Hats This article is more than 5 months oldThis article is more than 5 months oldRetailers report rise in sales after Peaky Blinders star dons ‘cross between a porkpie and a fedora’ for Oppenheimer
Cillian Murphy’s portrayal of the vicious gang boss Thomas Shelby in Peaky Blinders caused a rise in the popularity of old-fashioned flat caps over the past seven years.
And now the star’s new role in the biographical thriller Oppenheimer is having a similar effect on a different type of headgear. Read More...
FilmInterviewJuliette Lewis: 'I faced my fears'Ryan GilbeyAt 18, Juliette Lewis was a Hollywood star. But fame brought drug addiction and panic attacks. As she returns to the big screen, she talks revolt, rehab and rock'n'roll with Ryan GilbeyJuliette Lewis has been drug-free for – how long is it now? Give her a minute. She's working it out. "I was 22. I'm 40 now. So that's …" And yet one of the pleasures of being in her company is that she acts like someone trying to conceal a certain chemical wooziness. Read More...
JazzReviewWhirlwindMonocled Man are Jamie Cullum trumpeter, Fringe Magnetic leader and Loop Collective member Rory Simmons, with Troyka's Chris Montague on guitar, and Kairos 4Tet drummer Jon Scott – a creative young UK threesome here performing nine Simmons originals that reflect New York's jump-cut downtown methods, crunching rock, jazzy dirges, and occasionally the dreaminess of the ambient Nordic space-travellers. Admirers of advanced American trumpeter/composers Dave Douglas and Ralph Alessi will recognise Simmons's methods in zigzagging tracks like The Big Wheeze, Pud Pud and Bullet Nose, and though the leader has his work cut out as principal soloist in such a stripped-down setting (the metallic guitar sound and clean-cut crackle of Scott's drumming also compound the tendency for this bassless set to sound a little shrill) he's a long-lined improviser with a big vocabulary, and Chris Montague's sound-palette extends a long way above and below linear guitar breaks. Read More...
