Film review: Lawless

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Film review: Lawless

Lawless is a brutal and violent film that challenges some key myths about America’s past.

Biennial Radar: Festival of New Cinema, Broadcast and Artist Interventions

The brief and brilliant phenomena of sudden artist-led TV interventions, discussed and displayed, for one day only, at FACT this Biennial.

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The Weekly Seven: 3rd September 2012

Leave It On The Floor at FACT, 6th September FILM As part of Liverpool Pride’s film programme, this new independent movie (choreographed by Frank Gatson Jr, who did Beyonce’s ‘Single Ladies’) takes a look at one young chap being embraced by Los Angeles’ underground ball scene: a community often populated by runaways, victims of violence [...]

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Review: The Imposter

All is not quite what it seems in The Imposter, the 2012 Miami Film Festival winner is a docudrama that will keep you guessing, with more twists and turns than Queens Drive. Vinny Lawrenson Woods is impressed.

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Radar - Tonight: Rikki Beadle Blair at FACT

Forget your summer blockbusters, go for a night at the cinema like no other - as Rikki Beadle Blair heads to FACT tonight for a special screening and Q and A session.

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Film Review: Take This Waltz

Take This Waltz is an anti-rom-com that succeeds in presenting a realistic portrayal of romance, while deconstructing Hollywood’s take on the genre.

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Radar: Shut Up And Play The Hits, LCD Soundsystem

FACT screen a loving look back at one of the century’s most influential, and exciting, musical projects - with Q and A after: as LCD Soundsystem live again, for one night only.

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Radar: Opera in Liverpool

There are dozens of opportunities to see opera in Liverpool over the next six month - here’s how, when and why you should take the opportunity.

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City’s cultural cash funding announced for 2012: who got what?

This year’s ACIP has been announced. What’s that? Basically, it’s a load of money the council give out to the city’s arts and cultural organisations. It’s designed to boost the city’s cultural offer, get people visiting and engaging (both from and outside of the city), and boost the local economy. Which we all want, right? [...]

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Review: Prometheus

Is it or isn’t it a prequel? It’s a moot point, says Vinny Lawrenson-Woods. The real question is, is Prometheus any good?

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Review: Iron Sky

A cult classic in the making, Iron Sky throws it all at the screen to see if it sticks. Sort of, says Vinny Lawrenson Woods

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Radar: ‘Selected’ film & video showcase at FACT

Film and moving image is often sneered at in the art world - it’s too easy! It’s not proper art! It’s just a guy with a camcorder pissing about! Well, that’s a load of rubbish. Moving image can be just as affecting and engaging as other media, and a night at FACT this season is [...]

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A Lamb’s Eye View

Winsome, warm and fluffy - no, that’s not our pet names for the SevenStreets team (yet), but a winning short film in the recent It’s Liverpool On Film competition.

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Radar: Being Elmo - A Puppeteer’s Journey at FACT

Of course it’s great that there’s some challenging, truthful, progressive filmmaking going on at the moment. But there’s only so much misery and bleakness we can take. Sometimes, all we want is to have our cockles warmed. We caught a glimpse of ‘Being Elmo’ last year when it was cleaning up at film festivals, and [...]

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