Movie
A Ghost Story
A haunted house, a spectre bearing the most traditional of forms – a white sheet with two black circles…
By Mersa Audareview
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Movie
Mein Blind Date mit dem Leben (My Blind Date with Life)
A hilarious "feel-good" German romantic comedy based on real-life events, My Blind Date with Life has been a…
By Jo Rogers
Movie
Tom of Finland
Finnish director Dome Karukoski’s award-winning (FIPRESCI prize) biopic follows the cult artist Touko Laaksonen, a once illegal, underground…
By The editorial unit
Film festivals
Sparring
Instinctively, there seems little more to add to the cinematic pantheon of boxing dramas. Sparring – from first…
By Joseph Owen
Film festivals
Gemini
It’s sometimes difficult to judge a bad film until you’ve seen a terrible one. When it happens, you…
By Joseph Owen
Musical
The Adventures of Pinocchio at the Ambassadors Theatre
The truths in the retelling of Pinocchio, now at the Ambassadors Theatre, are ones that we’re used to…
By Helena Snider
Film festivals
Vinterbrødre (Winter Brothers)
This is a brutish, elemental feature debut from Icelandic director Hlynur Pálmason. Set in a limestone mine somewhere…
By Joseph Owen
Film festivals
Wajib (Duty)
This is expert filmmaking from Annemarie Jacir, now a veteran of the art house festival circuit. A story…
By Joseph Owen
Play
Mrs Orwell at the Old Red Lion Theatre
The author who gave the world such literary classics as Animal Farm and 1984 is now being brought to…
By Guy Lambert
Theatre
Miss Polly Rae: Between the Sheets at Udderbelly Festival
The ever-popular Udderbelly at London’s Southbank tonight presents queen of burlesque Miss Polly Rae and her troupe of…
By Selina Begum