Arts and Entertainment
Total 39 Posts
Postcard from the Editor: Afghanistan, Land of Poets, Turquoise Turrets, Talented Artisans and Girls Dreaming of the Right to Laugh and Play the Guitar
Postcard from Afghanistan - Arts Journalist Alison Jane Reid Looks at the Art and Culture of Afghanistan From an Artisan Fashion Project, the Storyville film Inside Kabul, Rory Stewart's Epic Walk and Grafitti Artist Shamsia Hassani's Magnetic Murals.
The Luminaries Flaming June Hot List - Vermeer to the Vesper Martini, Puff Sleeve Mania and The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
The Luminaries June Hotlist - from Anne of Green Gables Puff Sleeves Mania to Vermeer, James Bond's Vesper Martini, The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition and matchbook art.
Andrea Riseborough Quietly Shines in Luxor, a Film About Love, War and Egyptology
Luxor, a film starring Andrea Riseborough and directed by Zeina Durra is an intoxicating, waking dream of a film about love, Egyptology and second chances writes journalist Alison Jane Reid. Watch it now on the BFI Player.
Style Icons: Lauren Bacall, The Film Noir Tom Boy in the Eternal Masculine Meets Feminine Trouser Suit
Lauren Bacall is the eternal style icon who created 'the look' of 1944 after her film debut in To Have and Have Not with Humphrey Bogart. Eighty years later, her impact on the professional woman's wardrobe is stunning writes film and fashion journalist, Alison Jane Reid.
The Luminaries Review - The Newsreader, Pamela Anderson, Stephen Spielberg
In this week's Luminaries Magazine film, drama and radio review, journalist Alison Jane Reid reviews The Newsreader, Pamela Anderson, a Love Affair, Blithe Spirit 1945 and Steven Spielberg on Desert Island Discs.
How to Get the Look - The Newsreader and the Return of Eighties Power Dressing in Pussycat Bows, Big Hair, Lurex and Sequins!
The Newsreader is the hit Indie Australian drama about breaking television news to watch and go wild for pussycat bow blouses, lurex and sequins and we sound the bugle for the return of power dressing writes Alison Jane Reid
What's On - The Pick of the Best Luminary Slow Arts and Cultural Events for New Year, January and Beyond
The Luminaries What's On in January Arts and Culture Review is published. Discover the pick of museums, cool subterranean jazz hangouts, secret botanical gardens and grand palaces and castles to waft around like a snow queen and prince, slothfully.