ALBUMS & DEMOS | APRIL REVIEW
ALBUMS ÅRABROT SPECIALE *** Die Nibelungen (Pelagic) A soundtrack album for Fritz Lang’s legendary 1924 silent film of the same name, originally performed live at Tromsö. As a soundtrack, it …
ALBUMS ÅRABROT SPECIALE *** Die Nibelungen (Pelagic) A soundtrack album for Fritz Lang’s legendary 1924 silent film of the same name, originally performed live at Tromsö. As a soundtrack, it …
THE BODYGUARD | STAGE REVIEW Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay, Wed 17 Apr After recently seeing Jersey Boys and The Motown Story, both incredible shows, at this venue, I …
SAVING GRACE | LIVE REVIEW The Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen, Tue 16 Apr Robert Plant, the golden-haired god of rock, could be happily living on the legacy of his world-conquering, …
ANIMALIA Jean-Baptiste Del Amo, trans. Frank Wynne (Fitzcarraldo) Del Amo’s first work translated into English, Animalia follows the lives of a modest peasant family over the course of nearly a …
[wpdevart_youtube]2f1maBmQzH8[/wpdevart_youtube] GRETA ** Dir: Neil Jordan (15, 98 mins) A potboiler reminiscent of 80s and 90s psychological thrillers like The Hand That Rocks The Cradle, as Chloë Grace Moretz’s young …
SHE LIES IN WAIT Gytha Lodge (Michael Joseph) Six teenage friends go out camping during a heatwave in July 1983, with Aurora, the younger sister of one, tagging along. All …
[wpdevart_youtube]2p5pdWyyZoc&t=6s[/wpdevart_youtube] DRAGGED ACROSS CONCRETE *** Dir: S. Craig Zahler (18, 159 mins) An overlong but sporadically good bleak heist thriller from the director of the superb westerm Bone Tomahawk. This …
Pepperland *** Wales Millennium Centre, Fri 12 Apr. Were the Beatles overrated? – that debate has been raging for decades. But whatever you think, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band …
[wpdevart_youtube]7M_-ucSaFpU[/wpdevart_youtube] Rafiki **** Dir: Wanuri Kahiu Starring: Samantha Mugatsia, Shelia Munyiva (Kenya, 12A, 1hr 22mins) Colourful street scenes of adults and children at work, rest and play in Nairobi belie …
[wpdevart_youtube]Igfhy3Q5CeI[/wpdevart_youtube] Mid90s **** Dir: Jonah Hill Starring: Sunny Suljic, Lucas Hedges (USA, 15, 1hr 25mins) A coming-of-age tale from the former Superbad actor, Jonah Hill has matured into an accomplished …
Octopus Soup **** New Theatre, Cardiff, Tue 9 Apr A fantastically frantic time at the theatre, Octopus Soup, written Jack Milner and Mark Stevenson, provides a bucketful of brilliant British …
Liminality Sun 7 Apr, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff The concept of liminality is defined by the Oxford Dictionary as ‘relating to a transitional or initial stage of a process’, whilst …
[wpdevart_youtube]l_Ths6k7qXk[/wpdevart_youtube] WILD ROSE **** Dir: Tom Harper (15, 100 mins) An anthem to following your dreams, Wild Rose charms thanks to its lead, the excellent Jessie Buckley, so good in the …
Angela Barnes The comedian and TV panel show regular on how she got into comedy and the inspiration for her Home Safe Collective. As told to Harry Trend. “I was always a …
SLEAFORD MODS / LIINES | LIVE REVIEW Y Plas, Cardiff University Students Union, Fri 5 Apr Liines are aptly named – every song of a relentless, rapid-fire set takes …
[wpdevart_youtube]YuzmBUJz_dk[/wpdevart_youtube] Happy as Lazzaro **** Dir: Alice Rohrwacher Starring: Adriano Tardiolo, Nicoletta Braschi (Italy, 12A, 2hrs 7mins) “Lazzaro!” everyone shouts in this film. Everyone wants something from Lazzaro (Adriano Tardiolo). …
LANNY Max Porter (Faber & Faber) Anyone who’s read Max Porter’s Grief Is The Thing With Feathers from 2015 will not forget it in a hurry. It’s one of the most …
[wpdevart_youtube]H9d310frjNk[/wpdevart_youtube] Dir: Jacques Audiard Starring: John C. Reilly, Joaquin Phoenix, Jake Gyllenhaal (USA, 15, 2hrs 2mins) Adapted from Patrick Dewitt’s Booker shortlisted novel, this melancholically funny western beguiles as successfully …
CARADOC EVANS: THE DEVIL IN EDEN John Harris (Seren Books) In his compelling new biography of the writer once dubbed the ‘best-hated man in Wales’, John Harris allows us to …
[wpdevart_youtube]KrBKSxpTG0w[/wpdevart_youtube] 3 Faces *** Dir: Jafar Panahi Starring: Behnaz Jafari, Jafar Panahi, Marziyeh Rezaei (as selves) (Iran, 15, 1hr 40mins) Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi uses identity as a tool for exploration in 3 Faces, …
peeling ***** Blackwood Miner’s Institute, Fri 29 Mar Three chorus girls in crinolines bicker backstage while waiting for their cues – one knits, one applies lipstick and another makes soup, …
[wpdevart_youtube]WnFyfmjQSIg[/wpdevart_youtube] PET SEMATARY *** Dir: Kevin Kölsch & Dennis Widmyer (15, 100 mins) Stephen King’s unsettling horror gets another film outing, despite a perfectly creepy 1989 version from director Mary …
HEALTH / BLISS SIGNAL | LIVE REVIEW Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, Fri 29 Mar It’s been an interesting career trajectory for LA’s Health. From their beginnings as an experimental …
CARDIFF MUSIC AWARDS 2019 | LIVE REPORT Tramshed, Cardiff, Fri 29 Mar The Tramshed opened its doors to the fourth Cardiff Music Awards, supporting and celebrating the diverse music scene …