by Hannah Kane | Feb 18, 2015 | Culture
Greg Taylor asks why Hollywood still can’t give good spank Maggie Gyllenhaal and James Spader in Secretary The record-breaking international opening weekend haul of 50 Shades of Grey ($266m, over six times its $40m budget) lends hard evidence to the newsroom...
by Hannah Kane | Feb 12, 2015 | Culture
Dan Mokades aka DJDJEW runs us through the perils and pleasures of at-home disc-spinning Illustration by Heidi Andreasen for PHOENIX Issue 12, Hide & Seek “Put Crazy in Love on, it will get the dancing started!” UGH. Just ugh, frankly. If a more flaccid phrase...
by Hannah Kane | Jan 29, 2015 | Culture
Has the National Theatre’s fine family tragedy missed an opportunity? Vincent Ebrahim as Dara, Prasanna Puwanarajah as Prosecutor Talib and the company of Dara. Credit: Ellie Kurttz Rarely do domestic squabbles and sibling rivalry decide the fate of a nation....
by Hannah Kane | Jan 27, 2015 | Culture
Celebrate girl power in style with the Southbank Centre’s Women of the World Festival It’s official: sisters are doing it for themselves for 2015. With Sport England’s ‘This Girl Can’ campaign being heralded a roaring success by women...
by Hannah Kane | Jan 22, 2015 | Culture
Glasgow’s eleventh film festival looks to be the best yet The European premiere of Noah Bambauch’s While We’re Young – a bittersweet comedy starring Ben Stiller and Naomi Watts – will open the eleventh Glasgow Film Festival next month,...
by Hannah Kane | Jan 19, 2015 | Culture
Greg Taylor is feeling mighty sore, but happy The mentor / pupil dynamic is the cornerstone of many a hoary filmic plot, as benign and charismatic teachers inspire their young charges to seize the day, defy the naysayers, strive for greatness and be all they can be....
