Tom Bonnick Every now and then some literary, cinematic or theatrical endeavour becomes the lucky recipient of large quantities of media attention for reasons not confined merely to its artistic merit. In the case of That Face, which premiered in London at the Royal Court theatre in 2007, this particular phenomenon came about because the [...]
Tom Bonnick Everybody always says you should never meet your heroes, which has always seemed extraordinarily pessimistic advice. It’s basically saying: “Don’t bother holding out any hope that this person you respect and admire is a decent guy; they’re almost certainly a bastard, like everybody is.” Still — and here I will admit guilt in [...]
Tom Bonnick Now is an unusual time of year. From September all through to mid-October, books — serious, actual works of fiction, not written by Dan Brown or anything — gain the full attention of the mainstream media. And not just over on Newsnight review! That’s right, it’s Man Booker Prize time. This is the [...]
We — by which I mean everyone in Britain; not just students — often take the advantages of a free press for granted. It rarely occurs to anyone who regularly watches the news or reads a newspaper how incredibly lucky they are to be able to do so, and for the same reason that noone [...]
Tom Bonnick speaks to Glasgow theatre stalwart and director of the Tron Theatre, Andy Arnold I often ask interview subjects what inspires them, and the answer almost without fail falls into one of three categories. It will either be impossibly polished and intelligent-sounding, with hints of the carefully honed public persona about it, or it [...]
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Adaptations of Neil Gaiman books are always encouraging prospects, and so the lure of a Nightmare Before Christmas-inspired film of Coraline, the award-winning novella, by director Henry Selick — in 3D, no less — seemed incredibly promising.
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Fighting, the latest venture in former model Channing Tatum’s bid to be more shirtless than Matthew McConaughey, is possibly the closest cinema can come to replicating the sensation of chewing on cud.
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The irony of Benjamin Obler’s debut novel Javascotia is that the very aspects that made it seem so promising a literary debut — a novel about coffee! In Glasgow! With sexy art students! — are, in fact, amongst its most negligible qualities.
Tom Bonnick speaks to the director and stars of In the Loop about Washington motorcades, being too clever for success, and finding comedy in unexpected places
Tom Bonnick Since their 2003 debut album Fever to Tell, Yeah Yeah Yeahs have been carving out a formidable – albeit niche – position within the art-punk rock canon, largely propelled by the powerfully magnetic presence of lead singer Karen O; surely the most credible female figure in rock, Alison Mosshart aside. Up until now, [...]
