Michael Symmons Roberts
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Giri/Haji, BBC Two review - inspired Anglo-Japanese thriller...
Well here’s an interesting one. We’ve been up to our eyebrows in Eurocops for the past few years, but this Anglo-Japanese fusion from...
[Blank], Donmar Warehouse review - strong but dispiriting
Clean Break, the theatre company that specialises in working with women in the criminal justice system, is doing a lot of celebrating. It's the...
Non-Fiction - adultery spices up digitisation drama
It isn’t provable whether adultery is more accepted in French ...
Ehnes, Hallé, Gabel, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester review - h...
Changes from the artists originally advertised can bring some happy discoveries....
CD: Allah-Las - LAHS
It’s unfortunate that LAHS’s opening track is titled “Holding Pattern” as the album only achieves lift off with its ninth cut “Light...
Zombieland: Double Tap review - dead dull redo
Another unnecessary sequel: we’re used to this sort of thing. The film knows it, too, as lead dork Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg) meekly thanks the...
The Struts, O2 Forum Kentish Town review - a masterclass in...
Having exploded on to the scene like a cross between Queen and My Chemical Romance, Derby’s young glam-...
Dariescu, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Simonov, Symphony H...
It remains some of the most terrifying music ever written....
Richard Hawley, Barrowland, Glasgow - black clad crooner...
When Richard Hawley arrived onstage, he had a confession to make. “I like to talk”, he declared, before adding “and play rock n’ roll”. Both were...