There’s always a wide selection of great films available on Freeview and seeing as staying in is the new going out, TV presents the ideal opportunity to catch up on what you might have missed […]
Theatre | Coriolanus Simulcast – Tom Hiddleston on top form
Image: Donmar Warehouse A production of one of Shakespeare’s lesser known plays staged in a warehouse used for banana ripening sounds like it shouldn’t work. Broadcast the production live to cinemas around the country and […]
TV | Girls
When Girls emerged two years ago, it’s fair to say it courted its fair share of controversy. Perhaps most shocking was the decision to seemingly exclude anyone with a Y chromosome from attaching themselves to […]
Film | August: Osage County – Simply works better as a play
Image: Jean Doumanian Productions It’s that time of year again when Harvey Weinstein trots out his chosen few films and frequently leads them to Oscar glory. August: Osage County is his offering this year, where […]
Theatre | Some Girl I Used to Know – Denise Van Outen goes solo
Image: The Guardian The words ‘one woman show’ immediately conjure up that episode of Friends where Chandler is tricked into watching an angry performance of Why Don’t You Like Me. Fortunately for us though, Denise […]
Film | Inside Llewyn Davis – bleak but hugely enjoyable
Image: Studio Canal Here is the Coen brothers’ first film since the 2010 remake of True Grit, and perhaps again that title would be appropriate. There is an almost bleary, ghostly hue to the screen […]
Theatre | LAPSE at stage@leeds – Original student drama success
Image: stage@leeds When going to see a new piece of student writing, expectations are mixed. The excitement of fresh work is regrettably tinged with an apprehension about the potential cringing that it might induce. Thankfully, […]
Books | Ron Burgundy The Autobiography – An exercise in patience
It is a truth universally acknowledged that any mildly successful film must be accompanied by an obligatory novelisation of the story. These are, almost always a trashy waste of time made purely for the sake […]
TV | The Taste – Apparently it's the only thing that matters
With a format shipped in from across the Atlantic, The Taste is the new cooking show sensation that is far more dramatic than the average cooking programme we normally see on our screens. The premise is […]
Theatre | The Elixir of Love – Truly delightful
Image: LUU Opera Society 4/5 Stars While Gaetano Donizetti only took some six weeks to compose his opera ‘L’elisir D’amore’, it took Opera Society’s production team much longer to transform the 19th-century classic into an […]
Photography | Douglas Kirkland – Cinematic photography at its finest
Douglas Kirkland’s photography has made an indelible mark on the history of cinema. From Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid to Titanic, Kirkland has captured freewheeling moments on set and off that have come to […]
TV | Celebrity Big Brother – Boobs, bigots and bedlam
As what seems like the one billionth series of Celebrity Big Brother has come to an end, and the word celebrity is used in its very loosest sense, LSi reflects on the longevity of this […]