I intend this to be an analysis of my 2011, at least the bits I can remember. We’ll see how it goes. Despite YKTS being live for well over six months now, this is only my second post for the ‘Myscore’ section. I think the main reason for the dearth of updates lies not in a...

The most impressive aspect of Shame, Steve McQueen’s much hyped feature about sex addiction, is how it effectively conveys the complexity of non verbal communication. The film hinges on this dexterity because  Brandon (Michael Fassbender), just like Patrick Bateman in American Psycho,...

Here are the YKTS films of 2011: A Separation  The most refreshing aspect of Farhadi’s A Separation is the way it details everyday Iranian life, without resorting to the commonly courted media stereotype of a pariah, sinister state. Although religion and politics do bubble quietly...

2011: the first year of a new musical decade. Guitar music began to free itself from the shackles of formulaic indie-pop, slowly rising from the ashes by delving into broader retro influences; punk brashness replaced by Fleetwood Mac intelligence. Elsewhere, dubstep continued its mainstream...