The Way I See It
The shipyard painter, political activist and razor-sharp cartoonist Bob Starrett has just written a new book The Way I See It on his eventful life and times. Below we reprint one of his stories and review an essential read
From kitchen to harbour, sometimes I wonder at where I end up
LIKE I say, I get around. Sometimes, though, I even surprise myself.
La Boheme
ENO's production of La Boheme is a triumph,
Film
Fast And Furious 6 (12A)
Friday 17 May 2013
Faster and even more furious than its predecessors, this manic and colossal juggernaut bursts onto the screen at break-neck speed and without a pit stop.
Beware Of Mr. Baker (15)
Friday 17 May 2013
Ginger Baker, up there in the pantheon of percussionists, is a tempestuous talent and genuine hell raiser who has always resisted sucking up to the Establishment, or rock royalty for that matter.
The Great Gatsby (15)
Friday 17 May 2013
Baz Luhrmann gives a skim-reading of a classic novel
Deadfall (15)
Thursday 09 May 2013
This thriller about two siblings on the run following a heist gone wrong left me as cold as the snow-filled landscape it is set in.
Mud (12)
Thursday 09 May 2013
Writer-director Jeff Nicholas's thriller-cum-coming-of-age love story certainly engages.
Journey To Italy (PG)
Thursday 09 May 2013
That renowned "anti-Hollywood" master of cinema Roberto Rossellini became the role model for many filmmakers, particularly those associated with the French "new wave."
The Reluctant Fundamentalist (15)
Thursday 09 May 2013
"Looks can be deceiving. I am a lover of America," Changez Khan, the young Pakistani professor suspected of being a terrorist, tells US journalist Bobby Lincoln in a heaving tea house in Lahore.
Star Trek Into Darkness (12A)
Thursday 09 May 2013
The latest Star Trek saga fails to impress
All Stars (U)
Thursday 02 May 2013
The fact that this is another dance film in 3D and made by the producers of Horrid Henry: The Movie filled me with double dread.