Star Wars: The Future of a Galaxy, Far, Far Away…
❉ With 10 new Star Wars serials announced, Don Klees reflects on ‘The Mandalorian’ and the path for Star Wars’ future.
Month: December 2020
RPM Records Go ‘Right Back Where We Started From’
❉ Dana Gillespie and Petula Clark are among the immaculate obscurities compiled in RPM’s final release.
The Sensible Gray Cells: ‘Get Back Into The World’
❉ Punk supergroup SGC’s sound lies somewhere between classic garage rock and roll, psych and outright psychedelia.
David Cronenberg’s ‘Crash’ (1996)
❉ Crash is often called a “cautionary tale” which was as true for the film’s UK release as much as its content, writes Jon Dear.
Moviedrome Redux: ‘Gattaca’ (1997)
❉ A box office debacle back in ’97, Gattaca can now be seen as very much ahead of its time.
The Sensible Gray Cells’ Martin Parrott talks
❉ Best known as Marty Love of Johnny Moped, now teamed with Captain Sensible and Paul Gray as The Sensible Gray Cells.
‘Alien On Stage: The Documentary’ (2020)
❉ From LV-426 to Dorset… A saga of edgy rehearsals, uncomfortably tech-heavy dialogue and DIY Xenomorphs.
Salvatore Mercatante: ‘The Foundations Of Eternal Sin’
❉ New York synth maestro takes the listener on a series of gentle slides into the darkness…
Portal of dreams: ‘Cinema Paradiso’
❉ Giuseppe Tornatore’s paean to the transformative effects of cinema has lost none of its power.
‘Cafe Exil – New Adventures In European Music 1972-1980’
❉ If you care to trace the echoes of the past, and indeed the future, they’re all here.