Christmas 2025: Music & Film
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A short but wide-ranging exploration of the appeal of the enigmatic genius David Lynch and what that appeal says about who we are'What is it about David Lynch's cinematic bag of tricks - his shots of shadows and flickering electricity, his…
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For the first time, director Rob Reiner and co-creators Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer provide the full behind-the-scenes story of the making of the groundbreaking mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap and…
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Strikingly original' The Times'Absorbing' Wall Street Journal'Just as a cello’s voice is divided across four strings, each with its own colour and character, this is a journey in four parts, in search of four players and…
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Timeless lessons on the pleasures of listening, the dilemmas of composition, and the meaning of artistic freedom from a founder of musical modernism.In October 1939, Igor Stravinsky took the stage at Harvard not as a conductor but as a…
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On the 300th anniversary of Vivaldi’s ‘The Four Seasons’, broadcaster and musicologist Dr Hannah French embraces the art of listening seasonally in her exploration of this classic work.Embrace the art of listening…
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Translated by Shaun WhitesideAbsorbing insights into music and language by one of the world's greatest Lieder Interpreters.Christian Gerhaher, one of the most important singers of our time, writes vividly of his performing life and the…
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A landmark account of Paul McCartney's triumphant musical reinvention in the 1970s and the rise of one of the decade's most iconic bandsAs the Sixties came to a close, Paul McCartney was faced with the daunting prospect of being a solo…
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Composer, pianist and writer Erik Satie was one of the great figures of Belle Époque Paris. Known for his unvarying image of bowler hat, three-piece suit and umbrella, Satie was a surrealist before Surrealism and a conceptual artist…
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A photographic guide to world cinemas, movie houses and their architecture & interior design, new for 2025 film fansA celebration of the world’s most cherished cinemas, from vintage movie houses to quirky start-ups. Grab your…
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A History of the World in 100 Objects meets Sapiens: the first archaeological history of humanity's musical heritageWonderfully engaging, expansive and ambitious, Sound Tracks tells the history of our relationship with…
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The triple-Oscar winner of the Godfather films, Apocalypse Now and The English Patient presents a masterclass on movies and how they are made.Highly lauded film editor, director, writer and sound designer…
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A full-colour, sumptuous celebration of cult movie The Rocky Horror Picture Show featuring rare behind-the-scenes pictures from legendary photographer Mick Rock, publishing on the film's 50th anniversaryStep behind the curtain…
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Lady Gaga, Adele, Amy Winehouse, Dua Lipa, Bruno Mars, Miley Cyrus, the Barbie soundtrack—Mark Ronson’s musical fingerprints are everywhere in our pop culture. Now comes his electrifying memoir, which captures the music,…
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