by Greg Taylor | Jan 24, 2017 | Culture
André Øvredal’s anatomical horror mystery juxtaposes a genuine human warmth with its cold corpse – and has brains, heart and guts
by Emily Thornhill | Dec 9, 2016 | Culture
Oh yes, they’re back, and they talk faster than ever
by PHOENIX Magazine | Nov 14, 2016 | Culture
Edward Zwick’s functional, pacey thriller is dependably brutal – and more than a touch predictable
by Mary-Jane Wiltsher | Dec 9, 2015 | Beauty
Peer into any salon deep in the heart of hipsterland and the majority of us will experience ‘the fear’. That fleeting vision of yourself re-emerging with an accidental undercut, or those follicular favourites of the caricature Dalstonite, the uber-tache and lamb...
by Mary-Jane Wiltsher | Sep 4, 2015 | Lifestyle
Seasoned spa-goers are discerning beasts. They’ve seen it all: town houses converted into rhassoul chambers, underground pools born from fresh water springs, Moroccan hammams served by Artesian wells. In a market so densely crowded, it’s rare to find a location that...
by Hannah Kane | Sep 1, 2015 | Beauty
We’ve all been there – it’s Saturday night, you reach for your favourite clutch bag… but there’s a problem. Your bulky bronzer and chunky lipstick won’t fit inside. You can’t take both. If this totally serious situation sounds familiar, you need to know about...
by Hannah Kane | Aug 21, 2015 | Culture
In The Gift, Joel Edgerton’s surprising and disturbing new thriller, a middle-aged couple move from the urban maelstrom of Chicago to the leafy, peaceful Californian suburbs in pursuit of the new American dream – a cushy corporate job and 2.4 children (what on earth...
by Hannah Kane | May 19, 2015 | Culture
Since the last Mad Max film – 1985’s wacky Beyond Thunderdome – Director/writer/visionary/filmic shaman George Miller has kept his film-making mojo flowing with true-life disease weepie Lorenzo’s Oil, talking-pig flick Babe and its sequel, and two Happy...
by Julie Reid | Apr 27, 2015 | Culture
Economic instability, political dissatisfaction, uncertainty over whether your vote will count – welcome to the issues of the day, circa 1647. A nobleman sits at the banqueting table of King Charles I and enquires about a servant’s sick child. We all suffer, he...
by Hannah Kane | Mar 23, 2015 | Culture
A luminous portrait of Alexander McQueen fills the whole wall in front of you as you enter the V&A’s exhibition space, but that’s where the Lee McQueen the man ends and McQueen the designer begins. There’s little mention of his early life and work as a...