New Year, New You!
Posted in: Food & Dining, Galleries & Museums, Highlights, Shows & Exhibitions4 Mindful Ways to Toast & Tipple the New Year — After New Year’s Eve […]
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Chritsmas in London
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Chritsmas in London
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London Museums
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Features
Freelancing in London? Here’s What You Need to Know
Posted in: Features, PeopleFrom pop-up galleries in Peckham to podcast studios in Hackney, freelancing in London offers endless creative opportunities, and just as many challenges. Whether you’re a graphic designer working from a café in Camden or a self-taught filmmaker balancing shoots and edits, life as a freelancer in the capital is full of movement, freedom, and unpredictability. […]
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Reviews
Sankofa Chronicles
Posted in: Galleries & Museums, Highlights, Reviews, Shows & ExhibitionsToyosi Saliu Makes a Solid Gold Statement With Breathtaking 24-Carat Art From the heart of the African continent but firmly rooted in London, rises an exciting new artist whose work bridges African identity and ancestral royalty with modern elegance. Nigerian artist Toyosi Saliu uses real 24-carat gold to craft dazzling portraits that bring a […]
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What’s Hot Hackney?
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Film
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Ways of Seeing: The Magic of Moving Image and How Film/Video Became Art
Posted in: Features, Galleries & Museums, Movies & TV Shows, Shows & ExhibitionsHow do you ‘view’ or ‘watch’ a video installation in an exhibition? Of course, you don’t ‘watch’ it like you watch TV and you don’t view it as you would a painting or a sculpture. The time-based element of the medium sets it apart from the latter and the typically, non-narrative nature of the content […]
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London’s return as a post-pandemic film centre – Is this a Mission Impossible?
Posted in: Highlights, Movies & TV ShowsWe examine Covid 19’s impact on London film and how taken-for-granted practices have changed in the face of the pandemic. What is the future for the capital’s actors, filmmakers, distributors, cinemas and festivals? Covid 19 and London film clashed Hollywood-style back in December 2020 when movie star Tom Cruise chastised his crew for breaking Covid […]
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Polterheist (Film)
Posted in: Movies & TV Shows, ReviewsThe title should give it away, but don’t worry, this play on words will soon become self explanatory. Prepare for a few surprises because this low budget horror movie has a high budget feel and bridges one or two genres in an inimitable northern style. Filmed in Bradford, Leeds and Manchester, Polterheist draws you into […]
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Global Surrealist Filmmakers Follow in the Footsteps of the Surrealist Pioneers
Posted in: Events & Festivals, Features, Galleries & Museums, Movies & TV Shows, Shows & ExhibitionsA century after the word surrealism was first used, a global collective of surrealist filmmakers has reinvented surrealist leader Andre Breton’s fold drawings – but this time using film, of course. And they may well be the first in a century to do it this way, using social media connectivity and digital film technology. In […]
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Suicide: The Ripple Effect
Posted in: Features, Movies & TV ShowsActor Robert Walters recently received a Best Male Emerging Talent nomination at the British Urban Film Festival for Remembrance Day, a short film he co-wrote. Hot off of his movie success, What’s Hot London? interviews him about another project in which he has a more personal involvement. He talks in-depthly about feature-length documentary Suicide: The […]
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Wonder Woman (Film)
Posted in: Movies & TV Shows, ReviewsMANY FANS of the cult 1970s Wonder Woman series were praying against a remake that would harm the pristine memory of former Miss World USA Lynda Carter. In reality, the 2017 version would face little competition in the stunt and special effects departments. Dealing with the Carter-effect is another matter. The most effective way to […]
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Curzon Aldgate
Posted in: Highlights, Movies & TV Shows, PlacesFilm lovers will be excited to know that a new Curzon cinema will be opening in Aldgate, East London in January 2017. With the Genesis Cinema just down the road in Whitechapel the East End will be spoilt for choice as its reputation as a cultural hub grows. It will form part of a cool […]
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Tourbillon at Sci-Fi London 2016
Posted in: Highlights, Movies & TV Shows, UnusedSCI-FI LONDON 2016 featured an entertaining and challenging selection of shorts and independent features at Stratford Picturehouse with Tourbillon receiving its world premiere. Directed by Gene Ivery, his debut movie explores the possibility of immortality through the life of Daniela who has been genetically modified by her scientist father so that she can live forever. […]
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