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Anainah Dalal
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'Familiar Phantoms Triple Bill' Review: A Future Haunted… By Hope And Its Misfortunes
Image courtesy of London Palestine Film Festival We live in times where the image simultaneously means everything and nothing. We see...
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Sophie-May Ward-Marchbank
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Nick Fraser at The Crypt Gallery: Resurrecting East London’s Van Gogh
I booked to see Nick Fraser, Chapter 1 at The Crypt Gallery a few weeks ago after seeing a plastered poster advertising its presence on...
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Joe Breuer
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'Grand Theft Hamlet' Review: 'The Play's The Thing'
Grand Theft Hamlet (Pinny Grylls, Sam Crane, 2024); Image courtesy of Tull Stories) In spite of all the surreal emotions that arise from...
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Keyuri Gawde
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'From Ground Zero': Urgent Cinema
A review of 'From Ground Zero', an anthology of 22 short films created by Palestinians in the aftermath of October 7th
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Emma Todbjerg
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‘Wicked’ Review: A Wickedly Talented Ensemble
'Wicked' illustration by Luella John The long-awaited Wicked  (Part 1), directed by Jon M. Chu, opened on the 22nd of November, quickly...
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Valeria Berghinz
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'Small Things Like These' Review: A Sorrowful Disappointment
A review of Small Things Like These, starring Cillian Murphy
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Lalie Kanari
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‘L’amour Ouf’ Review: Between Gangsters And Romance
Set in 1980s France, L’amour ouf  ( Beating Hearts , 2024) is a captivating and emotional adaptation of Thomas Neville's novel Jackie...
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Natasha Phillips-Geen
Nov 27, 20245 min read
Turner Prize 2024: An Assured Display Of Challenging Art, Despite Uncertainty Surrounding The Prize’s Modern Structural Integrity
Returning to the Tate Britain after its departure to Eastbourne last year, the Turner Prize’s famous neoclassical home on the Thames is...
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Mariza Michailidou
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Reviewing ‘Anora’ : A Modern-Day Cinderella Story?
A review of 'Anora'
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After Ridley Scott’s latest faux pas  (yes Napoleon , I’m looking at you) it was hard not to worry about the possibility of a Gladiator...
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