Curtain Call — Culture, film, music, and TV.
The evening was kicked off by two support sets, the first being a short one from Alex Cameron followed by an hour of The Fat White Family , which was esoteric yet strangely appealing to the audience as the comedic…
Read moreIt made me think of the problem humans have interacting with the natural world. How do we navigate obtaining food and the other things we need while still being good stewards of the land? I'd seen work by photographers…
Read moreThe huge one-day event , organised by Sharon Osbourne with musical direction from Rage Against The Machine ’s Tom Morello , took place at Villa Park in Birmingham in July 2025. It marked both Osbourne’s final solo…
Read moreThe crucial tastemaker imprint display fantastic curatorial skills, amassing a catalogue which is both eclectic and oddly unified. New signings Nine Perfect Lives feel just right for the label – formed by Helena Straight…
Read moreThe actor, who plays Ryan Connor on the long-running Manchester-based soap, has landed a role in a new drama called Waif. Going from the Coronation Street cobbles to the East End, the comedy-drama is set in "London’s…
Read moreIt kicks off with ‘Crying With You’ which initially tinkers experimentally with sound before the fierce drum beats of Lochie Dowd and vocals of Noah Learmonth jump in and effortlessly pull the whole together. And what a…
Read moreIt’s an age of looking backwards while trying to figure out who you’re supposed to become, caught between who you are and the version of yourself everyone else seems to prefer. ‘Plain Jane’ is the result of six years…
Read moreIn the opening scene of this 10-episode crime thriller, we see him persuading a fellow patient to take his own life – no mean feat given that the two men can only communicate through the pipes linking the basins in their…
Read moreFor Prime Video's AI-generated TV series Castle Walls, produced by Turkish production studio Ay Yapım using a melange of generative video tools, has arrived, billed as the first end-to-end AI-created series to premiere…
Read moreThe announcement arrives alongside the title track, the second preview of the collection of songs following previous single "Dusty", and "Wayside" featuring TYSON. "'Gauzy' represents stepping into the unknown and…
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