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Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
For contemporary audiences, movie musicals tend to have a polarising effect. When the music swells, a character breaks…
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Prisoners of the Ghostland
Directed by cult icon Sion Sono and starring Nicolas Cage in a joyously Cage-esque performance, Prisoners of the…
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New Order
Streets are stained with blood and green paint during award-winning writer-director Michel Franco’s latest feature, New Order, a…
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No Man of God
No Man of God gives us reason to believe that the Ted Bundy narrative can still be compelling…
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Shorta
There’s a timely eeriness to the events and themes masterfully depicted in Shorta. Alongside COVID-19, 2020 will be…
By Oliver Johnston
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Copshop
Copshop tells the story of wily grifter Teddy Muretto (Rob Grillo), who allows himself to be arrested by…
By Umar Ali
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The Memory of Water at Hampstead Theatre
The Hampstead Theatre’s artistic director Roxana Silbert has chosen The Memory of Water as another of the “Originals”…
By Jessica Wall
Food & Drink
The Grill at The Dorchester: “The most beautiful beef tartare I have ever eaten”
Grill rooms have been around in London for a century, first in department stores and then in luxury…
By Bruce Palling
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“They’re so full of joy but don’t avoid the difficulty of life”: Will Patton on Alexandre Rockwell’s movies and making Sweet Thing
“You're the only good thing I ever did,” Will Patton’s character Adam says earnestly to his teenage daughter…
By Sarah Bradbury
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Come Play
At numerous points during Jacob Chase’s Come Play there’s a sneaking suspicion that instead of watching an original…
By Oliver Johnston