Reviews

Reviews

Thomas Quinn works up an appetite for Philip Kazan's tasty novel

"The hero is Nino, a Renaissance Jamie Oliver whose gift - a brilliant sense of taste - is also a curse"

Savages

Savages, Ministry of Sound, London

"Savages' Jehnny Beth is a force of nature, with a soaring, yelping voice that would silence a jungle"

The Look of Love

Edward Lawrenson finds thrills and frills in The Look of Love

"The Look of Love is a funny, poignant study of Raymond, but also a time-capsule evocation of 1970s Soho"

Vampire Weekend

Malcolm Jack: Vampire Weekend's latest is bloody good

"Vampire Weekend’s songwriting is up there among the most agile at the commercial end of US indie"

Naked Bird, Theatro Technis, London

4

"Naked Bird is a personal story that keeps you entertained - and makes you want to start making changes in your life"

The Review Show

Sam Delaney takes on the 'Four Liberal Columnists of the Apocalypse'

"What a brilliant service The Review Show offers to its loyal viewers - by which I mean the panellists themselves"

HOUSE 2013, Brighton

4

"The water appears to lap directly at your feet, leaving the viewer suspended somewhere indefinably else. It’s brilliant”

Russ Litten

Russ Litten: "Five books everyone should read before they die "

Swear Down author Russ Litten picks five essential reads: "If there is a God and he ever wrote a book, it would be like this..."

The Mimic

The Mimic makes a good impression on Jane Graham…

"This affecting micro-drama has hit upon some touching truths on its way to exploring what is “real” and what is artifice"

Ryan Gosling in The Place Beyond The Pines

'Flawed intensity': Edward Lawrenson on Ryan Gosling's latest

"The Place Beyond the Pines tries to shoehorn the high drama of a Greek tragedy into a Bruce Springsteen song"

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