Ingleby Gallery: Until 30th January The Ingleby Gallery in Edinburgh currently shows an innovative and unique display of the work of a large variety of artists. The title of the…

Royal Scottish Academy: Until 14th February The RSA Open is an annual event of small-scale work created by contemporary artists living or working in Scotland, judged by a panelists of…

At the time of writing this article, Star Wars: The Force Awakens has earned more than $1.6bn at the global box office and is the fourth highest grossing film of…

I tried to read Moby Dick once. I failed. In the Heart of the Sea reminded me of that experience insofar as the synopsis was far more enticing than the…

You would really have to be living in an ice cave on Hoth for the Star Wars: The Force Awakens hype train to have passed you by. The fans of…

In 1975 feminist film theorist Laura Mulvey published a seminal essay entitled ‘Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema’. In it, she posited various theories about cinema and how it operates, as…

Jennifer Lawrence dazzles in her third collaboration with writer-director David O’Russell as she plays struggling single mother and self-wringing miracle mop inventor, Joy Mangano. Based on a true tale of…

The inherent issue with Tom Hooper’s latest film is that it is yet another example of the experiences of a historically marginalised group being told through a privileged lens. Namely,…