Image: Opera North La Bohème Opera North 29th April – 17th May Leeds Grand Theatre Puccini’s La Bohème is perhaps one of the best known opera: an heartbreaking tale of young love and loss set […]
TV | Freeview Flicks of the week – Bridesmaids, Oldboy and the Importance of Being Earnest
Our weekly LSi best freeview flicks picks are here! This week we discover the importance of being earnest, rock out on a pirate radio boat and tackle some difficult bridesmaids. MONDAY – The Importance of […]
Film | Journal De France
Through a single-plate camera, Raymond Depardon wants to capture a France he fears we are at risk of losing, in the world of photography and image at least, and perhaps beyond. Journal de France, which at once […]
Books | One Night in Winter – A gripping and elaborate tale of Soviet Russia
Simon Sebag Montefiore is most renowned for his historical works on Stalin and Soviet Russia, but he has made a seamless transition in to the world of fiction with his new novel, One Night in […]
Theatre Preview | Opera Soc's Ruddigore
Gilbert and Sullivan’s Ruddigore tells the story of the cursed house of Murgatroyd. Following a run-in with a witch who he tried to burn at the stake, Sir Rupert Murgatroyd brought a curse upon his […]
Film | Noah – a watchable reimagining
Video: Paramount Pictures, Regency Films 3/5 Stars These days, box office charts are littered with blockbuster book and comic book adaptations (does no one have any original ideas anymore?) but there is rarely anything influenced by […]
TV | Freeview Flicks of the week – Reservoir Dogs, Big Fish and The Social Network
Our weekly LSi best freeview flicks picks are here! This week we argue over who has to be Mr. Pink, get extremely drunk and witness the birth of Facebook. MONDAY – Black Narcissus (More4 11:25) […]
TV | Fargo – Finally a television adaptation that does not disappoint
‘Aw jeez, here we go again’, another television series influenced by a popular and rather brilliant film. Normally this leads only to disappointment, anger and a review including of a list of all the things wrong […]
Interview | Dawn O'Porter – 'TV networks don't think women are as good as men.'
You’d be mistaken for thinking that Dawn O’Porter is some kind of superhero. Journalist, reporter, performer, documentary maker and novelist are but a few of the titles she’s achieved in under a decade. Yet she […]
TV | Crimson Field – WWI period drama at its best
In recent years, Sunday evenings have become renowned as prime television real-estate for period dramas, with shows such as Downton Abbey and Call the Midwife providing the perfect end to the weekend in a wave […]
TV | Freeview Flicks of the week – Braveheart, Holes & The Artist
Our weekly LSi best freeview flicks picks are here! This week we go running, try to stop a bomb on a train and discover the world of silent cinema. MONDAY – Fast Girls (Film4 19:15) […]
Film | The Double – "an excellent effort, blackly comedic and at times surprisingly emotional"
Richard Ayoade’s second directorial effort is set in a bleak, non-specific time and location that could be the 70s (judging by the clunky machinery and clothing) and could be America (judging by the majority of […]