Articles by James Keast

Björk

Volta

PUBLISHED Apr 19, 2007

In contemporary popular music, no one has done more than this Icelandic goddess to merge the avant-garde with the accessible, a trend that...

Layer Cake

Matthew Vaughn

PUBLISHED Apr 16, 2007

If Layer Cake, the British gangster flick that chronicles the class system at work in underground drug cultures, looks and feels a lot like...

Children of Men

Alfonso Cuarón

PUBLISHED Apr 9, 2007

Mexican director Alfonso Cuarón’s dystopian masterpiece Children of Men may have been a little lost in the year-end madness, not receiving...

The Hoax

Lasse Hallström

PUBLISHED Apr 5, 2007

In a media age obsessed with celebrity, overrun by paparazzi and bloggers, and in which we seem to know the intimate details of even the mo...

Spider-Man 2.1

Sam Raimi

PUBLISHED Apr 2, 2007

For those seeking another dip into the mega-franchise, this additional two-disc offering short-changes fans; rather than a newly super edit...

WKRP In Cincinnati: The Complete First Season

PUBLISHED Apr 2, 2007

WKRP began in 1979 as an underdog in the golden age of the modern television sitcom -- on the air at the time were M*A*S*H, Soap, Laverne &...

Twin Peaks: The Second Season

PUBLISHED Mar 24, 2007

It’s hard to believe two things: that Twin Peaks, the surreal, eccentric mystery chockablock with dancing dwarves, talking logs and coffee-...

Arcade Fire Parking Lot

SHORT FILM

PUBLISHED Mar 24, 2007

As Montreal band Arcade Fire unleashed the sophomore shot heard round the music world, some recoil was certain, but few dissected the music...