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Gothicka, By Victoria Nelson
Saturday 26 May 2012
In comics, novels and films, the modern cult of the 'New Gothic' reveals a keen hunger for non-religious rebirth.
Snow White and the three-and-a-half-inch Lavender Hill Mob
Saturday 26 May 2012
Eddie Marsan is starring as a dwarf with fellow dwarfs Ray Winstone and Bob Hoskins in Snow White and the Huntsman.
Dark Shadows, Tim Burton, 113 mins (12A)
Sunday 13 May 2012
Tim Burton's stalwart star gives good fang, but this gothic comedy feels about as fresh as stale garlic
DVD/Blu-ray: Dracula, Prince of Darkness (15)
Saturday 05 May 2012
"There are no bogeyman anymore," yells Father Sandor in a vampire-fearing Romanian tavern.
Dracula bites back! Gothic legacy in danger from touchy-feely, fictional vampires
Sunday 22 April 2012
Give us a villainous vampire we can get our teeth into, not one of these winsome wimps
Will there be blood on the red carpet? Twilight couple Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart go head to head for the Palme d'Or
Friday 20 April 2012
'On the Road' will be keenly awaited as the first film adaptation of Kerouac's classic book
Dracula's contract to see the light of day 100 years on
Sunday 25 March 2012
Original document drawn up by Bram Stoker to be published after being kept under lock and key
'Dracula' poster fetches $143,000 at auction
Sunday 25 March 2012
A collection of rare film posters has fetched a total of $503,000 (£320,000) at an auction in Texas.
Mark Lanegan Band, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London
Wednesday 14 March 2012
“Give us a smile,” jokes a heckler in the audience. He didn’t have a chance in hell. The 48-year-old grunge warrior simply trudged on with “One Way Street”, growling “I drink so much sour whiskey/ I can hardly see”. Mark Lanegan doesn’t do light, frivolity or whimsy. He deals in cataloguing the murkier alleyways of the human soul: death, drunkenness, sordidness (“Those feral girls will suit me more than/ Gloss from drugstore magazines,” he snarls tonight on “Sleep with Me”), substance abuse and the apocalypse (“The end could be soon, we'd better rent a room/ So you can love me,” he reasons on “Wedding Dress”).
DVD: Fright Night (15)
Friday 09 March 2012
This perky remake of Tom Holland's 1985 comedy horror benefits from a supremely hammy turn from David Tennant as Peter Vincent, a fruity, leather-trousered Las Vegas magician who rarely keeps his top on.
Carancho, Pablo Trapero, 94 mins (12A)
Wanderlust, David Wain, 98 mins (15)
This Means War, McG, 94 mins (12A)
Sunday 04 March 2012
If you don't want to get tangled up with The Vulture, better fasten your seatbelt ...
Robert Fisk: The heroic myth and the uncomfortable truth of war reporting
Saturday 03 March 2012
Like other correspondents, Robert Fisk has risked his life to 'witness history'. But after almost four decades, he feels ambivalent towards his profession
Another excellent adventure for Keanu
Friday 02 March 2012
Bill & Ted star Keanu Reeves goes behind the camera for a new documentary, Side by Side. He tells James Mottram about what's clearly a passion project
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