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Going Through at the Bush Theatre
With the best use of its simple elements, the play (literally) takes us places, through visionary and poetic storytelling.
Kubo and the Two Strings: An Ode to Storytelling
“Sometimes I’d tell my mother stories about little things, like skimming rocks across the river or catching fireflies in the mulberry fields and when I told those stories I could ...
Review: I Take Nothing Strong, Only Lightning
I Take Nothing Strong, Only Lightning, the first collection of poetry published by Beaconsfield-born Nathan A. Thompson, is an assemblage of ten years of writing (from the age of 21 ...
With Vincent, Joseph Fasano Offers 80 Pages of Exquisite Evil
“I whispered listen / listen today I read in a place / I cannot tell you of the dark matter / in the cargo of things.”
Plot vs Character: The Vegetarian by Han Kang
In the run-up to the Man International Booker Prize announcement on May 16, Xenobe Purvis will be reviewing each of the sixth shortlisted books. First, The Vegetarian by South Korea’s ...
Book Review: The Dream of My Return by Horacio Castellanos Moya
One hot, black midnight in El Salvador a woman answered her phone. “We are going to kill your son,” the voice on the other end informed her. The marked man ...
Old Hearts Crying: While We’re Young
They may be breaking in, but Josh is at the door welcoming them. He wants to feel the rush of youth again and try new things, discover himself, shield against ...
Force Majeure and the Artifice of Control
Joanna Pocock analyses the significance of control in Richard Östlund’s Force Majeure.
If Life Could Write: Thoughts on Boyhood
Harry Waight ruminates on Boyhood – and how the film’s links to a naturalistic tradition have divided audiences.
Feature Film: Enemy and the Psychology of Infidelity
Infidelity is at the ground floor of many a narrative structure and for the characters, more often than not, it’s all about the sex. What happens to the mind of ...
From Book To Film: Should The Hobbit Be A Trilogy?
Confessions of a Middle-Earth apologist.
Litro’s Films Of 2014
Litro reviews its films of the year.
Feature Film: What We Do In The Shadows
Thomas Greylees reviews New Zealand’s best vampire comedy horror documentary.
Classic Feature Films: Roger Corman’s Poe Anthology
Adam Ley-Lange reviews Roger Corman’s classic (and not so classic) horrors.
Feature Film: Nightcrawler
Thea Hawlin dives into the dark depths of ‘Nightcrawler’.
The Misunderstood Horror of Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
Misunderstood masterpiece or pretentious twaddle?
LFF Spotlight: Foxcatcher
A confused and confusing genre mash-up.
Feature Film: ’71
A gripping action thriller set in 1971 Northern Ireland.
Feature Film: A Night At The Cinema In 1914
The BFI has restored this wonderful collection of silent short films that British audiences would have seen at the start of the First World War.
Feature Film: Norte, The End Of History
Lav Diaz’s gargantuan Norte, The End of History is a furious, enthralling study of recent history’s effects on Philippine society.