Developed closely with the artist, the QAGOMA exhibition features more than 200 works and is organised around three ideas – ‘Man and machine’, ‘The extra-ordinary’, and ‘Psychic Aches’. Moving between the porous divide of the body and the world it inhabits, the exhibition explores the subjects of industry and organic phenomena; representations of inner conflict; and the possibility of finding a deeper reality in our experience of the everyday.

Screenings
A complete retrospective of Lynch’s films, videos and works for television are presented as part of the exhibition in the Gallery’s Australian Cinémathèque. View all screenings.

Special events
A full program of special events including musical performances and celebrations of the anniversary of television series Twin Peaks 1990–91, will be announced shortly. QAGOMA eNews subscribers will be among first to know – subscribe here

Publication
David Lynch: Between Two Worlds includes over 200 images illustrating Lynch’s wide-ranging oeuvre — drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, mixed media, film and video — and an engaging interview with the artist, conducted by exhibition curator José Da Silva, Senior Curator, Australian Cinémathèque RRP $39.95. Available to pre-order online.

David Lynch: In Conversation
QAGOMA in association with QPAC presents ‘David Lynch: In Conversation’ on Saturday 14 March 2015. In this exclusive to Brisbane event with special guests, David will share insight into his life, his work and his many passions – painting, film, music and meditation.

David Lynch: Between Two Worlds
14 March – 7 June 2015
Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA)
www.qagoma.qld.gov.au

More than 20 stunning cinema shorts will be screened across three thrilling nights, all handpicked from the Academy® accredited and BAFTA recognised festival’s record 2400 entries.

Audiences will be blown away by the assortment of cinematic stories on offer, including hot tub entanglements, ice cream frenzies, mischievous mechanical mishaps, late-night radio revelations, runaway chickens, fearless fathers, fly-away mothers and sparring siblings.

Australian FLiCKERFEST filmmakers who have gone on to make their mark in the industry include Julius Avery (Son of a Gun, starring Ewan McGregor released late last year), Sundance awarded director David Michod (Animal Kingdom), Cannes Film Festival Winner Warwick Thornton (Samson and Delilah) and Ariel Martin who is currently working alongside Neil Armfield on the highly anticipated Holding the Man.

A number of films from FLiCKERFEST 2014 have been shortlisted for an Academy award this year, including Butterlamp, The Phone Call and Summer Vacation. The Irish short Boogaloo and Graham and the Canadian-Norwegian animated short Me and My Moulton which will both screen during the Best of International 1 Program have also been nominated.

Diamonds might be forever, but FLiCKERFEST is not – be sure to get your tickets before this license to thrill expires and it’s a wrap on Brisbane’s best short run of short films!

FLiCKERFEST 2015 Australian Tour
MELBOURNE – Kino Cinemas – Wed 18 February
BRISBANE – Judith Wright Centre – Thu 26 – Sat 28 Feb
PERTH – Camelot Outdoor Cinema – Thur 5 – Sun 8 March
HOBART – The Peacock Theatre – Thur 12 – Fri 13 March
CANBERRA – Dendy Cinema – Thur 19 March
ADELAIDE – Mercury Cinema – Sat 28 – Sun 29 March
DARWIN – Deckchair Cinema – Fri 8 May
PLUS many regional centres around Australia!
www.flickerfest.com.au

Thanks to StudioCanal we have five double in season passes to give away to is Manny Lewis!

Successful comic, Manny Lewis, finds himself at the height of his popularity and at the depths of his loneliness. Shy, reclusive and a just little awkward, Manny‘s connection with his audience can’t be replicated when it comes to matters of the heart. In a bid to reach out, he calls an adult chat line and forms a bond with Maria, who goes by the name of Caroline, on the other end of the phone. One day by chance, Manny and Maria meet in a café and strike up a conversation. Not knowing that they have, in a way, already met, a relationship blossoms and Manny begins to let his guard down. But when he discovers Maria’s double identity and then receives a huge offer to break the American market, Manny must put his past pain behind him, take life by the love handles, and open his heart to those around him.
www.mannylewisthemovie.com

Competition will be drawn 11 March 2015, winners will be notified by mail.

‘Forbidden Hollywood’ celebrates this unique period of creative freedom which ended with the reinstatement of traditional moral values through the Motion Picture Production Code in 1934.

Following the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and the Depression, struggling Hollywood studios sought to attract audiences by creating films that pushed the boundaries of social acceptability. With a gleeful mix of realism and glamour, these films tackled issues of sexuality and crime, social criticisms and a growing mistrust of authority. Strong women dominated the screen, scorning the prevailing Victorian-era ideals of passivity and purity, while stories about the police and gangsters were ripped straight from newspaper headlines during the Prohibition era.

By 1934, conservative groups — who had railed for years against what they saw as Hollywood’s attack on traditional family values — succeeded in making the film studios adhere to the Production Code’s censorship guidelines, a move that would affect audiences until 1968, when the code was abandoned in favour of a rating system.

‘When I’m good, I’m very good. But when I’m bad, I’m better.’ Mae West as Tira in I’m No Angel 1933

26 September – 2 November 2014
Australian Cinémathèque | Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA)
www.qagoma.qld.gov.au

This sunny Sunday morning that perfect aural pleasure is Films by Yagull. The group, the project of composer/guitarist Sasha Markovic blends beautiful acoustic instrumentation with forward thinking arrangements and playing.

Don’t let the acoustic tag impact your mindset on this either, for there is as much power in these grooves as a Marshall stack on 11, it’s just more cerebral and only slightly less physical. There is also a superb use of space that allows the listeners to add their own moments of reflection.

As the album’s title denotes there is a cinematic feel to the proceedings that gives it a distinct story arc. This even includes an interesting middle reel with the reimagining of Cream’s White Room and Black Sabbath’s Sabbath Bloody Sabbath that show what a disservice musician do to a song when recreating a mirror image of the original.

The sun is out, the coffee is strong and the music wafting out of the house onto the deck is striking just the right tone and life is good. Perfection indeed.

Rob Hudson
www.yagull.com