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We are bowled over! We knew that theartsdesk.com had plenty of supporters out there – we’ve always had a loyal readership of arts…
What is a documentary maker supposed to do when someone as gifted and empathic as Francis Whately has already covered most of the Bowie…
SASKIA BARON1 One Battle After Another2. Sinners3 It was Just an Accident4  Palestine 365  Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight6…
For as long as I can remember – back when I was not yet a teenager, listening to Joan Baez first as a way to learn guitar – voices and…
If this time of year should prompt everyone to count their blessings, then one precious musical gift shines brightly over Smith Square Hall…
The first time you see Renate Reinsve in Sentimental Value you want to catch her, hug her, slap her (as her character requests), or do…
Peace and Goodwill to All Men outside. Inside, on stage at least, there’s not much peace nor goodwill to be had on the horror-filled…
As a boy growing up in the 1970s, I loved lazy afternoons spent on the red shag carpet of my family’s living room while listening to my…
Fantômas was the creation of French pulp novelists Marcel Allain and Pierre Souvestre, whose titular criminal genius made his first print…
Vox Luminis, the vocal and instrumental group based in Namur and led by Lionel Meunier, continued their residency at the Wigmore Hall, hot…