It’s easy to forget where you are when you’re in Dach & Sons; the downstairs restaurant is as close anything you could hope to find this far left of New York. All burger sliders and chic surfaces, it’s the neon sign above the bar that really grabs your attention. As…
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October 2012
It seems that Jacques Audiard’s latest film Rust and Bone cannot avoid comparisons to Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano’s Untouchable. They were the two main contenders for France’s submission for the foreign-language feature Oscar with the committee ultimately being dazzled by the impressive world-wide gross of the latter rather than…
If you thought hip-hop dance could only come in the form of a guilty pleasure (see the entire Step Up critically-dubious dance movie franchise) then think again. There’s skill in them there steps, and UK hip-hop dance legend Jonzi D is back with a Sadler’s Wells show to prove it.…
Always wanted to know more about the philosophy behind atheism? Feel like you don’t know enough about the political concept of freedom? Well, some of the UK’s finest minds will be talking on those themes as the Barbican holds the annual Battle of Ideas, a weekend of public debates and…
Anish Kapoor returns to the familiar environs of London’s Lisson Gallery with a major exhibition of new works. Recognised as one of the most influential sculptors of his generation, the solo show takes over both spaces of the gallery – and being Anish Kapoor, the backyard too. The Turner Prize…
Flights to Tokyo and New York are not exactly the cheapest these days, so an exhibition offering you the chance to explore these two great cities while remaining on UK soil, surely can’t be sniffed at? Portraits of these two cities by photographers William Klein and Daido Moriyama can currently…