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Julie Burchill writes exclusively for Latest 7 about her part in She’s a Punk Rocker UK, a documentary by Zillah Minx

When the ever-persuasive Miss Zillah Minx asked me to appear in her excellent documentary She’s A Punk Rocker I was not entirely convinced. For a start, I think back to the period of my life when I WAS a – shudder – punk rocker as the only time of my life when I knowingly practised hypocrisy: one of my very least favourite vices.
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Josh Brolin talks to Latest 7 about his role as President Bush in Oliver Stone’s new film W

It’s been a rather impressive few years for you, hasn’t it?
Right, but once you confine it to the year, where do you go from there?

But it’s enabled you to take the step up to play the lead in W., doesn’t it?
That was what I hoped, to respect the moment. I had a lot of opportunities and a lot of money came my way, so thank God for my friend Brett Markinson, who taught me most of what I know about trading stocks. That gave me an objectivity to it all. His whole thing is ‘the minute you start to feel greed, sell, and the minute you start to feel fear look and see if it’s something you want to acquire because it’s probably a pretty good time to buy in.’ Read the rest of this article »

Patti Smith talks to Stephen Dalton exclusively about radiating youth and the film of her life showing during the Cinecity festival

Patti Smith

You can feel Patti Smith’s crackling energy before she even sits down to talk. All sharp angles and wiry energy, there is still something vaguely feral about this one-time Bohemian queen of New York’s downtown punk scene. Even at 61, beneath a ragged haystack of greying hair, Smith is bursting with ideas about art, poetry, politics and music. She seems less like a rock star than an untamed force of nature.
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Brighton’s annual film festival, Cinecity , returns for a sixth year this week at the Duke of York’s

Brighton Cinecity returns for its sixth edition this year from 20 November to 7 December. Presented in partnership with the Duke of York’s Picturehouse and the University of Brighton, Cinecity features a global mix of UK premieres and previews, treasures from the archives plus the latest digital adventures and all round cinematic glee.
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