All about Mod, Mods and the Mod scene from the 1960s, through the revival and into the present day
If you have any interest in the 60s London art scene, you might want to get down to Robert Fraser: Groovy Curator on 27th January 2009 at London’s Barbican. The event is a mix of talk and rare art films, the former being a Q&A with Harriet Vyner, the biographer […]
A new British film Clubbed, set in the early 1980s, has a very intriguing soundtrack we felt you should know about. The plot of the film is essence the story of a lost factory worker seeking redemption in the murky world of nightclubs and gangland. It stars Mel Raido as […]
Banned back in the day, the West End Jungle documentary has now passed the UK censor, heading to DVD in January 2009. It’s described as the ‘seedy reality’ of the sex industry of the early sixties in Soho, looking at how the industry survived attempts to ‘clean up’ the streets […]
Performance / We Love You at the National Film Theatre – Saturday 22nd November 2008 It was with enormous anticipation that my good lady and I bought tickets for this showing of the seminal ‘Performance’ and the rare outing of The Rolling Stones ‘We Love You’ promo. Not only would […]
The forthcoming Pop Culture auction at Christies is something of a mixed affair, covering everything from pop art to film posters and music memorabilia. And one item in particular covers all bases. This is a Quadrophenia poster from the 1979 movie – but it’s not any old Quadrophenia poster. This […]
BBC4 keeps its series of music going for Friday nights with an evening devoted to Paul Weller on Friday November 14th. Sadly, Paul Weller night isn’t quite as good as you might imagine, but it’s still worth watching. First up is BBC Four Sessions, which is a BBC recording around […]
Another year and another movie based around and featuring mods – titled We Are The Mods. We Are the Mods is E.E. Cassidy‘s debut feature, apparently a US-based teen drama using the familiar territory of ‘good girl corrupted by the bad’ as well as being a tribute to 60s cult […]
Back in 2004, London’s Design Museum held an exhibition of the work of Saul Bass, producing a superbly stylish poster to go along with it. If you missed it, here’s some good news – a limited edition re-print is now available. Saul Bass was the master of film title design […]
