LATITUDE FESTIVAL

Jul 18, 2010 Brooklyn-based indie band The Antlers  played a selection of songs from their debut concept album Hospice which was released in August 2009. 

They played both singles 'Bear' and 'Sylvia', receiving an emotional response from the crowd. Frontman and guitarist Peter Silberman's strong vocals together with intense distorted guitar and drumming created a powerful atmosphere which warranted comparisons to Arcade Fire. 
 
Although this set didn't include the instrumentation (accordion, trumpet) which features on the album, the band maintained their evocative and provoking sound.


Alexandra Pereira Share

Jul 17, 2010 In what is probably the biggest coup of the weekend, the Film & Music Arena plays host to one of the most important directors working today.
 
Not content with re-invigorating every action movie made in the last half decade (even the latest Hollywood behemoth, 'Inception' boasts 'Bourne' style action sequences) Paul Greengrass' main goal is to make people think.
 
From his first foray into "the thinking man's mainstream cinema", 'Sunday, Bloody Sunday,' with which he waxes lyrical about James Nesbitt's nervousness about taking on the part, up to his latest, 'Green Zone', which just might be the boldest, and certainly biggest, attack on the West's foreign policy in Iraq, every word the director says is attended to by a packed arena. 

Interspersed with clips from his movies and questions from Simon Mayo the Q&A is a must for anyone with a passing interest in intelligent, thought provoking film.

With the content being what it is, the mood is often sombre, but for film lovers and wannabe film makers this is a masterclass in modern cinema like no other. 


Owen Nicholls
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