Mon 23/05
All Watched Over By Machines Of Loving Grace - BBC2, 9pm
A contentious figure, Adam Curtis is a maker of 'event' television, and All Watched Over... promises to be exactly that. The subject matter this time around (Curtis has in the past dealt with issues including how politicians capitalise on societal fears, and modern idea[l]s of freedom) is the computer and how rather than liberate us, they have "distorted and simplified our view of the world around us".
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/adamcurtis/
Wed 25/05
Film & Philosophy @ FACT Liverpool
Liverpool's FACT Centre once again proves it's more than just an alternative option to the Odeon with the beginning of what promises to be an excellent series of films and lectures centred on identity and how cinema explores and represents struggles with humanity's central tenet. The series kicks off with Roman Polanski's English language breakthrough, Repulsion, starring Catherine Deneuve.
http://www.fact.co.uk/whats-on/repulsion?listing_id=1763
Fri 27/05
Dead Belgian @ The Fly in The Loaf, Hardman Street. Doors 9pm, £5
Theview had the pleasure a few months back of seeing Dead Belgian in a support slot at the wonderful Nordic Church. The standout performance of any band on the line up that night was their stirring cover of Brel's Port of Amsterdam. For this reason, I urge you to check them out in the fitting surrounds of The Fly in The Loaf on Hardman Street this Friday as they perform a full set of the belgian legend's iconic songs.
http://www.myspace.com/deadbelgianpjb
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