From the relatively early days of cinema, popular music figures have made forays into acting. Sound and Vision: Pop Stars On Film offers an overview of some of the most influential performances from a diverse range of cultural icons.
Co-curated by Dr. Kirsty Fairclough, University of Salford and Jason Wood Creative Director: Film and Culture at HOME.
Thanks:
Barry Adamson, Omar Ahmed, Mark Cousins, Fraser Elliott, Jennifer Hall, Rachel Hayward, Steve Jenkins, Bob Stanley, Andy Starke, Peter Strickland, Andy Willis.
In partnership with MUBI.
In this season
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Pop Stars on Film – The Jukebox edit
Jason Wood, Creative Director: Film and Culture at HOME shares an insight into the films that got away in our Pop Stars on Film season.
Previously in this season
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Out of Sight
Having already established herself as an actress, Jennifer Lopez stars in arguably her most accomplished role as Karen Sisco, a US marshal who is forced…
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Juice + Introduction
This screening will be introduced by Jason Wood Creative Director: Film and Culture at HOME.
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Performance + Q&A
We will be joined by producer Sandy Lieberson and author of Performance: 50th Anniversary Book, Jay Glennie, for a Q&A following this screening.
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One Hour Intro/ Believe: Rethinking Cher as Film Star
Cher has not only had a five-decade long music career, but also an impressive film career. This talk led by Dr Kirsty Fairclough, Associate Dean…
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Set It Off
Queen Latifah stars in a gritty crime thriller combining explosive action and social commentary in a story about four women bank robbers from a housing…
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Bring The Family/ Hairspray
With Hairspray, John Waters leapt flamboyantly from the underground and found a wider audience, but this is still a camp cult classic.
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Absolute Beginners
Julien Temple’s flawed but hugely ambitious and entertaining attempt to bring the novel by Colin MacInnes to the screen is ripe for revisiting. Starring David…
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The Small World of Sammy Lee (12) + Introduction & DJ Set
This 20:20 screening of The Small World of Sammy Lee on Fri 26 Jul will be introduced by Bob Stanley of St Etienne. Then join…
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Performance
Mick Jagger is extremely convincing as a washed up singer (“old rubber lips”) whose seclusion is rudely disturbed by the 60s London crime underworld.
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Desperately Seeking Susan
Madonna burst onto the big screen in her first major role as Susan, the free-spirited New Yorker who lights up the life of timid, repressed…
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Relaxed Screening (Autism Friendly): Hairspray
John Waters directs an eclectic cast of musicians (including Debbie Harry and Sonny Bono), actors and drag queens in 1960s Baltimore, where dance-loving teenager Tracy…
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The Harder They Come
A cult classic with an astute take on politics and the dog eat dog nature of the entertainment industry. Described as “Jamaica’s very first feature…
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Purple Rain DJ set
Join us for the season launch of Pop Stars in Film with a purple themed evening as we celebrate Prince in Purple Rain with a…
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The Small World of Sammy Lee
The vibrant, down and dirty Soho of the 1960s lives on in British classic The Small World of Sammy Lee, featuring Bowie-inspiring actor and singer…
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Desperately Seeking Susan + post-screening discussion
Following the screening on Sun 21 Jul, 13:00 there will be a post-screening discussion with Sarah Perks, Professor of Visual Art at Manchester Metropolitan University…
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Purple Rain + Introduction
Join us for the season launch of Pop Stars in Film. We begin with a purple themed evening via an introduction to Purple Rain and…
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Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
A captivating, skewed World War II drama from Nagisa Oshima starring David Bowie in probably his finest role.
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Come Back to the 5 and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
Cher, Sandy Dennis, and Karen Black sparkle in Robert Altman’s acclaimed film version of Ed Graczyk’s play.
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Purple Rain
Winner of Grammy and Academy Awards for its pulsating score, Purple Rain marks the electrifying movie debut of Prince as the Kid, a Minneapolis club…
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Videodrome
Cronenberg’s potent and prescient sci-fi thriller remains one of the director’s greatest achievements.
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King Creole
In 1958 Presley released the third and arguably best film of his career. Set in New Orleans, Presley plays 19-year-old Danny Fisher (a role originally…