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The Critics in Film: Jane Eyre

Reviewed by Emma K. Gold Not a plain Jane.             Cast & Credits Directed by: Cary Joji Fukunaga. With Mia Wasikowska (Jane Eyre), Michael Fassbender (Edward Rochester), Jamie Bell (St. John Rivers), and Judi Dench (Mrs Fairfax). Written by: Moira Buffini   Released by Focus...

Spotlight Illustrator: Abigail Larson

Spotlight Illustrator: Abigail Larson In this short interview, Ms Larson—illustrator extraordinaire—talks about her craft, how she got started and what inspires her (among other things) with Creative Director Moeed Tarique. Abigail Larson once had early ambitions of becoming an opera singer and joining...

Spotlight Artist: Maria Khan

Maria Khan is a 2009 graduate from the National College of Arts, Lahore’s College of Art & Design. Apart from pursuing painting as her major, she minored in printmaking, sculpture and photography. She earned herself a distinction in 2009 and won the ‘Best Painting Award 2010’ conferred by the...

Get Thrashed: A Documentary

By Khaver Siddiqui Thrash Metal is loud which makes Get Thrashed, a documentary on the genre, one of the loudest documentaries in recent times. As the name suggests, this particular form of music revolved around playing metal louder and faster, and always inciting the crowd to “thrash” around....

Spotlight: Musician Asfandyar Khan

Interviewed by Verda Adil Asfandyar Khan is a young Pakistani musician whose first EP ‘Snow Makes Things Perfect’ debuted last year. TMS rep Verda Adil, and Mr. Khan met at a local hangout—Hotspot—in Islamabad, beneath the cool shade of a banyan tree. Khan spoke about the current musical scene and...

The Critics: Voice Recognition

Voice Recognition: 21 poets for the 21st century, edited by James Byrne and Clare Pollard (Bloodaxe: 2009) 168pp ISBN: 978-1-679-85224-838-3   Most poetry anthologies shouldn’t be assessed in terms of their ideological standpoint, but some are asking for trouble. Two decades ago, Hulse, Morley and...

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