(Credits: Far Out / Apple Corps / Matador Records) Mon 29 April 2024 12:30, UK Since reading the studies of Mark Fisher, the late pioneer of analysing hauntology’s place in culture, a line has been endlessly tossed around and mutated in my mind. I will paraphrase it thus: these days, nobody reasonably expects that another […]

(Credits: Far Out / YouTube Still) Mon 29 April 2024 12:07, UK Iranian rapper, Toomaj Salehi, has been handed the death sentence for supporting Mahsa Amini, who was arrested in 2022 for wearing an “improper hijab” and later passed away while in police custody. The death of Amini led to demonstrations taking place across in […]

(Credits: Far Out / Stevan Kragujević / Wikimedia / MUBI / BFI) Mon 29 April 2024 12:00, UK Following the end of the Second World War, European cinema began to change vastly, and in countries like Italy, a newfound sense of artistic freedom and steadfast direction was found. The Italian neorealism movement would go on […]

(Credits: Far Out / Neil Zlozower / Behind The Gallery) Sun 28 April 2024 12:30, UK From the emergence of rock ‘n’ roll as the central driver in pop culture in the 1960s, attentive photographers have documented and thus contributed to its evolution. Early on, eminent shutterbugs like Bent Rej captured stars of the British […]

(Credits: Far Out / Buchla) Sun 28 April 2024 12:00, UK In the 1950s, Don Buchla was merely a student with a blossoming interest in the avant-garde music scene. His interest grew and grew until he tried his hand at bringing his visions to life, inventing gadgets that could manipulate sound to create innovative electronic […]

(Credits: Far Out / Alamy) Sun 28 April 2024 11:00, UK One of the most iconic mainstream American comedies ever made and the highest-grossing release of 1967, Mike Nichols’ coming-of-age dramedy The Graduate is very much a product of its time but nonetheless contains many universal themes that still ring true today. Dustin Hoffman’s Benjamin […]

(Credits: Far Out / National Gallery / Alamy) Sat 27 April 2024 12:30, UK In the realm of British cinema, there are few figures as influential and inspirational as the inimitable Ken Loach. His 1969 film Kes is often discussed in terms of being one of the greatest British movies ever made, and his further […]

(Credits: Far Out / Paul Mescal) Sat 27 April 2024 12:15, UK If you ask Phoebe Bridgers who her favourite artist is, the answer comes back fast and clear; Elliott Smith. From the start of her career, the singer has mentioned the late musician as a vital influence, utterly shaping the artist she is today. […]

(Credits: Far Out / Josh Tarn) Sat 27 April 2024 12:00, UK Back in February, a mysterious band named The None announced a small run of shows in equally small venues, such as London’s Shacklewell Arms and Leeds’ Mabgate Bleach. With no music to their names and next to no information about them online, they […]

(Credits: Far Out / Alamy) Fri 26 April 2024 12:30, UK Back in 1989, Steven Soderbergh became the youngest solo director to win the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival at the tender age of 26. The future director of Erin Brockovich, Traffic and the Ocean’s trilogy had just made his directorial debut with […]