Mud: Jeff Nichols goes back to his roots
In his third directorial outing, Jeff Nichols takes things back to the Arkansas of his childhood and his directorial début, Shotgun Stories. The nostalgia dial that they have in Hollywood…
High Drama in Almodóvar’s ‘I’m So Excited’
As we’ve all been told a thousand times before, you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover. I’m So Excited, the latest film from Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar (Volver, The…
Review: George Bellows’ Modern American Life
George Bellows. Anyone? No? Like many others I hadn’t a clue who George Bellows was. Maybe I am a philistine. Compared to the other giants currently doing the London circuit…
Deep in the Hundred Acre Woods – A Review of Evil Dead
Sam Raimi once described his original The Evil Dead as The Three Stooges but with gore instead of custard pies. The 1981 version is the locus classicus of a myriad…
Becoming Picasso: Paris 1901
When it comes to blockbuster artists there is one name that dominates – Picasso. Picasso is big business. He is taught in schools, has international appeal and sells tickets,…
Light Entertainment – REVIEW: ‘Light Show’ at the Hayward Gallery
The Hayward Gallery’s ‘Light Show’ does what it says on the tin. It puts on a show. A bright, glittery, shiny show at that. Exploring the ways in which artists…
Tate Modern Review: Lichtenstein – do we need a retrospective?
In 1964 Life magazine asked whether Roy Lichtenstein, the subject of the Tate Modern’s latest retrospective was “the worst artist in the US”. Fifty years on, Lichtenstein’s iconic style of…
It’s alive!
Pottery is perhaps the most durable form of art – our oldest record of long lost cultures – it comes from the earth and it’s here to stay. So argues…
