no country for old men

No Country for Old Men is a trifecta of cinematic genius that unites the writing of Cormac McCarthy (a Pulitzer Prize winner and writer of the 2005 novel from which the film was adapted), the acting of Javier Bardem (Oscar winner for best…

This week we're going from Scotland to Texas to Atlantic City as we take on the career of Kelly Macdonald. Starting off as the underage seductress Diane in Trainspotting, Macdonald channeled this success into securing strong roles in Robert…

The criminal mind is something we’ve endeavoured to understand, explain, and control ever since the first cave man hit his friend over the head with a bit of wood. Over the years, behaviour has gotten easier to explain to those that catch…

A man I know often ponders the contradiction observed in a mutual friend, a writer. “Why does she write such sad books, and yet have such twinkly eyes?” he laments. The author in question certainly does write very serious fiction. It’s…