15 October 2013

lasseter’s bones

Richard Cotter / 15 October 2013

Sifting the truth from the myth of Harry Lasseter and his fabled reef of gold is like lassoing a shadow. A 20^th century Burke & Wills story of expiration in the thrall of exploration the tale has endured and …

Cinema

prisoners

Richard Cotter / 15 October 2013

If we are, as Thoreau ejaculated, most of us, leading lives of quiet desperation, what happens when we are javelined into loud desperation?

This is the swampy antediluvian sphere examined in PRISONERS (MA) the latest film from Canadian uber director, …

Theatre

nt live’s macbeth

Lynne Lancaster / 15 October 2013

Thrilling, chilling and gripping this is a bold, vivid, magnificently powerful production co-directed by Kenneth Branagh and Alex Kingston. Tickets to the live season in Manchester as part of the Festival sold out in 9 minutes and it will be …

Cinema

cupcakes

Ron Desiatnik / 15 October 2013

It is, sadly, all too common to sit through a film which is fairly predictable. What is rare, however, is to see such a film and yet to thoroughly enjoy it.

CUPCAKES, a film directed by Eyton Fox, with a …