Starting 5 years ago and screening films on ‘a white sheet gaffa taped to the wall’, No/Gloss Film Festival have certainly come far and are returning to Leeds this year at Canal Mills, the former […]
Show Week Time: Theatre on campus next week
Show week is nearly upon us. For all of those involved with the excellent student productions on campus next week, times are probably rather stressful. For all the rest of us however, we’ve got a […]
The Arts Netflix Weekend Watchlist: Vol 5
The nights are drawing in, freshers seems like a distant memory, and it’s about the time that upcoming deadlines start niggling at your conscience. Well, they’re not here yet, so you don’t gave to feel guilty about […]
‘War On Everyone’ Review – Bad Cops and A Bad Movie
In the time between seeing and reviewing John Michael McDonagh’s new film War on Everyone, I have racked my brains for explanations as to how the writer/director of a film as sensitive, poignant, and encapsulating […]
‘The Girl On The Train’ Review – Gone-Girl-gone-bad
With a cast bragging the likes of Emily Blunt, Justin Theroux and Luke Evans, there is an expectancy of brilliancy attached to Tate Taylor’s The Girl On The Train: promising above-par acting, inventive script-writing and […]
Live-Action Lion King: Or How Disney is Making Money From Our Memories
Has Disney entirely run out of ideas? Are there no more creative writers? Or are they just desperate to squeeze another buck from our nostalgia? You can answer that one for yourself. Reboots are certainly […]
A Love Letter to Julie Andrews
Earlier this month Julie Andrews turned 81. In considering her life’s work I can’t help but first think of her serenely gliding down a grand staircase atop a mattress in The Princess Diaries 2. This […]
Harry Potter And The Cursed Child Review – Keeping the Magic Alive
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is a play that’s been clouded in secrecy since it began production. At the showing I attended, each audience member was even given a pin with #KeepTheSecrets printed in […]
Hunt For The Wilderpeople Review – An underappreciated gem
Ask your average person what they know about New Zealand and they will invariably mention the use of its landscapes for The Lord of the Rings film trilogy; the opening shot of Hunt for the […]
‘The Girl With All the Gifts’ Review – Worth Unwrapping
The Girl with All the Gifts, adapted from M.R. Carey’s novel, presents a harrowing narrative set in a future irrevocably altered by a global and fatal virus. The narrative follows a callous scientist, a remarkable […]
The Turner Prize 2016
Gaudy, vital and more controversial than ever, The Turner Prize is back. Writer Connie Lawfull takes us through this year‘s Turner Prize nominees. The Turner prize shook up the art world once again in 2015, […]
Woody Allen: seperating fiction from reality
Woody Allen’s most recent effort, Café Society, enjoyed the privilege of premiering as the opening film of the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. Attention, however, was diverted from the director’s work when French comedian Laurent Lafitte, […]