Editor’s Pick in Film – Restless

Film Review: Restless Cast & Credits Directed by Gus Van Sant; written by Jason Lew; music by Danny Elfan; with Henry Hopper, Mia Wasikowska, Ryo Kase, Shuyler Fisk and Jane Adams. Rated PG-13 for thematic and sensual elements. Running time: 91 minutes This unconventional film from Gus Van Sant (which...

Editor’s Pick in Film – Like Crazy

Like Crazy Cast & Credits Directed by Drake Doremus; written by Doremus and Ben York Jones; with Anton Yelchin, Felicity Jones, Jennifer Lawrence, Charlie Bewley, Oliver Muirhead and Alex Kington. Rated PG-13 for content and strong language. Running time: 90 minutes.   Anton Yelchin who first hit...

Book Review: The Bees

Reviewed by Jacob Silkstone Carol Ann Duffy, The Bees Picador, 2011, 84 pages (Hardback) ISBN: 978-0-330-44244-2 Carol Ann Duffy has made an admirable start to her term as Poet Laureate, embracing her role as public poet with far more enthusiasm than most of her predecessors were able to muster (Wordsworth...

Book Review: In Defence of Adultery

Reviewed by Jacob Silkstone Julia Copus, In Defence of Adultery (Bloodaxe, 2003) ISBN: 1-85224-607-3 The American poet Jennifer Grotz once said that ‘Poetry is philosophy’s twin sister. The one that wears make-up.’ More generously, it’s possible to imagine poetry as a trendier older sister to...

The Critics in Film: Jane Eyre

Reviewed by Emma K. Gold Not a plain Jane.             Cast & Credits Directed by: Cary Joji Fukunaga. With Mia Wasikowska (Jane Eyre), Michael Fassbender (Edward Rochester), Jamie Bell (St. John Rivers), and Judi Dench (Mrs Fairfax). Written by: Moira Buffini   Released by Focus...

Get Thrashed: A Documentary

By Khaver Siddiqui Thrash Metal is loud which makes Get Thrashed, a documentary on the genre, one of the loudest documentaries in recent times. As the name suggests, this particular form of music revolved around playing metal louder and faster, and always inciting the crowd to “thrash” around....