Best Coast Cooler
Of the generation of (predominantly West Coast American) indie-pop bands fixated on reimaging the sound of surf-pop through their own sandy-shoed, weed-hazed filter, Bethany Cosentino is undeniably the queen of
Martin Parr’s Best Photo Books of the Decade
If there’s a man who knows a thing or two about scuzzy seaside resorts it’s Martin Parr. His omniscient lens rose to fame (or perhaps infamy) back in the eighties,
Interview: Luke Vibert
With his first release dating back to 1993, Luke Vibert is undoubtedly a member of the old-guard of British electronic music. With Roland synths as his muse, the man also
Cell 211
Cell 211 is the Spanish equivalent of the myriad This Is England cum Lock, Stock… hardcase British crime films, which affect contemplative, moral maturity while revelling in the violence they…
Bobby Fischer Against The World
Both an exploration (however shallow) of the bizarre life of Bobby Fischer and a ballad to his greatness, Bobby Fischer Against The World is an unusual viewing experience, not least…
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 2)
SPOILERS HEREIN The Harry Potter franchise manages to end as weakly as it started, and persistently was for the last decade, with a big-budget abomination of Waterworld proportions (in two
Interview with Breege Brennan
Take soap opera scale drama and jaw dropping twists; add a dash of revenge and a pinch of seduction, and top it all off with a dollop of deceit and
An American Phenomenology: Terrence Malick Retrospective
Malick’s cinema sits within the American filmic landscape like the gaping maw of the Grand Canyon: a space in which crude metaphor is swallowed up by the wholly inconceivable and
The Tree of Life
The utterly bewildering experience of watching The Tree of Life is one which defies everyday critical dissection. Like starting into James’ The Jolly Corner, hearing Grieg’s The Last Spring for
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
As we join Michael Bay’s third Transformers outing, recurring baddie Megatron is hiding out in an anonymous desert with a rag on his head. This is the level of political/semiotic
Socialism (Filme Socialisme)
Godard’s latest is a triptych of cacophonous sound and imagery, rich in significance, which swoops occasionally into something resembling conventional narrative (formally, at least) on an anonymous cruise-ship and, later,
Washed Out Interviewed
Ernest Greene began his Washed Out odyssey in when he was fresh out of college in 2009 when his lo-fi tracks were thrown into the relative limelight by powerful American
An Interview with Ines & Ana Novacic: Founders of Tokyo Blue
Ines and Ana Novacic, two Serbian-born, Dublin-dwelling sisters who founded Dublin’s newest production company, Tokyo Blue, are alluring, debonair, and just plain cool. With dark hair, striking features and effortlessly