Fed up with the toothless platitudes of mainstream media? Like your cinema offbeat and left-field? Electric Sheep is an online + print film magazine that doesn't toe the line. We celebrate the celluloid dreams of the most outlandish, provocative and visionary directors, the marginal and the transgressive, the overlooked and the underrated. Every month we offer uncompromising reviews of the best new films and DVDs, take another look at forgotten works and interview the fantasists and mavericks of the film world. Join us for a rave and a rant - and for a spin of our very exciting Film Roulette!
The brand new Electric Sheep Magazine in print, published by Wallflower Press, is now out! Our summer issue is a cinema and jazz special to coincide with the re-release of Charles Burnett’s Killer of Sheep, a heart-rending, soulful monochrome gem. To celebrate the belated recognition of one of American independent cinema’s greats, we look at the influence of jazz on film in the US with articles on Shirley Clarke, John Cassavetes, Jim Jarmusch and Beat cinema among others. Plus features on the Edinburgh Film Festival, Cine-Excess II, manga and film, reviews of forthcoming films, including Savage Grace and Nic Roeg’s latest, Puffball, as well as interviews with Charles Burnett and Tom Kalin. For more information about where to buy the magazine or how to subscribe, please email amanda[at]wallflowerpress.co.uk.
SUNDAY SHOCK THERAPY at Vibe Live : To tie in with the jazz theme of our first quarterly issue on SUNDAY 8 JUNE we’ll be presenting Ralph Bakshi’s bad taste counter-culture satire Fritz the Cat (1972). Based on Robert Crumb’s underground comics, the film has the dubious honour of being America’s first X-rated cartoon – can you really be shocked by cartoon sex?? Accompanied by a groovy score, this wickedly funny take on the (mis-)adventures of a naive white liberal hepcat experimenting with orgies, drugs and revolution is entertainingly improper! First 20 people in get a free issue of Electric Sheep! And you'll also be able to win a fantastic Paranoia Agent DVD box-set (courtesy of MVM Entertainment)! Doors 2-6pm, £3. Vibe Live is a seated venue with a large screen, comfy sofas and air-conditioning.
HECTIC PEELERS FILM CLUB at the Roxy Bar and Screen : We've teamed up with Tiger Festival for a special edition of Hectic Peelers on MONDAY 16 JUNE. We’ll be presenting Nagisa Oshima’s 1960 Naked Youth (courtesy of Yume Pictures). A feverish tale of rebellious young lovers told against the backdrop of student protests, this is the Japanese A bout de souffle, only harder and darker, by the sulphurous master who gave us Ai no corrida and Gohatto. Adam Torel, head of Third Window Films, an innovative DVD label specialising in Asian cinema, will be joining us to discuss the film after the screening. Film at 7:30pm, admission is FREE.
ISSUE 16 - JUNE 08:
FOCUS: JAZZ
Charles Burnett ,
Let's Get Lost , Space is the Place
INTERVIEW:
Makoto Shinkai
FEATURE:
Tiger Festival , Udine Far East Film Festival , Flipside , Cannes 08
FILM REVIEWS:
California Dreamin'
DVD REVIEWS:
Eyes Without a Face , The Sun's Burial , Night and Fog in Japan , Coup de torchon , Mother Joan of Angels ,
Paranoia Agent
SHORT CUTS:
Edinburgh Film Festival
FILM JUKEBOX:
Congregation
FILM ROULETTE:
Win a pair of tickets to a screening of Charles Burnett’s Killer of Sheep at the BFI Southbank (London), subject to availability (courtesy of the BFI). To enter the competition, spin the Film Roulette and answer the following question: In which LA district is Killer of Sheep set? Closing date for entries: Wednesday 18 June.
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