Nostalgia is a deeply human experience. But what happens when we romanticise the past to the point of reinventing it? In the film A Pale View of Hills, Kei Ishikawa invites the audience into the quiet world of Etsuko, a Japanese woman in England, whose bandages begin to unwrap as her youngest daughter, Niki, a young writer, itches to investigate her mother’s uncovered past.

Rachel Sennott’s ‘I Love LA’ was caught in a whirlwind of cast discourse even before it was released.

Photo by aj_aaaab on Unsplash A relative of mine recently said to me: “Films aren’t the same anymore, I don’t want to see anything at the cinema nowadays.” She worked in the film industry for 50 years. I had just finished asking her about her career and she reflected fondly, but to see her disappointment at what was once her scene saddened me. I thought back to the last time we had been to the cinema together. We saw The Naked Gun (2025), a legacy sequel to the original fra

Image by Pearl Murphy courtesy of French Press PR The Grace, long one of my favourite London venues, carried a familiar sense of anticipation that only an intimate venue of its kind can summon, where every note and movement is entirely magnified by proximity. Located in Islington, the iconic music venue has been celebrated for hosting the city’s greatest emerging talents as they find their footing; its past guests only underline the venue’s well-deserved reputation, with arti

In our first Annotations column, Nikita David explores the evolving style and image of 'Sex and the City's' Charlotte York.