Once mainly the preserve of builders, sailors and the incarcerated, tattoos have long since become ingrained as part of modern life, with one in three British adults sporting some form of ink somewhere about their person. Representing everything from mainstream consumer culture through to shadowy counter cultures, modern tattoo art
Artifice, a device or expedience to trick or deceive others. Or yourself. And it does make for a pretty cool sounding title too. I’ve always had this strange fondness and fear of films that look into the psyche of the main character. I know that’s what all good films (and
My Life as a Courgette is a 2016 Swiss and French stop motion 'adult animated comedy-drama' film directed by Claude Barras and based on a novel by Gilles Paris. Following a successful festival run, the english-dubbed version of the film features a stellar cast including Will Forte, Nick Offerman, Ellen Page and
By Last Caress. It's 2008. Jean Delaware (Margot Leicester, Charles III) awakes suddenly in her hospital bed, startling the nurses in attendance. They're right to be startled: Jean was admitted to the coma ward at St. Jacob's general hospital in 1960. She hasn't moved in 48 years. At Jean's request, the hospital
In Taboo, Michael Kelly stars as Dr. Dumbarton - an American physician with a not-so-innocent sideline in espionage. Created by Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders) in collaboration with Tom Hardy and his father, Chips Hardy, the new BBC/FX series follows the exploits of James Delaney (Tom Hardy) – an adventurer who
