With a cast of Hollywood heavyweights, it’s perhaps unsurprising that the acting is uniformly excellent. Read more »
Posts Categorized: Arts
Paris Is Burning
The most important lesson we can learn from the Paris narrative is that they acted the way they did not to generate income or to make a name for themselves; rather they were motivated by a love of art and of the people who dedicate their lives to creating it. Read more »
Review – NW
An occasionally cavalier approach to narrative cohesion begs the question: has Zadie Smith secretly been schooled by Manhire? Read more »
Review – The Long Earth
It’s an odd combination, but I think that it works, provided one does not mind the combination of whimsy and realistic science. Read more »
Review – Holy Motors
Holy Motors takes us back to a time when movie making was transcendent artistry, and mourns the dilapidated state of pure, emotive cinema. Read more »
Sippin’ On Charlies With Emanuel Psathas
I hope that in ten years I can interview Emanuel again and perhaps the dranks/bitches will be on him. Watch that space. Read more »
Review – The Keepers
The Keepers is a devised work that uses the event of a shipwrecked survivor to look at the transitory nature of places and people while creating a world full of lingering and surprising images. Read more »
Review – White Cloud
Without the big names to back it, I wonder if the crowds would still be drawn to this predictable piece of middle-aged, middle-class, mediocre theatre. Read more »
Review – Alif The Unseen
This is a particularly fantastic book if you are a fan of Neil Gaiman or Ben Aaronovitch, but want something different—good, urban fantasy with a Middle-Eastern setting. Read more »
Review – Sweet Tooth
In an unfortunate case of critical cuckolding, the novel’s real merit pivots entirely on its conclusion. This is story-telling stretched over a conceptual framework whose real power can only be fully comprehended once the final lines have been read. Read more »