I hate to burst the happy Oscar nomination bubble, but things are pretty shitty for women in film right now.Yes, Rooney Mara may have kicked ass in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Meryl Streep made an utterly convincing Iron Lady. But what about the women behind the cameras?
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26 Jan 2012 08:52 GMT
She has played a mean spirited 30 something, a slinky sci-fi assassin and a cold-blooded killer. There can be no denying that Charlize Theron is one heck of an actress.In a Hollywood awash with identikit manic pixie dream girls and aspiring bombshells, Theron refuses to conform to any set type. Beautiful she may be, but the lady isn’t afraid to play it ugly and embrace the darkness of a gritty role.
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24 Jan 2012 10:04 GMT
Three years after a very well received debut, The Big Pink brings us Future This. In sound the albumis a departure from their 2009 A Brief History of Love, but it also seems like a natural next step. The album starts out strong with Stay Gold, the catchiest and most upbeat track of the lot, and while things taper off a bit a from there, The Big Pink remain energetic throughout, an audible feat of Future This.
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19 Jan 2012 14:15 GMT
Get your cultural calendars ready for our round up of exhibitions, festivals and film screenings coming up in London and beyond:Last Chance to See...Secret Cinema, London: Bladerunner screened in a Cyberpunk bazaar? Cold War intrigue set in the streets and surroundings of the Barbican? Yes please. Critics have fallen for Secret Cinema’s immersive screenings of top-secret films in top-secret locations. ...
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16 Jan 2012 14:33 GMT
One of the things I love about visiting other cities is discovering the number of interesting museums and galleries that a new location has to offer. Whether you want to learn or be entertained - or both! - there is bound to be an art gallery, science museum, or even an interesting way to learn about the social history of that city.
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13 Jan 2012 13:39 GMT
It's the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens. If somehow the news has escaped you, surely you could tell from the deluge of BBC productions assaulting us from every side (even if they don't always seem to be enjoying it).
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12 Jan 2012 09:52 GMT
It isn’t a location that instantly springs to mind when planning a city break. But it looks as though 2012 is set to be the year that Birmingham steps into the travel spotlight.The UK’s second city has ranked 19th in the New York Times list of “The 45 Places to Go in 2012” - a place ahead of the final frontier itself – space.
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09 Jan 2012 10:25 GMT
I’m not sure if you’ve heard, but Zooey Deschanel has a new show called New Girl. Oh heck, who am I kidding? Of course you’ve heard about this because the entire Internet is in love with her, it's probably trending on Twitter, and there's gigantic ad of her entire body plastered in just about every tube station in London.
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06 Jan 2012 20:31 GMT
With just about a week of 2012 under our belts now, it only seems appropriate, after all the looking back, reflection and those best of 2011 lists, that we look forward to what this new year has to offer. It isn’t just the end of the world coming our way, but some really exciting things to keep us occupied until then.
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06 Jan 2012 10:51 GMT
I probably wouldn’t call 2011 the best year in movies. Cinemas were dominated by sequels, prequels and the like. Still, great things squeaked through, as the best stuff is wont to do. This list isn’t exactly a collection of the best in 2011, however. It’s more a list of movies I wouldn’t mind re-watching. Because, let’s be honest, as great as Drive was and as much as it blew me away, I’m not exactly dying to revisit that scene where Ryan Gosling makes pudding out of some guy’s head. ...
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30 Dec 2011 14:38 GMT