Terrains of the Body is a bold but beguiling show
Terrains of the Body is on at the Whitechapel Gallery until 16th April 2017 Free entry
Fred S Fyles
Our Academy Award #hottake
Our Culture Editor, Fred Fyles, gives you the run-down on the Academy Award nominations for this year, from the meteoric rise of La La Land, to the possible success of Moonlight, and all those films that they missed along the way...
Silence
A strained, off-putting work
A seat at the (culture) roundtable
Culture editors Indira Mallik and Fred Fyles give their round-up of the last 12 months in terms of culutre. Expect TV escapism, highlighting women in music, and going crazy over Olivia Laing...
The sound and the fury of Spike Lee
Chi-Raq marks a return to form for Spike Lee, and its breathless anger is urgently needed in these troubled times.
The disquieting strangeness of Blue Velvet
David Lynch’s Blue Velvet, being reissued for the 30th anniversary this month, introduced the world to the themes that would run through the director’s work for the next three decades. A stunning world of glamour and grime, Blue Velvet is a masterpiece.
Problematic faves | Nico
Sometimes artists we love have characters that we don’t. In our new weekly feature, we examine some of the artists whose antics regularly embarrass their fans. Can we separate the music from the artist? First up is German singer, Nico.
A stunning study of everyday beauty
Jim Jarmusch’s latest work Paterson is a breathtaking exploration of day-to-day life, blissful love, and the sheer power of poetry.
I, Olga Hepnarová
Eyes of a killer
Women in sci-fi | A space oddity?
Do like Arrival and Gravity mark a breakthrough of the sci-fi glass ceiling, asks Fred Fyles? Or do they play into the tropes well established in the genre?
The Darkest Universe
Will Sharpe delights in The Darkest Universe
Girls Lost
Capturing the wonder of youth