All posts tagged review

  • Movie
    September Says

    Ariane Labed has until now been best known for her Volpi Cup-winning role in the...

  • Theatre
    Stalled at King’s Head Theatre

    In the sparkling bathroom of a high-end Seattle building, a cleaning lady...

  • Live music
    James Blunt at the O2 Arena

    Musical artists don’t come more self-aware than James Blunt. Celebrating the 20th...

  • Berlinale
    Shadowbox

    One of the changes under Tricia Tuttle’s first Berlinale is the introduction of...

  • Berlinale
    What Marielle Knows

    The 75th edition of the Berlinale seemed set on breaking with stereotypes. Perhaps a shock to many, the Competition film that garnered the most laughs from its international audience was the sole German entry, What Marielle Knows. Even the decision to include Frédéric Hambalek’s sophomore feature and bench more established directors into...

  • Berlinale
    The Ugly Stepsister

    The story of Cinderella has been passed down across the world for...

  • Movie
    Mom

    In his feature-length directorial debut, Adam O’Brien imagines motherhood as a horror story. Set almost...

  • Show
    A Thousand Blows

    Created, written and executive produced by Peaky Blinders’ Steven Knight, A Thousand Blows...

  • Movie
    The Monkey

    Stephen King’s The Monkey was first given life when published as a short story in...

  • Berlinale
    Girls on Wire

    Even with the presence of an underground heroin den, the most intriguing setting in Vivian Qu’s Girls on Wire is a sprawling film studio, where reality and performance blur but never quite merge narratively into a film-within-a-film. Instead, the cool-toned, behind-the-scenes set-up is where the film’s protagonist, Fang Di (Wen Qi), a...