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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 January 13, 2013 by lipstick socialist

Watch….Vampires in Havana, another interesting film being shown by the Manchester Film Cooperative. Juan Padron’s animated film is a spoof on gangster and vampire movies. Set in 1933, at a convention of vampire-gangsters who are meeting in Havana to get … 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 December 16, 2012 by lipstick socialist

Don’t forget to vote in the Lipstick Socialist Awards 2012 – nominations received so far  include Mark Serotka (trade unionist of the year ), Barack  Obama (most shameful betrayal) and the Snows of Kilmanjaro (best film), you can find 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 December 9, 2012 by lipstick socialist

Watch…97% Owned at the Manchester Film Coop on Tuesday 11th December, doors open at 7:30pm. Admission : £3 waged, £2 unwaged/student. Location: Kraak Gallery, Stevenson Square, Manchester.   In just 60 minutes this film provides evidence and research explaining what the … Continue reading →

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Vote for the Lipstick Socialist Awards 2012!

Posted on December 2, 2012 by lipstick socialist

It’s that time of the year again when we look back on the last 12 months. I am very pleased to announce that the nominations for the Lipstick Socialist Awards for 2012 are now open, and the categories are: Campaign … 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 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 18, 2012 by lipstick socialist

Watch….at the Manchester Film Co-operative on Tuesday 27th November – a screening of Manufactured Landscapes. Jennifer Baichwal’s eye-opening documentary follows Ed Burtynsky’s photographic journey through the epic industrial landscapes of China and beyond, exploring “the aesthetic, social and spiritual dimensions … 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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Stop,Look,Listen…my weekly selection of favourite films, books and events to get you out of the house

Posted on October 28, 2012 by lipstick socialist

Watch…Shine on Harvey Moon (DVD) Made in 1982 it tells the story of Harvey Moon and his working class family in London following the end of the Second World War. Not the usual sentimental rubbish about soldiers returning to home … 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 October 14, 2012 by lipstick socialist

Watch……<a Watch…Barbara …it is 1980, in East Germany, and she is a doctor who has applied to leave the country to be with her West German lover. As a punishment she is sent to a rural town to work 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 October 7, 2012 by lipstick socialist

Watch……Budrus (2009) a film about a Palestinian village which was threatened with having its land sequestrated by the Israeli government as it drove the building of a so-called security wall through Palestinian land. The documentary shows how the village people, … Continue reading →

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