11/04/08

A lot can go down between Thursday and Saturday...
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Suspiria (Film)

LUMU, 11th April, 18.00, 600 ft
Komor Marcell u. 1 [map] [filmklub program]
Pest, IX, Boraros tér (T 4,6), 8 min

A one-off screening of Suspiria... Dario Argento's masterpiece is as close as it gets to a filmed nightmare. Be warned! It's showing as part of the LUMU filmklub and there's always a lengthy introduction in Hungarian. Get there 20 minutes late, or take a book/Gameboy.

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Chakra Hacker (Concert)

Cökxpôn, 11th April, 500 ft, 9pm
Soroksári út 8-10 [map]
Pest South, IX, Boráros tér (T4/6), 4 min

Cökxpôn's bohemian basement is lit up by the unpredictable Chakra Hacker - Charles Mingus, Eastern European, Latin and African music, all mixed up. Their myspace is here.

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Kaizer's Orchestra (Concert)

A38, 11th April, 22:00, 2500 - 3000 ft
Petőfi hid [map]
Buda, XI, Petőfi híd (Budai hídfő) (T4/6), 2 min

Comin straight outta Spar, it's the Kaizer's Orchestra! Not really, it's actually Tom Waits meets Tin Pan Alley meets Radiohead meets the Misfits, in Norwegian, with gas masks. Album review here, myspace here.

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Sigur Rós: Heima (Film)

Uránia, 11th April, 16:00
Rákóczi út 21 [map]
Pest, VIII, Astoria (M 2), 5 min

Cold, ravishing, remote... that's why Mum's gone to Iceland. Sigur Ros' concert film captures a tour of their homeland, the band's ethereal music perfectly suited to the breathtaking images. It's also a damn sight better than watching aging, self-satisfied, middle-of-the-road rockers, prancing about in 3-D.

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Garden of the Magician (Exhibition)

KOGART, until 20th July

1500 HUF/adult; 750 HUF/student
Andrássy út 112 [map]
Pest Centre, VII, Bajza utca (M3), 3 min

KOGART's latest exhibition is a retrospective of Gulácsy Lajos' work. He may not as well known as Rippl-Rónai or Csontváry, but Gulácsy is still one of the outstanding modern Hungarian painters. Something of a bohemian, he travelled extensively, but still decided to make up his own world.

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Gumipop (Club)

Kamraklub from 21:45, 11th April, free
Lőrinc pap tér 4 [map]
Pest South, VIII, Baross Utca, (T 4,6), 4 min

Recently relocated to Kamra, the kaiser chiefs, kasabian, doves, super furry animals, fratellis, brmc, zutons, blur, oasis, le tigre, faint, peaches,bloc party, futureheads, ladytron, fall, jam, madness, stranglers, client, daft punk, t-rex, sonic youth, libertines, radio4, maximo park, beck, delays, xtc, david bowie, beach boys, who, green day, lcd ss, mc5, fischerspooner, squeeze, qotsa, joy division, embrace, interpol, cure, nirvana, ash, psychedelic furs, specials, charlatans all have a home. (Shame about Embrace!)

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Rescue Dawn (Film)

Uránia, 11th April, 20:45
Rákóczi út 21 [map]
Pest, VIII, Astoria (M 2), 5 min

Herzog's adaptation of his own documentary, Little Dieter Needs to Fly, is a war film which harks back to the days of Bridge on the River Kwai and Papillon. Christian Bale plays a soldier escaping a POW camp in Laos... as usual for Herzog, getting this made was a bit of a nightmare.

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