Stewart Lee – MRQE https://mrqe.com Fri, 10 Jul 2026 19:59:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://mrqe.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/MRQE-favicon-1.png Stewart Lee – MRQE https://mrqe.com 32 32 Scala!!! Or, the Incredibly Strange Rise and Fall of the World’s Wildest Cinema and How It Influenced a Mixed-up Generation of Weirdos and Misfits https://mrqe.com/movie/scala-or-the-incredibly-strange-rise-and-fall-of-the-worlds-wildest-cinema-and-how-it-influenced-a-mixedup-generation-of-weirdos-and-misfits-m100147653/ Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/scala-or-the-incredibly-strange-rise-and-fall-of-the-worlds-wildest-cinema-and-how-it-influenced-a-mixedup-generation-of-weirdos-and-misfits-m100147653/ This feature-length big screen documentary tells the riotous inside story of the infamous sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll repertory cinema which inspired a generation during Britain’s turbulent Thatcher years.

]]> The Ballad of Shirley Collins https://mrqe.com/movie/the-ballad-of-shirley-collins-m100122027/ Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/the-ballad-of-shirley-collins-m100122027/ One of the most important English singers of 20th century traditional song, Shirley Collins and her sister Dolly stood at the epicentre of the folk music revival from the 1950s through to the 1970s. Directors Rob Curry and Tim Plester have created a poetic response to the life-and-times of this totemic musical figure. Four years in the making, and co produced by Fifth Column Films and Burning Bridges, The Ballad of Shirley Collins is the fascinating first release from Fire Films – available to you exclusively through the Lush Player. A captivating study of heritage, posterity and the true ancestral melodies of the people, this heartwarming film revolves around Shirleys tragic loss of her voice and struggle back to the limelight. And ultimately, it suggests that in these turbulent and increasingly untethered times, we may just need Shirley Collins and all she represents more than ever.

]]> Swandown https://mrqe.com/movie/swandown-m100102084/ Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/swandown-m100102084/ Director Andrew Kötting and writer Iain Sinclair sail a swan-shaped pedalo from Hastings to Hackney in London in the build-up to the 2012 Olympic Games.

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