4th May 2017 Their Finest manages to be the definition of the word fine. Performances, dialogue, story, direction, editing – it’s all fine. But only just fine. It’s okay: distinctly average in its presentation and execution. The film’s enjoyable yet… Continue Reading
19th April 2017 With availability of tickets at a minimum in the hours leading up to this evening’s performance, an annotated scrawl on the chalkboard at the foot of the staircase to The Louisiana’s gig room denotes that Happyness’ Wednesday… Continue Reading
9th April 2017 Free Fire is a welcome return to form for Brighton-based filmmaker Ben Wheatley following last year’s somewhat divisive High Rise. Yet while marking a seeming return to form in terms of quality of filmmaking, Free Fire proves… Continue Reading
2nd April 2017 Considering that Samantha Crain is currently touring on the back of derisively titled album You Had Me at Goodbye and the fact she kicks off tonight’s show with her sardonic ode to “resting bitch face” – the… Continue Reading
1st April 2017 Dot to Dot returns to Bristol this Spring Bank Holiday weekend for its twelfth annual festival and it promises to be yet another extravaganza of live music from some of the best up and coming talent around.… Continue Reading
30th March 2017 Folk singer-songwriter Samantha Crain comes to The Louisiana this weekend in support of new album You Had Me At Goodbye, the slyly comic title of which highlights the playful wit that underpins the Oklahoman artist’s Americana tales… Continue Reading
12th March 2017 I can’t really think of the words to begin a review for Moonlight. That’s not some hyperbolic fevered attempt to get you to go see it, more of an admission of defeat on my part when it… Continue Reading
9th March 2017 It’s a fraction over a year since Laura Marling last appeared at Colston Hall with a typically assured performance to close 2016’s BBC 6 Music Festival. On the back of that appearance and with a reputation that… Continue Reading