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- Time Out
The 14 best things to see at SXSW London 2025
SXSW London won't just be the debut South by Southwest festival in London but the first in all of Europe. Next week the event – for which Time Out is an official media partner – will take over dozens of iconic Shoreditch venues for a week-long feast of talks, panels, music concerts and film screenings. Between June 2 and June 7 SXSW London will host literally hundreds of events: a total of 420 talks and panels, 250 film screenings and over 500 gigs. The lineup for the Texan festival's first London event is stacked with big names: included are talks by the likes of actor Idris Elba, comedian Katherine Ryan and footballer Cesc Fàbregas, and gigs from names such as Tems, Mabel and Erykah Badu (the latter performing under her alias DJ Lo Down Loretta Brown). Heading to SXSW London but still undecided on who or what to see? Here's Time Out's list of the top things to look forward to at SXSW London, featuring the insights of our global film editor Phil de Semlyen and music expert Georgia Evans. Music Chosen by Georgia Evans. Uncle Junior These kids are far cooler than most of us were at 17 (did we all dress like we were desperate to be in Skins?), bursting onto the London underground music scene in a frenzy of harsh noise, hardcore and experimental rock. Erratic performances at The George and Shacklewell Arms have earned Uncle Junior cult status, despite only dropping two singles so far. The first, 'I Love You, Kenneth Copeland', is a fantastic summation of what the three-piece is all about: ironic lyrics, jagged production and chaotic, youthful energy. Jaguar Shoes (Main Room), June 2 2025, 7-7.30pm. Village Underground (Village Underground), June 3 2025, 4-4.30pm. Pa Salieu Rapper Pa Salieu first made headlines with his single 'Frontline', which was the most-played track of 2020 on BBC Radio 1Xtra. The following year he released the Ivor Novello-nominated mixtape Send Them to Coventry, cementing his place as one of the UK's most exciting emerging acts. Despite a break in releases (due to being incarcerated) Salieu is still making hits, such as the dancefloor-ready Disclosure single 'King Steps'. Catch him at SXSW to hear his blend of afrobeats, grime and UK drill in an intimate setting at Village Underground. Village Underground (Village Underground), June 4 2025, 8-8.40pm. TWST Informed by the likes of AG Cook and Charli xcx (who played her lead single from the TWST0002 (Upgraded) EP, 'Upgrade (Crook's System Update)' in a DJ set), twst is a hyperpop protégé ready for global domination. Growing up in rural Wales, they spent their early years working at their father's chicken factory. Eventually, twst swapped the countryside for supporting slots with MØ, interviews on BBC Radio 1 and writing with K-pop powerhouse record label, HYBE. Prepare for a dynamic live performance that's filled with glistening electronic flourishes and ethereal vocals. Jaguar Shoes (Main Room), June 6 2025, 10-10.35pm. Jasmine 4.t Manchester-based singer-songwriter Jasmine 4.t's debut album You Are The Morning was produced by US supergroup boygenius and received widespread critical praise upon its release earlier this year. The first UK act to be Phoebe Bridgers' Saddest Factory Records, Jasmine uses her music to shine a light on the saving graces of queer friendship and formative experiences of being a trans woman in this country. Her production methods span sorrowful string arrangements to ferocious guitar solos, all backed with intimate lyrics that make her an absolute must-see. 93 Feet East (Live Room), June 7 2025, 6-6.30pm. DJ Lo Down Loretta Brown aka Erykah Badu Performing as DJ Lo Down Loretta Brown, Erykah Badu will be performing alongside multi-instrumentalist Henry Lau on the House of R&B stage. Expect a cosmic blend of jazz, R&B, pop and experimental dance music closing the day of DJ Ace's carefully curated programme Everything R&B. This is an enticing and unusual way to catch the five-time Grammy winner in an intimate setting. Shoreditch Town Hall (Shoreditch Town Hall Stage), June 6 2025, 11-11.59pm. Film Chosen by Phil de Semlyen. The first ever SXSW London film programme offers a typically provocative, edgy and enticing array of movies, shorts and talks from the UK offshoot of the world-famous Austin arts festival. You'll find new films and new voices in its line-up – all of them exciting, all carefully curated to fit the new festival's ethos of discovery. There are two world premieres and 30 UK premieres at the festival – but plenty to look out for across the programme. Here's four films to look out for. The Life Of Chuck Love Stephen King? SXSW London is here for you with two new adaptations of the Maine horror legend's work. Alongside a serialisation of his 2019 sci-fi horror The Institute, a spiky sci-fi horror about telekinetic kids being experimented on in a mysterious facility, you'll find Mike Flanagan's (Doctor Sleep) take on this short story from the cheerier end of the King oeuvre. Tom Hiddleston plays an ordinary joe called Chuck Krantz who may hold the key to an impending apocalypse. Mark Hamill, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Karen Gillan co-star. June 7. Rich Mix Screen 1, 8.40pm-10.30pm and Curzon Hoxton Screen 1, 9.15pm-11.15pm. Stans The film strand of the festival kicks off with a sideways look at fan culture courtesy of Slim Shady himself, Eminem. The rapper co-produces a doc that turns the camera on fans and fan culture – from the enthusiasts to the obsessive stans – in a 'revealing, edgy, and disarmingly personal journey into the world of superfandom'. Its SXSW London world premiere should give the film programme a turbo-charged lift off. June 2. Barbican Centre, Cinema Screen 1, 6.30pm-8.55pm. June 5. Barbican Centre, Cinema Screen 1, 9.15pm-11pm. Queer as Punk One of the joys of any good film fest is the chance to dive into new cultures and learn a thing or two about what makes them tick. In the case of this raucous rock doc, it's raw, punk energy as embodied by queer Malay band Shh…Diam ('shut up'). It's a perceptive, empathetic and high-energy journey into what it's like to be trans and queer in a country where same-sex relationships remain illegal. Expect a music doc like no other as this unique four-piece lets rip. June 5. Rich Mix Screen 1, 8.30pm-10.23pm. June 7. Curzon Hoxton Screen 3, 2pm-3.38pm. Everyone Is Lying To You For Money Crypto bros come under the spotlight in The O.C. star-turned-filmmaker Ben McKenzie's cryptocurrency exposé, another SXSW London world premiere. Filmed over three years and spanning New York, London, Austin, El Salvador and Miami, it'll open your eyes to the shadowy corners of the crypto industry. McKenzie even tracks down big-name fraudsters like Sam Bankman-Fried and Alex Mashinsky to get the scoop on the dark side of crypto. Planning on investing your life's savings in Bitcoin? Book a ticket. June 6. Rich Mix Screen 1, 6pm-7.55pm. Talks and panels Idris Elba Award-winning actor and household name Idris Elba is one of SXSW London's headline conference speakers. The actor, who is also a musician, entrepreneur, anti-knife crime campaigner and rumoured future candidate for London's mayoralty, will be speaking in a talk named 'Creativity as Capital for Change'. He'll be talking about how creativity can be used as fuel for real economic and social transformation, as well as to 'challenge injustice and unlock new economic models'. If you can't get enough of Elba, he'll also feature in a Q&A alongside rappers Giggs and Nas after a showing of Meji Alabi's film Victory on Saturday (June 7). Idris Elba in Conversation. Creativity as Capital for Change: Truman Brewery (SXSW London Stage), June 4 2025, 4.45pm-5.30pm. Victory + Q&A. Shoreditch Town Hall (Shoreditch Town Hall Stage), June 7, 2025, 2pm-3.20pm. Dame Jane Goodall Dame Jane Goodall has spent over six decades studying chimpanzees, and at SXSW London she'll impart some of that wisdom upon lucky Londoners. What's more is that Dame Jane won't just be chatting chimps – the 91-year-old ethologist, conservationist and UN Messenger for Peace will be talking (with CNBC broadcaster Tania Bryer) about a wider range of topics including 'hope, humanity, and the future of our planet'. Couldn't be timelier and more essential, if you ask us. In conversation with Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE. Truman Brewery (SXSW London Stage), June 3 2025, 3.10pm-3.55pm. Bimini Former Time Out cover star Bimini Bon Boulash will host a live episode of podcast The Pieces with Bimini at SXSW London, with reality TV star Olivia Attwood (of Love Island and The Only Way is Essex) as their guest. Drag queen, author, recording artist and model Bimini's podcast is all about revealing the moments that shaped their guests' identities, and the live edition will be at Shoreditch Town Hall on Friday. The Pieces With Bimini. Shoreditch Town Hall (Shoreditch Town Hall Stage), June 6 2025, 12.05pm-12.35pm. Dina Asher-Smith Former world championship gold medal-winning runner Dina Asher-Smith will be joined by ELLE editor-in-chief Kenya Hunt to talk about the relationship between women in sport and luxury fashion. Asher-Smith, who is currently a contributing editor at ELLE and has been on the cover of the mag several times, will talk about the 'growing relationship between sport and luxury fashion', as well as delve into her career on and off the track. How The Power of Women in Sport is Influencing Luxury Fashion. Shoreditch Town Hall (Shoreditch Town Hall Stage), June 6 2025, 1.05pm-1.35pm. Various AI talks Still baffled by AI? Over its six days SXSW London will host some of the biggest cheeses in artificial intelligence, here to discuss how AI will impact stuff like videomaking, business, journalism and industry, as well as talk about AI ethics. Our picks? 'The AI Voice Revolution' with Mati Staniszewski (CEO of AI audio firm ElevenLabs), 'AI in 2030' with Azeem Azhar (founder of future-focusing newsletter Exponential View) and 'The Video Revolution' with Victor Riparbelli of AI video company Synthesia. The Video Revolution. Truman Brewery (SXSW London Stage), June 5 2025, 12.40pm-1.05pm. The AI Voice Revolution. Truman Brewery (SXSW London Stage), June 4, 2025, 11.45am-2.10pm. AI in 2030. Shoreditch Electric (Shoreditch Electric Stage), June 2, 2025, 10.15am-10.45am.
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Livvy Dunne Comforts Paul Skenes During Tough Times for the Pirates
Jul 16, 2024; Arlington, Texas, USA; National League pitcher Paul Skenes of the Pittsburgh Pirates walks the red carpet with his girlfriend LSU gymnast Olivia Livvy Dunne before the 2024 MLB All-Star game at Globe Life Field. Livvy Dunne posted an amusing video on Tik Tok of her pretending to pitch like Paul Skenes. It has the caption, 'You're so dramatic'…literally him pitching while a serious faced Livvy does a fake pitching windup. At first look, it's a fun video of her lovingly mocking Paul but if we dive a little deeper, there's likely another message here. It's been a rough and frustrating month for the former LSU Tigers baseball star. While Paul may get plenty of support from his girlfriend, Olivia, he seems to get next to none from the Pirates' offense. It has to be tough to consistently pitch well but lose low scoring games. Advertisement View the original article to see embedded media. It wasn't a complete surprise to see Paul's reaction to the firing of Pirates' manager Derek Shelton. He was very candid with local media regarding the organization's decision. He said, 'Unfortunately, I wasn't shocked. At the end of the day, we're 12-27, 12-26 whatever it is, someone has to be held accountable. Unfortunately, right now, it's him. That's just kinda how it goes. I don't know if it fixes the root of the issue, which is that we need to play better.' You can see from the video that this wasn't easy for Paul and not the way he wanted this season to play out. He is already arguably the best pitcher in Major League Baseball and is constantly hearing fans speculating on his future in Pittsburgh. All of this could be both physically and mentally draining even to someone as unflappable as Paul Skenes. Advertisement It was particularly sweet that even in a humorous video teasing Paul, Livvy opted for a more heartfelt song in the background: Gracie Adams' 'I Love You, I'm Sorry.' Related: Livvy Dunne Reveals Her Go-To Fast Food Order Related: LSU Gymnastics Flexes on Rivals in Latest Post Related: Some Fans are Disgusted by Livvy Dunne's Latest Viral Video
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Last Surviving Members of The Doors Remember Jim Morrison's 'Heartbreaking' Death
The Doors took music by storm in the late 1960s and early 1970s, with a string of hits including "Break On Through (To the Other Side)," "Light My Fire," "People Are Strange," "Hello, I Love You," "Touch Me," "Love Her Madly," "Riders on the Storm" and more. But tragedy struck in 1971 when lead singer Jim Morrison was found dead in a bathtub in Paris at the age of 27. The cause of death was listed as heart failure, and Bill Siddons, The Doors' manager, told Rolling Stone at the time that there might have been a possible lung infection because Morrison had been coughing up blood in the days leading up to his death. In a new in-depth history of The Doors' meteoric rise and fall for Louder Sound, surviving members John Densmore (drums and backing vocals) and Robby Krieger (guitar, lead and backing vocals) reflected on their time with Morrison and what might have become of the band had he lived. "Jim's demise was heartbreaking. I mean, it was so good live, and then it eroded. And I hated that. But now, many years later, time has really helped me reflect on the fact that he was supposed to be a shooting star — a quick impact and then goodbye," said Densmore. Krieger added, "When Jim went to Paris [March 1971], I figured he'd be back at some point and we'd start playing again. But it wasn't meant to be." Krieger also said that they talked about trying to continue on after Morrison's death, and he kind of wishes they would have, but Densmore said it was a "real struggle" to figure out what to do. "That was a real struggle. We didn't want to give up the musical synchronicity, but who's going to fill those leather pants?" said Densmore, adding, "We tried a few people, and Ray [Manzarek] and Robby sang. They were OK … Without Jim, what is The Doors?" Ray Manzarek was the fourth member of the original group, who played keyboards and contributed to lead and backing vocals; he died of cancer in 2013. Krieger and Densmore were contemplative about what might have happened if Morrison had not died so young. "Had Jim lived, I think our music would've gone more in the direction of 'Riders On The Storm.' And we'd be into film soundtracks. We all loved film," said Densmore. "Ray and Jim went to UCLA film school and would be experimenting with that. Editing film can be like drumming. It's all about timing." "I do sometimes wonder how The Doors might've sounded through the seventies, and possibly the eighties, if Jim had lived. But I really have no idea. That was the thing about The Doors – what we came up with was always a surprise, even to us. I think that's one reason why the music still holds up today. I still play those songs so much that it sometimes feels like it was only yesterday. It seems like we never stopped," concluded Krieger.
Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘Friendship' Director Andrew DeYoung on Shooting His Tim Robinson Cringe Comedy with ‘High-Arthouse Aesthetics'
Are the guys OK? So rarely do we get smart, subversive screen comedies about male friendship these days, and writer/director Andrew DeYoung's feature directing debut 'Friendship' turns the genre inside out. Casting Paul Rudd as forlorn weatherman Austin Carmichael, neighbor to Tim Robinson's anxiously neurotic Craig Waterman, in his A24 movie will immediately bring to mind another male friendship comedy, 'I Love You, Man.' 'Friendship' is like the dark mirror of John Hamburg's 2009 cult classic, as the desperately friendless Craig strikes up (or even forces) a bond with the charismatic man across the street who keeps getting his packages. It proves ruinous for all, including Craig's wife Tami (played by Kate Mara), who is obsessed with an ex and oh-so eager to get Craig out of the house. More from IndieWire Simon Pegg Has a Comedy Reunion with Edgar Wright in the Works - but It's Not a 'Shaun of the Dead' Sequel WME Plans to 'Vigorously Defend' Itself Against 'Together' Copyright Lawsuit The Los Angeles-based DeYoung, who has directed episodes of you-name-it every beloved single-camera streaming comedy series from 'PEN15' to 'Dave' and 'Our Flag Means Death,' was inspired by his own brush with a male companionship that wasn't gelling. 'It was less of an established friendship and more of a wanting,' he told IndieWire. 'I thought there was a friendship blossoming, and that person didn't seem to be as interested as I thought. And I'm like, wow, you see the romance version of it constantly. I've never seen the middle-aged version between two straight men. That's happening all the time. Men have friendships, and they have issues with their friends, and I know it's most predominantly portrayed in 'I Love You, Man,' but what's my version of that that's closer to my reality? And so that's where it started from.' The arthouse-cringe, let's call it, comedy of 'Friendship' is filled with the familiar and not-so-familiar iconography of male buddy comedies: Craig is trying to bond with his son Steven (Jack Dylan Grazer) over the latest 'Marvel,' Craig and his corporate co-workers at a company that makes their clients' products more addictive hang out in the garage over beers, and Craig and Austin seek bond-forming adventure in the most unlikely of places (here, a sewer system, for one). But Craig's agonized fixation on finding a new friend only turns alienating for Austin, who has it all figured out, unlike his neighbor, who's no longer having sex with his wife since she had cancer. 'Tim's a friend, and as I wrote, I was imagining him and I never told him about it until I finished it and sent it to him,' said DeYoung, who next directs 'I Think You Should Leave' star Robinson in HBO's half-hour comedy pilot 'The Chair Company.' 'The Austin character was kind of an amalgamation of all kinds of different archetypes and people in my head, so I never knew who that quite would be, but when Paul's name came up, I was like, that guy is perfect.' DeYoung said that Rudd 'asked to be in the movie more' and 'it really made the movie even better. I imagined in my head I was going to get someone totally on the drama side. [Paul] has a little bit or a lot of everything he could do. He's this handsome guy who's really funny, but also such a good actor and will be able to play off Tim in such an incredible way and knows the comedy moves without winking at it.' DeYoung shot 'Friendship' in Yonkers, giving his A24 buddy comedy a wintry, folksy twinge that wouldn't have been possible had he shot the film in California, where he's from. 'I grew up in Fresno, California. It was a gift to have to shoot in Yonkers during the dead of winter because I'm a California boy — it just sounds like pure pain, but it added all these gifts with the coats and the snow. There's an underlying sadness and grief to it, and the weather really helps set that tone in place. Split-level homes were a new thing that I didn't know, and I just had to embrace that.' 'Friendship' is unusual for a studio-adjacent comedy in that it's rife with moments of portentous dread, cinematographer Andy Rydzewski's camera slowly zooming at times like a horror movie. In one sequence of the film, Craig takes a strange drug trip after licking an amphibian, which sends him into a hallucinated Subway franchise brick-and-mortar. Meanwhile, there's Tami, lost for half the movie in the sewers underground after Craig leads her down there trying to spice things up. (Whoever thought that would end well?) There's even some straight-up horror violence toward the film's end that feels ripped out of A24's arsenal of chillers. With Rudd and Robinson on board, DeYoung said he had the 'leverage' in terms of pitching the movie, and at a moment where he was 'so kind of disappointed by the overall state of cinema that I'm like, 'I'm not going to make anything that's not exactly what I'm going to make,'' he said. 'We're going to shoot it with these high-arthouse aesthetics.' He pitched the film as in a vein more like 'The Master,' 'The King of Comedy,' 'Toni Erdmann,' or 'Force Majeure' than 'I Love You, Man,' 'all movies that are successful and work. So I'm not pointing to things that are shaky.' ('Friendship' was produced by Fifth Season and BoulderLight Pictures, with A24 acquiring it out of the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival, where the film premiered.) DeYoung added, 'Paul and Tim have massive cult followings, and to me it [felt] so safe. I never tried to soften the movie. I only tried to make it feel scarier to financiers, to be honest, to see who is actually down to get in the mud with me and try something different.' I asked why DeYoung is 'disappointed by the overall state of cinema,' and he said, 'I just feel like there are a lot of safe choices that don't respect the audience. It's so nice to feel respected by a filmmaker, even if I don't like the movie or agree with what it's trying to do. If it feels like it's trying to do something and treat us as the intelligent people that I like to imagine we are, I'll respect it. A lot of films really sell out the audience and treat us dumber than we are.' DeYoung pointed to Sean Baker as one such filmmaker whose smart work 'sneaks through' and doesn't pander to audiences. Beyond his work, the Oscar-winning director's recent comments about the financial headwinds faced by indie filmmakers resonated with the 'Friendship' director, too. 'If I didn't have TV, I would be trying to slum it in the commercial world or flipping houses, I don't know,' DeYoung said. 'Some working at the highest levels [are] still getting fucked over financially. People project onto us as having a certain kind of financial life, but it's actually not the case. The system's rigged against us, and I love A24, truly such good partners, but the culture is rigged against the filmmaker. And there's a lot of people who didn't do much on these movies who are getting paid more than the filmmaker.' Speaking of filmmakers pulling it in financially, there's a running gag throughout 'Friendship' in which Craig is just dying to see 'the new Marvel' because it's apparently so good that it's driving people crazy. 'I have to choose my words wisely because I know these things bring a lot of joy to people,' DeYoung said. 'The reason why maybe talented filmmakers go to bigger tentpole projects is kind of none of my business, and I hope they're getting paid to do it regardless, but it just doesn't interest me… [Marvel is] almost boring to make fun of. But I think a character who likes it is interesting, and it's a way to comment on it without the usual tearing down of it. All those arguments have already been made.' 'Friendship' is now in select theaters from A24. It goes into wide release Friday, May 23. Best of IndieWire The 19 Best Thrillers Streaming on Netflix in May, from 'Fair Play' to 'Emily the Criminal' Martin Scorsese's Favorite Movies: 86 Films the Director Wants You to See Christopher Nolan's Favorite Movies: 44 Films the Director Wants You to See
NZ Herald
18-05-2025
- Entertainment
- NZ Herald
Te Puke, Ōmanu Beach featured in UK author Claire Frances' debut novel
'I came to New Zealand in October 2003 and left in April 2004.' Frances returned to England, where she lives in Dartmoor in Devon, but the memories of Te Puke and Ōmanu Beach remained. The relationship with her then-boyfriend ended and Frances moved into a shared house, where she would borrow her landlord's computer to write stories and keep herself busy. 'I remember sitting there thinking,' Oh, my God, I love this feeling'.' A passion and desire to write overtook her and she pursued her writing dream, inspired by Cecelia Ahern, author of PS, I Love You, which HarperCollins had published. 'I just remember thinking, I want that.' After attempting a career in print journalism, Frances decided to pursue a master's in professional writing, specialising in fiction, at a British university. 'I had to produce 15,000 words of a novel at the end of this course, which I did, and I went away, and I was like, right, I'm going to finish this book.' Then life got in the way, Frances married and had kids. Subsequent rewrites led to that book's disbandment. After pitching another book to literary agents, she connected with Mushens Entertainment in London and was offered representation. Frances's dream came true when she signed a two-book deal with HarperCollins, following in the footsteps of the Irish author Ahern in October 2023. Frances said half of the book is set in New Zealand, and significant scenes occur in Te Puke and Mount Maunganui. 'The book is about a young woman living in rural Ireland called Pearl, and she has extreme OCD,' Frances said. Not only did Frances draw from her time in New Zealand, but Pearl, the central character, also shares her mental health challenges. 'I have OCD, so I drew on my own experiences with OCD and turned them into fiction,' Frances said. The book will be published in June, with a New Zealand release date yet to be revealed. It can be preordered on Amazon and has also been sent to various production houses for a book-to-screen deal. Frances also got a separate publishing deal in the Netherlands and the book will be translated into Dutch.
