There exists a genuine mystery at the heart
“I believe that there exists a genuine mystery at the heart of songwriting. Certain lines can appear at the time
Tag: film
People at work
A few years ago – before Brexit erased all other political conversation – Multistory worked with Magnum Photos on an
Art across borders
Migranland It is in the nature of artistic work to reach beyond the boundaries of language, culture and context. You
Whose line is it, anyway?
One lovely evening this summer, I stood waiting in the lobby of the Market Theatre in the Herefordshire town of
‘Looking for Melody’
Recreating Gainsbourg at Abbey Road My son has just completed his first independent film commission, for Coup Perdu records. Looking for Melody is a 50
Streetwise in Seville
There was a spontaneous peal of applause in the Teatro Central at the end of this film yesterday, where I
How to be an artist
‘I don’t care if you call my work journalism or art or whatever; whatever you want to call it is
What makes a film British?
Nationalism, the unhappy offspring of Empire and Enlightenment, has often been good for art. The musical and literary revivals that
Pixelated death
Bad guys in movies used to come to sticky ends, in a bloody hammering of bullets or falling off tall
Parliament of Dreams 