Spencer film review: Kristen Stewart shines in tough Diana biopic October 29, 2021 Princess Diana hasn’t always been the easiest subject to cover. Prior to the disastrous 2013 drama Diana, the 1997 accident that took her life was seen as too fresh in the public’s memory to make a biopic viable. Now, nearly 25 years on, enough time has passed for screenwriters to delve into her fascinating story. [...]
Last Night in Soho review: A film of two halves October 28, 2021 After a long wait, Edgar Wright returns with a time-hopping horror/thriller that has been ear-marked as a movie to look out for by his many loyal fans. The West Country filmmaker hasn’t disappointed in the last few years, getting over his split from Marvel by making a car chase classic in Baby Driver, and telling [...]
Marvel’s big budget Eternals is a missed opportunity October 28, 2021 After a farewell to Black Widow, and a triumphant debut for Shang-Chi, Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe forges ahead with Eternals. The MCU’s trickiest proposition yet has the task of introducing a new team and a new world to the established order. At least with Nomadland’s Chloe Zhao behind the camera, this new [...]
Budget: UK to invest £850m to protect museums, galleries, libraries and local culture October 27, 2021 Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced the government will be investing £850m to protect museums, galleries, libraries, and local culture.
The best places in London for a spooky Halloween cocktail October 27, 2021 While many of the good readers of City A.M. may baulk at the thought of a rowdy Halloween party – especially one at which you may have to wear a costume – this year there are some genuinely exciting events for the more discerning pleasure-seeker. Whether you’re in the market for excellent food with a [...]
Spend this Halloween in a hotel haunted by a giant sea beast October 26, 2021 The Averard Hotel in Lancaster Gate is perhaps the first such venue to guarantee a sleepless night. The pop-up hotel in the Grade II listed former home of a doctor, architect and two Liberal MPs is hosting a pre-Halloween “Kraken Dread And Breakfast”, offering the chance to join the Leagues of Darkness. The brainchild of [...]
Frieze 2021: An electric start to the new art season October 22, 2021 It is telling, though perhaps unsurprising, that in a time of expanding digital exhibition spaces, curators, artists, and collectors still value face-to-face contact provided by art fairs. Frieze is the best of them all to kickstart the new London art season, with its sculpture garden and two imposing marquees – Frieze London and Frieze Masters [...]
Helene Binet at the RA, review: Architectural photography at its finest October 22, 2021 In her first major retrospective, photographer Helene Binet’s work at the Royal Academy offers a fresh look at the lines found in architecture. Over a 35 year career, the internationally acclaimed Swiss-French photographer (b.1959) has captured both historic and contemporary structures, reducing them to their simplest forms. A practitioner of analogue photography, her work focuses [...]
The French Dispatch, review: A playful homage to journalism October 22, 2021 Twenty five years and ten films since his feature debut, Wes Anderson can be considered one of the few remaining superstar directors. Like Nolan, Tarantino, The Coens, and (Paul Thomas) Anderson, he exists outside of the studio franchise churn, making films in which he is the primary selling point. It’s likely many fans will forgo [...]
Dear Evan Hansen, Review: A crushing failure October 22, 2021 Big West End and Broadway shows often take a while to get big screen adaptations, partly because producers are reluctant to offer a home alternative to what they hope you’ll pay a lot of money to see live. Also, because when it goes wrong, it goes really, really wrong. Before December 2019, Cats was a [...]