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Pete’s Peek | Derek Jarman’s Edward II on DVD

Posted on 2 March 2010 by peter

Its 1990, Margaret Thatcher was on her way down, but the Tories were still strangling Britain as well as the human rights of gays and lesbians throughout the land. Visionary director Derek Jarman, who was living with AIDS at the … Continue reading →

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Out on DVD | Aria – 10 operas + 10 directors = much more than posh music video

Posted on 17 June 2009 by Jason Best

Back in the late 1980s, producer Don Boyd came up with the quixotic idea of collaring ten renowned directors and letting them loose on the world of opera, instructing them each to chose a favourite musical segment to illustrate on … Continue reading →

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