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Reviews: 47
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Smash Palace
Interesting themes don’t quite help turn this into the classic that many believed it would become.
Luminate announce change in direction
Festival becomes biennial as organisation focuses on year round activity.
Tigers Are Not Afraid
A dark, yet magical and inventive look at young lives affected by Mexico’s drug war.
Secret Santa
A Christmas slasher movie which is only occasionally as entertaining as it thinks it is.
You Were Never Really Here
A manic piece of work, spellbinding from start to finish.
Don’t Torture a Duckling
Interesting, but unfocused mess which lives off the back of its outrageously high reputation.
Dead or Alive Trilogy
Takashi Miike’s infamous unpredictable nature is evident across an inconsistent, but enjoyable trilogy.
Raw
While reports of extremity are exaggerated, Raw is a terrific horror with a stunning lead performance.
Tom Neenan: The Andromeda Paradox
A 1950’s sci-fi adventure meets a one man show in this ridiculously fun performance.
Dorian Gray
A strong, minimalist performance of Oscar Wilde’s novel from the five-man Incognito Theatre
The Sound of Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock might be known for his brilliant staging of set-pieces, but what about the music that helped bring such scenes to life?
Hitchcock’s ‘Blackmail’ with Live Orchestra
Hitchcock’s silent classic is brought to life by a thunderous – if somewhat inconsistent – score performed by the BBC SSO.
This Is How We Die
A dark, brilliant piece of spoken-word theatre from Canadian motor-mouth, Christopher Brett Bailey.
Dean Owens & The Whisky Hearts
Owens & The Whisky Hearts provide an enjoyably relaxing album launch in which the audience can fully indulge their Country & Americana appetites.
The Turning
A well-acted, but muddled and overlong adaptation of Tim Winton’s short story collection that will appeal to those who delight in analysing and discussing cinema.
We Came from the North: Low Sun, Long Shadow
An impressive, if somewhat top-heavy, second EP from Edinburgh four-piece We Came from the North.