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THE LAST PHOTOGRAPH | FILM REVIEW Dir: Danny Huston (15, 85 mins) Touching drama with a superb central performance from Danny Huston. A puzzlingly long delayed release for this …
THE LAST PHOTOGRAPH | FILM REVIEW Dir: Danny Huston (15, 85 mins) Touching drama with a superb central performance from Danny Huston. A puzzlingly long delayed release for this …
BLACK BEAR | FILM REVIEW Dir: Lawrence Michael Levine (15, 106 mins) An intriguing, often baffling drama that defies any easy description, Black Bear is a very meta experience …
THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE BROTHERHOOD Mohamed Mbougar Sarr [trans. Alexia Trigo] (Europa Editions) Brotherhood is an award-winning blurring of the lines between fact and fiction, written …
I BLAME SOCIETY | FILM REVIEW Dir: Gillian Wallace Horvat (15, 85 mins) A wry, low-budget horror comedy/documentary with a political agenda, I Blame Society is a cuddlier Man …
RECENT WELSH MUSIC YOU MAY HAVE MISSED | REVIEW Is this thing on? Anyone out there? Do they still make that stuff, what was it called, “music”? Yes, very …
LOVE AND MONSTERS | FILM REVIEW Dir: Michael Matthews (12, 110 mins) An enjoyable monster B-movie that feels like a lost 80s family horror film, with winning performances and …
THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE THE ARMED Ultrapop (Sargent House) It’s a welcome change when a supergroup end up being more than the sum of their …
THUNDER FORCE | FILM REVIEW Dir: Ben Falcone (12, 106 mins) Melissa McCarthy continues a stream of underwhelming comedies with writer/director husband Ben Falcone. After Tammy, Life Of The …
ON AIR FEST | REVIEW Online, Thurs 8-Sat 10 Apr On Air is an innovative online festival that searches the breadth of audio culture and of storytelling, with a …
RUN | FILM REVIEW Dir: Aneesh Chaganty (PG-13, 89 mins) A psychological horror story that engages with the disarming and deeply troubling condition of FDIA: factitious disorder imposed on …
RAMBERT: ROOMS | STAGE REVIEW Livestreamed from Rambert Home Studio, Sat 10 Apr Dance theatre has never been so exciting, and impactful. With a cast of 16 actors, Rooms …
THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE ANDREA VICTRIX Llorenç Villalonga (Fum d’Estampa) Described as the “best dystopian literature ever written in Catalan,” Andrea Victrix is a gripping novel …
THE RECKONING | FILM REVIEW Dir: Neil Marshall (15, 110 mins) Following the bruising reception afforded to his heavily-interfered-with reboot of Hellboy, British writer/director Neil Marshall returns to low-budget …
NATIONAL DANCE COMPANY WALES: PLETHU / WEAVE #2 | REVIEW Having launched in August 2020, dually created by Literature Wales and National Dance Company Wales, Plethu / Weave is …
THE TRUFFLE HUNTERS | FILM REVIEW Dir: Michael Dweck / Gregory Kershaw (12A, 84 mins) A quirky subject matter for an absorbing documentary, The Truffle Hunters follows a small …
THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE DAMON LOCKS & THE BLACK MONUMENT ENSEMBLE NOW (International Anthem) In the wake of last summer’s broiling mix of pandemic confusion, …
PALM SPRINGS | FILM REVIEW Dir: Max Barbakow (15, 90 mins) Andy Samberg and Cristin Milioti have a relationship Groundhog Day in this winning romantic comedy that provides laughs …
THE POWER | FILM REVIEW Dir: Corinna Faith (18, 108 mins) A film that will make you fear the dark, this is a superb British horror that chills and …
THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE BETWEEN WORLDS: A QUEER BOY FROM THE VALLEYS Jeffrey Weeks (Parthian) Jeffrey Weeks is a well-known gay activist, historian and author of …
KAPOW RIBS | FOOD REVIEW Food: **** Value: **** When it comes to Kapow Ribs, it pays to be prepared. That means sensibly revising the rash decision to wear …
WILDERNESS | FILM REVIEW Dir: Justin John Doherty (15, 82 mins) Navel-gazing romance that follows a jazz musician and his lover as they discover that their relationship may not …
BEGINNING | FILM REVIEW Dir: Dea Kulumbegashvili (18, 120 mins) A restrained and disturbing Georgian drama that takes its time but with threat omnipresent, as the film follows one …
UNDINE | FILM REVIEW Dir: Christian Petzold (15, 91 mins) A haunting German drama that utilises an ancient myth to examine modern relationships, retaining a dreamlike quality throughout. Paula …
THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE EVANESCENCE The Bitter Truth (Sony) We’re the best part of 20 years on since debut album Fallen put the rock genre …