THE STANLEY SCHTINTER PICTURE SHOW

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JURAJ HERZ

2011-11-11T00:23:00.000-08:00

11.11.11 at Made in Prague film and literature festival, London

2011-10-10T07:03:00.000-07:00

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WITH BARE FISTS AT HACKNEY PICTUREHOUSE

2011-10-07T10:10:00.000-07:00

At 8.15 we're screening HACKNEY DIARIES by Iain Sinclair and Susan Stenger. Arrive early!

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...soon

2011-09-11T20:09:00.000-07:00

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JUNE AT THE PICTURE SHOW

2011-06-01T09:25:00.001-07:00

§PS programmes films over two weekends in June at temporary space, 192 Southgate road.

Entry is by donation. Event page here.

Mix tapes of unreleased film music available for early arrivals.

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9 - 11th all beginning at 7.30pm...

9 . 6 . 11
Short Films by José Val del Omar

10 . 6 . 11
Short Films by Takashi Ito

11 . 6 . 11
Short Films by Frans Zwartjes

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23 . 6 . 11
Dir. Leonardo Favio

6.30pm | Crónica de un niño solo (Chronicle of a boy alone, 1965)
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8.30pm | El Dependiente (The Dependent, 1969)

24 . 6 . 11
Dir. Alain Robbe-Grillet

6.00pm | Le Jeu Avec Le Feu (Playing With Fire, 1975)
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8.15pm | Trans-Europ Express (1966)

25 . 6 . 11
Dir. František Vláčil

6.30pm | Ďáblova past (The Devil’s Trap, 1962)
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8.00pm | Marketa Lazarová (1967)

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SOUND FROM JUNE WEEK I

2011-06-01T06:06:00.000-07:00

SAVE THE BSL KINO

2011-05-23T05:05:00.000-07:00

In 2010 I programmed a weekend of films at Breitenseer Lichtspiele, Vienna. It's the worlds oldest operating cinema, run single-handedly by Miss Anna Nitsch-Fitz since 1969 and as is the case with many independent cinemas, its fate is uncertain.

I needn't relate the dismal state of picture houses today, and I'm sure that most people passionate about film understand the cinema to be one of, if not the most important public space(s) left.

This interview outlines the struggle back in 2006. It existed before then and it's worse today.

Visit the BSL Kino if you're lucky enough to be in Vienna, or wherever you are in the world help keep independence alive by making a contribution (details at Info & Kontakt).

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WITH BARE FISTS III

2011-05-21T07:07:00.000-07:00

2011-02-14T02:02:00.000-08:00

§T Valentine by Stanley Schtinter on Mixcloud

WBF.II

2011-01-11T11:11:00.000-08:00

§PS 2011

2011-01-04T16:57:00.000-08:00

Vi - §Ps by Stanley Schtinter on Mixcloud

2010-12-24T03:57:00.000-08:00

§OLEDAD

2010-11-29T09:57:00.000-08:00

Pre-sale link for this coming soon...

An evening dedicated to the work of Soledad Miranda, the most beautiful woman that ever lived.

We'll be showing two or three Miranda movies (time-permitting), and the tribute will continue elsewhere afterwards.

''The Roxie is San Francisco's oldest continually operating theater; turning 100 in 2009. It has been functioning as an independent arthouse theater since the 1970s, showing the best of art, music, foreign and documentary films.''

Please RSVP to the event, contact pictureshow@schtinter.co.uk for any more information.

Great Soledad site here, with special thanks to Amy Brown its creator.

US hookups needed!

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WHITE MAGIC

2010-11-28T08:57:00.000-08:00

Concluding her European tour and appearance at ATP (curated by Godspeed), New York based artist Mira Billotte of White Magic curates an evening of film and music, with screenings of Jodorowsky's 'Fando y Lis', Kenneth Anger's 'Lucifer Rising', her own work, and culminating in an intimate, rare live show by White Magic set to projections throughout the venue.
Mixtapes compiled by Mira especially for the event will be available free for early arrivals.

50 tickets available in advance at a lower price, or book direct by calling 020 7403 4423.

The Roxy bar & Screen is at 128-132 Borough High Street, a short walk from London Bridge station.
The 149 bus from East London stops nearby. The 35 and 40 from South London stop nearly outside. Directions.

Event page.

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2010-10-26T04:57:00.000-07:00

§ WBF. I

2010-09-21T10:57:00.000-07:00

The launch of London’s soundtrack exclusive night, bringing you the best of music from and inspired by films.

Site specific, the first fisting will be located beneath St Giles Church, Camberwell in the Crypt (probably London’s best venue and certainly it’s best kept secret).

Guest DJs include Susu Laroche and Zach Chudley.

Live dancers and acid visuals all night. From Camberwell Green look for the red spire.

22 - 2.

£5 / Free if your name is Eugenie (proof required).

This event also marks over a year of §PS.

2010-08-13T11:57:00.000-07:00

Stanley got mixcloud. Listen to III and IV (solid copies were offered in very limited editions in London and Vienna) featuring some of the best soundtrack music you're unlikely to hear anywhere else.

More coming soon.

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§PS, TP A-D

2010-07-09T01:57:00.000-07:00

Cherry pie will be available throughout the day..

The Roxy is amongst my favourite cinema's in London, and the only place an event like this could happen.
Like a more hospitable red room, there's an extensive & reasonable bar and a progressive menu with food sourced direct from neighbouring Borough market.

There'll be a 30 minute break break between every couple of episodes.

Booking is recommended and can be made by calling 020 7403 4423.

The Roxy bar & Screen is at 128-132 Borough High Street, a short walk from London Bridge station.
The 149 bus from East London stops nearby. The 35 and 40 from South London stop nearly outside. Directions.

As usual, mix tapes featuring some of my favourite soundtrack music will be free for early arrivals.

Event page here.

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2010-07-04T14:57:00.000-07:00

Picture this! The fate of independent cinemas in the UK

2010-06-29T17:57:00.000-07:00

By Kerri Sharp.

''When the Hampstead Everyman was closed in 1998 for 'refurbishment', announcing that it would reopen in Summer of 1999, I was justifiably more than a little sceptical that this would actually happen, having seen a number of London's indie cinemas disappear from the listings pages and memories of cinema-goers.

'But more cinemas are being built now than at any time in the last 50 years,' the industry announces. I'm not unaware that in the time it would take me to mourn the loss of another of Europe's oldest independent picture houses, several new, squeaky-clean multiplexes would have been spawned.

But they're pants, and they're all alike; there's nothing unique about them. Being in them is not a cinema-going experience; your entertainment is dished up as if you were in a KFC. You could be in Carlisle, Exeter or Peckham, and you wouldn't know the difference. And like supermarkets, everything's too bright and plastic, over-packaged and conspicuously corporate.

And most often they're staffed by disinterested teens on the minimum wage. Maybe it's the blandness of the design that gets me all hot under the whatsit; the attraction of cinema for me in the first place was that it was adult, exciting, a bit grown-up and scary and thrilling; all darkened rooms and velvet drapes.

London alone boasts a treasurestore of architectural delights which were built with the sole intention of being cinemas, and which, until the 1970s and 80s, operated as just that. Some continue to eke out a shadowy existence of their former incarnations, operating as bingo clubs or dubious religious meeting places.

What was the Carlton Islington on Essex Rd - now surviving as a Mecca bingo hall - sports an impressive Egyptian-style façade and a French neo-classical, multi-coloured interior. Its sugary pale-blue, pink and gold leaf hall is as opulent and camp as a fin de siecle brothel.

The Granada, Woolwich (a Gala bingo club) has an interior which wouldn't look out of place in the most Gothic of Prague's churches - all pointy bits and dramatically illuminated nooks and crannies. But the Gaumont Palace in Wood Green, which was modelled on the deco design of Weimar Republic Berlin, is now permanently closed, presumably never to reopen as a concern which will preserve its interior - that wouldn't be profitable.

English Heritage has recently launched an initiative to catalogue and preserve Britain's classic old cinemas. Already 123 have listed status and another 30 are on the cards for protection from demolition. I'm glad that these buildings are not being bulldozed, but it would be great if they could exist as more than decorative mausolea. And it's a shame that there isn't a similar voice for preserving the independent programmes that could be shown in them.

One thing these ex-cinemas - and others too numerous and beautiful to list - share, is that they were built as magical pleasure palaces; places in which to dream, to suspend belief, and be transported to imaginary realms. But hang on, I'm being silly and romantic: I forgot for a moment that corporate Britain doesn't like us using our imaginations or having individual experiences.

It wants us to feel secure by being part of the gang of conspicuous consumers. Whether we're going to the movies or out for a bite to eat, we're at risk from a culture of homogenised sameness being dumped upon us. This culture purports to be tolerant and multi-faceted, but strikes me as being perniciously engineered to keep us all looking alike, eating alike and watching the same stuff as everybody else - and their kids.

Have you noticed how there's little difference between adults' and kids' eating, clothing and recreational habits on a mass level these days? Burgers and baggy clothes and PlayStations for all. Everybody in cords? Everybody in Gap?

Everybody in plastic soulless multiplexes that are never going to show an afternoon of Mario Bava movies or the Lone Wolf and Cub series? Up and down the country, from every 'High Street UK' with its predictable concoction of Next, Dixons and Snappy Snaps, to the multiplex cinemas that boast 'all the new releases', choice is becoming decidedly limited to what the dominant culture thinks we want to be consuming and how we should be consuming it.

There are plans for a 36-screen cinema complex to be built within the site of the old Battersea Power Station - which sounds like something of a nightmare to me: I predict a giant neon-lit consumer junkyard festooned with CCTV cameras and shite fast-food joints. Great. Just what we all need. I may yet stand accused of being unnecessarily pessimistic, but if and when this giant fun palace is built, I'll bet that the diversity of the planet's cinema history will not be represented.

The central nub of my argument is that many of us are sick of being infantilised by a conspiracy of niceness and primary colours. OK, so no one's forcing me to go to McDonalds and the multiplexes - and yes it's great to be able to get a cappuccino in Frinton - but it irks me that the choice of cinema programme is limited to so many of us - especially outside the major cities.

How many more of our independents are going to be 'closed for refurbishment' 'cos they're not making enough profit?

There are precious few venues catering for eclectic tastes. And very often the remaining independents that do so can easily get complacent about their programming. When was the last time In Cold Blood, The Shout or any other perhaps less-obscure and wonderful cult movies shown at your local?

In the past couple of years, the ICA has run some excellent Japanese double-bills, and the Riverside turns up some greats now and then - their recent Czech season was glorious. But nothing in my mind will compare to those classically sleazy horror/trash all-nighters at the Scala in the mid-80s.

They were a lot of fun - and not just for the chin-stroking aesthetes among us. Before I start sounding too much like Brian Sewell - 'lesbian leather-clad switchblade girl-gang movies, anyone?' (she shouted). Er...yes please.

I hold fond memories of themed programmes, fun all-nighters, obscure treats from the vaults and the snogging and drinking that went along with them.

As for the Everyman, I hear that it's been taken over by Oasis - no, not those Manc lads - the same people who took charge of the refurbished Ritzy in Brixton. It's due to open this Spring (2000). Only time will tell if they're going to be bold enough to put on something more challenging than the latest wacky Will Smith caper.

And don't tell me it's what the public want, 'cos I have a sneaking suspicion that the public want what the public get. Go out on a limb occasionally why don'tcha. A multiple-choice society should provide us with a bit of everything; not loads of the same in many different places.

The film freaks among us will doubtlessly have their own much-loved and prized collections on VHS, but nothing compares to the big-screen expereince.

Let's hear it for darkened rooms, organ interludes, the ice-cream lady, little wooden spoons, Baroque spleandour, a sneaky spliff at the all-nighter, great coffee in the foyer, and the independent cinema preservation society.''

§PS, OF WIEN

2010-04-11T09:57:00.000-07:00

Brief pictoral record of the Hou§e in Wien, all stills by Susu Laroche. Information on the event can be found in the previous post.

There are still a few mixtapes (edition of 33) made specifically for the event available to purchase direct from the cinema.
Produced in a single track format, the tracklisting is...

1. Kalyanji, Anandji – Back Ground Music
2. Manfred Hubler & Sigfried Schwab – The Message
3. Bruno Nicolai – Il Cielo Cade
4. Adriano Celentano – Furore
5. Stelvio Cipriani – La Polizia Chiede Auto
6. John Barry – The Lion In Winter
7. Ennio Morricone – Revolver
8. Angelo Badalamenti – Audrey’s Dance
9. Ryuichi Sakamoto – Forbidden Colours

... & Barabara McNeir (Manfredd Mann) - Venus In Furs

Stay close for info on future exotic datesch, and a return to The Roxy...

Amarena. The most admired woman in Wien.

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§PS, WIEN - 26/3/10 - 28/3/10

2010-03-21T08:57:00.000-07:00

Pleased to announce a weekend of films curated by Stan at BSL Kino (the oldest cinema in the world!), Vienna.

Friday 26th March:
16:30 - SCHNEAK PREVIEW (surprise screening to kick off proceedings .. RSVP essential)
20:30 - The Saragossa Manuscript (Wojciech Jerzy Has, 1965)

Saturday 27th March:
Jesus Franco double-bill!
18:30 - Vampyros Lesbos (1971)
20:30 - Venus in Furs AKA Paroxsysmos (1969)

+ After party at das Einhorn (Joanelligasse 7) probably starting around midnight. More details soon.

Sunday 28th March:
20:30 - Werckmeister Harmoniak (Bela Tarr, 2000)

Compere for the weekend will be Arabel Edwards of Lipp Circle.

Mixtapes by the hand of Stan will be available for early arrivals. Soundtrack favourites will be spun throughout the weekend.

Individual screening costs vary. Toll for the entire weekend is 22 euro. Reservations should be made to cwachter57@yahoo.de or via BSL webpage.

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2010-03-13T17:57:00.000-08:00

§PS (ISCH) - 17/3/10

2010-03-11T11:57:00.000-08:00

Another ISCH instalment of §PS at Sassoon Gallery in Peckham (occupying an arch beneath Peckham Rye train station... 10 minutes from London Bridge).

This time, a fund-raising event to support imminent disaster in central Europe!

Mario Bava double-bill beginning at 19:30…

- Black Sabbath AKA The Three Faces of Fear
(infamous trio of shorts from 1963. In 1969, a band named Earth decided to change their name and agreed that the title of this film would be a nice fit for their sound. The band, Black Sabbath, later rose to much acclaim…)

- The Mask of Satan
(sexy, violent, sexy violence, the British censors felt sufficiently offended to bar the film from release until 1968; to this day, the uncut edition remains banned in the UK as a ‘video nasty’)

With live performances from…

- Jordan Hunt
(one of Britain's most exciting young composers, Jordan is also a member of cult orchestra The Irrepressibles)

- Nicolas Freeman & Jordan Cunningham
(collaborating specially for the event - think cheeb)

- Closed Circuits
(spoken word by CC who's debut record must be heard to be believed..)

Toll is £2, and all profits go to the aforementioned charity.

We’ve swung a late license and this time there’ll be heat in the gallery.

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§PS, BAD - 28/1/10

2010-01-20T04:57:00.000-08:00

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§PS at CS - 05/11/09

2009-11-05T05:57:00.000-08:00

Collage shown featured found footage of Deptford in 1965, various Jess Franco scenes, an interview with Claude Levi-Strauss, Gaspar Noe's 'Eva' and Kaya Scodelario's eyes opening.

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§PS II - 25/10/09

2009-10-25T06:57:00.000-07:00

From 6pm on Sunday the 25th of October 2009.

Arthur Lipsett (rare screenings of several Lipsett films - seek out the recent documentary on him as well if you can).

We also showed work by Adham Faramawy, Ellen Rogers, Ian Pons Jewell, Susanne Oberbeck, Susu Laroche and
The music of Johnny Parry set to the films of Andy Holden.

With an exclusive performance by Jordan Hunt & Stanley Schtinter

Guest DJ - Simon McCabe.

At..

The Roxy Bar & Screen, London Bridge
128-132 Borough High Street
London SE1 1LB

Tracklisting for the accompanying CD (edition of 21):

1. Philip Glass - Koyaanisquatsi
2. Stelvio Cipriani - La Polizia Sta A Guardare
3. Bruno Nicolai - The Day I Was Born
4. Johnny Parry Trio - God Loves Me
5. Lepenik - Am The Ghost of Joan of Arc (Strange as it Seems..)
6. Mary & The Boy - Yellow Basket
7. Riz Ortolani - Ferro Chitarra E Amore
8. Armando Sciascia - Sexy World
9. Jimmy Scott - Sycamore Trees

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§PS - 20/9/09

2009-09-20T16:57:00.000-07:00

From 6pm on Sunday the 20th of September.

An evening of widely unseen performance footage and interviews with Jacques Brel.

Later, we screened the compelling Scott Walker documentary '30th Century Man'.

Live music provided by Ebe Oke.

And a special solo performance by Jordan Hunt.

At..

The Roxy Bar & Screen, London Bridge
128-132 Borough High Street
London SE1 1LB

Tracklisting for the accompanying CD (edition of 21):

1. Patrick Juvet – La Tristesse de Laura
2. Scott Walker – The Church of the Apostles
3. Manfred Hubler and Siegfried Schwab – The Lions and the Cucumber
4. Berto Pisano – Kill them all!
5. Georges Garvarentz – Haschisch Party
6. Peter Thomas – Otran Limited Respetivo
7. Blixa Bargeld and Tim Osfort Orchestra – Verfolgungsjagd
8. Melville – Tundra
9. Mihály, Víg -Kész Az Egész

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