Publication: New Statesman

First Reported May 23 2012 - Updated May 23 2012 - 1 Documents

The Second Sexism: don't judge a book by its press

David Benatar's book has valid comments to make about the position of men.Anyone who has ever debated male-specific gender issues will probably have experienced an encounter like this:Bloke: “Yeah, but men can also be victims of violence and injustice, ... [ Published May 23 2012 by New Statesman ]

Entities: David Benatar, Sexism, Feminism

First Reported May 17 2012 - Updated May 17 2012 - 1 Documents

Gareth Evans

Review: The Raid

There are some moments of stillness in this action movie, writes .The Raid (18)dir: Gareth EvansThat small percentage of viewers who found the Bourne trilogy impossibly serene will be delighted by the martial arts action movie The Raid. How manic is the ... [ Published May 17 2012 by New Statesman ]

Entities: Gareth Evans, Joseph Trapanese, Mike Shinoda, Macaulay Culkin, Trachea

First Reported May 16 2012 - Updated May 16 2012 - 1 Documents

Julie Delpy

Don't mess with Delpy

The French actress is brave and brilliant - if only her latest film lived up to her talentsThe tardy sequel, so late in arriving that it has less in common with the Superman s and Lethal Weapon s of this world than with the 7 Up series (which was back ... [ Published May 16 2012 by New Statesman ]

Entities: Julie Delpy, Krzysztof Kieślowski, Chris Rock, Paris

First Reported May 11 2012 - Updated May 12 2012 - 1 Documents

Sacha Baron Cohen

Gilbey on Film: Sacha Baron Cohen is back

This time as dictator General Aladeen of Wadiya.To the Royal Festival Hall on London’s South Bank, at the behest of a certain General Aladeen of Wadiya. As the invitation puts it: “His Excellency Admiral General Aladeen Would Like to Pleasure You at the ... [ Published May 11 2012 by New Statesman ]

Entities: Sacha Baron Cohen, Dictator, Ross Russell

First Reported May 03 2012 - Updated May 03 2012 - 1 Documents

Joss Whedon

Review: Tezz and Avengers Assemble

More nuttiness and less bluster, pleads .Tezz (12A), Avengers Assemble (12A)dir: Priyadarshan, dir: Joss WhedonBollywood purloins Hollywood’s ideas almost as regularly as Hollywood pinches from the rest of the world. So it is fitting that a cop in the ... [ Published May 03 2012 by New Statesman ]

Entities: Bollywood, Iron Man, Thor (film), Bomb, Joss Whedon

First Reported May 03 2012 - Updated May 03 2012 - 1 Documents

Matthew Yglesias

Kindle Fire: "The fruitcake of tablets"

Kindle Fire's marketshare fell by 10 percentage points over the last quarter. But why?Joe Weisenthal at Business Insider notes an interesting implication of a statistic reported today:AMAZON TABLET SHARE FELL TO JUST OVER 4% 1Q VS 16.8% IN 4QThat could ... [ Published May 03 2012 by New Statesman ]

Entities: Kindle Fire, Matthew Yglesias, Matt Miller, iPad

First Reported May 01 2012 - Updated May 02 2012 - 1 Documents

Turner Prize announces its 2012 shortlist

This year's shortlist encompasses a mixture of art forms.It's that time of year again: the shortlist for the Turner Prize has been announced. Spartacus Chetwynd, Luke Fowler, Paul Noble and Elizabeth Price have all been shortlisted for the award.The Turner ... [ Published May 01 2012 by New Statesman ]

Entities: Elizabeth Price, Lali Chetwynd, Paul Noble

First Reported Apr 27 2012 - Updated Apr 27 2012 - 1 Documents

Gilbey on Film: Cinemagoers of the world unite!

The Bread and Roses film festival kicks off today.Cinemagoers of a revolutionary inclination rejoice! Cannes may already be creeping into media coverage a full fortnight before the festival begins, but Londoners can turn their attention instead to a different ... [ Published Apr 27 2012 by New Statesman ]

Entities: Ken Loach, London, Kim Longinotto

First Reported Apr 24 2012 - Updated Apr 25 2012 - 1 Documents

Theatre Review: Making Noise Quietly

Peter Gill's revival of Robert Holman's triptych at the Donmar Warehouse is unmissable.Robert Holman wrote Making Noise Quietly in 1986, in a Britain still raw from the effects of the Falklands War. But the triptych of plays examines war in several forms, ... [ Published Apr 24 2012 by New Statesman ]

Entities: Anger, John Hollingworth, Holocaust, Oliver Jordan

First Reported Apr 23 2012 - Updated Apr 23 2012 - 1 Documents

Theatre Review: Wild Swans

The first stage adaptation of Jung Chang's award-winning novel is a masterpiece.You might wonder how an award-winning novel of 700 pages can possibly be condensed into a 90-minute stage play. But Sacha Wares's production of Wild Swans at the Young Vic, ... [ Published Apr 23 2012 by New Statesman ]

Entities: Roll Back, China, Communist Party, Miriam Buether, Jung Chang

First Reported Apr 20 2012 - Updated Apr 20 2012 - 1 Documents

Voluptuous vampires

What's changed in the hundred years since Bram Stoker's death?This month marks the centenary of the death of the pioneer of gothic horror and author of Dracula Bram Stoker. Spawning countless adaptations for both television and film, including recent ... [ Published Apr 20 2012 by New Statesman ]

Entities: Bram Stoker, Misogyny, Cretinism, Vampire Diaries, True Blood

First Reported Apr 17 2012 - Updated Apr 18 2012 - 1 Documents

Orange shortlist announced

Anne Enright and Cynthia Ozick both make the 2012 shortlist.This year both new and well-established authors are honored. Debut novelist Madeline Miller is shortlisted for The Song of Achilles , a Homeric tale of forbidden love. Alice Oswald describes, ... [ Published Apr 17 2012 by New Statesman ]

Entities: Cynthia Ozick, Anne Enright, Ann Patchett

Quotes

...Lucy, monstrous and, vampiric, takes on the attributes of the New Woman, rejecting traditional female roles, destroying marriage and motherhood: "The sweetness was turned to adamantine, heartless cruelty, and the purity to voluptuous wantonness."

Voluptuous vampires [New Statesman - Apr 20 2012]

...It is a privilege to present it.” She continues, "My only regret is that the rules of the prize don't permit a longer shortlist. However, I am confident that the fourteen novels we had to leave out will make their own well-deserved way"

Orange shortlist announced [New Statesman - Apr 17 2012]