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Melody’s Echo Chamber Bon Voyage
It’s been six long years since the debut album from Melody Prochet; in that time, the French singer and songwriter... read more
Wilko Johnson Blow Your Mind
“Feel so good,” sings Wilko Johnson, “down here in my misery.” It’s a typically clever, barbed line from a guitarist,... read more
Gruff Rhys Babelsberg
Each album that Super Furry Animals’ frontman has made under his own name has been more ambitious than the last... read more
Lump Lump
Laura Marling hasn’t had much time for collaborations so far in her career – she has, after all, been busy... read more
latest film reviews
Loveless
Andrey Zvyagintsev won much acclaim – and rightly – with Leviathan, his Oscar nominated portrayal of corruption and hard times in contemporary Russia. For the follow-up, he focuses on a couple in the midst of a bitter divorce, whose 12 year old son goes missing after one of their fights.... read more
Phantom Thread
Is it truly his last film..? Here, Daniel Day-Lewis plays Jeremiah Woodcock – a celebrated couturier to the post-war aristocracy, Woodcock is witty and nimble, elegant and epigrammatic. As with many creatives operating at the highest level, he is also fastidious and obsessive: one dress is described enigmatically as “worth... read more
120 BPM
Robin Campillo’s fiery ensemble piece is set during the late 1980s, focusing on the Paris wing of ACT UP – the international direct-action organisation who demanded immediate, large-scale research into AIDS. “We’ll keep pissing the state off until there’s a real prevention policy,” says one activist early on. And so... read more
