Tom Birchenough

Articles By Tom Birchenough

Boudica, Shakespeare's Globe review - ancient history made compellingly contemporary Thursday, 14 September 2017 Read more...	Insyriated review - claustrophobic terror in a Damascus war zone Friday, 08 September 2017 Read more...
God's Own Country review - a raw, rural masterpiece Friday, 01 September 2017 Read more...	DVD/Blu-ray: My Beautiful Laundrette Thursday, 31 August 2017 Read more...
Late Company, Trafalgar Studios review - visceral production of Jordan Tannahill's lean, pained drama Tuesday, 29 August 2017 Read more...	Strike: The Cuckoo's Calling, BBC One review - JK Rowling's debut in crime bows most promisingly Monday, 28 August 2017 Read more...
Hotel Salvation review - a moving meditation on the end Friday, 25 August 2017 Read more...	Tom of Finland review - engaging biopic of gay pioneer Friday, 11 August 2017 Read more...
DVD/Blu-ray: The Tree of Wooden Clogs Tuesday, 08 August 2017 Read more...	DVD: Cézanne et moi Friday, 14 July 2017 Read more...
DVD/Blu-ray: Long Shot Friday, 30 June 2017 Read more...	DVD/Blu-ray: My 20th Century Tuesday, 06 June 2017 Read more...
Peter Ackroyd: Queer City - London's gay life over two millennia Sunday, 04 June 2017 Read more...	After the Storm review - quietly nuanced and moving Japanese family drama impresses Friday, 02 June 2017 Read more...
An Octoroon review - slavery reprised as melodrama in a vibrantly theatrical show Saturday, 27 May 2017 Read more...	DVD/Blu-ray: Lino Brocka - Two Films Friday, 26 May 2017 Read more...

My final visit to the Proms for this year was a Sunday double-...

The Coen brothers’ output has been so broad-ranging, and the duo so self-deprecating, that critics have long had difficulty getting their arms...

You’ll have absorbed key strands of The Sweeney‘s DNA even if you’ve never watched an episode, ITV’s groundbreaking police drama having...

VINYL OF THE MONTH

Black Lips Season of the Peach (Fire)

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There is such nonchalance with Sabrina Teitelbaum that even her appeals to the crowd appeared laid-back. At points during her set the Los Angeles...

At the start or her show, the white-robed singer Ganavya does something unusual: while other performers usually warm their audience up before...

Chiswick Records 1975-1982 - Seven Years at 45 RPM is a triple album marking the 50th anniversary of the first release...

ITV continues its passion for docudramas about injustice, which you can’t...

It’s weird, if wonderful, that vibrant young composers at the end of the 19th century should have featured death so prominently in their hero-...