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Sumotherhood

British actor-rapper Adam Deacon gained popularity in the noughties with urban drama films Kidulthood and Adulthood. In 2011,…

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Movie

If the Streets Were on Fire

Alice Russell‘s documentary If the Streets Were on Fire deals with knife crime, but not directly: the protagonists are…

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Movie

Passages

Unequivocally European in style, American director Ira Sachs’ latest feature Passages is an exploration of fluid sexuality and…

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Movie

Scrapper

Scrapper is the bittersweet British indie feature that marks writer-director Charlotte Regan’s cinematic debut. It combines bleak realism…

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Cinema & TV

Secret Cinema Presents Grease

An immersive experience bringing one’s favourite film to life is any cinephile’s dream come true. This is what…

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Play

Ride at Southwark Playhouse

Annie Londonderry is known as the first woman to ever cycle around the world. Her solo trip, undertaken…

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Movie

Elemental

The characters of Pixar’s latest feature are neither humans nor animals, but personifications of the four elements (fire,…

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Film festivals

Passages

Unequivocally European in style, American director Ira Sachs’ latest feature Passages is an exploration of fluid sexuality and…

By Mersa Auda
Film festivals

Scrapper

Scrapper is the bittersweet British indie feature that marks writer-director Charlotte Regan’s cinematic debut. It combines bleak realism…

By Mersa Auda