We’ve changed the exhibition round at Pogo.
The new stuff we have up is a bunch of prints from Billy. You can check out more of Billy’s work at http://www.sumocloud.com/
This weeks we’ll be showing Turtles can Fly.
Here’s something that someone else wrote about it cause I haven’t seen it yet:
“Turtles can Fly is the first movie to be filmed on location in Iraq, following the fall of Saddam. It concerns itself with events immediately before American and British forces invaded, largely from the perspective of Kurdish refugees scratching out a living on the Iraq-Turkish border. Its particular subject is children, orphans who have been forced to grow up too quickly as a consequence of the regime’s suppression of the Kurds. At an age where kids in the UK would still be at school, these children make their money from collecting deactivated mines, which they can then sell and thereby survive. If this sounds like dangerous work, the number of young workers missing limbs only confirms this to be the case.” – Mike Baker, DVD Times
It starts at 7.30pm.
Don’t be late.
Bring tissues.
Filed under: Events! | Tags: free film showing, in prison my whole life, snoop doggs first mention on the pogo cafe blog
So, this week we are showing the film ‘In Prison My Whole Life’.
William Francome follows the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal who remains on death-row, finding new evidence to spread doubt on his sentence, and interviewing many famous names whilst discussing America’s complex socio-political climate regarding race and the penal system. Phew. Sounds like a heavy one, but well worth seeing. You’ll get to see the social critique of Angela Davies, Mos Def, Noam Chomsky and Snoop Dogg.
What else were you going to do with your Monday evening huh?
ps. its at 7.30pm.
Filed under: Events! | Tags: free film showing, great global warming swindle
Tonight we’re showing the documentary ‘The Great Global Warming Swindle’. If you missed the controversy the first time round, then come to the cafe this evening and have a look-see.
Filed under: About the Cafe
We’ve been painting and fixing things like busy little bees, but now we can get back to what we’re best at. Grub!!
We’re opening tomorrow but due to a delivery related catastrophe we won’t be able to serve the usual burger menu, because we haven’t got anything to make them with! Quelle horreur!! Apologies to those who were eagerly awaiting their first punk burger of the year. We’ll have lots of lovely specials though, to make up for it, and tasty cake, tea and Zapatista coffee as usual.
Whoopee! Glad to be back.
Filed under: Uncategorized
And we have winter fare to warm you up, pizza, curry, marinated tofu, lovely lentil soup, and we have a special warm toasty drink, hot spiced apple juice! It’s amazing.
Filed under: Food & Recipes
Well there I was, waiting for winter to kick in and being very confused about the warmth, until a few days ago. Gah! Well, it’s time for comfort food, clearly.
Hence…shepherds pie on the menu today!! With brussel sprouts and parsnip chips.
Also, sweetcorn and potato fritters served with homemade cucumber relish, excitingly cooked cabbage (I haven’t worked out how yet, but it WILL be exciting), and salads.
And, pizza. With aubergines and peppers and mushrooms and and and…
Filed under: Events! | Tags: comeback, free films, horror night, thetre of blood, vincent price
All right. My reign of terror has nearly ended. Tomorrow is the last Spooky Monday and next week we go back to the same ol’.
This week its going to be British Classics. In the seventies Britain was winning at horror films, and I’m not even including Hammer in this. British cinema is one of the only reasons that exists for me to be patriotic, so this Monday we’re gonna show two of the bestists…
First up is The Comeback (1978 Pete Walker). It hard enough breaking the music business as it is right, without the ghost of your dead wife trying to interfere. This film’s got a real-life pop star in it too, Jack Jones, but I’m too young to remember him anyway.
Then we’re gonna show Theatre of Blood (1973 Douglas Hickox). Vincent Price gets pretty annoyed when his last performance is slated by critics, and returns from the dead to punish them in awesome Shakespearian manner. Well, Vincent Price’s character anyway. Although, he should bear this in mind. It would be awesome if Vincent Price came back from the dead.
Like last time there will be free popcorn. I’ll make sure we don’t run out this time. BYOB.
