I rarely watch television. However Mad Men has been one of the most deliciously dark, original and complex shows I have had the pleasure of watching all of season one in a very short space of time. These days, I doubt I would have the patience (or the time to schedule) a single episode a [...]
In the past fortnight I have had the misfortune (somewhat self inflicted) to have seen both Wanted and Priceless in the cinema and following Peter Bradshaw’s review of Wanted, I wanted to compare the two to see which was (a) more misogynist and (b) worse . Bradshaw describes women in Wanted as being represented by: ‘irrelevant sleek [...]
Capturing the latent aggression in male relationships, Dealers Choice; even twelve years later Patrick Marber’s first play still thrills audiences with the story of five men gambling far more than they can afford to lose. Set in a London restaurant where its owner, the highly restrained Stephen (a brilliantly understated Malcolm Sinclair) holds weekly poker [...]