“I had lost faith in novelly novels. In their fake plots, fake events, fake characters.” Jonny Aldridge talks autofiction, masculinity and Wes Brown. Continue Reading A champion writer ...
With the best use of its simple elements, the play (literally) takes us places, through visionary and poetic storytelling. Continue Reading Going Through at the Bush Theatre
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“Sometimes I’d tell my mother stories about little things, like skimming rocks across the river or catching fireflies in the mulberry fields and when I told those stories I could ...
I Take Nothing Strong, Only Lightning, the first collection of poetry published by Beaconsfield-born Nathan A. Thompson, is an assemblage of ten years of writing (from the age of 21 ...
“I whispered listen / listen today I read in a place / I cannot tell you of the dark matter / in the cargo of things.” Continue ...
In the run-up to the Man International Booker Prize announcement on May 16, Xenobe Purvis will be reviewing each of the sixth shortlisted books. First, The Vegetarian by South Korea’s ...
One hot, black midnight in El Salvador a woman answered her phone. “We are going to kill your son,” the voice on the other end informed her. The marked man ...
They may be breaking in, but Josh is at the door welcoming them. He wants to feel the rush of youth again and try new things, discover himself, shield against ...
Joanna Pocock analyses the significance of control in Richard Östlund’s Force Majeure. Continue Reading Force Majeure and the Artifice of Control
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Harry Waight ruminates on Boyhood – and how the film’s links to a naturalistic tradition have divided audiences. Continue Reading If Life Could Write: Thoughts on Boyhood
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Infidelity is at the ground floor of many a narrative structure and for the characters, more often than not, it’s all about the sex. What happens to the mind of ...
Confessions of a Middle-Earth apologist. Continue Reading From Book To Film: Should The Hobbit Be A Trilogy?
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Litro reviews its films of the year. Continue Reading Litro’s Films Of 2014
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Thomas Greylees reviews New Zealand’s best vampire comedy horror documentary. Continue Reading Feature Film: What We Do In The Shadows
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Adam Ley-Lange reviews Roger Corman’s classic (and not so classic) horrors. Continue Reading Classic Feature Films: Roger Corman’s Poe Anthology
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Thea Hawlin dives into the dark depths of ‘Nightcrawler’. Continue Reading Feature Film: Nightcrawler
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Misunderstood masterpiece or pretentious twaddle? Continue Reading The Misunderstood Horror of Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
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A confused and confusing genre mash-up. Continue Reading LFF Spotlight: Foxcatcher
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A gripping action thriller set in 1971 Northern Ireland. Continue Reading Feature Film: ’71
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The BFI has restored this wonderful collection of silent short films that British audiences would have seen at the start of the First World War. Continue Reading Feature ...
