In cinemas late November/early 2026 By Rita Di Santo With a captivating poetic opening, director Marta Bergman chronicles the journey of a young couple, whose beginning is... Continue reading
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The Free Gaza Circus By Rita Di Santo As Israeli airstrikes in Gaza continue, claiming lives and escalating tensions following the ceasefire—a recent strike on Nasser Hospital... Continue reading
DVD and Blu-Ray from BFI By Alan Price “Why can one never do a natural thing without screening it behind a structure of artifice?” That observation by... Continue reading
By Srijani Dutta The film “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” is a romantic movie that celebrates the homosexual love and sexual identities of the lesbian women.... Continue reading
In our ongoing Our Culture Series, we examine how art and media reflect, and too often distort, the realities of working-class life in Britain. In this essay,... Continue reading
Silent Friend, directed by Ildikó Enyedi By Rita di Santo Ildikó Enyedi, a prominent figure in contemporary Hungarian cinema, has been challenging cinematic conventions since the late... Continue reading
Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin reviews Tornado Tornado (2025) is a new action drama film written and directed by the Scottish film director, screenwriter and musician, John Maclean. It is... Continue reading
This is a poem from my latest collection of dialect poems ‘Igh Sheriff o Merthyr’( Carreg Gwalch). The film is made by Steve Jones, who I’ve collaborated... Continue reading
Kirk Douglas as Spartacus, the slave leader by John Wight “I am Spartacus!” is arguably the most iconic line in the history of Hollywood. Still today, it... Continue reading
The Electric State: can it get much worse? By Jonathan Brown Introduction As I sat through The Electric State — Netflix’s latest blockbuster spectacle, directed by the... Continue reading
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