Review: Theatre Paradok’s Hangmen
Theatre Paradok’s Hangmen, written by Martin McDonagh and directed by Helen Wieland, begins in 1963 with the hanging of Hennessy who insists on his innocence until he dies, and ends…
Jean Luc-Godard – A Filmmaker That Lived and Died on his Own Terms
Jean-Luc Godard, who always forged his own way in cinema- leading The French New Wave and later the radical film movement- forged his own way in death. Aged 91, he…
Ridley Road review: Right target, wrong delivery
Rating- ⭐⭐⭐ BBC period dramas are a constant game of hit and miss. Some, such as the infamous Peaky Blinders, creep into the Netflix streaming stratosphere and sustain huge followings.…
Last Night in Soho: A Well-intentioned Mess
Rating: ⭐⭐ Edgar Wright’s much-anticipated new release, Last Night in Soho, is a visual extravaganza of a time-warping thriller on trauma, sexual assault, and righting the wrongs of our past.…
Cult Column: If….
Lindsay Anderson’s If…. (1968) is a somewhat under-appreciated masterpiece. Produced in the midst of the sixties’ counterculture movement, it explores themes of rebellion in a way that is both evocative…
The Trial of Christine Keeler
Content warning: mentions of sexual abuse and abortion It goes without saying that historical dramas are predictable; the audience knows what will happen before the episode begins, plot twists and…
On Five Dollars a Day
On turning the final page of this book, one could be forgiven for expecting to find an index of European place names and attractions, such is the academic and yet…
From Renaissance to Referendum: Poetry Culture and Politics
Scotland’s national identity has always been intertwined with art, music and most importantly, literature. From the publication of Blind Harry’s The Wallace to September 2014 by Carol Ann Duffy, lyrics…