God, redemption, religion, the forces of good and evil. It is hard to tackle these none too light topics in a manner which doesn’t become cumbersome. Peter Cadwell did it in The Fighter’s Ballad, but confronts the bull head-on – the film is no laughing matter. Enda Walsh’s Misterman deals ...
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The events that took place on 11 March 2011 in Japan were a wake up call for many people. 20,000 died and hundreds of thousands were stranded without homes. This major disaster served as an ...
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Gilbert & George, an eccentric duo even by the standards of the London art world, establish the ultimate vision of a dark, murky, sort-of-foggy London. As the ghostly reporters of the ghastliest news stories to ...
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Lucian Freud Protraits is a monumental exhibition, revealing the life-long strive of the artist to capture the mystery of human flesh. Freud, from his beginnings one of the greatest artists ...
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I remember being mesmerised when seeing Picasso’s ‘Guernica’ for the first time in Madrid; the same happened to the millions of Brits who were able to see the imposing painting ...
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In the year 2000, the American Film institute named Some Like It Hot the greatest American comedy film of all time. At the time of its release, it won three ...
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Once more I managed to wangle my way into watching DramSoc’s second spring term production, Can’t Pay? Won’t Pay!, Nobel laureate Dario Fo’s 1974 farcical comedy, involving pseudo-pregnant woman, confused husbands and a suspiciously similar-looking string of police inspectors and undertakers. I was promised a barrelful of laughs, and I certainly didn’t leave empty handed.
CP?WP! revolves around two frustrated housewives, ...
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