The actor and poet Taylor Mead was an instinctive and natural performer who became associated with the New American Cinema movement and was the first “superstar” of Andy Warhol’s Factory. His acting break came in 1959, when the experimental filmmaker Ron Rice cast him in The Flower Thief.
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Geoffrey Macnab: Roger Ebert could be brutal, but he was always fair
Friday 05 April 2013
Roger Ebert was an oracle among American film critics. His exalted reputation was primarily due to the fair-minded, open and articulate way in which he treated films of every sort in a reviewing career that lasted over 40 years.
Paramount theme park on hold after discovery of rare jumping spiders
Thursday 04 April 2013
Developers behind the £2bn plans will have to ensure a good home for the creatures
Bebo Valdes: Influential pianist and bandleader
Thursday 04 April 2013
Seen as part of the old society following the revolution in Cuba, he left the country for good
One Direction will strip off for 3D film 'This is Us' says director Morgan Spurlock
Thursday 04 April 2013
One Direction fans will be able to see their favourite boy band half naked from every angle in their upcoming 3D film This is Us.
'Russian Banksy' Pasha P183 dies aged 29
Thursday 04 April 2013
A prominent Russian graffiti artist who hid his identity behind the tag Pasha P183 and has been compared to Britain's Banksy has died aged just 29.
Hollywood star Tom Cruise discovers Irish heritage as he visits Dublin
Thursday 04 April 2013
Actor Tom Cruise has said proof of his Irish roots is a great honour for him and his family.
'Thrilled' Emma Willis ousts Brian Dowling as host of Big Brother
Tuesday 02 April 2013
TV presenter Emma Willis is replacing Brian Dowling as the host of Big Brother.
TV Baftas set for Olympic battle between Opening Ceremony, Strictly and Great British Bake
Tuesday 02 April 2013
The Olympic Opening Ceremony will go head-to-head with Strictly Come Dancing and The Great British Bake Off at the TV Baftas.
Nabucco, Royal Opera house, London
Monday 01 April 2013
Topical references in programme notes printed in advance are risky, and Boris Berezovsky’s miserable demise has made Covent Garden’s essayist - for whom he represents the quintessential pampered exile - look silly.
Donald Richie: Author and acclaimed scholar of Japanese cinema
Monday 01 April 2013
His book 'The Films of Akira Kurosawa' raised the bar for film scholarship round the world
Editorial: As the new Director-General, Tony Hall can draw a line under the BBC's dramas
Sunday 31 March 2013
He needs to provide both sound judgement and a real sense of vision
Jonathan Romney on Trance: Danny Boyle loses himself in a hall of mirrors
Saturday 30 March 2013
Who doesn't love Boyle the Olympic hero? What a pity it's harder to like Boyle the director
Also showing: GI Joe Retaliation, One Mile Away, King of the Travellers, We Went to War and Point Blank
Saturday 30 March 2013
G.I. Joe: Retaliation (110 mins, 12A)
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Heading for America? Prepare for the longest US immigration queues ever
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Notes from a small island: Is Sealand an independent 'micronation' or an illegal fortress?
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You thought Ryanair's attendants had it bad? Wait 'til you hear about their pilots
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'Swivel-gate': David Cameron goes to war with the press over 'swivel-eyed loons' slur
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It’s official: thanks to Stephen Hawking's Israel boycott, anti-Semitism is no more
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