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Tom Nixon

Arts & Culture, Film, The CriticsAugust 13, 2014

Private Theatre: Black Narcissus

By Ben Hynes

Film critic Ben Hynes delves into Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s 1947 classic ‘Black Narcissus’.

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Arts & Culture, Film, The CriticsAugust 7, 2014

Reinventing the Reel: Guardians of the Galaxy

By Jay Sizemore

Film critic Jay Sizemore reviews one of his favourite Marvel releases to date.

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Arts & Culture, Film, The CriticsAugust 3, 2014

Private Theatre: Boyhood

By Christine Jin

Contributing editor Christine Jin writes about ‘Boyhood’ in the context of Richard Linklater’s diverse career.

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Arts & Culture, Film, The CriticsJuly 31, 2014

Reinventing the Reel: Lucy

By Jay Sizemore

Film critic Jay Sizemore on Luc Besson’s ‘Lucy’, the latest science fiction movie to star Scarlett Johansson.

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Arts & Culture, Film, The CriticsJuly 24, 2014

Reinventing the Reel: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

By Jay Sizemore

Film critic Jay Sizemore on the latest instalment of the ‘Planet of the Apes’ franchise.

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Arts & Culture, Film, The CriticsJuly 20, 2014

Private Theatre: Bigger Than Life

By Ben Hynes

Film critic Ben Hynes claims Nicholas Ray’s ‘Bigger Than Life’ is “less a celebration of the ability of the individual to overcome addiction than a witheringly subtle jab at the fantasy of normality”.

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Arts & Culture, Film, The CriticsJuly 17, 2014

Private Theatre: Rise of the Planet of the Apes

By Tom Nixon

Senior film critic Tom Nixon revisits ‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes’ ahead of its imminent and promising sequel.

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Arts & Culture, Film, Special Features, The CriticsJuly 14, 2014

Independent I: An Interview With Steve James

By Chuck Williamson

“The wonderful thing about making documentaries is that you forge relationships with the subjects…“ Chuck Williamson interviews ‘Hoop Dreams’ director Steve James about his new Roger Ebert documentary ‘Life Itself’.

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Arts & Culture, Film, The CriticsJuly 10, 2014

Private Theatre: The LEGO Movie

By Ben Hynes

Film critic Ben Hynes on how ‘The Lego Movie’ functions as a “devious piece of propaganda for neoliberal capitalism.”

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Arts & Culture, Film, The CriticsJuly 7, 2014

Private Theatre: The Immigrant

By Christine Jin

Film critic Christine Jin on why ‘The Immigrant’ is the ideal prologue for the rest of James Gray’s oeuvre.

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One last love letter...

April 24, 2021

It has taken us some time and patience to come to this decision. TMS would not have seen the success that it did without our readers and the tireless team that ran the magazine for the better part of eight years.

But… all good things must come to an end, especially when we look at the ever-expanding art and literary landscape in Pakistan, the country of the magazine’s birth.

We are amazed and proud of what the next generation of creators are working with, the themes they are featuring, and their inclusivity in the diversity of voices they are publishing. When TMS began, this was the world we envisioned…

Though the magazine has closed and our submissions shuttered, this website will remain open for the foreseeable future as an archive of the great work we published and the astounding collection of diverse voices we were privileged to feature.

If, however, someone is interested in picking up the baton, please email Maryam Piracha, the editor, at [email protected].

Farewell, fam! It’s been quite a ride.