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News: Future Cinema presents ‘Saturday Night Fever’

Coming to London’s Troxy from June 15th to July 7th, Future Cinema presents Saturday Night Fever; an all-night film and live disco experience! The classic 70s film of that name shall be screened from around 10.30pm, followed by an afterparty with music from 4-man DJ collective Horse Meat Disco

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News: British Airways launches Silent Picturehouse

Following the success of its first season in 2010, British Airways is bringing back its unique cinematic experience, Silent Picturehouse, for summer 2013. An innovative twist on ordinary viewing, five travel-inspired films will be shown across five giant screens simultaneously in the evenings (with children’s movies showing by day) to …

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News: Brainchild multi-arts DIY festival

Returning to Canterbury’s Merton Farm for its second year from July 5-7th, Brainchild Festival is London’s first multi-arts DIY three-day weekender. The majority of its lineup (including the likes of King Krule, Jamie Isaac, Filthy Boy, My Panda Shall Fly and Benin City) will play for free in support of …

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News: East End Film Festival

This summer sees the East End Film Festival (EEFF) return for its 12th edition, in what will be its longest run to date. From June 25th to July 10th, London’s East End will be the home of two weeks of films and events, with 16 world premieres, 2 European premiers, …

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Event: Sadler’s Sampled pop-up festival

From Saturday 22 June to Sunday 7 July, leading UK dance house Sadler’s Wells will be putting on a brand new pop-up festival in featuring what they do best: dance. Ranging from contemporary to hip-hop and ballet to tango, this an exciting new offering for the summer.

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News: AllSaints Film launches with Kings of Leon documentary

Renowned for its creative innovation and individuality, AllSaints adds yet another dimension to its cutting edge brand by launching its film division, AllSaints Film. The division will commission young, up-and-coming filmmakers to release multiple projects each year, exploring everything from music and style to cutting-edge moving image installations. The …

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News: Alex James makes his directorial debut

Seemingly bored of life on the farm, Blur‘s Alex James has turned to filmmaking with a new short film. Shot while the band were in LA for Coachella earlier this year, A Slice of Life sees James on writing, directing and music duties for a film made to help …

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News: Cannes 2013 Lineup Announced

Here at Notion, we love a good movie, so the announcement of the Cannes line up was all kinds of exciting. In celebration of this, here’s a cut out and keep (or whatever the online equivalent is… print and keep?) guide to the biggest films competing for the top prize, …

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From the Archive: Daft Punk – Electroma

Way back in Issue 29 of Notion Magazine (the mists of 2007), our venerable and fabulous editor Michael C Lewin met Daft Punk on the eve of the release of Electroma, their debut feature film. As the Daft Punk lads have a banging new single out, ‘Get Lucky

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Film Review: Spring Breakers

Harmony Korine is known as a provocateur in the film world, often bending the boundaries of taste and what classifies as cinema. He has a distinct knack of being able to overwhelm, excite and disgust his audience through bleak realism, dark humour and nightmarish imagery.

The latest visual treat to …

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