It will come as a surprise to none but the irrationally optimistic that Assassin’s Creed, a high-budget film adaptation of the hit video game series, is a bad, bad film. Boasting a distinguished cast and a promising director, this is nonetheless an aggressively nonsensical grind from start to finish. Video game adaptations of course have…
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10. Nattesferd – Kvelertak As a band that has made waves both inside and outside their native Norway, Kvelertak have got their shit sorted. Usually, I’d likely have first heard about such bands in pretentious music blogs, but is it even more pretentious to feel proud having learnt about them from a bona fide Norwegian?…
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10. Sweet Relief – Kimbra Kicking off my countdown of the year’s best songs is one I’ve only discovered in the final throws of 2016. However, it’s simply too good to omit from this list. New Zealand singer Kimbra, whose diverse list of collaborators includes Gotye (with whom she won two Grammys in 2013 for…
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I always find it slightly problematic to pick out the top ten albums of the year and then to rank them against each other. For one, there’s no earthly way of having listened to every album this year. There’s albums I will almost definitely have overlooked, albums I will find years down the line and…
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Following on from the Top 10 films of this year, it’s time to focus our attention on the best shows from the small screen. Louis Chilton is back once again to give his insightful opinions on the shows he loved in 2016. 10. It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Season 11 It is indeed possible for…
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Ah, the year’s end. You know what that means – this week, it’s time for us to round up our favourite features that the world of the Arts had to offer in 2016! To kick us off, Louis Chilton ranks his top 10 films of the year. 10. Paterson Perennial filmmaking outsider Jim Jarmusch is on prime…
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There comes a point, when watching Rogue One, the latest money-spinner in the cultural juggernaut that is Disney’s resuscitated Star Wars universe, when you can’t help but get on board with its charms. To love this film requires an acceptance of one straight fact: Rogue One is goofy. Far, far goofier in fact than it…
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You wouldn’t believe it, but it’s the last day of BFI. It’s also the last day of our coverage from TWO FILM FESTIVALS. Blimey. We’re going to hibernate now, so please read these in the meantime. It’s been a pleasure. [spacer height=”20px”] Trespass Against Us [spacer height=”20px”] An Interview: Alice Lowe [spacer height=”20px”] BFI London Film…
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James Baxter-Derrington and Louis Chilton had a blast at this year’s BFI LFF. Here’s a list of their top 10 features, each with a link to their full reviews (just click the titles!) so you can check out all you need to know and discover some terrific new films. Manchester By The Sea Grief is…
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Louis Chilton had the pleasure of being part of a group interview with director, writer and actress Alice Lowe, who gave us an insight into the making of her directorial debut ‘Prevenge’. Prevenge is your debut film as a director, but you also wrote and starred in it. This is pretty unusual for a first-time director.…
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