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‘Imagine the Sound’ At Barbican Cinema: Disdain For The Known
A quick search on Google defines free jazz as an ‘improvised style of jazz characterised by the absence of set chord patterns or time...
Leda Schenke Gonis
Jan 19, 20245 min read


‘Queendom’ Review: 'Destructive Appearances Cause Incidents'
Following an artist in her endeavour to fuse art and activism on the streets of Russia with otherworldly costumes, Queendom is not only a...
Oisín McGilloway
Jan 17, 20244 min read


'I Am Sirat' LFF 2023 Review: A Love Story
Once a movie is finished, the common practice is to get up and leave as the credits roll. Of course, if you’re someone who religiously...
Anainah Dalal
Nov 16, 20235 min read


'Theatre Camp' Review: A Film Worthy Of The Spotlight
In the words of my mother, Theater Camp was “surprisingly good”. Even I, a self-confessed theatre kid, had serious reservations about...
Tori Taylor
Sep 16, 20234 min read


'Name Me Lawand' Review: A Melodic Odyssey Into Bargaining Boyhood
Film teaches us more about the world we inhabit, with the simplicity of just watching. On a molecular level, the collective we, as an...
Jessica Cogan
Aug 23, 20234 min read


'Come Back Anytime' Review: A Freshly-Served Documentary On Life, Love And Noodles
A real feast for the eyes, John Daschbach's Come Back Anytime (2021) is a beautiful documentary that consistently delivers the goods with...
Sam Taunton
Jul 28, 20233 min read


'Eat the Screen' Season At Barbican Cinema: A Feast For The Eyes
Barbican Cinema launched their latest hand-curated season at the start of July with ‘Eat the Screen: Films to Feed Conversations About...
Oisín McGilloway
Jul 25, 20233 min read


'Shabu' Review: A Feel-Good Portrait Of Childhood
With vibrance and energy, Shabu and its equally vivacious subject have a lot to say about life and growing up, delivered through the most...
Oisín McGilloway
Jul 7, 20233 min read


’Traces of Glory’: In Conversation with Mark Allen Davis, Jan Jansen and Jeff Martin
Credit: Tinboat Productions Traces of Glory is a documentary chronicling the story of the band Idaho, which premiered at the Raindance...
Jamie Cook
Dec 5, 20224 min read


Lost at Sea, In Conversation with Louis Bird
Lost at Sea: My Dad’s Last Journey, directed by Johnny Burke and distributed by Channel 4 is about Louis Bird and his father, Peter Bird,...
Aidan Lyons
Sep 16, 202010 min read
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