Author Archive: Flavia Browne

The blogs are abuzz with chatter every year at around this time when the new batch of independent films finally make their way from the festival circuit and onto cinema screens. For these next couple of months, it’s indie season—peppered with new faces, unique perspectives and untapped talent. Martha Marcy May Marlene is not an easy title to get your head around and, in truth, neither is the film itself.

On the beautiful southern coast of the UK lies Cockington Village, just outside of Torquay. In this village you will find Creative Torbay and Art on the English Riviera.

With an onstage career whose length hasn’t even spanned a decade, Kanye West has well and truly made his mark on the music world. While his solo work still leaves many rap artists for dead, it’s really his collaborative work with other musical renegades that sets him apart.

The gang at This Is It are back with Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared—or the benefits (and dangers) of being creative.

MTV have been doing some pretty great stuff with their Super Videos series, in which they pair up up-and-coming bands with established directors to create amazing music videos with high production values and Hollywood actors. The newest addition to the series is absolutely no exception to this rule and might even be our favourite to date.

From the duo who brought us the stunning Uppercut earlier this year, comes Aquadettes: a short documentary about Margo Bouer, whose struggle with Multiple Sclerosis is eased by synchronised swimming (and some illicit drugs on the side).

Sure, we know that smoking’s bad for us, but it’s hard to resist that cigarette when Tom Vek makes it seem so goddamn sexy.

TED Prize winner and semi-anonymous French street artist, JR, has launched his dream venture: The Inside Out Project.

To some, paintings on the sides of buildings are eyesores. To others, an intrusion. To Stephen Powers, they’re a livelihood.

For an artist with over nine studio releases and an exhaustive expanse of loyal followers, it might come as a surprise that Sufjan Stevens only has one music video.