July 22 film highlights: from THOR 4 to WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING
July’s film releases include an Irish drama about an impromptu baby adaption and a cartoon about Superman’s dog.
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From Insta-worthy food festivals to downhill derbies, here are 10 of Wales’ best July outdoor events
Here is our comprehensive list of 10 outdoor events happening around Wales this July, come rain or shine!
Music legend (and Twitter icon) DIONNE WARWICK brings sass & soul to penultimate tour closer
On the penultimate night of One Last Time, her UK tour, to be in the presence of legendary musician Dionne Warwick was a real honour.
CLWSTWR: film, TV, gaming & theatre game-changers unite for Wales’ first (free) creative expo
Billed as Wales’ first media innovation event, ClwstwrVerse touches down in Cardiff, Mon 4 July, featuring workshops from Universal Pictures, Ffilm Cymru, BBC and more.
THE DESTRUCTION & CREATION OF MICHAEL JACKSON: brilliantly written biography-in-reverse
Ellis Cashmore asks the difficult questions – can and should we separate the art from the artist? And, most uncomfortably, are we responsible for Michael Jackson’s destruction if we, as consumers, aided in his creation?
THE LAST WITCH CRAZE unearths secret ‘wizards’ at 17th-century science world’s heart
Featuring engrossing art and photographs that only aid in the voluminous research and peculiar chronicle, this intellectual book will leave you with abundant food for thought and no doubt provoke ample discussion.
Reviews
Roundup
June 2022 film highlights: from ALL MY FRIENDS HATE ME to ELVIS
Our June film selections range from homegrown lo-fidelity horror in All My Friends Hate Me to lurid Elvis hagiography in the eponymous biopic.
ROOTS roundup: Irish folk pioneer ANDY IRVINE graces Cardiff
Irish folk legend Andy Irvine rolls into Cardiff’s St David’s Hall on Tue 17 May as part of the Roots Unearthed series.
May 2022 film highlights: from DOCTOR STRANGE to MEN
From Doctor Strange to Top Gun: Maverick to Men, Keiron Self takes a look at what’s on offer at the cinema this May.
Roll up Cardiff, there’s a new Joseph in town… Jac Yarrow dons the Dreamcoat
Joseph And The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat’s current tour brings rising West End star Jac Yarrow back to his old stomping ground at the New Theatre this month.
“There was a crying need for this” – Wales’ first crime writing festival GWYL CRIME CYMRU returns
As Wales’ first crime writers’ festival Gwyl Crime Cymru returns this month, Billie Ingram Sofokleous found out what to expect from the cloak and dagger lovers’ event.
This Week
Features
KATE BUSH: the bonkers and the beautiful
There’s a lot more to Kate Bush than the Netflix-fuelled boomerang hit of the moment Running Up That Hill. Chris Williams presents a guide to some deep cuts from her remarkable discography.
Be Out & Wild at the UK’s first queer women’s wellness retreat
Hearing queer women’s frustrations about the chronic lack of spaces they can call their own, a Pembrokeshire excursion inspired Polly Shute to give them a refuge during Pride season.
This June in TV + streaming: from ABBOTT ELEMENTARY to UMBRELLA ACADEMY
As the temperature is getting warmer, what better time is there to ignore the outside and see what’s streaming this June in TV?
“A renovation, not a restoration” – how Hay Castle became a unique, 900-year-old heritage project
Ahead of Hay Castle’s grand opening to the public for the first time in 900 years, Exectutive Director Tom True gave us a look round this unique heritage project.
Wales Festival Guide 2022: every major, unmissable event
With festival season now underway in Wales, Buzz presents our comprehensive guide to the array of weekenders, all-dayers and general rave-ups across Wales in 2022.