The Young Gods

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The Strange World Of… The Young Gods

Franz Treichler guides David Stubbs through the archives of the Swiss trio who repurposed the sampler to give rock a new, industrial lease of life in the 1980s, before venturing into space influenced by ambient and techno. Portrait by Charlotte Walker

Anniversary

25 Years On: The Young Gods’ Only Heaven Revisited

A quarter century on from the Swiss powerhouse’s fifth album, Ned Raggett takes a look back at what sampling, live drumming & roaring vocals could produce

Anniversary

25 Years On: The Young Gods’ Debut Revisited

David Stubbs writes about how the Swiss violence of The Young Gods debut album arrived in time to save him from fey C86 indie and "Bono's big white hat"

A Quietus Interview

A New 90s Part Two: Burning Up With Disco Inferno

In the second of his new series on under-regarded groups from the decade before last, Neil Kulkarni speaks to Disco Inferno

Baker’s Dozen Appearances 1

Baker's Dozen

Really Heavy Things: Devin Townsend’s Favourite Albums

…well, apart from Enya. The Strapping Young Lad man offers up his top albums

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Stronger Than Me: Amy Reviewed

Nadia Attia reports back from a director's Q&A and screening of the new documentary on Amy Winehouse

Film

The Horror Of The Ordinary: Punch Drunk Love At 20

Paul Thomas Anderson's strange romance Punch Drunk Love is a love story, but it's also a horror film about the everyday - a celebration of the creeping anxiety that colours our life, finds Eli Goldstone

Film

Apocalypse Now: How Anime Offers A Solution To Our Global Crisis

While 2020 has undoubtedly been apocalyptic, a number of anime re-releases speak to our global crisis and offer a solution grounded in humanity, finds Thomas H. Sheriff

Film

Let’s Not Rush: A Love Letter To Trains On Screen

Modern cinema portrays trains as spaces between spaces, a place of fascination for the moving image that culminates with Compartment No 6, finds Henry Jordan

Film

Michael Winterbottom’s Genova: Reviewed

The new film from the director of _A Cock and Bull Story_, _A Mighty Heart_ and _24 Hour Party People_ is a meditation on loss and different ways of grieving. James Clarke sees it as Michael Winterbottom's unique interpretation of the ghost story genre.

Film

Moviedrone: The Finest Film Soundtracks, Solstice Edition

As we reach the halfway point of 2022, Charlie Brigden takes stock of the first half of the year in film music for Moviedrone

Film

Björk-in’ The Land: Biophilia Live Reviewed

Did the Icelandic maverick's conceptual concept film leave Laura Snoad 'Violently Happy', or will she give it a 'Frosti' reception?

Film

Dream On: Brazil’s City Of God At 20

In 2002, Brazil was full of promise and culture was blooming, but revisiting City of God 20 years later reveals how that hope fell through, finds Yessica Klein

Film

Sex and Pathology: 80 Years Of Cat People

First released in 1942, Cat People shocked Hollywood's Golden Age before Paul Schrader made its ancient evil feel more at home in 1982, finds David Robb

Film

Happy Together: Wong Kar-Wai And The History Of Hong Kong Migrant Cinema

The centrepiece of Wong Kar-wai's melancholy drama Happy Together is a raw depiction of gay romance, but it speaks to the filmmaker's wider fascination with Hong Kong migrant cinema, finds Ian Wang

Film

High Noon At 70: Polish Posters, Gary Cooper And The Collapse Of Communism

Following strike action in Gdańsk in 1980, workers formed the trade union Solidarność, and a campaign poster using High Noon from 1952 changed everything, finds Sean McGeady

Film

A Renaissance For Live Cinema: Performance At Splice & Sheffield Doc/Fest

VR and AR may take all the headlines, but the progressive field of live cinema and audiovisual art performance is just as vital and exciting

Film

Welcome To Hallyuwood: Bong Joon-Ho’s Shorts And The Korean New Wave

Before Parasite, Bong Joon-ho had certainly always been keeping busy. At this year's London Korean Film Festival, two of the director's short films are testament to the dramatic rise of the Hallyuwood film industry, finds James Balmont

Film

Crawl Of The Wild: Free Fire Reviewed

Mat Colegate reviews director Ben Wheatley's latest, the action comedy Free Fire

Film

Miss American Pie: Black Widow And Marvel’s Rotten Women

Marvel's recent female heroines offer a cultural turning point, but with Black Widow leading the charge, they still fail to reveal the rottenness of America's myth as force for good, finds Soma Ghosh

Film

Pure Motion: Girls Can’t Surf And Other Wave Stories

New documentary Girls Don't Surf offers an upbeat take on young women overturning the pay gap, but there's more to learn about the pain, beauty and solitude of surfing on screen, finds Soma Ghosh

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Articles 4

The Strange World Of… The Young Gods

25 Years On: The Young Gods’ Only Heaven Revisited

25 Years On: The Young Gods’ Debut Revisited

A New 90s Part Two: Burning Up With Disco Inferno

Baker’s Dozen Appearances 1

Really Heavy Things: Devin Townsend’s Favourite Albums

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High Noon At 70: Polish Posters, Gary Cooper And The Collapse Of Communism

A Renaissance For Live Cinema: Performance At Splice & Sheffield Doc/Fest

Welcome To Hallyuwood: Bong Joon-Ho’s Shorts And The Korean New Wave

Crawl Of The Wild: Free Fire Reviewed

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