486-9677, questions@townsquaretalk.org or @townsquaretalk. 40 years ago, British New Wave band Classix Nouveaux, pioneers of the New Romantics movement, released their first album, Night People (later released in U.S. as Classix Nouveaux).  40 years later, the band (BP, Sal, Mik & Gary) reunites to put out their first new music in 37 years.  The song is "Inside Outside," a fresh recording of a track from that first album.   Founding member, and lead singer, Sal Solo, sits down with Classix fan Ernie Manouse, to explain how this reunion happened, what it was like working together again, how their fan base continues to grow, and if there may be more new music to come. Town Square with Ernie Manouse is a gathering space for the community to come together and discuss the day's most important and pressing issues. Audio from today's show will be available after 5 p.m. CT. We also offer a free podcast here, on iTunes, and other apps.

Show Description  Our guest this week is Maya Enista Smith, Executive Director of Born This Way Foundation, which was co-founded by Lady Gaga and her mother, Cynthia Germanotta, to support the mental health of young people and work with them to create a kinder and braver world. In the intro, we bring back the “interpret my dream segment” with a dream submission from Lindsay. Mac and David share about art and culture experiences from their youth that affirmed their identity. Mac shares about Milwaukee based-orgs doing similar work to Born This Way Foundation. Maya joins at 19:09. She shares her arts and culture origin story and love of storytelling (22:15); finding moments for daydreaming and enchantment, and finding inspiration in watching talent, passion, and purpose at Lady Gaga’s level (25:10); what it’s like to have Lady Gaga invite you to be part of her team (26:40); creating fun partnerships with Starbucks, Deloitte, and young people (30:17); how to have a conversation around KPIs with things as unique and personal as kindness, love, and mental health (34:00); adjusting to meet the mental health challenge of the pandemic (38:10); and favorite examples of fostering inclusion through arts and culture (43:25).   Bonus to close us out: Mac’s interpret my dream (55:37).  Audio Transitions: “https://open.spotify.com/track/40R0ql4akCiU2kEmKTREVp?si=da6509a6a94843b1 (Lovely Child)” by VUCA (featuring Barbara Stephan and Dave Olson)  Plugs:  Maya Enista Smith / Twitter: @MEnista  https://bornthisway.foundation/ (Born this Way Foundation)  https://www.channelkindness.org/ (Channel Kindness)  https://www.facebook.com/bornthiswayfoundation (Facebook)  https://twitter.com/btwfoundation (Twitter)  https://www.instagram.com/btwfoundation/ (Instagram ) S222 Episode Ephemera:  https://independentsector.org/programs/ngen/ngenfellows/ (NGen Fellowship (where are the pre-2014 classes???!))  https://www.imaginemke.org/art-stories/414ward.php (414 (New) Day)  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_wave_music (British New Wave)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx5lkGS4w30 (Big Trouble in Little China)  https://www.instagram.com/p/CNkq34rlDRS/ (Barbershop Real Talk)  http://pearlsforteengirls.com/ (PEARLS for Teen Girls)   https://jack.org/Home (Jack.org)  https://www.project150.org/ (Project 150 in Las Vegas)   https://www.exploringthearts.org/ (Exploring the Arts)  https://www.movethisworld.com/ (Move this World)  Support this podcast

Show Description  Our guest this week is Maya Enista Smith, Executive Director of Born This Way Foundation, which was co-founded by Lady Gaga and her mother, Cynthia Germanotta, to support the mental health of young people and work with them to create a kinder and braver world. In the intro, we bring back the “interpret my dream segment” with a dream submission from Lindsay. Mac and David share about art and culture experiences from their youth that affirmed their identity. Mac shares about Milwaukee based-orgs doing similar work to Born This Way Foundation. Maya joins at 19:09. She shares her arts and culture origin story and love of storytelling (22:15); finding moments for daydreaming and enchantment, and finding inspiration in watching talent, passion, and purpose at Lady Gaga's level (25:10); what it's like to have Lady Gaga invite you to be part of her team (26:40); creating fun partnerships with Starbucks, Deloitte, and young people (30:17); how to have a conversation around KPIs with things as unique and personal as kindness, love, and mental health (34:00); adjusting to meet the mental health challenge of the pandemic (38:10); and favorite examples of fostering inclusion through arts and culture (43:25).   Bonus to close us out: Mac's interpret my dream (55:37).  Audio Transitions: “https://open.spotify.com/track/40R0ql4akCiU2kEmKTREVp?si=da6509a6a94843b1 (Lovely Child)” by VUCA (featuring Barbara Stephan and Dave Olson)  Plugs:  Maya Enista Smith / Twitter: @MEnista  https://bornthisway.foundation/ (Born this Way Foundation)  https://www.channelkindness.org/ (Channel Kindness)  https://www.facebook.com/bornthiswayfoundation (Facebook)  https://twitter.com/btwfoundation (Twitter)  https://www.instagram.com/btwfoundation/ (Instagram ) S222 Episode Ephemera:  https://independentsector.org/programs/ngen/ngenfellows/ (NGen Fellowship (where are the pre-2014 classes???!))  https://www.imaginemke.org/art-stories/414ward.php (414 (New) Day)  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_wave_music (British New Wave)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx5lkGS4w30 (Big Trouble in Little China)  https://www.instagram.com/p/CNkq34rlDRS/ (Barbershop Real Talk)  http://pearlsforteengirls.com/ (PEARLS for Teen Girls)   https://jack.org/Home (Jack.org)  https://www.project150.org/ (Project 150 in Las Vegas)   https://www.exploringthearts.org/ (Exploring the Arts)  https://www.movethisworld.com/ (Move this World)  Support this podcast

Bri*ish "People". Is that what this movie is really trying to tell us? We're not sure, and we're not sure that our discussion can figure that out either. Anyhow, it's a fun time to really dive deep into whatever British New Wave nonsense Tony Richardson made. We'll be going on a little break for our regular Quest for the Bestest programming for a couple weeks as the Oscar nominees are out! Stay tuned to hear our thoughts on each of them as well as a ranking and predictions before the big night! You can find more of our content on YouTube and Twitter @backlogbanter. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

We're back after another unplanned hiatus, thank the gods! And what better way to come back than talking about a couple of movies that have fresh starts in common.First up is Lauren's choice - the 1996 comedy starring Bette Middle, Diane Keaton and Goldie Hawn, The First Wives Club. Then we take a trip back in time with a slice of British New Wave cinema as Jordan chooses the John Schlesinger classic, Billy Liar.Subscribe, listen and enjoy!

Nach der British New Wave, die basierend auf dem Dokumentar-Gestus der Generation Ken Loach möglichst viel Realismuseffekt setzen will, folgt auch in England die radikale Gegenwehr der Nachfolgegeneration. Da es außerhalb des TV kaum Möglichkeiten gibt, das Filmen zu lernen, setzen sich nun junge Regisseure aus der Welt des Werbefilms durch: die beiden Scott-Brüder, Adrian Lyne und eben Alan Parker, der leider vor kurzem verstorben ist: Kino soll effektvoll sein, ästhetisch, spannend und Publikums-nah. Parker setzt dies in MIDNIGHT EXPRESS meisterhaft um, versetzt uns effektvoll und visuell atemberaubend in die Welt seines durchaus unsympathischen Protagonisten, dem wir mit viel Willen zur Subjektivierung in ein türkisches Gefängnis folgen. Dabei sind Parker alle Mittel recht: es soll „knallen“ (Zitat nach Dr. Ecke). Er legt effektiv Machtkonstruktionen offen, macht diese fühlbar, täuscht Genre-Strukturen an, um sie uns dann wieder zu verwehren, sodass wir uns neu zum Schicksal seines Gefangenen positionieren müssen, der alle Kontrolle über seine Individualität entzogen bekommt. Ein wichtiges Mittel ist dabei der Bezug zum Gothic, den Parker immer weiter ausbaut, wobei er sich damit Elemente reinholt, die besser im 19. Jahrhundert geblieben wären: Exotismus, Ekel vor dem Anderen, Körper als Nachweis des Bösen, alles Aspekte, die wir heute nur schwer ertragen können und die auch Rassismus als Lesart erlauben, wobei dies mehr naiver Unfall, denn wirklich eingeschriebener Wille das Macher ist. Denn dies wurde erst Ende der 70er Jahre wirklich als Problem in der kulturellen Elite und Philosophie identifiziert. Der Film, eigentlich in seinen Techniken seiner Zeit weit voraus, wirkt deshalb wie aus einer anderen Welt, und verlangt von uns, ihn auf verschiedenen Ebenen zu sehen: als Film mit problematischen Aspekten in der modernen Lesart, aber auch als das, was er in seiner Zeit sein will: ein dezidiert links-liberales Pamphlet gegen Freiheitsbeschränkungen im Mantel des effekthaften, Publikums-zugewandten Kinos.

Today's guest is the Emmy nominated, Grammy-winning uber music supervisor Steven Gizicki. He talks about what working closely with the likes of David Bowie, Lenny Kravitz, Tina Turner, The Rolling Stones, and Smashing Pumpkins was like. He also speaks to learning musical storytelling through his work at Disney and Lucasfilm, his incredible experience working with Marius De Vries, Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone on La La Land as well as his recent projects with Lin-Manuel Miranda. Before we start, we'd like to take a minute to pay our respects to the genius Ennio Morricone: Once Upon A Time In The West, The Good The Bad And The Ugly, and Oscar winner for The Hateful Eight.   Key Takeaways [2:10] Nick welcomes uber film music supervisor Steven Gizicki and asks him to give his take on the current state of the industry and how restarting has affected him and his ongoing projects. [6:24] Detroit-raised San Diego and L.A. resident Steven touches on his childhood and youth musical influences, from his uncles' bedroom: Iggy Pop to British New Wave. [13:40] While he did work with Smashing Pumpkins, Lenny Kravitz, Rolling Stones, Tina Turner, Steven shares the special/surreal/insane story of working closely with David Bowie. [20:00] Steven talks about what drove him from working with superstars to wanting to reach for more, creatively and personally, and how living like an artist eventually led to the path he is on today. [28:06] Lucasfilm came about at the most opportune time. Steven shares his experience on Strange Magic as well as the wonderful mentorship he received from George Lucas. [35:15] Steven shares his experience working with Marius de Vries, Damian Chazelle, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, and the entire crew of La La Land. [46:50] So, while we're on the subject of La La Land: what's it like being on stage at the Oscars for such a weird moment? [49:29] Steven talks about being nominated for an Emmy and working with Lin-Manuel Miranda on Tick, Tick… Boom. [1:01:08] Nick thanks his guest for sharing so much of his story and experience and signs off until next week.   Thanks for listening! Don't forget to subscribe wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts and tune in next week.   Find out more about today's guest, Steven Gizicki Find out more about your host, Nick Terzo Mentioned in this episode   Projects Strange Magic La La Land Fosse/Verdon Tick, Tick... Boom In The Heights   People David Bowie @LennyKravitz @RollingStones @LoveTinaTurner @SmashingPumpkin @GeorgeLucasILM @MariusDeVries @DamianChazelle @RyanGosling @StoneEmma @Lin_Manuel   Places Virgin records Disney Lucasfilm

Our last episode dealing with the British New Wave movement of the 1970's is focused on The Boomtown Rats and their 1978 album "A Tonic for the Troops". Now they are most certainly Irish and not British but technicalities are not going to stop us from showcasing this great band.

In this our second episode that looks at the British New Wave movement of the late 1970's we review the 1977 debut album of The Stranglers "Rattus Norvegicus" and discuss how punk and new wave were sometimes very hard to seperate.

In the first installment of our three episode look into the British New Wave movement of the late '70s we review the second album by Elvis Costello "This Year's Model" and also discuss the scene in Britain that his music came from.

With Francine Stock This week's lockdown choice is not a movie, but a whole movement, the British New Wave. Francine picks four kitchen sink classics - Saturday Night And Sunday Morning, A Taste Of Honey, The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner and Billy Liar - for listeners to watch this week. And she hears from the stars of the New Wave - Sir Tom Courtenay, Shirley Anne Field and Murray Melvin.

In this bonus episode, we share a compilation of the highlights of The Lonely Arts Club, series one. As we listen to tales from the Director of Flash Gordon, Mike Hodges, hear fond memories from star of stage & screen, Rita Tushingham & learn about the world of journalism & broadcasting with Paddy Hoey, we reflect on what a diverse & extraordinary range of guests we've welcomed onto our first series. Listen to our 'Best of Series One' episode, giving you snippets from each of our guests:Artistic Director (Liverpool Everyman Playhouse) - Gemma Bodinetz. After studying at Trinity College, we hear all about how Gemma - along with her confidence - was recognised by some of the best in the business like Max Stafford-Clark and Harold Pinter.  Artist, Musician & Photographer - Mike (McGear) McCartney. Mike treats us to some fascinating stories that he recalls from growing up in Liverpool. As a former member of music trio, Scaffold, we hear tales of the serendipitous moments that made up his career. Creative, Cultural & Digital Economy Strategist - Jo Wright. As the creative & cultural sector slips further down the list of priorities for the country, we often wonder what the future holds for the creative economy & many look to professionals like Jo for advice.Actress - Rita Tushingham. Born & raised in Liverpool, Rita became the first significant female face of the British New Wave in Cinema. Starring in films such as ‘A Taste of Honey' & ‘The Knack', Rita shares how her career was shaped by being cast in controversial roles. Journalist, Broadcaster & Expert in Media Activism - Paddy Hoey. Paddy speaks about growing up in Northern Ireland & how his path has brought him to Liverpool. Paddy also shares his views on what role the media has in today's society and the drastic changes that the industry has seen over the last twenty years. Arts Professional - Angela Samata. Angela's career has taken her down many pathways, including presenting the BBC1 BAFTA nominated Best Factual TV documentary Life After Suicide. Angela shares the intimate story of how her life was turned upside down when she unexpectedly lost a loved one through suicide. Please note, some listeners may find this episode upsetting.CEO of FACT, Liverpool - Nicola Triscott. Hear about Nicola's journey to become the ‘boss of FACT' following her success in establishing & developing Arts Catalyst. Nicola shares what it means to run an arts organisation in a city like Liverpool & how she'd like it to continue making an impact on Merseyside & its young people.Film Director & Bass Player of The Farm - Carl Hunter. Following the release of Carl's first feature film in 2019, Sometimes Always Never, we hear about what it was like to work with Bill Nighy & Jenny Agutter. Conversation revolves around all of Carl's favourite topics; film, music, design, fitness & homemade soup.Director of Tate Liverpool - Helen Legg. Helen gives listeners an insight into how completing an MA in History of Art was the gateway to developing a successful career as an arts professional. Helen speaks of the fondness she has for Liverpool & shares her thoughts on how the creative industry can continue to thrive in the city.Film Director - Mike Hodges. Best known for shooting films such as Get Carter & Flash Gordon, Mike joins us for the final episode in series one of The Lonely Arts Club to share some fascinating stories of the highs & lows of his career in TV and film. We come to know about Mike's journey into the business as he tells hilarious tales of his first time in America, falling out with film producers & the horrors of live television.

The Monochrome Set has under the leadership of Bid released 15 albums of eccentric British pop since 1980, and he’s had another nine as Scartlet’s Well. His songs often employ a ’60s dance vibe, literary lyrics, and a try-anything approach to arrangements. We discuss “Eux Tous” from Fabula Mendax (2019), “Walking with the Beast” from Dante’s Casino (1990), “Adeste Fidelis” Continue Reading …

The Monochrome Set has under the leadership of Bid released 15 albums of eccentric British pop since 1980, and he's had another nine as Scartlet's Well. His songs often employ a '60s dance vibe, literary lyrics, and a try-anything approach to arrangements. We discuss "Eux Tous" from Fabula Mendax (2019), "Walking with the Beast" from Dante's Casino (1990), "Adeste Fidelis" from Love Zombies (1980), and conclude listening to the title track of Spaces Everywhere (2015). Intro: "Eine Symphonie Des Grauens" (a 1979 single). For more, see themonochromeset.co.uk. Hear more Nakedly Examined Music. Like our Facebook page. Support us on Patreon to get the ad-free feed. Sponsor: Visit masterclass.com/EXAMINED for 15% off a MasterClass All-Access Pass.

This week on The Lonely Arts Club, we're joined by iconic actress, Rita Tushingham. Born and raised in Liverpool, Rita became the first significant female face of the British New Wave in cinema. Starring in films such as 'A Taste of Honey', 'Girl with Green Eyes' and 'The Knack', Rita shares stories of where her journey into acting began at the age of just seventeen and how her career was shaped by often being cast in rather controversial roles. 

In this week's Goodie, Nadeem recommends the 1963 classic British New Wave movie 'Billy Liar'. A really inspirational and heart warming and lovely little film, 'Billy Liar' centres around young Billy Fisher, a lad who feels stifled in his humdrum Yorkshire life. To escape from this mundane day-to-day grind, Billy fantasizes constantly, and lies a lot, and sort-of two-times two very different women. A really nice movie for anyone who ever feels like they aren't living up to their potential in life. So that's ALL OF US, I say, ALL OF US!

In the early ‘80s, two teenage siblings in London recorded an album that fused Pakistani pop and British New Wave. It became a perfect harmony of the two worlds they lived in. This is the story behind their lost masterpiece.

Episode 16 aired on Mix 93.8 FM at midnight on 19 April 2019.  As always it's warts and all with TSORR Radio Show, no editing, it goes out as it happens.  Ep 16 featured an eclectic mix of Metal, Rock and some British New Wave.  As usual there are some great South African bands in the mix, we had heavy and light and all shades in between, its a great slice of Rock Music over the last 53 years. In The Flesh off Pink Floyd's masterpiece The Wall certainly bought the WhatsApp line to life.Bands featured included Iron Maiden, Rush, Thunder, Pink Floyd, Pantera, Bruce Springsteen, Dio, Sammy Hagar, Springbok Nude Girls, Megadeth, Hanoi Rocks, The Rolling Stones, Thin Lizzy, Judas Priest, Ryan Adams, The Police, In Flames, Joe Jackson, 12th Avenue & The Mayfield Four

The Classic Album Clash returns, and this time it’s Iron Maiden’s “The Number Of The Beast” versus “Powerslave!”  And the expert panel assembled to debate the merits of both albums and their respective songs includes Lizzy Borden, Metal Blade Record founder Brian Slagel, and Red Solo Cup Geoff (who manages to stay awake this time).  They share Maiden introduction stories, first concerts, first meets with various band members, lots of great trivia, Eddie tales, info on the British New Wave of Heavy Metal scene, and of course their favorite picks for songs and ultimately album! Thanks for supporting TIJ sponsors: Indeed, O'Reilly Auto Parts, and DDPYoga!

New Versions from: Depeche Mode - Duran Duran - Spandau Ballet Tears for Fears - The Cure & U2

1968 war die westliche Welt noch auf Revolution gepolt, aber der britische Regisseur Lindsay Anderson war schon einen Schritt weiter (oder schon so desillusioniert wie alle anderen es erst in den 70ern wurden). Anderson hatte seine Sturm und Drang-Phase bereits ein Jahrzehnt zuvor, als Dokumentarfilmer für das Free Cinema und später in der Peripherie der British New Wave. Sein IF...., einer der wichtigsten britischen Filme der 60er Jahre, wirkt ein Jahrzehnt nach der Aufbruchsstimmung der neuen Wellen fast schon wie ein bösartiger Kommentar auf die Idee des Umsturzes an sich: Malcolm McDowell spielt hier Travis, Schüler an einer maximal poschen Public School, traditionell nur dem englischen Establishment vorbehalten. Travis rebelliert gegen den Muff und die mal soziale, mal konkret körperliche Gewalt an der Schule, aber nicht auf politisch reflektierte Art, sondern zynisch, narzisstisch, voll düster-romantischer Todessehnsucht, gar nicht so weit von faschistischen Idealen entfernt. Wir reden darüber, wie Anderson diese Rebellion inszeniert: anfangs veristisch und direkt wie eine Free Cinema-Doku – aber bald gleitet IF…. in eine perfide Unzuverlässigkeit ab.

Mark Eltringham is an author, commentator, speaker and the publisher of Workplace Insight, the UK's most widely read publication dedicated to the design and management of workplaces. Mike Petrusky is excited to talk to Mark about British music, which leads to a discussion about bands from the early days of new wave in Liverpool, including Echo & The Bunnymen. The evolution of music serves as a metaphor which leads to a conversation about the history of the workplace where Mark shares his perspective on some of the founding thought leaders in our modern workplace industry. Mike asks about today’s workplace and Mark references a recent report from Andrew Mawson of AWA, Kate Lister of Global Workplace Analytics and Haworth while also sharing some research provided by Leesman Index. Mike & Mark talk about the blurring of the lines and need for collaboration across departments inside organizations, the relationship between facilities management and workplace as a whole, while also discussing the controversy in the UK about the future of the FM sector. This episode provides many insights on marketplace trends, the evolution of design, and information to help you keep up with the fast-moving workplace of today. Connect with Mark on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-eltringham-2071804/ Visit Workplace Insight: http://workplaceinsight.net/ Register for our next live webinar “A Roadmap to How FMs Can Deliver ROI Through Workplace Experience with Peter Ankerstjerne”: https://www.iofficecorp.com/webinar-a-roadmap-how-fms-can-deliver-roi-through-workplace-experience Follow the “Workplace Innovator” on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1ZFw7OskRWuErzpeGngJB4?si=vUop9rrMRBe81B5tq6XNPA Connect with Mike on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikepetrusky/ Share your thoughts with Mike via email: podcast@iOFFICECORP.com Learn more about iOFFICE’s workplace experience solutions: https://www.iOFFICECORP.com/  

Roman Polanskis zweiter Langspielfilm führt uns schon aus seiner Heimat Polen heraus mitten in die Swinging-Sixties Londons. Dort fängt er gleich mit seinem perfiden Spiel mit am Zuschauer an, das ihn als Regisseur berühmt und berüchtigt werden ließ. Wir beginnen irgendwo zwischen Kitchen Sink-Drama der British New Wave und Ästhetik der Nouvelle Vague, erarbeiten uns als Zuschauer darauf eine Art psychologische Erklärungslogik der von der jungen Catherine Deneuve grandios verkörperten Hauptfigur Carol und landen am Ende in einer extremen, das Subjektive aufs Äußerste instrumentalisierende Neukonfiguration des Horrorfilms. Themen unseres Gesprächs sind zudem das Drehbuch von Polanski und Coautor Gérard Brach, die Rolle der Swinging Sixties als kritisierter und perfide ausgestellter Konsumerismus und die Darstellung des Subjektiven durch Kamera-Genie Gilbert Taylor.

Matthew Sweet talks to the painter, Maggi Hambling about Cedric Morris one of British art's lost masters and with Joely Richardson and Melanie Williams, evaluates the impact and legacy of Woodfall Flims - the company that gave Albert Finney, Tom Courtenay and Rita Tushingham their first breaks and introduced us to films such as Look Back in Anger, A Taste of Honey and The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner. To round things off he'll also be talking to Daniel Kalder about his fascination with the literary works of politicians such as Lenin, Mao, Hitler and Kim Jong-Un.The BFI is having a season focusing on Woodfall films, which are also being released on DVD. Daniel Kalder's book is published as Dictator Literature in Britain and as The Infernal Library in the US.Producer: Zahid Warley

An interview with legendary author J. G. Ballard (1930-2009), conducted for KPFA's Probabilities radio program in 1988, digitized and re-edited in 2016 by Richard Wolinsky. J. G. Ballard, who died in 2009 at the age of 78, was one of the greatest of all British speculative fiction writers, and one of the major writers of the period known as the British New Wave. In novels such as The Crystal World and The Drowned World, and in short story collections like Vermillion Sands, he dissected our present world through looking at disaster scenarios. Two of his novels became well-known films. Crash was directed in 1996 by David Cronenberg, and his fictionalized memoir Empire of the Sun, was turned into a film by Steven Spielberg, introducing a young actor named Christian Bale. A filmed version of High Rise, starring Tom Hiddleston and Jeremy Irons, was just released. On May 8th, 1988, the Probabilities crew (Lawrence Davidson, Richard A. Lupoff and Richard Wolinsky) had a chance to sit down with J. G. Ballard while he was on tour for his novel, The Day of Creation. It turned into a fascinating career retrospective. A shorter version of this interview aired on KPFA's Arts-Waves program and on the syndicated Bookwaves program.     The post J.G. Ballard (1930-2009) appeared first on KPFA.

De tous les mouvements de renouveau du cinéma ayant émergé à la fin des années 1950 et 1960, le Free Cinema (et, par extension, la Nouvelle Vague britannique) n'est peut-être pas le plus connu, mais garde le bénéfice de l'antériorité. Dès février 1956, un petit groupe de jeunes réalisateurs et techniciens emmenés par Lindsay Anderson propose une vision nouvelle de la technique et du métier de cinéaste. Leurs films – des courts métrages documentaires jusqu'en 1959, des longs métrages de fiction ensuite – mettent en scène le quotidien des petites gens, qu'ils filment avec un regard humain et poétique. Christophe Dupin, historien du cinéma, examine les origines et l'évolution de ce mouvement, ainsi que ses méthodes de production et son esthétique propre, définie à la fois par l'engagement social et les moyens techniques. Walter Lassally, l'un des chefs opérateurs attitrés du Free Cinema, en analyse plus particulièrement les apports techniques, notamment l'utilisation de caméras légères portées et d'une pellicule ultra-sensible (la fameuse Ilford HPS).

David Forrest is a lecturer of Film Studies in the School of English. This talk was given on 27th March 2014. This talk showcases the work of Barry Hines, a Barnsley writer whose archive is held in the University's Special Collections. Hines is perhaps most famous for the the film Kes (Ken Loach, 1969), but his output is richly diverse and spans 30 years. He is an underrated and under-explored documenter of post-war British working-class history, and I want to show that Hines's South Yorkshire stories of the 1960s, 70s and 80s matter today. David came to Sheffield in 2002 to study as an undergraduate, then going on to doing an MA in International Cinema and a PhD in British social realism. With an interest in the functions of space, place and landscape in realist films, he has published work on British television drama, the British New Wave and contemporary British cinema. What’s more, David contributes to the creation of realist filmmaking; in developing the ‘Sheffield Film Studies and Sheffield Studies Film’ project, local school children have had the opportunity to record their lives within the city. ‘Storying Sheffield’ is another project that David co-leads with Brendan Stone, a second year module that documents the inspiring lives of volunteers, factory workers, and independent business owners to name a few, successfully combining theory and practice. With his further links to The Showroom’s ‘Subversive Britannia’ season, it is fair to say that David Forrest is committed to community and is an all-round steel city lover. He is also rumoured to enjoy Keeping up with the Kardashians and yoga after seminars. Inspiration & Co interview: https://soundcloud.com/inspirationandco/david-forrest-interview

The Switchblade Kid A few weeks ago I sat down with Memphis-by-way-of-New Orleans musician Harry Koniditsiotis to talk about his new band The Switchblade Kid. Harry has been in many bands, in both cities, and it has all culminated in a sound that recalls British New Wave and the primal repetition of the Stooges. We met in his own 5 and Dime Recording to discuss his roots, shedding punk rock expectations, and taking things into his own hands. 5 and Dime Recording- http://www.facebook.com/FiveAndDimeRecording M.M.M-http://missmollymusic.storenvy.com/ The Switchblade Kid-http://theswitchbladekid.bandcamp.com/album/the-switchblade-kidhttp://www.facebook.com/TheSwitchbladeKidVideos:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2re7aBm4fyMhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqNHrlYDLuYhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqxGVt6f9NEhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75lFTuCny4c -music in this week's show by The Switchblade Kid, Exploit, K. Rawlings, & M. Qualls-