Reeling and The Queer Film Society will be presenting New Queer Cinema: Now or Never , a panel discussion on the state of independent queer cinema – then, now and toward the future – this Saturday, November 14, at 3 pm. Gay film critics Hank Sartin ( Time Out Chicago ), Richard Knight, Jr. ( Windy City Times ), Jonathan Lewis ( Gay Chicago Magazine ), Nick Davis (Assistant Professor of...
Glenn from Stale Popcorn here to throw in two cents worth of discussion about the year 2000 per Nathaniel's request. It was quite surprising to read the other day that Nathaniel Rogers had not seen Tarsem Singh's The Cell . I know he can be a bit queasy when it comes to horror, but there are quite a few cinephiles who swear by that movie as some sort of masterpiece. From two completely different ends...
Maritime Security Centre Firearms to protect merchant ships on the Indian Ocean will not alone solve piracy, a military analyst has warned. Nick Davis – a military consultant and managing director of Gulf of Aden Group Transits, a provider of unarmed and armed maritime support services – commented on the Spanish government’s decision to allow fishing and [...]
Reportedly, Somali pirates holding as captives the British yacht couple have lowered their ransom demand, as set out here : Having originally told the BBC by telephone on Saturday that Paul and Rachel Chandler, aged 59 and 55, would be released only after $7-million (R54-million) had been handed over, the group have now changed their demand. They have told the BBC that they will accept $163000 (R1.25-million)....
Dave here, still at the LONDON FILM FESTIVAL, and apologising profusely for his absence - it's been a busy few days of film, and having an hour staring at Julianne Moore and ten seconds staring at Eva Green. (Both are as stunning as you've been led to expect.) There have been some big names and some big films the past few days, and so this is a triple-threat of things-you'll-actually-have-heard-of...
Cohey Aoki scored a game-high 20 points and dished out five assists and Julius Ashby added 16 points and grabbed 16 rebounds as the Tokyo Apache defeated the Niigata Albirex BB 80-59 on Wednesday at Yoyogi National Gymnasium No. 2. Tokyo snapped a three-game losing streak to start the bj-league season and won its first game under new coach Motofumi Aoki, who replaced Joe Bryant during the offseason....
Genesis Live 1973-2007 Rhino 2009 With all of British mega-group Genesis' studio discography now available in remixed/remastered form, including 5.1 surround mixes and a bevy of bonus audio and video features, the only commercial material left to receive engineer Nick Davis' careful attention is its series of four live albums. These begin with Genesis Live (Charisma, 1973) and end with The Way We Walk--originally...
With the global economic crisis affecting tourism in the Bahamas, there are also tensions simmering between locals and the Haitian migrant community, finds the BBC's Nick Davis.
The Journey of Infinite Possibilities (Free subscription) | 08/26/2009
On Thursday 20th August, we jumped into the car at 7.30am in the morning and headed to up to a farm near Worcester, Worcestershire (like the sauce!), to attend a workshop on 'Effective Communication in Relationships". This was being facilitated by Nick Davis and based on the teachings of A Course In Miracles. It took us nearly 3 hours to get there mostly on the motorway and it was worth the trip...
An international athlete may be banned from competition if 'she' fails a sex-test, after allegations that 'she' is repeatedly using the mens' changing room in Berlin - with reports confirming that none of the men noticed! The I.A.A.F. have refused to name the athlete. "We are more concerned for this person and do not wish to make this as something that is humiliating," stated I.A.A.F. spokesman,...
Freighter may be in Africa, maritime experts believe Doubts have been expressed as to whether a cargo ship that went missing in European waters a fortnight ago was in fact captured by Somali-style pirates, as maritime officials fear. The Russian-crewed Arctic Sea, bound for Algeria with £1m worth of timber from Finland, last radioed British coastguards on 29 July and its last confirmed location,...
Esoteric Records are to re-release Tony Banks' 1979 solo debut album on October 19th. The album will be available as a remixed single disc version as well as a deluxe edition with bonus DVD featuring a 5.1 mix of the album. Esoteric Recordings are proud to announce the release of the album “A Curious Feeling” by GENESIS founder member and keyboard player TONY BANKS on Monday October 19th...
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