JAPANLAND
Thursdays
from 6 June at 7.30pm
For an entire year, adventure filmmaker and author
Karin Muller immersed herself in Japanese society, travelling from one end of
the country to the other, struggling to navigate a notoriously complex and
often contradictory culture. Aided by geisha and samurai archers, mountain
ascetics and pearl divers, Karin gained access to the most intimate and
surprising aspects of Japanese culture. It is a land of contradictions, a place
where modern assembly lines churn out cars onto country roads barely wide
enough to drive on, where the most modern and punctual train system in the
world run by staff that calculate change on an abacus -- and where vending
machines offer everything from batteries to used panties and condoms that are
sold based on the user's blood type. The result is a rare look at the
"tatemai" -- Japan 's
public face -- to see the "honne," the true inner character of Japan
ON THE ROAD:
KEROUAC
Thursdays 6
& 13 June at 8.30pm
In 1951- 60 years ago – Jack Kerouac wrote ‘On The
Road’. The novel tells the story of Jack Kerouac’s travels across the America
Fay Weldon - Thursday 27 June at 10.00pm
One of the most successful and controversial authors
of her generation. For almost half a century, her novels have focused on the
frustrations of women trapped in a male-dominated world; but where her
protagonists once sought revenge against men – as in the award-winning Life
and Loves of a She-Devil – she nowadays focuses on what unites the sexes,
rather than what divides them. Indeed, she’s angered many feminists in recent
years, by saying that women should fake orgasms to please men, and by even
appearing to blame some women for their own domestic subordination. So does
this feminist icon of the 1970s think that women no longer need to struggle for
equality? And what does she mean when she says that “all that anti-man stuff is
no longer appropriate”?
ARCHITECTURES
Thursdays
from 13 June at 7.00pm
An ongoing series of films devoted to the most
remarkable achievements in modern architecture, from the works that heralded
the birth of the modern style at the end of the 19th century to the latest
designs by today's top architects. Each film examines the structure of the
building, the architectural techniques as well as its cultural and historical
influences. By examining a key building in detail the series brings light to
its role in the evolution of architecture.
A LOVE LETTER
FOR YOU
Thursday 20
June at 8.30pm
The film documents the notorious graffiti legend,
Stephen “ESPO” Powers as he returns to his old stomping grounds in Philadelphia
CLIMATE OF
DOUBT
Friday 21
June at 8.30pm
Four years ago, American public opinion and politics
was on the verge of a strong consensus supporting action on climate change.
Today, it is one of the most bitterly polarizing issues in the country—and
action seems remote. John Hockenberry goes inside the organizations that fought
the scientific establishment, environmental groups and lawmakers to shift the
direction of debate on climate issues, and redefine the politics of global
warming.
OUVERTURE
SPIRITUELLE: ABBADO SALZBURG
Sunday 23
June at 10.50am
After a gap of ten years, Claudio Abbado takes to the
rostrum again to conduct a new special facet of the Salzburg Festival of Sacred
Music, the Ouverture Spirituelle. The Italian maestro conducts the
Orchestra Mozart of Bologna, an ensemble specially dedicated to performing the
work of Mozart. The programme includes two masses: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s
1768 Mass in C minor K139, better known as the Waisenhausmesse (Orphanage
Mass), and Franz Schubert’s Mass in E flat major D950 of 1828. The two works
combine to make a touching and intimate experience, performed by the renowned
soprano Rachel Harnisch and the tenors Javier Camarena and Paolo Fanale.
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Schubert
Conductor: Claudio Abbado
Orchestra: Orchestra Mozart
Chorus:
Arnold
Year: 2012 Salzburg
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