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Tom Nixon

Arts & Culture, Film, The CriticsApril 5, 2014

Private Theatre: Oslo, August 31st

By Tom Nixon

Senior film critic Tom Nixon revisits Joachim Trier’s haunting sophomore film about a recovering drug addict.

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Arts & Culture, Film, The CriticsMarch 29, 2014

Private Theatre: The Deep Blue Sea

By Tom Nixon

Senior film critic Tom Nixon writes on one of this decade’s finest melodramas.

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Arts & Culture, Film, The CriticsMarch 26, 2014

Reinventing The Reel: The Grand Budapest Hotel

By Jay Sizemore

Film critic Jay Sizemore on why Wes Anderson’s latest is “easily the best film of 2014 so far”.

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Arts & Culture, Film, The CriticsMarch 22, 2014

Private Theatre: Meek’s Cutoff

By Tom Nixon

Senior film critic Tom Nixon writes on why Kelly Reichardt’s Meek’s Cutoff remains one of the best films of the decade so far.

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Arts & Culture, Film, The CriticsMarch 19, 2014

Reinventing the Reel: Why I Refuse to Watch Video Game Adaptations

By Jay Sizemore

Film critic Jay Sizemore is less than impressed with the trend of adapting video game franchises for the movie screen.

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Arts & Culture, Film, The CriticsMarch 15, 2014

Private Theatre: Cosmopolis

By Tom Nixon

Senior Film Critic Tom Nixon mounts a defense for the much-maligned Cosmopolis in anticipation of David Cronenberg’s upcoming film Maps to the Stars.

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Arts & Culture, Film, The CriticsMarch 12, 2014

Reinventing the Reel: None Of The Above

By Jay Sizemore

Film Critic Jay Sizemore casts his cynical eye across Hollywood’s sorry mid-March lineup… from a safe distance.

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Arts & Culture, Film, The CriticsMarch 8, 2014

Private Theatre: Blue Is The Warmest Colour

By Christine Jin

Contributing editor Christine Jin discusses the controversies surrounding Abdellatif Kechiche’s Palme d’Or-winning romantic drama.

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Arts & Culture, Film, Special FeaturesMarch 8, 2014

Independent I: An Interview with Gabrielle Burton

By Chuck Williamson

“I think people often conflate gender expression with gender identity, or transgender experience with drag.” Film critic Chuck Williamson talks to Gabrielle Burton about her upcoming documentary Kings, Queens, & In-Betweens.

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Arts & Culture, Film, Special FeaturesMarch 6, 2014

Independent I: An Interview with Davina Lee

By Tom Nixon

“Film is the buzz-word right now in the Caribbean.” Senior Film Critic Tom Nixon interviews Davina Lee, one of St. Lucia’s top filmmakers, about her new film The Coming of Org.

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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.