Review: Rebecca
Netflix and director Ben Wheatley’s “Rebecca” drags us along for a hurried, jolting adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s classic novel. The...
In The Middle
Movies losing momentum – is the end near in sight?
Since Cineworld’s decision to purchase Picture House in December of 2012, they have enjoyed a large portion of the independent...
Punk is Black!
Punk music, as a genre, has a long and illustrious history, and most music historians list the first ‘punk’ records...
Review: beabadoobee’s Fake It Flowers
Ordinarily, at this point in the year, we’d be approaching gig season. Although the music scene islooking a little quieter...
Retroactive remedying: How can depictions of Blackface be torn down?
After my weekly comfort viewing of Community the other day, I was alerted to the fact that Netflix had purged one of...
Culture in the Time of Covid
Hyde Park Book Club Book Club is a great spot for either a chilled pint with friends or a great...
Da 5 Bloods Review: Spike Lee does not quite strike gold
The latest Spike Lee “Joint” arrived on Netflix on June 12th, off the back of Lee’s 2018 critical success with BlacKkKlansman. Da...
Black Lives Matter, Covid-19 and the Arts: An Interview with BBC Two Channel Controller Patrick Holland
Owen Frost sits down (virtually) with Patrick Holland, Controller of BBC 2, to discuss his channel’s policies regarding Black Lives...
Full Stream Ahead: How has the Arts and Culture world coped with Covid-19?
With great Leeds arts community spaces such as Hyde Park Picture House or the Leeds Museums & Galleries temporarily closing...
Extraction Review: What can be salvaged from Netflix’s latest action-packed feature?
In Extraction, ex-Asgardian Chris Hemsworth plays a stoic Australian mercenary, Tyler Rake, flung into a world of crime. Rake’s recruitment is...
