by anna jane begley TV has always been seen as the lesser art form. Asked about your favourite film and tens or hundreds of Oscar-nominated masterpieces may come to mind. Asked about a truly brilliant TV series – not your usual sitcoms or reality shows – and you may struggle to list anything beyond Breaking […]
by anna jane begley If Toby Watson were a poster, he’d be one filled with inspirational quotes. At our interview one evening in February, every answer he gives is littered with affirmations: “It only takes one moment to create a pathway to something in the past and that’s the beauty of art”; “Creativity and quirkiness […]
by anya fielding My exorcist would have rolled his eyes at Regan’s antics. As a horror fan, it was inevitable that I would watch the Exorcist at some point. Expletive-laden and dramatic, it remains the mould for demonic possessions in media, making head-spinning and projectile vomiting synonymous with the Devil. But exorcists are not only […]
by sam regan-edwards “In fact, at several points I could not tell if I was watching cartoon animation or live action, such are the powers of its animation to simulate live action, to hyperconform to it, seducing it, making it enter the realm of metamorphosis despite itself, even as it simulates and seduces American cartoon […]
