Bettie Page: Queen of Pin-Ups
“I never thought it was shameful. It felt normal. It’s just that it was much better than pounding a typewriter eight hours a day.” Steve Thompson muses over the life and career of America’s pin-up queen.
Browsing: The Culturist
War Horse
In recent months, Spielberg has returned to the big screen with the re-incarnation of Jurassic Park, then The Adventures of Tintin, and now the filmic interpretation of the Tony award-winning stage production War Horse.
Pouting Proudly
First there was the achingly glamorous Proud Cabaret; now Alex Proud sets pulses racing once again, bringing the stars of London’s burlesque circuit to Proud Kitchen for his latest venture, Burlesque After Dark…
Charlotte Rampling: The Look
“Exposure is huge, and once you put your foot in it, and it takes off, it’s quite a beast. It’s quite devouring, because you have to find a way that you are not invaded all the time by lenses and by people looking.”
The Royal Ballet’s Sleeping Beauty
Charlotte Skeoch indulges in the Royal Ballet’s production of The Sleeping Beauty
Grindhouse Trailer Classics
If you weren’t lucky enough to frequent a certain type of picture house of the 60s, 70s and early 80s, you’ve lost your chance to experience the true Grindhouse effect in all its filthy glory. Until now…
An Interview with James Rhodes
Following his first Australian tour, pianist James Rhodes returned to London’s Southbank on 26th November…
My Week with Marilyn
If you want to watch a film about style and screen icon Marilyn Monroe’s tumultuous…
David Lynch’s Club Silencio
Thomas Devaux’s official title is photographer, but that doesn’t immediately spring to mind when I…
After Hours
Steve Thompson reviews Martin Scorsese’s blackly comic Kafkaesque masterpiece, the 1985 film After Hours, a twisted, tormented, existential trip through the dark streets of downtown Manhattan.
Enter the World of Alex Prager
The digital age has sent countless artisans back to the proverbial drawing board and into the ever expanding realm of do-it-yourself. Los Angeles-based photographer Alex Prager is one such example of this emerging trend.
Rambert Dance Company: Seven for a Secret
The Rambert Dance Company; founded over 80 years ago and carrying with it a well-deserved reputation as one of the glittering vertebrae in the backbone of contemporary dance, the bar is set perilously high…