"The dog is by far the most prominent performer in the film, in terms of both his screen time and his centrality to the film’s composit...
Monday, October 27, 2014
REVIEW: INTERSTELLAR (dir. Nolan)
From my review of Interstellar for Intelligent Life : — ' The great magician of cinema is said to have nothing up his sleeve once the tr...
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More Scorsese Reviews: ****
" The critic Tom Shone, in this film-by- film overview of Scorsese’s work, is alive to the mutating arc of his career – its tactical ...
Friday, October 24, 2014
On my iPod: Oct 24th
1. Our Destiny Lies Above Us — Hans Zimmer 2. Run Time — Imogen Heap 3. Sugar Storm — Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross 4. Summertime — Annie Le...
Sunday, October 19, 2014
Trawling the city, collecting indignities
The New Republic has reposted my article on Scorsese and masculinity :— 'Goodfellas is convincing on so many levels — from the thrust an...
Friday, October 17, 2014
SCORSESE: THE REVIEWS PART 2
From Clive James's review of my Scorsese book in Prospect :— "What makes the book worth taking home, however, is the excellent text...
Monday, October 13, 2014
REVIEW: BIRDMAN (dir. Iñárritu)
From my review for Intelligent Life :— 'Not since the salad days of Robert Altman has a director packed a film with as much filthy talk,...
4:59 AM
How The Films of Scorsese Made Me A Man
From my piece on Scorsese and masculinity for the New Statesman :— 'Do you know how Scorsese came to cast Ray Liotta in Goodfellas ? At...
Friday, October 10, 2014
SCORSESE: THE FIRST REVIEWS
'A beautiful book on the Taxi Driver director's career by former Sunday Times film critic Tom Shone who relishes Scorsese's ...
Saturday, October 4, 2014
'Til Death Us Do Part
From my piece about Gone Girl for the FT:— 'The sex war was supposed to be over. Feminism had won all its arguments — moral, political...
Thursday, October 2, 2014
On my iPod: Oct 2nd 2014
1. Electric Counterpoint: 1. Fast — Johnny Greenwood 2. One More Day — Lucinda Williams 3. Uptight Downtown – La Roux 4. You've Got Noth...
