Tuesday 20 July 2010

A big contemporary art exhibition in Dinard, Northern France is aiming to keep the town rising through the ranks of Europe's Top 10 best cultural and tourist destinations. This new exhibition aims to reveal a common search for Hope through a selection of artists, from 1960 until today. 50 works from 50 artists from all over the world are on display within four sections, Genesis, Exodus, Apocalypse and Grace - attempting to show that an alternative perception of contemporary art is possible. John Laurenson went along to have a look…

Dinard's Modern Art Festival

Kuno Becker as Cruz Montoya and Persia White as Shae in Spoken Word.

Sundance Grand Jury prize winning director Victor Nunez (Ulee's Gold) is back with the film Spoken Word. It tells the story of Cruz, a rock star on the US West Coast poetry circuit. Cruz heads home to New Mexico to look after his dying father, still living in a mountain valley, now ravaged by poverty, drug abuse, and violence. There, seduced by easy money, Cruz loses his poetic voice, his identity, and almost his life. Owen Gleiberman reviews the film, a portrait of Latino culture in the Southwest, and a story about what we gain and lose in migration.