Margaret Thatcher

Napalm Death's Barney Greenway on Thatcher, Nostalgia and the Pursuit of Happiness

By Nathan Smith Most of the people who pass Mark "Barney" Greenway in the street every day almost certainly have no idea what the man does for a living. His sensible haircut, unassuming demeanor and soft-spoken Birmingham accent betray nothing of his status as one of the most ferocious and accompli ... More >>

After Boston Bombing, Rightbloggers Turn on Immigration (Mexican or Whatever)

There's a bill working its way through Congress that would offer a "path to citizenship" to the sort of immigrants currently known in some circles as illegal. Though its application is general, it's obviously aimed at U.S. guests of the Mexican persuasion, and it only has a chance of passing because ... More >>

Sir Ian McKellen Rags On Margaret Thatcher

And we love him for it. The Lord of the Rings star, classical stage actor, and activist feels the obits for Maggie Thatcher were a tad incomplete--sort of like mash without bangers. Well, here come the bangers:

Margaret Thatcher, RIP. Here's What She Was About

The first female prime minister of Britain and a woman with a checkered, controversial legacy, Margaret Thatcher has died at 87, after a stroke. For those of us who only know her through some distant headlines, an Oscar-grabbing Meryl Streep performance, and a few cutting lyrics in Billy Elliot, he ... More >>

Margaret Thatcher's Forgotten Ice Cream Legacy

Margaret Thatcher, former British prime minister, died today following a stroke. While news outlets examine her political legacy, The Atlantic reminds us of Thatcher's early work in the culinary field.

Best of Thames

Statecraft and stagecraft across the pond

Best Speech of The Night

I'll give that honor to Best Actress Jennifer Lawrence. She was succinct, sweet, and sincere--everything a speech should be, including acknowledging the four losers, but not in a patronizing, humiliating way. And she did this even after falling on her face on the way up to the podium, and making a ... More >>

Let Fury Have the Hour

A Great Year For Makeup at the Movies

Last year was pretty decent, makeupwise, with Margaret Thatcher going against the apes for the Oscar, and winning paws down. But this year, movieland has come up with an even more exciting batch of blush jobs, the makeup artists going out of their way to use a full palette of cosmetics and prosthet ... More >>

My Thoughts On The Oscars As They Happen!

The show started with great dignity. Morgan Freeman came out and a friend of mine said, "Is that the one who fucks the granddaughter?"

Meryl Won't Win, and Other Surefire Oscar Predictions

This is the only ballot you'll need at your viewing party

Musto Occupies 2011: A Rich Year for Gossip

I Don't Know How She Did It: Thatcher as Victim in The Iron Lady

The Year in Film: People of the Year

Or: The Netflix meltdown, the resurrection of Harvey Weinstein, and Kristen Wiig's box office coup all in one list

Harvey Weinstein is Back -- NY Film Critics

The big news to emerge from yesterday's New York Film Critics Circle voting--held early this year to scoop the other year end awards--is, of course, the second coming of homeboy Harvey Weinstein. Not only was The Artist voted best picture and its director Michel Hazanavicius anointed Best Director ... More >>

Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher: The First Review

The Guardian has seen The Iron Lady, with the esteemed Meryl Streep as British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, and they're not afraid to tell us about it. The film, they say, is a "breezy, whistle-stop tour through the unstable nitroglycerin of Thatcher's life and times." They insist that it's l ... More >>

It's A Great Year For Best Actress

​The Emmy nominations came out today, but my mind is stuck on the Oscars and how there will be no shortage of leading actress contenders to pick from in 2011. Not only is Meryl Streep donning prosthetics and an accent again, this time as moxieish Margaret Thatcher, but we have the following o ... More >>

Meryl Streep As Margaret Thatcher: Another Oscar?

​Meryl Streep as former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in a heavily researched, carefully made up film called The Iron Lady? Reeks of Oscar, right? Well, I know the answer.

Great Directors: As Asinine as the Title Suggests

Hillary and Palin catch a cup of coffee, maybe

​Sarah Palin, or maybe her ghostwriter, wrote in Palin's new book about sharing a hypothetical cup of coffee with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. On Meet the Press today, David Gregory passed the idea along to Clinton, who said OK.

Good Morning, Kellesimone Waits, Whose Paintings, Given That She Is Tom Waits' Daughter, Are Every Bit As Perverse As You Might Expect

​Here we have Hilary Clinton and Nancy Pelosi, part of Power Plays, a new exhibit of Kellesimone's work at a gallery in, uh, Santa Monica. The Margaret Thatcher and Ruth Bader Ginsburg paintings are way more intense. They're on view until January 2nd. Recommended for political junkies and/or s ... More >>

Whole Foods CEO John Mackey Against Health Care Reform

​Did you once boycott Domino's Pizza because of its support of the anti-abortion movement and other right wing causes? Well, here's another politically retrograde business to add to your boycott list: Whole Foods. According to an article in the current Counterpunch by Russell Mokhiber, of sin ... More >>

Lily Allen

The Excruciating Details of Death-by-Starvation in Hunger

Retro Man

A Curse on Your Walls

The Cannes Film Festival Thus Far

Reflecting its moment, Cannes 2008 takes a decidedly serious tone

Hugs and Kisses: Jeffrey Lewis's 12 Crass Songs

Working Class Heroes—and Zeros

Shane Meadows lovingly recreates his Thatcher-era England youth, but loses perspective

A track-by-track Clash tribute that cuts the crap

The Sandinista! Project

On High

Christian college takes root in the Empire State Building

Wonder Women

A season of old masters, Gumby, biomorphs, and cell phones

Boys Don't Dance

Billy Elliot rocks the West End with its gripping storyline

Das Rongold

Reagan's funeral as a Wagnerian opera. Plus: Eminem as censor

Bush Takes a Ride in Reagan's Wake

Days of mourning, days of campaigning

Anti-Gravitational Boots

Some very rough guides to living in a nation that won't share and will never be the same

Shock and Disgust

British officials blast U.S. for its 'HAM-fisted overkill' in Iraq

Uncommon Knowledge

A Talk With Ben Schott, Compiler of a Big Little Treasury of Trivial Facts

Dark Star

Turning Conspiracy Theories Into Visual Exorcisms

Nation

Music

Model Service

You Say He's Just a Friend

Gimme Shelter

Sundance's Real Deals

Suspicious Minds

Sussing ‘Sus’; a Rabid Rabe

Trade-Offs

Midnight’s Children

Nation

Balls of the Belles

The Women's Picture

Profit and Loss

Why the U.S. gets so little bang for its health care buck

Twisted Misters

A Year of Ill Repute