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During the Cold War, communist states were great supporters of their filmmakers. As long as they were telling stories which aligned with their ideology, that is. Writers and directors regularly walked a tightrope between individuality and prison. This reflected daily life for ordinary citizens. Living in a society where anyone could be an informer and …

FROM their revered tenancy that began on New Year’s Day, 2004 at The Eagle in Vauxhall, DJs Luke Howard, Severino Panzetta, James Hillard and Jim Stanton – collectively known as Horse Meat Disco – have grown into disco titans loved across the globe. The inclusive attitude of their self-described “queer party for all” attracts an open-minded …

Gaspar Noé has been working hard to build up a reputation as the enfant terrible of modern film-making. In his previous outings, I Stand Alone, Irreversible and Enter the Void, he set about assaulting the viewer; using the camera as a weapon of violence to beat the audience to a bloody pulp. In his new …

The thing that strikes me about the opening to this album is how it manages to sound both hot and cold and the same time. There is an icey tingle infused by the warmth of the Californian sun as the West Coast melody kicks in. Thereafter, this opening track (the beginning of ‘Side X’), ‘And …