Sunday, 1 December 2024

Conclave is top-class, grown-up entertainment

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Conclave , adapted from Robert Harris’s 2016 novel, is possibly not the sort of film I would usually think of watching – though I enjoyed  T...
Monday, 25 November 2024

A sensitive exploration of what being queer means

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Layla  is the feature debut from non-binary British-Iraqi drag artist and film maker Amrou Al-Kadhi, and uses a deceptively traditional roma...
Saturday, 16 November 2024

A taste of brilliant cinema

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A bit of catch-up cinema today, with a first viewing of  A Taste of Honey , the 1961 film from director Tony Richardson from Shelagh Delaney...
Tuesday, 12 November 2024

Would you be a friend of Dorothy?

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A hugely hygge weekend offered the opportunity for loads of reading. Having finished Bernadine Evaristo’s fabulous   Mr Loverman   on Saturd...
Wednesday, 25 September 2024

Kaos reigns – and long may it do so!

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‘The all-powerful yet insecure god Zeus starts to fear his end of reign when he spots a wrinkle on his forehead. He becomes increasingly par...
Monday, 26 August 2024

The Man with the Answers is utterly charming

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The Man with the Answers  is writer and director  Stelios Kammitsis’s quirky and charming 2021 film that combines being a gay romantic drama...
Thursday, 15 August 2024

Parallel – using sci-fi for a powerful take on grief

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Described generally as a ‘science fiction thriller’, this year’s   Parallel   – a remake of the 2019 Chinese film   Parallel Forest , and re...