The opening sequence of Danny Boyle’s Trance is by far the most entertaining in the film. Here we are introduced to Simon (James McAvoy), a slick but otherwise unsuspecting, ...
It strikes me that the film, Cotton for my Shroud, has an ominous title with various connotations. The word “shroud” refers to a cloth used to wrap a body for ...
At Litro Magazine we aim to bring together a broad community of readers with a common interest in good literature. We want to know what you are reading that is ...
Cities are challenging: to live in and to define. They are each a unique life form constructed from many smaller ones. For some they are amazing, baffling or frustrating, particularly ...
In response to the well-known fact that women remain under-represented generally across the film industry, a competition designed to encourage more women in film journalism has been announced by Sight ...
Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master is a good-looking film with a dramatic composition and a narrative that is full of ideas, peppered with intriguing spaces for thought. It is a ...
A stranger rolls into town in a car carried by the force of a great wave, a wave that lives on in the memories and haunts the dreams of the ...
Today’s new feature on Litro from Robin Stevens considers the possibilities for new, formative and ‘truly interactive and immersive storytelling’ by way of new media technologies. These possibilities are also ...
Whether it’s music, literature or contemporary art that interests you, here are some events happening this weekend in London: Sounds and Colours: Book and CD Launch Colombia is a country ...
This weekend (like every weekend in London), there is a whole range of activities on offer. Here are a few that we like the look of: South Asian Literature Festival ...
The Tate Britain’s summer exhibition this year was “Another London: International Photographers Capture City Life 1930–1980”. Timed to coincide with the London Olympics, it featured photographs of London by photographers ...
Bawdy peasant girls performing a bear dance. Masked revelers spinning to the sound of a mariachi band. An accordion-playing polar bear. Collective onion-chopping commiserations to a Jazz accompaniment. The haunting ...
