By the time he made Ugetsu, Kenji Mizoguchi was already an elder statesman of Japanese cinema, fiercely revered by Akira Kurosawa and other directors of a younger generation. And with this exquisite ghost story, a fatalistic wartime tragedy derived from stories by Akinari Ueda and Guy de Maupassant, he created a touchstone of his art, […]
In the fishing village of Aci Trezza, Sicily, the Valastro family dream of a better life. Living modestly thanks to merciless wholesalers, eldest son Ntoni takes matters into his own hands and – with the help of a bank loan – starts fishing alone. The venture is initially a success but an unexpected shipwreck means […]
With its cinematic strings, cascading keys and Conor’s mellifluous tones, ‘Mountain out of a Molehill’ is a glorious addition to the Villagers canon. Backed by AA-side, ‘A Matter of Taste’, the two tracks are available on a limited-edition 7” release.
Japanese historical action epic directed by Akira Kurosawa. Knowing that bandits are planning to attack their village after the coming harvest, its inhabitants hire a group of seven samurai to protect them. Led by Kambei (Takashi Shimura), the group includes four hardened warriors, Kambeis new disciple and Kikuchiyo (Toshirô Mifune), the orphaned son of a […]
Following the kaleidoscopic adventure of Villagers’ fifth album Fever Dreams, award-winning Dublin singer-songwriter-instrumentalist-dramatist Conor O’Brien returns with the intimate inventory, That Golden Time No less intense than its more feverish predecessor, the exquisite new album un-furls O’Brien’s trademark melodic flair, his gift for simultaneously vivid and subtle arrangements and lyrics that couch his hopes, fears […]
Following her 2017 debut feature Filthy, writer and director Tereza Nvotová returns with Nightsiren, a spellbinding contemporary drama that expertly blends psychological and supernatural horror to explore the intersections of misogyny and religious zealotry. In the wake of a tragic past, Šarlota (Natália Germáni) returns to her mountainous hometown after years of absence. After befriending […]
PURPLE VINYL + DOWNLOAD CARD To celebrate the release of the new book Passing a Message: The Lyrics and Artwork of Conor J. OBrien, Domino is repressing Villagers back catalogue with a new range of coloured vinyl. Passing a Message presents the lyrics of over 80 songs from the Villagers songbook with Conors drawings, photographs […]
Villagers release their fifth studio album Fever Dreams via Domino. Escapism is a very necessary pursuit right now, and Fever Dreams follows it to mesmerising effect. It works like all the best records – it becomes a mode of transport; it picks you up from where you are and sets you down elsewhere. These are […]
Darling Arithmetic is the third album from Villagers, released on 13th April 2015. The follow-up to Conor O’Brien’s debut, Becoming a Jackal, and its successor, Awayland – both hugely acclaimed and Mercury-nominated – is a breathtakingly beautiful, intimate album entirely about love and relationships. Darling Arithmetic was written, recorded, produced and mixed by O’Brien at […]
BLUE VINYL + DOWNLOAD CARD To celebrate the release of the new book Passing a Message: The Lyrics and Artwork of Conor J. OBrien, Domino is repressing Villagers back catalogue with a new range of coloured vinyl. Passing a Message presents the lyrics of over 80 songs from the Villagers songbook with Conors drawings, photographs […]
