The Seed Of The Sacred Fig review: Oscar nom is a harrowing hit February 7, 2025 The Seed Of The Sacred Fig | Dir. Mohammad Rasoulof | ★★★★☆ Nominated for Best Film Not in the English Language at the forthcoming Oscars, The Seed Of Sacred Fig’s behind the scenes story is almost as compelling as its on screen plot. Director Mohammad Rasoulof filmed entirely in secret, and upon the film’s premiere [...]
Elektra starring Brie Larson is a strange, boring play February 7, 2025 Elektra at the Duke of York’s Theatre | ★★☆☆☆ After two and a half millennia, Sophocles can still pull in a crowd. This week saw the opening of Oedipus at the Old Vic, in which professional Creepy Lil’ Guy Rami Malek drawled his way through a thrilling evening of EDM and interpretive dance. In recent [...]
Becoming Led Zeppelin: A documentary that plays the hits February 7, 2025 Becoming Led Zeppelin | star rating ★★☆☆☆ Cinema documentaries have become the place for the good and great of music to cement their legacy. From The Beatles to Bob Dylan, filmmakers have clamoured to get inside the people behind the tunes. This week, in Becoming Led Zeppelin, it’s the turn of the archetypal 70s rock [...]
Munich massacre drama September 5 is an ode to journalism February 6, 2025 The role of journalist in modern history is explored and celebrated in September 5, the Oscar-tipped drama set during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. It follows the crew of ABC Sports as they find themselves with a key vantage point to history, being able to get a live camera on the events that would [...]
Oedipus at the Old Vic review: A freaky fever dream February 6, 2025 You can perform impossible feats, be a wise and respected leader, even solve the riddle of the Sphinx – but if you end up shagging your mum, that’s the only thing people will remember. This delirious reimagining of Sophocles’ tragedy of Oedipus, king of Thebes, is a freaky fever dream, told here from the point [...]
Missing WFH? I’ve found solace in the office booth February 6, 2025 Replacing WFH with the open plan office can be a recipe for misery. But Anna Moloney says she's found a solution: the office booth.
The most romantic restaurants in the City February 6, 2025 I’ve never met the intrepid Mr Gordon Ramsay, yet our lives have been semi-entwined for over two decades. During his initial peak in the noughties, as I began my own career, I recall my first experience dining in his The Londoner restaurant in NYC, where a maitre d’ complete with Dick Van Dyke accent greeted [...]
Prince Charles Cinema: Pearl & Dean backs campaign to save icon January 30, 2025 Don’t let the credits roll on The Prince Charles Cinema, says Clare Turner, chief commercial officer at Pearl & Dean I was shocked to hear the news that the Prince Charles Cinema in Leicester Square is under threat of closure. For many years this cinema has been a sanctuary for film fans in London. It [...]
Inside No 9 Stage/Fright review: Fans are served and opportunities are missed January 30, 2025 Inside No 9 – Stage/Fright review | Wyndham’s Theatre | ★★☆☆☆ Inside No 9 is one of the best British comedies of the last 10 years. Finishing a decade-long run last year, the smart, self-contained episodes – all somehow linked to the number nine – riff on everything from grand guignol theatre to kitchen sink [...]
The Gift review: A (literal) sh*tshow that offers needed respite January 30, 2025 The Gift opens with a simple premise: Colin, our leading man, has received a poo in the post. And he doesn’t know who from.