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Very Nice Pot Plants to Purify the Air and Enrich Your Life (theatre review)

Can plants talk? Some scientific research suggests they are sentient. A humorous new work by Karla Livingstone-Pardy and Zachary Sheridan (who are…

Sound of Metal (Amazon Prime) – movie review

We take our hearing for granted - until we can’t. Sound of Metal charts a deeply personal journey for a…

New music round-up

Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week ending 15 January 2021. Pearl…

Shadow in the Cloud – movie review

The creature-feature Shadow in the Cloud pays bizarre tribute to the bravery of the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force during World…

Buddy Games – movie review

“You don’t stop playing games because you get older; you get older because you stop playing” was the raison d’etre…

Ammonite – movie review

Francis Lee follows up his well-received debut feature, God’s Own Country (2017), by mixing fact and fiction in Ammonite*. This…

Music – movie review

The decidedly quirky drama-musical Music marks the directorial debut of Sia. She also co-wrote the screenplay (with Dallas Clayton), based…

My Salinger Year – movie review

Greatness is never achieved by mere proximity. But that doesn’t stop thousands from trying to get close to their heroes.…

White Throat (Sarah Thornton) – book review

Of all the subgenres in crime fiction the accidental detective is one of the toughest to pull off as a…

Cerulean Blue (Stan) – movie review

Two lost souls go on an unexpected journey together in Adrian Ortega’s ultra-low-budget Australian film Cerulean Blue. Alex (Jack Michel)…