Nick Hasted
Bio
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
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Fauda, Season 4, Netflix review - Israeli terrorism thriller...
Bald, barrel-shaped and pugnacious, Doron Kavillio (Lior Raz) could have been conceived as the anti-Bond or the un-Ethan Hunt. But as action...
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish review - thrilling adventure wi...
The Shrek universe expands a little more with Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, another...
Album: Shania Twain - Queen of Me
Shania Twain describes her sixth studio album as “a song of gratitude and appreciation. I was inspired that I still had air in my lungs” – and it...
Titus Andronicus, Sam Wanamaker Playhouse review - notorious...
If All's Well That Ends Well, Measure for Measure and Troilus and Cressida have earned the sobriquet "‘problem plays...
The Whale review - Brendan Fraser stars in a fat suit
Yes, Brendan Fraser gives a fine, Oscar-nominated performance as a...
Philharmonia, Hrůša, RFH review - total brilliance in Bartók...
Salome was not to get her head on a silver platter: Jennifer Davis, due to sing the bloody final scene of Strauss’s opera, had been experiencing...
2:22 A Ghost Story, Lyric Theatre review - Cheryl makes an i...
The set of 2:22 A Ghost Story is open to the auditorium when we arrive and locates us at once in gentrification-land. We are...
EO review - lyrical tale of a donkey's odyssey
It’s been a good year for donkeys at the cinema. Not only did Martin McDonagh make a surprise star out of Jenny the miniature donkey in The...
Album: Kelela - Raven
Kelela, the DC-born artist, has been fusing R&B with experimental electronics since her 2013 mixtape Cut 4 Me...
Tannhäuser, Royal Opera review - true goodness triumphs in t...
It’s always a disappointment when the Venusberg orgy Wagner added in 1861 to his original, 1845 Tannhäuser to suit Parisian tastes gives...