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The Continental, Prime Video - welcome to the expanding John...
Now that earnings from the John Wick movie franchise have topped a billion dollars, it’s no surprise that there should be moves afoot to cash in...
Strange Way of Life review - Pedro Almodóvar's queer We...
Less is more, except when it isn’t. Among the latest batch of overlong Oscar-tipped movies by celebrated auteurs such as Christopher Nolan (...
Octopolis, Hampstead Theatre review - blue, blue, electric b...
How many hearts does an octopus have? Answer: three. This pub quiz clincher is just one of the many fascinating facts that emerge from ...
The National, OVO Hydro, Glasgow, review - commanding arenas...
There remains something disconcerting about seeing the National as arena rockers. Perhaps it’s the nonchalant stage entrance as they stroll on, a...
Annie Ernaux: Shame review - the translation of pain
The latest translation of Annie Ernaux’s Shame – a text most closely akin to a long-form...
Mahler 2, LPO, Gardner, RFH review - an interpretation of su...
Epic and intimate, philosophically anguished and rhapsodically transcendent, Mahler’s "Resurrection" Symphony remains one of the most mountainous...
Mad Rush, Carol Williams, RFH review - a rainbow of organ co...
Big Ben was chiming the quarter-hour as I hit the South Bank side of the river after a not terribly inspiring Remain rally in Parliament Square....
The Nettle Dress review - a moving story exquisitely told
Lasting just over an hour, The Nettle Dress is like a fairy story. It builds very slowly, each beautifully framed shot contributing...
The Ossianic Ballads, Edinburgh Quartet, Màiri MacMillan, Na...
To coincide with the National Library of Scotland’s first bi-lingual exhibition Sguel/Story, an exhibition in English and...