Pina Bausch/The Rite of Spring. Review by Julia Pascal. How do you keep Pina Bausch’s work alive 13 years after her death? This is the question behind this amazing production of her Rite of Spring.
Poetry review – BLOOD IS BLACK IN THE SHADOWS: Charles Rammelkamp finds unexpected pleasures amid the bleakness of Dennis Gulling’s poetic vignettes
Poetry review – FIRST, I TURN OFF THE LIGHT: James Roderick Burns ventures into the haunting and disturbing world conjured by Katy Mack’s poetry
Poetry review – EPHEMERAL: James Roderick Burns commends Jane McLaughlin’s chapbook for both its poetry and its purpose
Poetry review – THE INFINITE TOWN: John Forth considers the poetics of Mark Robinson’s new collection (but sidesteps the philosophy)
Poetry review – BATTERY ROCKS: Louise Warren finds Katrina Naomi’s new collection to be an eloquent testimony to the joys of swimming.
The Stone Tape. Review by Alan Price. Nigel Kneale is a master at fusing the genres of horror and science fiction. He often claimed he wasn’t writing genre TV and film drama but simply good drama. At one level he’s right.
Poetry review – THE BRIDGE: Pat Edwards admires a collection by Jane Salmons in which the poems seek to make connections with readers’ own experiences
Seven Samurai. Review by Alan Price. Is there anything new that can still be said about Akira Kurosawa’s splendid Seven Samurai? This 1954 epic samurai film is certainly one of the director’s masterpieces.
THE BRAILLE ENCYCLOPEDIA: Charles Rammelkamp reviews a collection of essays by Naomi Cohn which reflect on her experience of losing eyesight
Days / Afternoon. Review by Alan Price. “The bargain the newer variety of slow films seem to impose on the viewer is simple: it’s up to you to draw on your stoic patience and the fascination in your gaze, in case you miss a masterpiece.” Nick James, Sight and Sound April 2010
Truth to Power Café. Review by Barbara Lewis. Jeremy Goldstein is celebrating the 20th anniversary of his company London Artists Projects, whose missions include taking his “Truth to Power Café” across the world.
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