Category Archives: Lorna Irvine

My Most Overlooked Classic: Les Amants du Pont Neuf

Often, I think this may be my favourite film of all time. It’s between this and ‘Paris,Texas’ because of the way the mood resonates. ‘Wings Of Desire’ is another example. Leos Carax has the reputation for being an opaque, somewhat self-indulgent director. ‘Holy Motors’, for example, is batshit crazy and experimental to almost the pointContinue reading “My Most Overlooked Classic: Les Amants du Pont Neuf”

A Round Robin From the Yeardleys

Season’s Greetings, All! What a year we’ve had. The Yeardley family has been unusually busy this year, what with our business ventures, restaurant reservations, holidays and bitcoin endeavours. Elon, eat ya heart out, the Yeardley family is coming for you! LOL. And sure, Leonard may have had his head turned by Savannah, his hot yogaContinue reading “A Round Robin From the Yeardleys”

Film Review: Gene Kelly-An American In Hollywood

Claudia Collao’s exuberant documentary on the great actor, dancer and film maker Gene Kelly looks at his rise to stardom, quest for innovation in all that he did, and above all, his egalitarian attitude that dance should be accessible to everyone, no matter where they came from. As someone who had grown up in hard-scrabbleContinue reading “Film Review: Gene Kelly-An American In Hollywood”

Film Review: God Bless Ozzy Osbourne

Mike Piscitelli and Mike Fleiss spent a few years on the road with the late Brummie rock legend Ozzy Osbourne while filming this excellent documentary. The insights they gleaned are eye-opening, to say the least, from vocal warm-ups and rituals, to paparazzi intrusion to the complete excess of a stadium band who created the blueprintContinue reading “Film Review: God Bless Ozzy Osbourne”

From Across the Arts Archive: Liz Aggiss-The English Channel

Arts:Blog Festival Review: Liz Aggiss–The English Channel ***** Posted by Across the Arts on August 27, 2015, at 11.27pm Lorna Irvine reviews a production with a woman who’s ‘hilarious and badass’. That Liz Aggiss is not a daily part of the school curriculum, along with free dinners, free speech and any kind of hope whatsoever is aContinue reading “From Across the Arts Archive: Liz Aggiss-The English Channel”

Lost In Music: Bauhaus- Largatija Nick

With bonus ‘Antonin Artaud ‘ and an extremely unresponsive “too cool for school” audience live at the ‘Oxford Road Show ‘, this is Bauhaus at their most feral. Who else could reference The Theatre of Cruelty, the Devil, and Leopold von Sacher-Masoch? Compare and contrast with the conceptual, very eighties video and ask yourself, whyContinue reading “Lost In Music: Bauhaus- Largatija Nick”

Jennifer, Oh Jenny

Rest in peace, beautiful Jennifer Finch, bass player with L7, punk icon and artist/designer in her own right. She was just 59, and aggressive brain cancer cruelly stole her from us. I will forever remember seeing L7 live in Edinburgh in 1992. She had a brilliant sense of humour and was such an icon forContinue reading “Jennifer, Oh Jenny”

Overlooked Classic: Plan 9 From Outer Space

Ah, pity poor misunderstood Ed Wood Jr. He was a man with a dream, a love of pink angora, and a movie camera. No matter that he barely scraped a storyboard together: in his head IT ALL MADE SENSE. Let’s ignore his dreadful nudie cutie film nonsense and zoom in on his masterwork, For thereContinue reading “Overlooked Classic: Plan 9 From Outer Space”

Arab Strap Are Fighting…The Seven Signs of Ageing

Rejoice! For arch Falkirk indie satirists Arab Strap are back, and on fighting form. The new single, ‘Glamour Magick’, is excellent, taking a pop at quick -fix solutions for the truly vain and vacuous. It’s a nice antidote to the uptake in cosmetic surgery, weight loss jags and skin remedies across the world. Trust AidanContinue reading “Arab Strap Are Fighting…The Seven Signs of Ageing”