Category Archives: Manchester

Stop,Look,Listen…my weekly selection of favourite films, books and events to get you out of the house

Posted on November 25, 2012 by lipstick socialist

Watch…..Amour (2012) Michael Haneke is one of my favourite directors. In this film he is directing his camera and focus to a very unfashionable subject in the celebyouth film market; getting old and getting ill. Anne and Georges are in … Continue reading →

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Stop,Look,Listen…my weekly selection of favourite films, books and events to get you out of the house

Posted on November 11, 2012 by lipstick socialist

Watch….Community It’s a US series set in an adult education college with a collection of unconventional students and the script one long satire on sitcom tropes and popular culture from Star Wars to zombies. The leader of the gang is … Continue reading →

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Stop,Look,Listen…my weekly selection of favourite films, books and events to get you out of the house

Posted on November 4, 2012 by lipstick socialist

Watch Ginger and Rosa (2012) a film directed by Sally Potter. Ginger and Rosa are two young women growing up in London in the 60s. The script catches the intensity of relationships between young women; sharing clothes, emotions and that … Continue reading →

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Political Women(9) Linda Clair

Posted on November 1, 2012 by lipstick socialist

Communist, political activist…….. Linda comes from a Jewish, Communist background in Manchester: My father joined the Young Communists at 14, he wanted to fight in the Spanish Civil War but was too young. He was my biggest influence , he … Continue reading →

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Political Women (6) Karen Reissmann

Posted on October 11, 2012 by lipstick socialist

Socialist, nurse, woman, fighter against injustice……….. Karen has been involved in politics from the age of 16. She is a shop steward and member of Unison Executive. She was not from a political family but… Neither of my parents were … Continue reading →

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Stop,Look,Listen…my weekly selection of favourite films, books and events to get you out of the house

Posted on September 30, 2012 by lipstick socialist

Watch..Big Flame by Jim Allen, Tony Garnett and Ken Loach. It was made in 1969 by the BBC when trade unions had some political as well as militant credibility. Jim was a Marxist and his politics reflect the subject matter … Continue reading →

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Political Women (3) Claire Mooney

Posted on September 20, 2012 by lipstick socialist

Funny, as I meet the golden age My life’s been one long story yet I have hardly filled a page When (1997) Claire was born and brought up in Manchester: My parents were not really political but had a sense … Continue reading →

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Stop,Look,Listen…my weekly selection of favourite films, books and events to get you out of the house

Posted on September 16, 2012 by lipstick socialist

Watch….Berberian Sound Studio….a strange but haunting film with a homage to Italian horror giallo films. Set in the 70s,  Toby Jones plays Gilderoy,  an audio engineer who usually makes films about nature. Suddenly he is in Rome working on a … Continue reading →

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Stop,Look,Listen…my weekly selection of favourite films, books and events to get you out of the house

Posted on September 9, 2012 by lipstick socialist

Watch…Salvador Allende a film made by Chilean director Patricio Guzman. The film documents the struggle within Chile to establish a left government, headed by Salvador Allende. His government strove to give the economy back to those people who created the … Continue reading →

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Stop,Look,Listen…my weekly selection of favourite films, books and events to get you out of the house

Posted on September 2, 2012 by lipstick socialist

Watch..Even the Rain (2011) Written by Paul Laverty,who has written most of Ken Loachs’ films, and immediately you know that you are going to learn something and be challenged about our understanding of history. A Spanish film company arrives in … Continue reading →

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