Here follows a small selection of films by the Arts team which have stood out to us so far this year. Beyond the Hills Dominic: After scanning through my list of films I’ve seen […]
Film | Freeview Flicks of the Week (12-19/08)
There’s always a wide selection of great films available on Freeview. And seeing as staying in is the new going out, TV presents the ideal opportunity to catch up on what you might have missed […]
Film | The Heat
Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy star in this comedy thriller as a mismatched police pairing who must overcome their differences in order to catch a local drugs baron. The Heat puts a much-needed twist on […]
Film | The Wolverine – Clawing Back the Fans?
After the disappoint of X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Hugh Jackman’s ferocious mutant is back with a film that both the fans and character deserves. Production of The Wolverine did not start well, with then director Darren […]
Film | Only God Forgives
Catapulted to international recognition from his first home grown project Pusher (1996) and the critical appraisal of Drive (2011), Nicolas Winding Refn’s Only God Forgives pays tribute to his ongoing fascination with violence marked by an increasingly stylized palette. Julian (cue […]
Film | Frances Ha
It’s easy to become a little bored and sceptical of the many independent films that deal with characters experiencing their quarter-life crisis (see, for example, Ghost World and Lost In Translation). And although they are […]
Art | Indifferent Matter: From Object To Sculpture
Indifferent Matter: From Object To Sculpture is the summer offering at the Henry Moore Institute, exploring how the knowledge surrounding an object, the way it’s displayed and the cultural and historical values attributed to it […]
Film | The Bling Ring
From their trailers alone, The Bling Ring as well as Harmony Korine’s Spring Breakers look more like Miley Cyrus music videos than they do feature films. No doubt the sight of Emma Watson doing a […]
Review: Latitude 2013 – Saturday
Along with the Rolling Stones headlining Glastonbury, Kraftwerk’s 3D show at Latitude has been one of the most anticipated festival slots of 2013. The German band did a huge amount in the mid to late […]
Film | Alan Partridge – Alpha Papa
From On The Hour (1991) to I, Partridge: We Need to Talk About Alan (2011), Steve Coogan and co. have nurtured one of the most authentic and downright hilarious comedy characters of our time. Testament […]
Film | Freeview Flicks of the Week (05–12/08)
There’s always a wide selection of great films available on Freeview. And seeing as staying in is the new going out, TV presents the ideal opportunity to catch up on what you might have missed […]
Preview: Beacons Festival
The northern festival scene has long been dominated by the rowdy, colossally large and less than intimate Leeds Festival. However, in recent years there has been a rise in smaller independent festivals such as Beacons. […]