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Savage – movie review

Savage is brutal, devastating, powerful. It features a war of attrition borne of a tyrannical upbringing in New Zealand told…

New music round-up

Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week ending 9 October 2020. Future…

Lucky Grandma – movie review

In New York, a crotchety, chain-smoking Chinese-American grandmother gets lucky after leaving a casino … and then all hell breaks…

Daughter (Lydia Loveless) – music review

In the nearly four years since Lydia Loveless’ last album, Real, the country-rock singer/songwriter has divorced her bass player husband,…

Miss Juneteenth – movie review

Turquoise Jones (Nicole Beharie) works hard – in a bar and at a mortuary – to keep her head above…

The Thursday Murder Club (Richard Osman) – book review

The British crime fiction industry is a little obsessed with the elderly solving crimes. Going back to the seemingly doddering…

Either Side of Midnight (Benjamin Stevenson) – book review

Benjamin Stevenson's first book featuring documentary maker Jack Quick was a revelation, particularly when considered again, in hindsight, from the…

Sputnik – movie review

Director Egor Abramenko delivers a creepy creature-feature with Sputnik. It starts with two cosmonauts planning to return to Earth, but…

New music round-up

Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week ending 2 October 2020. Platinum-selling…

The Babysitter: Killer Queen – movie review

The Babysitter: Killer Queen is a hybrid of gory horror, coming-of-age tale and black comedy. It's the sequel to 2017’s…