Book Review: The Charmed Wife by Olga Grushin

The Princess has every reason to be happy. She’s a princess after all, with a handsome husband, and two beautiful kids, and an enormous castle full of servants ... Read More...

Book Review: Asylum Road by Olivia Sudjic

When we first meet Anya, she is on her way to a holiday in France with her boyfriend of five years, Luke. It should be a happy occasion. It isn’t. From the mome... Read More...

Book Review: A Room Called Earth by Madeleine Ryan

In A Room Called Earth, the debut novel from Australian writer Madeleine Ryan, we are shown the world through the eyes of an unusual woman (we never learn her n... Read More...

The Stand review: Is this latest Stephen King adaptation worth watching?

The Stand may be based on a novel that’s over forty years old, but thanks to COVID, the series is being released into the world under a cloud of unwanted timeli... Read More...

Sing Me A Song Review

When we first meet Peyangki, he is eight years old and in training to become a monk. He lives in the tiny Bhutanese village of Laya, high in the Himalayas, whic... Read More...

The Macaluso Sisters Review

When we first meet the Macaluso sisters, they are five girls, ranging in age from five to nineteen, who live together in Palermo. They keep hundreds of doves th... Read More...

Best TV shows of 2020: The Queen’s Gambit, The Outsider, I May Destroy You and more

It’s been a great, strange year for TV amid a pandemic. Despite the shut-down for many shows, we’ve still been able to while away the endless evenings, hours of... Read More...

Best films of 2020: Babyteeth, Dating Amber, Da 5 Bloods and more

Few industries have escaped 2020 without suffering serious damage, and the film industry was not one of the lucky ones. With most cinemas shuttered for most of ... Read More...

Book Review: Loner by Georgina Young

Ever since Lona quit art school (and don’t ask her why – she doesn’t know), she’s been drifting. Working in a supermarket by day and a roller rink by night, whi... Read More...

Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project Review

From 1979 to 2012, Marion Stokes recorded the TV for twenty-four hours a day. Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project lets the few people who were close to her tell... Read More...

The Painter And The Thief Review

In 2015, two thieves made off with two of Czech artist Barbora Kysilkova’s most expensive paintings, from a gallery in Oslo. The men were arrested, and at trial... Read More...

Relic Review

Although they aren’t close, when Kay (Emily Mortimer) hears that her forgetful, aged mother Edna (Robyn Nevin) has gone missing, she drives to her house with he... Read More...