Tom Baily

Articles By Tom Baily

The Father review - gripping dementia drama Friday, 11 June 2021 Read more...	Ferry review - the making of a Dutch gangster Monday, 17 May 2021 Read more...
Milestone review - parable of an aging trucker Monday, 10 May 2021 Read more...	Night in Paradise review - lukewarm bloodbath Sunday, 11 April 2021 Read more...
The Drifters review - lovers-on-the-run with little moral depth Friday, 02 April 2021 Read more...	Wander Darkly review - bold psychodrama falls short Saturday, 13 March 2021 Read more...
Music review - a few music videos cobbled together Friday, 19 February 2021 Read more...	Rams review – softhearted bush-loving drama Saturday, 06 February 2021 Read more...
76 Days review - disturbing record of the initial outbreak of Covid-19 Wednesday, 20 January 2021 Read more...	American Utopia review - the new age of the concert movie Friday, 11 December 2020 Read more...
The Dead and the Others review – dreamlike journey set in indigenous Brazilian community Friday, 26 June 2020 Read more...	Hillary, Sky Documentaries review - facing the fire and fury Friday, 12 June 2020 Read more...
A Russian Youth, MUBI review - First World War setting, contemporary orchestra Thursday, 30 April 2020 Read more...	The Courier review – lacklustre hit job goes bad in every way Saturday, 21 December 2019 Read more...
Honey Boy review - coming to terms with dad Friday, 06 December 2019 Read more...	The Nightingale review – revenge without redemption Monday, 02 December 2019 Read more...

It all started on 09/09/09. That memorable date, September 9 2009, marked the debut of theartsdesk.com.

It followed some...

“Forest and the Shore” by Keith Christmas is remarkable. In his essay for Gather In The Mushrooms, compiler, author and Saint Etienne...

If you’re horse mad or merely an every-four-years Olympic fan, you already know Nick Skelton’s story. Equestrianism can favour mature competitors...

Marina Diamandis is a proper pop star, brilliantly full-on...

There was a neat conjunction of commemorations to this concert, the most obvious one being the fact that that 2025 marks the 50th anniversary of...

Hamad Butt studied at Goldsmiths College at the same time as YBAs (Young British Artists) like Damien Hirst and Gillian Wearing; but whereas they...

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When Van Morrison last released an album of original songs, during the Covid pandemic, it didn’t go down well. Indeed for many,...

John Wick’s simple story of a man and his dog became a bonkers, baroque franchise in record time, converting Keanu Reeves’ limited acting into Zen...

In 2022 I called caroline “perhaps the best band in the U.K” in my article about their debut, which I named my album of the year....