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Abigail – movie review

Abigail is a gory hybrid of crime drama, horror and comedy with a black streak of humour. And it proves…

HSBC German Film Festival 2024 – a preview

The 2024 HSBC German Film Festival is back at Palace Cinemas, this year celebrating 70 years of German cinema. The…

Freud’s Last Session – movie review

The father of psychoanalysis meets a feted author to discuss whether God exists in Freud’s Last Session. Sigmund Freud (Anthony…

New music round-up (for w/e 19 April 2024)

Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week ending 19 April 2024. Multi-Grammy®…

The Exact Dimensions of Hell (fortyfivedownstairs) – theatre review

On the dark web, thousands of people connect. One such encounter involves a deeply troubled 14-year-old girl, played by Matilda Gibbs. She…

The King’s Player (Victorian Theatre Company) – theatre review

I am not sure I fully understood, absorbed or appreciated all that The King’s Player was about, even though other…

The Almighty Sometimes (MTC) – theatre review

At age eight, Anna (Max McKenna) was writing brilliant, highly creative, if dark stories. She was a very bright little…

Challengers – movie review

So imagine for a minute, you’re Luca Guadagnino. Your last three features have been the cannibal road-movie Bones and All…

Jeanne du Barry – movie review

A sweeping period drama, Jeanne du Barry covers the rise and fall of the eponymous mistress to a former French…

Ohio Players (The Black Keys) – music review

Ohio Players is The Black Keys’ twelfth studio album. It’s hard to imagine how far this band has come since…