CULTURE UPDATE March

LIVE MUSIC
with the best bits underlined.

Viiden tähden festivaali, Jyväskylä: Sir Elwood duo, Paula Koivuniemi

Vastavirta: Cosmobile, Red Carpet

Tullikamari: Ismo Alanko Säätiö

MOVIES

Duncan Tucker: Transamerica (2005)
( • • • • ) - A fun and humane film about a transsexual and a drug abusing teen prostitute. The car stealing hippie really pissed me off, though. Hippies...

Tampere Film Festival:
Claudio Noce: Aria (2005)
Miia Tervo: Hylje (2005)
Luke Morris, Toby Macdonald: Heavy Metal Drummer (2005)
Jean-Gabriel Périot: Eût-Elle Été criminelle... (2005)
Claudia Priscilla: Sexo E Claustro (2005)
Sharon Colman: Badgered (2005)
Michael Duignan: Truant (2005)
Xavi Sala: Hiyab (2005)
Caroline Sascha Cogez: Mellem Rum (2004)
Maja Lindström: En Nattsaga (2005)
Kaja Wright Polmar: Asylsokere (2005)
Poopak Mozafari: Aan (2004)
Terje Rangnes: Panther Martin (2004)
Tatu Pohjavirta: Elukka (2005)
Bálint Kenyeres: Before Dawn (2005)
Chi-Jan Hou: My 747 (2005)
Ken Wardrop: Ouch (2004)
Jan Verbeek: On a Wednesday Night in Tokyo (2004)
Rostislav Aalto: Ota minut syliin (2006)
Mikko Keinonen: Risto ja Minna (2006)
Kim Helminen: Pieni Porsas (2005)
Timo Kalevi Puukko: Winterlong (2005)
Aiju Salminen: Elvis kääntyy haudassaan (2005)
Mervi Junkkonen: Aarne (2005)
Jalmari Helander, Juuso Helander: Rare Exports: The Official Safety Instructions (2005)
Teemu Nikki: Menestyjä (2005)
Reijo Kela: 365 päivää - Reijo Kelan videopäiväkirja 1999 (2006)
Robert Drew: Faces of November (1963)

Bill Plympton:
Push Comes to Shove (1991)
Nosehair (1994) - I love the comment on IMDB: "Bizarre even by Plympon's standars."
How to Make Love to a Woman (1995)
Plympmania (1996)
Sex & Violence (1997)
The Exciting Life of a Tree (1998)
More Sex & Violence (1998)
Eat (2001)

Unknown: Kuvavälähdys Tampereelta (1915)
Uno Pihlström: Kesällä Tampereella (1940)
Jonas Geirnaert: Flatlife (2004)
Jonathan Demme: Neil Young: Heart of Gold (2006)
Group of Children, 14-16 years: Pobeg Iz Salatinizy

DVD

Isao Takahata: Hotaru no haka (1988)