The Artful Blogger

It hurt me today to find out that my beloved The Office has received a record lowrating . This was the lowest for the American version of...

For those younger readers out there, the name Shirley Bassey doesn’t ring much of a bell. However, if I were to play you her two signature t...

Judging from the poster and title, Jiro Dreams of Sushi sounds and looks like a postmodern comedy directed by Michel Gondry. I immediate...

If there’s one thing I learned from Black Swan , it’s that ballerinas are batshit crazy. One friend called it “Ballerina Fight Club”. From o...

Sometimes, you hear about a film project and it’s an absolute dream. You line up a prestigious director, decorated cast consisting of award...

[Ed. N.: Obviously this has nothing to do with the titular mother in Albert Brooks’s amazing comedy Mother, which you can read all about her...

With the impending return of spring comes, across Europe, the first signs of an annual ritual casually making itself known on the cultural c...