As I said before, I’ve seen several films that made me want to change the world, and with that I mean in a change for the better, obviously. The list looks like this at the moment: The Corporation – an extremely thorough documentary on the history and influence of the modern multinational corporation. With several [...]
This evening I saw a film that made want to change the world. This is not the first time that a film has made me feel this way, yet this was the first that didn’t leave me with feeling of total impotence. And that is indeed some achievement. The film is German and is called [...]
Instead of writing my essay, I’ve been procrastinating, looking at mp3-players and deciding that they’re just not what I want, yet. See, the thing is that most mp3-players (or portable digital players as they rightfully should be known) are encumbered by a range of Digital Rights Management (DRM) systems, severely limiting the music files that [...]
As I sat down last night, supposedly to continue writing my essay discussing “how appropriate the cinematic principle of montage is as a means of conveying the realities of post-socialism” (yes, for one of my Siberian courses), instead, I messed around with my computer a bit. Frustrated with my lack of internet access, I tried [...]
Yesterday, I went to see Hotel Rwanda, a heartbreakingly sad account of the massacres of the Rwandan civil war of 1994. The film evokes such intensely raw emotion in order to convey the horrors suffered and the lack of intervention from the UN, that I doubt anyone would be unaffected by it. The film focuses [...]
Inspired by this guy Jake’s observant pictures of Chicago [warning: Several hundred hi-res pictures behind this link] and Lauren Greenfield’s excellent pictures of Girl Culture, I’ve tried my own hand at some descriptive shots of Manchester, hopefully later joined by some good shots of student life, as well. On the sign to the Faculty of [...]
Yesterday, I saw Wim Wenders’ documentary about the Buena Vista Social Club, the record made by a rag tag collection of old Cuban musicians and singers under the gentle supervision of travelling musician and producer, Ry Cooder. The film contains concert and studio footage, interviews with the musicians and atmospheric footage from the streets of [...]
With all 115.000 tickets for this year’s Glastonbury festival already sold out (and in the space of just 3 hours, no less), I’ll be looking to the Roskilde Festival to be my musical mecca this year. And luckily, the line-up looks very promising thus far. Among my favourites are Devendra Banhart, a young folk singer-songwriter [...]
My friend Nicolaj, who happens to be an aspiring member of the Danish Conservative Party (especially the youth section for which he represents Denmark in YEPP, often buzzing about Europe for meetings), referred me to the Danish Conservative Youth’s latest membership drive campaign, complete with own webpage. And I quote from the introductory text: “Capitalism [...]
Friday night I went to see Der Untergang in my local art cinema. The film which has been a surprise box office in most of continental Europe, did not attract huge crowds in Manchester this Friday evening, only a week after its British premiere, yet I think that it may be among the victorious parts [...]