Heilung @ Palais Theatre (11/2024)
Tag: review
My favourite pagan lords and ladies returned for another primal, mesmerising, out-of-this-world performance.
Memoir of a Snail – Film Review
Adam Elliott’s stop-motion animation about a snail-collecting outsider is an offbeat and bittersweet saga, shifting between tragedy and comedy in a story about the shells we place on ourselves.
Beetlejuice – Film Review
In honour of Halloween, I thought I’d check out yet another 80s classic I’ve never watched before, a ghoulish supernatural comedy from Tim Burton that may be slight on story and characters but is still utterly charming and inventive.
New Music 10/2024 – The Creole Choir of Cuba, Beth Gibbons
Joyful and impassioned Caribbean gospel; bewitching solo debut from the Portishead singer.
The Omen (1976) – Film Review
It’s the spooky season, so I thought I’d revisit this iconic horror film that had scarred my childhood.
The Substance – Film Review
I can’t say I’m a huge fan of body horror, but I really loved this brash, bold and obscene fable that feels like a work of singular vision despite easily spotted influences.
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler – Book Review
Each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way, as the famous Leo Tolstoy quote goes. It’s fair to say that the unhappy family in this quirky and zestful novel is quite unlike anything else I’ve read about.
Speak No Evil (2024)
The American remake doesn’t pack the brutal punch and thematic weight of the original, but it still works as a tense and gripping psychological thriller with some strong performances.
Strange Darling – Film Review
I couldn’t fully decide how I felt about this luscious, vicious and provocative thriller, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing.
Speak No Evil (2022) – Film Review
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