The June issue of the British film magazine Sight & Sound includes a poll of international critics, asking for their top film books. While you’ll need to pick up the issue to see all of the lists, you can see the magazine’s top five selections here.

We thought it would be fun to gather lists from Wexner Center media arts curators, as well as a handful of OSU film studies staff, to see how our selections match up with the Sight & Sound poll. Apparently everyone was too self-conscious to include Kenneth Anger’s Hollywood Babylon.

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O’er The Land

Better late than never! The next installment of our bi-monthly (or so) radio program Transmissions is now up and ready for your downloading and listening pleasure. In this installment, we talk with Dionne Custer from our Education Department about PAGES, an art experience and writing program for local high school students. After that, Chris Stults and Jennifer Lange from our Film/Video program talk about Deborah Stratman, who will introduce her film O’er The Land April 1st at the Wexner Center.

Download Transmissions #2 here.

The winter/spring is warming up. There’s a full slate of music coming to the Wex over the next couple of months and we want to make sure that you’re ready for it.

0:00 Tinariwen, “Tenhert”
5:30 Deerhunter, “Nothing Ever Happened”
11:25 The xx, “Islands”
14:08 Les Primitifs Du Futur, “C’est la Goutte d’Or Qui Fait Diborder La Valse”
18:30 jj, “Let Go”
21:35 Dum Dum Girls, “Jail La La”
24:06 Girls, “Lust For Life”
26:35 Joanna Newsome, “Sprout and the Bean”
31:15 Owen Pallett, “Lewis Takes Off His Shirt”

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In an attempt to provide an even better podcast experience for you, our faithful listener, we’ve decided to play with the format little bit, doing less free-range, unedited interviews. While those have their place, everyone can stand a good editor. We’ve decided to go about packaging interviews and behind-the-scenes info into more of a “radio show.” Shorter interviews, music, news, information about upcoming events at the Wex, you get the idea. We’re calling it Transmissions. The first installment of this (we’ll try to time them with our printed calendar which lands six times a year) features interviews with artist Cyprien Gaillard, Ohio State Dance Professor David Covey reminiscing about Merce Cunningham, and Wexner Center Film/Video Curator Dave Filipi talking about the new partnership with the Gateway Film Center.

Listen here: Transmissions #01

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Jean Pitman, educator for youth programs, and Chris Stults from our Film/Video department discuss the films and activities surrounding the upcoming Zoom: Family Film Festival.

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Listen to what happened on Saturday, November 7, when members of the Cirque d’Art Theater in Portsmouth, Ohio, traveled up to Columbus to see themselves in Liza Johnson’s short film In the Air, which screens until Nov 30 in The Box.

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Special thanks to Pegi Wilkes, Trisha Schmidt, Lee Brown, Daphany Bauer, Hayden Schmidt, Autumn Thompson and everyone from Cirque D’Art Theater who were so generous with their time.  Also thanks to Jean Pitman in our Education Dept and Paul Hill in Art & Tech.

Liza wasn’t able to join us so we asked her a few questions about the evolution of this project and what’s ahead. Read her answers after the jump.

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Jennifer Lange, associate curator of Media Arts, discusses In the Air, screening in The Box throughout November.

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The Wex’s Chuck Helm discusses The Walworth Farce on stage October 16-17 at 8 PM.

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We’re throwing a classic soul revue (with a little help from our friends) at the historic, newly renovated Lincoln Theatre on November 9. To get you ready, here’s a sampling of the artists (and their influences), including special guest artists from Columbus: the Four Mints and Marion Black.

0:00 The Notations, “A New Day”

3:13 Four Mints, “Row My Boat”

7:21 Marion Black, “Who Knows”

9:41 Bill Moss, “Sock it to ‘em Soul Brother”

12:10 Syl Johnson, “Different Stroke”

14:32 Four Mints, “Too Far Gone”

16:42 Renaldo Romino, “Two Years Four Days”

19:07 Marion Black, “Go On Fool”

24:18 Capsoul Group, “You’re All I Need to Make it”

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Christopher Bedford, left, with Wexner Center Senior Curator of Exhibitions, Catharina Manchanda, at the opening party for Andy Warhol: Other Voices, Other Rooms

Exhibition Curators Christopher Bedford and Catharina Manchanda discuss their first year at the Wex and in Columbus.

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