The Way Back
Poor Peter Weir – after a string of critical successes, there’s now a level of expectation applied to his films that, in comparison to other directors, is extraordinarily high
Of Gods and Men
“Men never do evil so freely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction”, reads Luc, the doctor of the isolated monastic village in which Of Gods and Men is set. A statement which the film will in many ways prove correct.
Lest We Forget
As the year comes to a close, Tom Killingbeck reflects on the heroes of the musical world lost in the last twelve months.
Band of the Week: The Raveonettes
Resident sound-nerd Tom Killingbeck thumbs through reams of musty vinyl so you don’t have to. Here are his weekly recommendations…
One million books
The gift of literacy is quite unlike any other – something that is sadly not as widespread as one would hope, nor is it always made the most of by those who possess it. The night of 5 March 2011 will be a date which could not only help change that, but which also marks the beginning of what could be a great event for many years to come.
Black Swan – Reviving the Art of the Promo Poster
Gareth Davies investigates how Black Swan’s striking set of promotional posters could perhaps signal a rebirth of the movie poster as a legitimate art form
Tron: Legacy
As a Christmas blockbuster, Tron: Legacy comes as a bit of a surprise. The original, after all, had a somewhat limited appeal, and one that’s hard to transpose to 2010
Somewhere
It was in 2003 that Francis Ford Coppola’s daughter Sofia emerged as a major new director with her second film, Lost in Translation
Prisoners deserve to be disenfranchised
Do prisoners really deserve a voice in the system that they rejected?
Student found guilty of 17 child porn charges expelled
The University of York student facing 17 charges of child pornography has been sentenced to a sixth month suspended sentence, and has been expelled from the University
Lost Kubrick Footage Discovered
Christmas has come early this year for Kubrick fans, as, in an unlikely turn of events an extra seventeen minutes of footage cut from 2001: A Space Odyssey has been discovered
2011: A Musical Odyssey
Our very own Nostradamus Tom Killingbeck potentially inaccurately prophecises the freshest sounds of 2011.
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