Jessica Duchen
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Album: Yama Warashi - Crispy Moon
Crispy Moon is a musical kaleidoscope encompassing free-jazz skronk,...
Between Two Worlds review - Juliette Binoche, maid in Franc...
For die-hard Juliette Binoche fans – don’t cross us, we get angry – Between Two Worlds is heaven. The...
Samson et Dalila, Royal Opera review - from austerity to exc...
Words and situations are one-dimensional, but the music is chameleonic, if not profound, and crafted with a master’s hand. What to do about ...
Henry VIII, Shakespeare's Globe review - unashamedly vu...
Boris Johnson was of course not the first British leader to engineer a split with Europe for...
Luzzu review - a Maltese fisherman struggles with modernity
In Maltese-American Alex Camilleri’s debut feature, it’s a case of follow the swordfish. This terrifically atmospheric, almost documentary-like...
Kim Hye-jin: Concerning My Daughter review - room for compli...
In this best-selling Korean novella, recently translated into English by Jamie Chang, Kim...
Blu-ray: Twisting the Knife - Four Films by Claude Chabrol
Nouvelle Vague directors have grown to seem more diverse than bonded, a golden generation linked by extreme...
Prehistoric Planet, Apple TV+ review - David Attenborough pr...
With Jurassic World: Dominion due in June, which will mark the end of the “Jurassic” movie franchise, here’s Apple TV’s alternative,...
Album: Def Leppard - Diamond Star Halos
This album starts and ends so brilliantly. It kicks off with a salvo of three tracks that remind you exactly why Def Leppard became one of the...
Das Boot, Series 3, Sky Atlantic review - submarine warfare...
The challenge for the makers of Das Boot is to keep...