Film festivals
Qing Ting zhi yan (Dragonfly Eyes)
Strange, confrontational and dizzying, Dragonfly Eyes is an undeniably ingenious piece of work. Composed entirely of real surveillance footage, director…
By Joseph Owenreview
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Contes de Juillet (July Tales)
Guillaume Brac serves up a small surprise with this joyful, funny short story diptych set in and around…
By Joseph Owen
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Tales from the Arabian Nights at Greenwich Park
London Bubble’s adaptation of Tales from the Arabian Nights transports us from present-day London into a distant world…
By Sophia Moss
Live music
Kate Nash at Shepherd’s Bush Empire
In celebration of the 10-year anniversary of her debut album Made of Bricks, Kate Nash embarked on a…
By Naomi Penn
Movie
The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature
As far as children’s comedies go, The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature is reinventing the wheel. In…
By Mark Mukasa
Musical
Imaginary at The Other Palace
Opening last night at The Other Palace, heartwarming musical Imaginary, directed by Shaun Kerrison, is an ode to…
By Catherine Sedgwick
Film festivals
Person to Person
Person to Person chronicles a day in the life of a collection of New Yorkers. This is a…
By Miranda Slade
Film festivals
La Telenovela Errante (The Wandering Soap Opera)
This layered, imaginative, surrealist work has an opening scene so well judged, intelligently paced and ultimately funny that…
By Joseph Owen
Food & Drink
The Vincent in Hackney: Bottomless brunch review
From the team that brought us the Sebright Arms comes the Vincent, a laid-back, effortlessly cool establishment perched…
By Anna Dack
Play
The Reluctant Fundamentalist at the Yard Theatre
Theatre has a bright future. The Reluctant Fundamentalist is a beautiful play featuring the stars of tomorrow. Adapted…
By Jim Compton-Hall