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Sharecropper’s Son (Robert Finley) – music review

Robert Finley is a classic late bloomer. As the title of his sophomore album for Dan Auerbach’s Easy Eye label…

The Woman in the Purple Skirt (Natsuko Imamura) – book review

Natsuko Imamura’s novel The Woman in the Purple Skirt (translated from the Japanese by Lucy North), is a short, disquieting…

La Verónica (MIFF Play) – movie review

La Verónica centres on social media star and footballer’s wife Verónica (Mariana Di Girólamo). Her persistent efforts to procure a…

New music round-up (for w/e 13 August 2021)

Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week ending 13 August 2021. Jade…

Free Guy – movie review

Try as I really wanted to like Free Guy, I simply couldn’t … because it is one very silly movie.…

The Ice Road – movie review

Liam Neeson’s new action thriller Ice Road is as a cross between reality series Ice Road Truckers and Henri-Georges Clouzot’s…

Private Space (Durand Jones & the Indications) – music review

Durand Jones & The Indications are easily one of the first bands I would point to if someone wanted to…

The Devil’s Advocate (Steve Cavanagh) – book review

To call Steve Cavanagh’s Eddie Flynn thrillers “courtroom dramas” is to sell them well short. Sure there are some courtroom…

Vivo (Netflix) – movie review

For quite a while now, Disney/Pixar has “owned” the animation space. The decline of Dreamworks Animation has left the field…

New music round-up (for w/e 6 August 2021)

Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week ending 6 August 2021. An…