Partie de Campagne. Review by Alan Price. Partie de Campagne is a period piece set in 1860, an adaptation of the Guy de Maupassant short story, A Day in the Country (1881).
Targets. Review by Alan Price. Although Peter Bogdanovich’s film Targets is usually categorised as a crime thriller I feel more comfortable calling it a suburban horror film. This is a chilling story of sniper Bobby Thompson (Tim O’Kelly) who goes on a killing spree: a motiveless Vietnam veteran turned psychopathic: a young, clean cut modern monster.
WILD TRACK: John Lucas admires Sean Street’s eloquent exploration of possible responses to birdsong – from the poet’s to the sound engineer’s
Last Night of The Proms 2023. Review by Julia Pascal. It was the presence of the hundreds of blue EU flags which made me realise that the Last Night of the Proms is not just a xeno-fest. It is a testimony to the international element of art and music.
Poetry review – AD HOC: Charles Rammelkamp reviews a highly original debut collection by Hayden Bergman
Death Note, The Musical in Concert. Review by Barbara Lewis. The Japanese manga Death Note has sold more than 30 million copies, making it one of the best-selling mangas yet. Whether the musical version can be as successful in our straitened times remains to be seen. Judging by the London run, it’s conceivable.
Poetry review – THE WOMAN WHO COULDN’T FINISH THINGS: Wendy French believes that Sue MacIntyre has accomplished a great deal in her new collection of poetry
Poetry review – WHO KILLED MARTA UGARTE?: Charles Rammelkamp considers a graphic account of the horrors of the Pinochet regime as rendered into poetry by Jeanne-Marie Osterman
Poetry review – THE FIELD IN WINTER: Jean Atkin offers a few well-chosen words of praise for David Clarke’s latest collection
Poetry review – TO 2040: Roger Caldwell considers the sometimes-enigmatic poetry of Jorie Graham
* The Autumn 2023 issue of London Grip New Poetry features: *Bill Richardson *Denise O’Hagan *Charles G Lauder *Julia Deakin *Tina Norris *Deborah Harvey *Pam Job *Laura Grevel *Ping Yi *Jacob Mckibbin * James Norcliffe *Caleb Murdock *Fred Johnston *Norbert Hirschhorn *Hannah Linden *Tim Relf *Sue Dymoke *John Freeman *Rosemary Norman *Stuart Handysides *Janice D […]
Poetry review – CALDER: D A Prince follows Emily Oldfield on a poetic exploration of Yorkshire landscape
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