by Jack Brown | Sep 17, 2018 | Articles, Cinemadope, Columns
In regional conflicts around the world, the use of child soldiers has become a sadly common phenomenon. Boys and girls — some still under ten — are pulled or forced into violent, dangerous situations far beyond anything they are prepared for physically or emotionally....
by Jack Brown | Aug 31, 2018 | Articles, Cinemadope, Columns
For all his undeniable talent as a musician and songwriter, the late David Bowie was always an incredibly visual creature. His many guises onstage and off told the story of an artist completely comfortable with the process of reinventing himself, and while some might...
by Jack Brown | Aug 24, 2018 | Cinemadope, Columns, Featured
When I opened Instagram over my morning coffee one recent morning, the first face staring back at me was that of a blue-haired Alice Bag, the fifty-nine year old punk icon and activist. Still a force after some four decades in the game, Bag and her band had played a...
by Jack Brown | Aug 14, 2018 | Cinemadope, Columns, Featured
Like musicians and record labels, the worlds of artists and art dealers have never been quite in the same business. Despite all the often necessary crossover and interaction, there is often a nagging feeling (if our films are to be believed) that while one half of the...
by Jack Brown | Jul 29, 2018 | Cinemadope, Columns, Featured, Newsletter
Back in my art school days, I was always fascinated by my art history classes. Seeing our changing world reflected back at me through the lens of artistic evolution made the lives lived in the distant past seem much more like my own — less a mannered bit of historical...