The Verdict: Premier League 2013-14
Football Columnist James White take a look at a Premier League season that really did have it all.
Issue 1576
16th May 2014
The Governator’s war on drugs
The director of End of Watch (an interesting take on police films that didn’t quite succeed) combining with one of two classic 80s action heroes suffering a string of mediocre...
The big hit of Sundance 2014
The opening lines of Frank are a mixture of odd noises and half-formed (and utterly atrocious) lyrics, providing an amusing and wry look at the plight of the artist in search of inspiration...
Rowing reaps the rewards at BUCS Regatta
Wilf Kimberley reviews the action as the men bring home the Victor Ludorum trophy, but the College miss out on the overall prize
Locke’s collapse
Locke is an intriguing premise. Set entirely in the cabin of a BMW (bar a few brief seconds of Locke climbing into his car at the very beginning), and with only one character (the eponymous Ivan Locke) ever visible in the form of a bearded, be-cardiganed Tom Hardy.
Joanna Hogg’s masterpiece
The biography of British director Joanna Hogg is a strange one indeed: mentored by legendary avant-gardiste Derek Jarman during the 1970s, she won a scholarship to the National Film and Television School, where she took a chance on unknown actor Tilda Swinton for her graduate piece. And then?
Imperial put in marathon performance to place 15th in Europe’s largest student relay
On Friday 9th May 2014, a team of from the Imperial College Cross Country and Athletics Club set off to the Netherlands to take on Europe’s largest student relay race; de Batavierenrace. Having been invited year on year by Dutch participants of the Imperial’s own Hyde Park Relays...
Harry Redknapp can’t save cricketers from Harlington pitch
Zain Rizvi describes the action from a rain-sodden Harlington pitch as Imperial fail to defend 79
Camera d’Or winner
Ilo Ilo, Anthony Chen’s touching, naturalistic portrayal of family life in 1990s Singapore, has finally touched down in the UK, nearly a whole year after winning critical acclaim at the Cannes Film Festival.
Bad boy bad boy
It’s comedy season again, and things are kicking off in the most family-unfriendly way possible (in both a literal ‘this is a crude comedy’ and ‘this is a comedy where unfriendly acts are committed against a family’ sense)
2013-14 television renewal and cancellation
May is the month television fans find out whether their favourite shows will be back for another season or not. So here is the rundown of some of 2013-14 season’s main primetime network shows and how well they are faring over in the States.
Wait... are people actually starting to enjoy science?
Philippa Skett reviews Imperial Festival and the wider public engagement movement