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Nick Hasted

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Nick Hasted has been a film journalist since 1986. As well as The Arts Desk, he currently writes about film, music, books and comics for The Independent, Uncut, Jazzwise and Classic Rock. He has published three books: The Dark Story of Eminem (2002), You Really Got Me: The Story of The Kinks (2011), and Jack White: How He Built An Empire From The Blues (2016).

Articles By Nick Hasted

X-Men: Dark Phoenix review - a grand finale

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Godzilla: King of the Monsters review – spectacular stupidity

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Neneh Cherry, Brighton Festival 2019 review – beloved bohemian

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Haley Fohr: Salomé, Brighton Festival 2019 review – potently camp debauch

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Rokia Traoré: Dream Mandé: Djata, Brighton Festival 2019 review – resonant griot wisdom

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Rokia Traoré: Dream Mandé: Bamanan Djourou, Brighton Festival 2019 review – traditions soar free

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Chamber Music, Brighton Festival 2019 review - Wu-Tang Clan depths divined

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The Hustle review - rotten scoundrels

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Pokémon Detective Pikachu review - a cute commercial

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10 Questions for Director Benedikt Erlingsson

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Long Shot review - semi-hilarious odd couple romcom

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Styx review - high seas, high stakes refugee nightmare

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Dragged Across Concrete review - Mel Gibson's hard-boiled high

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Hellboy review - vivid monster mash

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Shazam! review - refreshing super-goofiness

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Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story review - inside Sidebottom's head

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Music Reissues Weekly: The Earlies - These Were The Earlies

The reappearance of These Were The Earlies for its 21st-anniversary is a surprise. Although The Earlies' debut LP received a maximum-...

France, LPO, Gardner, RFH review - the sound of other worlds

Even in the 21st century, it may not take that long for an outlandish literary experiment to jump genres and become an established musical classic...

Like Water for Chocolate, Royal Ballet review - splendid dan...

Christopher Wheeldon has mined a new seam of narrative pieces for the...

Rohtko, Barbican review - postmodern meditation on fake and...

It’s truly thrilling to see the Barbican embracing big concept long-form theatre again, seeking out productions that are as conceptually...

Lee, Park Theatre review - Lee Krasner looks back on her lif...

Like fellow New Yorker, Lee Miller, Lee Krasner changed her given name, the better to be accepted into what she called "The Boys...

Ariodante, Opéra Garnier, Paris review - a blast of Baroque...

The revival of Robert Carsen’s production of Handel’s Ariodante at the...