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In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue

Based on the play “In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue” by Tarell Alvin McCraney, the film tells the life story of a young man named Chiron (Trevante Rhodes) via three defining chapters of his life. Set in the 1980’s Miami during the height of Reagan’s War on Drugs, “Moonlight” follows Chiron as he comes of age, falls in love and discovers his own sexuality, all while learning to embrace his own vision of masculinity as characters float in and out of his life. The ensemble cast includes Naomie...

Mai Kino - The Waves

Official video for The Waves by Mai Kino

Directed by: Mai Kino, Greg Tate
Producer: Mai Kino
DoP: David Gilbey
Editor: Tommaso Gallone
Grader: Filipe Fernandes
Make Up: Yulia Yurchenko
Hair: Rute José
Lighting Assistants: Pedro Faria, Matt Rainger
Focus Puller: Raul A. Menéndez
General Assistant: Kuba Drewa

La Netrebko does La Mamma Morta

Opera geeks are always charged with excitement, and a little anxiety, when a favorite singer releases a new album. (Has her voice changed? How will it fit the repertoire?) Netrebko, arguably today's most touted soprano, is about to issue a new album,Verismo — and we've got a sneak peek.

As her plush voice has added darker, richer colors over the past few years, Netrebko, now 44, has been exploring lower registers and weightier roles both on record andonstage. The album's title, Verismo, refe...

William Carlos Williams - Love Song

I lie here thinking of you:—

the stain of love

is upon the world!

Yellow, yellow, yellow

it eats into the leaves,

smears with saffron

the horned branches that lean

heavily

against a smooth purple sky!

There is no light

only a honey-thick stain

that drips from leaf to leaf

and limb to limb

spoiling the colors

of the whole world—

you far off there under

the wine-red selvage of the west!

Philosophy Of The World

This track is from The Shaggs' album "Philosophy Of The World" reissued by Light In The Attic. VIDEO/ANIMATION: Joanna Neborsky

Olympic Village, 6AM

Belle and Sebastian dig the Olympics, love the Olympic ideal, love that the world gets together for a big 'sports day' once every four years.
We can't be part of it, though we'd like to be.
So we recorded a piece of music with Rio In mind: specifically the Track and Field.
Here it is - "Olympic Village, 6AM

Lambchop - The Hustle

Official audio for the first single from new Lambchop album 'FLOTUS', out 4 November on Merge Records (USA) and City Slang (Europe)

Massive Attack - The Spoils

Massive Attack feat. Hope Sandoval - The Spoils- starring Cate Blanchett and directed by John Hillcoat.

Maya Angelou - Human Family

I note the obvious differences
in the human family.
Some of us are serious,
some thrive on comedy.

Some declare their lives are lived
as true profundity,
and others claim they really live
the real reality.

The variety of our skin tones
can confuse, bemuse, delight,
brown and pink and beige and purple,
tan and blue and white.

I've sailed upon the seven seas
and stopped in every land,
I've seen the wonders of the world
not yet one common man.

I know ten thousand women
called Jane and Mary Jane,
but I've not seen...

Arrival

When mysterious spacecrafts touch down across the globe, an elite team - lead by expert linguist Louise Banks (Amy Adams) - is brought together to investigate. As mankind teeters on the verge of global war, Banks and the team race against time for answers – and to find them, she will take a chance that could threaten her life, and quite possibly humanity.