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Dance, Girl, Dance

Backstage romance from pioneering female director

Husbands

A slightly flawed study of all the facets of toxic masculinity

Dream Demon

Understandably forgotten but competently made Elm Street-inspired knock-off

Patrick Baker
The Unremembered Places

Baker’s writing transcends time as he travels to some of Scotland’s forgotten places

Mark Haddon
The Porpoise

Genre experiment from popular author loses any initial engagement

Wales Millennium Centre [via Vimeo]

Only The Brave [ONLINE]

Rousing wartime musical celebrates human spirit

Sparks A Steady Drip Drip Drip

Sparks
A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip

More inspired stuff from the much-admired Maels

Romy Hausmann
Dear Child

Completely absorbing, gripping read sure to be the premier thriller of the year

The Final Wish

If you’re craving a demonic horror, be careful what you wish for

The 1975 Notes On A Conditional Form

The 1975
Notes on a Conditional Form

English pop rock quartet throw everything into their latest album, quite literally

Spuds

A Play, A Pie, and A Pint [via YouTube]

Spuds [ONLINE]

Daft chippy-based comedy musical serves up a treat

Woods Strange to Explain

Woods
Strange to Explain

Another pleasing, if formulaic set of songs from the psych-folk troubadours

Banfi Colour Waits In The Dark

Banfi
Colour Waits in the Dark

Interesting mix of genres from well travelled British artist

The Zim

Intense depiction of the impact of the Zimbabwean land reform act

Badly Drawn Boy - Banana Skin Shoes

Badly Drawn Boy
Banana Skin Shoes

A long time absent but little has changed for the behatted Manc troubadour

End of Sentence

Road movie delves into the heart of a dysfunctional father-son relationship

A Rainy Day In New York

Tepid, lawsuit-laden bore

Kidbug

Kidbug
Kidbug

An album of future classics from indie collaborators

Nightingales Four Against Fate

The Nightingales
Four Against Fate

Midlands post-punks are in the form of their lives

I See You

Despite some clever twists, this eerie thriller remains uneven