Tonight's event: Happiness of the Katakuris

Screening at the Roxy Bar & Screen: The Happiness of the Katakuris 7.30pm

It's time for this month's Hectic Peelers Cinema Club, so why not come down to the Roxy Bar & Screen on Borough High Street and watch Miike Takashi's delirious horror musical The Happiness of the Katakuris which mixes The Sound of Music, Psycho & The Evil Dead to great aplomb. A remake of the Korean black comedy The Quiet Family, ...Katakuris is one of Miike's most popular films (after Audition) and there will be an introduction and post-screening Q&A by Electric Sheep Magazine critics Richard Thomas, Virginie Selavy & Alex Fitch...
Doors open at 6.30pm.

Links: Roxy Bar & Screen
Electric Sheep Magazine
IMDb and Wikipedia pages on The Happiness of the Katakuris
Listen to Joel Karamath & Virginie Selavy's presentation of Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song at September's Hectic Peelers

N.B./ October's presentation of Belleville Rendezvous by Alex Fitch and Vincent Woodcock will be broadcast as this thursday's I'm ready for my close-up

Podcast: Asif Kapadia's Far North

To compliment the live review shows that take up I'm ready for my close-up during this year's London Film Festival, we have the second of a series of exclusive podcasts featuring interviews with filmmakers and programmers involved in this year's LFF. Virginie Selavy interviews Asif Kapadia, director of The Warrior, about his new film Far North which premieres at this year's LFF - download now... (edited by Alex Fitch)
(mp3 format, 28.6mb)

For more info and a selection of different file formats you can download or stream, please visit the home of this episode at www.archive.com

Links: Round-up of what to see at the LFF at Electric Sheep Magazine
Book tickets to see Far North
IMDb page on Far North
Wikipedia page on Asif Kapadia

Podcast: Short films at The London Film Festival

To compliment the live review shows that take up I'm ready for my close-up during this year's London Film Festival, we have the first of a series of exclusive podcasts featuring interviews with filmmakers and programmers involved in this year's LFF. Virginie Selavy interviews curators Simon Young and Philip Ilson about the short films they've chosen for this year's festival - download now... (edited by Alex Fitch)
(mp3 format, 27.5mb)

For more info and a selection of different file formats you can download or stream, please visit the home of this episode at www.archive.com

Links: Read a partial extract of Virginie's interview at Electric Sheep Magazine
More info about Halloween shorts curated by Philip
Philip's "Death to short film" manifesto as quoted at The Dawn Chorus
Info on short films curator by Simon at remotegoat.co.uk
Simon's Shorts International website

Today's show: Running stumbled with Jonathan Maringouin

Today's I'm ready for my podcast 'repeat' on Resonance FM at 5pm...

Virginie Sélavy interviews John Maringouin, director of the documentary Running Stumbled, whose film is a semi-improvised recreation and document of the self destructive relationship between the director's father and his partner.

Originally podcast on August 9th, click here for more info...

Today's show: Looking back at "Sweetback"

On Friday afternoons on Resonance FM at 5pm, there's a new slot for repeats of I'm ready for my close-up. Rather than just repeat the show from the night before, we thought it might be nice to take the opportunity to broadcast some of the episodes that were podcast while Resonance was off-schedule during the summer for the benefit of luddites who don't go in for all this podcasting nonsense.

Today, we're airing a podcast from 3 weeks ago - Joel Karamath talking about the career of Melvin van Peebles and his seminal film Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song. This was recorded at the first Resonance FM / Electric Sheep film club at The Roxy bar and screen, so this seems a good time to air the repeat as the next film club is on Tuesday from 7.30pm where Alex Fitch will be talking to former Disney animator Vincent Woodcock about character design in animation alongside a screening of Sylvain Chomet's Belleville Rendezvous and his rarely seen short film The Old lady and the pigeons.

If you just can't wait 'til 5 o'clock, you can find the podcast here.

Tonight's show: Gypsy Caravan and the Raindance Festival

Also, tonight at 10.30pm, I'm ready for my close-up is back on air, starting with a compliation of two interviews recorded for podcast. Alex Fitch talks to Gypsy Caravan director Jasmine Dellal and I for India director Sandhya Suri plus Virginie Sélavy interviews Suzanne Ballantyne, lead programmer of the Raindance Festival.

If you'd like to hear those interviews in their original context you can do so now and you can find links on each of the two pages:
Suzanne Ballantyne (Art-house cinema podcast) /
Jasmine Dellal and Sandhya Suri (IRFMCU 13/09/07)

Podcast: Art House cinema podcast, September '07 - Raindance special

It's Resonance FM's latest Art House cinema podcast featuring reviews of films released this month at 'Art House' cinemas in London and also showing at the Raindance Film Festival... This show is presented by Alex Fitch with contributions from Virginie Sélavy (editor of Electric Sheep Magazine) and Michael Hall (video shop manager and lead singer of the band Nebraska... In this episode there's also an exclusive interview with Suzanne Ballantyne, lead programmer of the Raindance Festival.
You can stream the show by clicking here and pressing the play button or right click here to save the mp3 file direct to your computer...

Films reviewed include Disturbia, Syndromes and a century, Drawing Restraint 9, The Amazing Lives of the fast-food grifters, Exhibit A and The Boss of it all.

Links: You can read print versions of Virginie's reviews in Electric Sheep Magazine
Londonnet's guide to all the times and locations of all films currently showing in the Capital's cinemas
Alex's interview with Allan Moyle, director of festival opener Weirdsville

(mp3 format, 28mins / 26.9mb)

Podcast: Looking back at "Sweetback"

Tonight's show is now available to download... (mp3 format, 28.5mb)

Continuing I'm ready for my close-up's exclusive run of online podcasts*...

In a show recorded live at the inaugural Resonance FM / Electric Sheep Magazine monthly film club at the Roxy Bar and Screen in London's Borough High Street, Virginie Sélavy introduces a talk and Q & A conducted by Joel Karamath.
Joel, host of the ICA's Uncut film night, looks at the career of Melvin van Peebles and his seminal film Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song.
As the talk was performed in a surround sound theatre with Joel & Virginie standing close to both the speakers and the recording device, there is unfortunately a pronounced echo in the playback, however sit back and imagine Joel is performing his speech with a megaphone at a political rally in the 1970s and suddenly it might feel a lot more authentic! Tonight's show was recorded and edited by Alex Fitch.

*While Resonance FM moves studios across London... The podcast only shows will then be broadcast on FM later in the Autumn

For more info and a selection of different file formats you can download or stream, please visit the home of this episode at www.archive.com

Links: Electric Sheep Magazine
Virginie's review of the film
The Roxy Bar and Screen's website and page on yesterday's event
Wikipedia's page on the movie
Joel's notes on other black movies @ bfi.org.uk
Info on Joel's film night at the ICA

Podcast: Art House cinema podcast, August '07

Looking for something to do on a rainy August bank holiday? Why not listen to Resonance FM's latest Art House cinema podcast featuring reviews of films released this month at 'Art House' cinemas in London for advice... This show is presented by Alex Fitch with contributions from Virginie Sélavy (editor of Electric Sheep Magazine) and Kim Morgan (former presenter of the Resonance FM show Midnight Sex Talk, whose birthday it is today)... In this episode there's also an exclusive interview with Sandhya Suri, director of I for India.

You can stream the show by clicking here and pressing the play button or right click here to save the mp3 file direct to your computer...

Films reviewed include I for India, Transylvania, 12:08 East of Bucharest, Born and Bred and Hallam Foe.

Links: You can read print versions of Virginie's reviews in Electric Sheep Magazine where you'll also find a transcript of Alex's interview with Sandhya.
More info about what's on at the ICA and the Renoir
Londonnet's guide to all the times and locations of all films currently showing in the Capital's cinemas

(mp3 format, 36mins / 34.1mb)

Podcast: Running Stumbled with John Maringouin

Tonight's show is now available to download... (mp3 format, 42.4mb)

For more info and a selection of different file formats you can download or stream, please visit the home of this episode at www.archive.com

Tonight's show: Running Stumbled with John Maringouin

Continuing I'm ready for my close-up's exclusive run of online podcasts*...
Virginie Sélavy interviews John Maringouin, director of the documentary Running Stumbled, whose film is a semi-improvised recreation and document of the self destructive relationship between the director's father and his partner. The first part of the interview was included in last month's Art-House Podcast and tonight's show is edited by Alex Fitch.
Check back here around 10.30pm BST to download the show or click on one of the following links to download / stream the show from the Internet Archive, Feedburner or iTunes...

*While Resonance FM moves studios across London... The podcast only shows will then be broadcast on FM in the Autumn

Links: Official movie homepage
Read a partial transcription of Virginie's interview in Electric Sheep Magazine
Info about the remaining screenings of the film at the ICA

Podcast: Art House cinema podcast, July '07

Yes, we know it's really late again, but you can now hear Resonance FM's latest Art House cinema podcast featuring reviews of films released this month at 'Art House' cinemas in London and is presented by Alex Fitch, Virginie Sélavy (editor of Electric Sheep Magazine) and Jessica Fostekew (a member of the comedy improv group The Institute, who is in a variety of shows at the Edinburgh festival)...

You can stream the show by clicking here and pressing the play button or right click here to save the mp3 file direct to your computer...

Films reviewed include Edmond, Taxidermia, Buy it now and Running Stumbled.

Links: You can read print versions of Jess and Alex's reviews at www.backprojection.com and Virginie's in Electric Sheep Magazine
More info about what's on at the ICA

(mp3 format, 30mins / 29.3mb)

Podcast: Alejandro Jodorowski and the art of the sublime

Last night's show is now available to download... (mp3 format, 27.1mb)

For more info and a selection of different file formats you can download or stream, please visit the home of this episode at www.archive.com

Tonight's show: Alejandro Jodorowski and the art of the sublime

Continuing directors month on IR4MCU guest presenter Virginie Sélavy (Electric Sheep magazine) interviews legendary Mexican director Alejandro Jodorowski about his career focusing on his admiration of eerie sound effects, Sam Peckinpah and the ‘Conquest of Mexico’...
The show is introduced by Alex Fitch and was edited by Richard Thomas...

10.30pm BST Resonance 104.4FM (London) / streamed at www.resonancefm.com

Links: Pages on Jodorowski from from Wikipedia and the IMDb...
Article on Jodorowski from The Independant
Buy Jodorowski comics from Forbidden Planet International
Electric Sheep magazine