KAOS: July 2021

The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause

MASS IN MOTION

A Wake

FILM SKOOL

The children in a religious family clash with their parents as they prepare for the wake of their brother, Mitchel. Teenage Mason desperately tries to reach his lost identical twin through spiritual means. Precocious preteen Molly meticulously organizes the event expecting everything to go exactly as planned. Megan, their older sister, returns home after a long absence, no longer interested in repressing the truth. Their Baptist grandmother and parents attempt to maintain normalcy when an unexpected stranger, Jameson, arrives -- forcing the family to face secrets and lies around Mitchel's death.

A Wake, a film by Scott Boswell.

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It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled

MASS IN MOTION

A Summer Place

FILM SKOOL

"You seem to have an infinite capacity for hurt. First you try to destroy your daughter, and now our son!"

Troy Donohue, Sandra Dee, Dorothy McGuire and Richard Egan find love on the coast of Maine in Delmar Dave’s A Summer Place (1959).

Based on the novel by Sloan Wilson, it also stars Arthur Kennedy and Constance Ford as the impediments that stand in their way.

With glorious scenery and a classic score by veteran Oscar winning composer Max Steiner, it’s the perfect, romantic, summer getaway. Steve Hayes

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There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable

MASS IN MOTION

Boy Meets Boy

FILM SKOOL

Have you ever fallen in love in just one day?

Before Sunrise meets Weekend on the streets of Berlin when handsome young Harry, exhausted from partying for 48 hours straight at a sweaty nightclub, crosses paths with cute dancer Johannes.

With 15 hours to kill before his flight home, Harry (Matthew James Morrison) takes up Johannes’ (Alexandros Koutsoulis) offer to take a wander through this thrumming city. Before long, a simple meet-cute evolves into something much more, where each of these men must confront their own truths – and face their futures.

Boy Meets Boy, a film by Daniel Sanchez Lopez.

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Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else

MASS IN MOTION

Dion Yorkie

BEATS, RHYMES & LIFE

Dream of You, new music from Dion Yorkie.

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I've had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened

MASS IN MOTION

Raf Skowroński

BEATS, RHYMES & LIFE

Miło Cię Poznać, new music from Raf Skowroński.

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Reality can be beaten with enough imagination

MASS IN MOTION

Jozea Flores

BEATS, RHYMES & LIFE

El Mal, new music from Jozea Flores.

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RMSartZ

ART SKOOL

When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained

MASS IN MOTION

Myles Jéh

BEATS, RHYMES & LIFE

Addendum, new music from Myles Jéh.

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Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured

MASS IN MOTION

Lil Nas X

BEATS, RHYMES & LIFE

Industry Baby, new music from Lil Nas X.

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It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare

MASS IN MOTION

Shawn Red

BEATS, RHYMES & LIFE

I Want You, new music from Shawn Red. His EP, Dreams, is out now.

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Any emotion, if it is sincere, is involuntary

MASS IN MOTION

Polo & Pan

BEATS, RHYMES & LIFE

Tunnel, new music from Polo & Pan.

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Out of all the things I have lost, I miss my mind the most

MASS IN MOTION

A Great Big World

BEATS, RHYMES & LIFE

Boys In The Street, new music from A Great Big World.

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A clear conscience is the sure sign of a bad memory

MASS IN MOTION

Myles Cameron

BEATS, RHYMES & LIFE

Summer '19, new music from Myles Cameron.

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All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure

MASS IN MOTION

Kidd Kenn

BEATS, RHYMES & LIFE

Moves, new music from Kidd Kenn. His EP, Problem Child, is out now.

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It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog

MASS IN MOTION

Troye Sivan

BEATS, RHYMES & LIFE

Stud, new music from Troye Sivan. His EP, In A Dream, is out now.

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Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear

MASS IN MOTION

Albert Posis

BEATS, RHYMES & LIFE

Drive, new music from Albert Posis. His EP, Drive, is out now.

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Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other

MASS IN MOTION

Lorn

BEATS, RHYMES & LIFE

Powa, new music from Lorn.

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Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other

MASS IN MOTION

Now, Voyager

FILM SKOOL

In one of the greatest performances of her career, Bette Davis stars as Charlotte Vale, a troubled young woman who defies her domineering mother (fellow Oscar nominee Gladys Cooper) to discover love, heartbreak and eventual contentment.

Also starring Paul Henreid as the romantic architect with whom Davis has an affair, and Claude Rains as her compassionate psychiatrist, as well as Max Steiner’s celebrated Oscar-winning score.

Now, Voyager is an undisputed classic of Hollywood’s golden age, and stands up today as a taut psychological drama and an inspiring tale of physical and spiritual transformation. BFI

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Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody

MASS IN MOTION

Mike Taveira

BEATS, RHYMES & LIFE

Switch, new music from Mike Taveira.

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