FilmInterview'Performance? I still don't fully understand it' – behind the scenes photos from the cult classicTim JonzeFifty years since the making of Mick Jagger’s identity-bending film, producer Sandy Lieberson and author Jay Glennie share exclusive pictures and stories
When Mick Jagger’s first feature film, Performance, was unveiled in 1970, the reviews were less than kind. “You do not have to be a drug addict, pederast, sadomasochist or nitwit to enjoy Performance,” opined the New York Times, “but being one or more of those things would help. Read More...
Film adaptations This article is more than 11 years oldCloud Atlas under fire for casting white actors in 'yellowface' makeupThis article is more than 11 years oldAdaptation of David Mitchell book reflects film industry's racial pecking order, says Asian-American action groupCloud Atlas, Warner Bros' $100m adaptation of the novel by David Mitchell has been criticised by Asian-Americans after casting white western actors in "yellowface" makeup. Directed by Tom Twyker and Lana and Andy Wachowski, the film stars Tom Hanks, Halle Berry and Jim Broadbent in a narrative that hops between countries and across the centuries. Read More...
FictionReviewA woman’s attempts to vanish from married life and journey across New Zealand make for a novel of uncomfortable power‘What’s your trouble? Tell me your trouble, baby.” Without a word to her husband and with only the rucksack on her back, Elyria has walked out of her comfortable New York life and is on her way to a rural backwater in New Zealand when the first of many curious strangers asks her the critical question. Read More...