Robert Eggers’ (The Witch, The Lighthouse) third film expands the themes of his previous films (how humans and the supernatural interact in accurately portrayed historical settings) and sets them in Dark Ages Scandinavia with all the bloody violence… Continue Reading
“I’m a jack of all trades, master of none,” explains Peter Clifford modestly. He is used to being filmed for TV shows and then being cut out. Despite appearing in 12 Shakespeare productions at the Tobacco… Continue Reading
4th April 2022 Arriving garlanded with praise from seemingly all angles, The Worst Person In The World is the last in Norwegian director Joachim Trier’s Oslo Trilogy (Reprise and Oslo 31st August being the others). An occasionally hilarious,… Continue Reading
28th March 2022 Jacques (The Beat That My Heart Skipped, A Prophet, Rust and Bone, Dheepan) Audiard’s latest offering is somewhat of a departure from his usual gritty examinations of crime and marginalized figures from urban French society.… Continue Reading
“What are the chances we can get a boat tomorrow?” Matthew E White asks the crowd in The Fleece. “We’ve got a day off in Bristol. Does anyone here have a boat?” A dinghy is offered.… Continue Reading
2nd March 2022 Written in far-off 1981 in the early throes of Thatcherism, ‘Decadence’ is Steven Berkoff’s (British theatre’s senex terrible, darlings) savage takedown of British class attitudes and 1980s excess. Given that the yuppie phenomenon and associated materialistic,… Continue Reading
26th February 2022 It’s great to be back at Moles. Established in 1978, this tiny gem on George Street, Bath, has for over four decades served as one of those venues, rich in heritage due to… Continue Reading
14th February 2022 Having released Welcome Break – the follow up to their 2019 debut album Boat – in the autumn of 2021, the critical praise steeped upon their sophomore effort included a four-star Uncut review declaring that the… Continue Reading