James Marsh

Reviews

Man on Wire

In Man on Wire, Philippe Petit's life story is set in a much broader context, both historical and immediate, a time recollected from so many angles that the reconstruction begins to feel like another sort of stunt. [8 August 2008]

The King (2005)

Though Elvis seems impelled by the memory of his dead Mexican mother and trained to deliver a certain calculated violence, his power is illusory. [22 June 2006]

Blogs

Short Ends and Leader: ‘Wire’ is a Wonder