With Warfare their companion piece to last year’s best film Civil War, directors Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza have delivered something far more brutal and necessary than another war movie — they...
Dance is one of the earliest and oldest known forms of entertainment and is a wonderful community activity. Best of all, everyone can enjoy it, regardless of their rhythm or natural aptitude. Since...
When it comes to legendary love stories, surely Romeo and Juliet reigns supreme - or does it? My husband insists it’s not a love story at all, just a very stylish tragedy. But regardless of how you...
There’s something uniquely unsettling about the idea of being disposable. Not just in a philosophical sense — we all feel replaceable sometimes — but in a literal, zero-hour,...
Ah, the phenomenon of the Weight Watchers mum. This is something I’ve talked about with a few friends. It’s a common experience that when we were teenagers, our mothers were obsessed with Weight...
When Murder on the Orient Express was first published in 1934, it caused quite a stir amongst critics. Its ingenious twist ending (no spoilers here!) challenged conventional mystery tropes and...
It's hard to believe, but this March 2025 marks the 60th anniversary of the release of The Sound of Music, Robert Wise's iconic musical that catapulted Julie Andrews to the list of film legends and...
The Brutalist traverses the industrial might of post-World War II America, straddling the landscape like a vengeful Cronus. This is the America of infinite trains, steel, concrete, glass,...
Film fans are caught between two warring camps whenever Oscar season rolls around. In one corner, we have the people who remain mesmerised by the Academy’s glitz, and in the other, stands the...
Hi, and welcome to this month's Great Adaptations, where we're looking at the novel Chocolat by Joanne Harris and the 1990 film of the same name, starring Juliette Binoche, Johnny Depp and Dame Judi...
