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Seven Samurai is the daddy of all action films. So why have I never watched it until now?
Film

Seven Samurai is the daddy of all action films. So why have I never watched it until now?

Like hearing Dolly Parton’s I Will Always Love You, there is something dazzling about experiencing the starkness of the original after hearing so many cover versions
I committed a cardinal sin at the Wexford Festival Opera
Claire Jackson

I committed a cardinal sin at the Wexford Festival Opera

Gliff by Ali Smith review – ingenious and warm anti-establishment storytelling
Books

Gliff by Ali Smith review – ingenious and warm anti-establishment storytelling

Ground by Jadelin Gangbo review – hope for healing amid the wreckage
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Ground by Jadelin Gangbo review – hope for healing amid the wreckage

Barrowbeck by Andrew Michael Hurley review – creepy tales from the valley
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Barrowbeck by Andrew Michael Hurley review – creepy tales from the valley

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Out There Screaming edited by Jordan Peele review – horror writing of the first order
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Out There Screaming edited by Jordan Peele review – horror writing of the first order

What makes Disney's Rivals such a triumph? It has more pumping buttocks than the Grand National
Rivals
Lucy Sweet

What makes Disney's Rivals such a triumph? It has more pumping buttocks than the Grand National

If Only by Vigdis Hjorth review – a purging of a volatile affair
If Only by Vigdis Hjorth cover
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If Only by Vigdis Hjorth review – a purging of a volatile affair

A Spring of Love by Celia Dale review – disturbances in suburbia
A Spring of Love by Celia Dale cover
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A Spring of Love by Celia Dale review – disturbances in suburbia

This jazz festival born in the wake of the pandemic captures the heart of the Big Easy
The Rumble at NOLAxNOLA
Music

This jazz festival born in the wake of the pandemic captures the heart of the Big Easy

Anora review – even Russian mercenaries have a sensitive side 
Film

Anora review – even Russian mercenaries have a sensitive side 

The Most by Jessica Anthony review – cracks just beneath the surface of an all-American family
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The Most by Jessica Anthony review – cracks just beneath the surface of an all-American family

Inside the Leeds International Piano Competition: Where uprights are turned into half-pipes
Music

Inside the Leeds International Piano Competition: Where uprights are turned into half-pipes

The Room Next Door review – Pedro Almodóvar puts friendship and assisted dying in laser-focus
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The Room Next Door review – Pedro Almodóvar puts friendship and assisted dying in laser-focus

That Beautiful Atlantic Waltz by Malachy Tallack review – a moving testament to the power of music
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That Beautiful Atlantic Waltz by Malachy Tallack review – a moving testament to the power of music

Playground by Richard Powers review – a crafty and deep examination of the state we're in
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Playground by Richard Powers review – a crafty and deep examination of the state we're in

Introducing Mustache Funk: The underground sounds that flourished in Soviet-controlled Ukraine
Music

Introducing Mustache Funk: The underground sounds that flourished in Soviet-controlled Ukraine

Gabriel's Moon by William Boyd review – edge-of-your-seat Cold War escapism
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Gabriel's Moon by William Boyd review – edge-of-your-seat Cold War escapism

Timestalker review – digging deep into how love makes fools of us all
Alice Lowe in Timestalker
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Timestalker review – digging deep into how love makes fools of us all

Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout review – small-town secrets
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Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout review – small-town secrets

Recognising the Stranger: On Palestine and Narrative review – a clear-eyed meditation
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Recognising the Stranger: On Palestine and Narrative review – a clear-eyed meditation

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Joker: Folie à Deux says nothing meaningful about living with mental illness
Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck (aka Joker) and Lady Gaga as Harley ‘Lee’ Quinn in Folie à Deux
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Joker: Folie à Deux says nothing meaningful about living with mental illness

Romeo & Seahorse by Nikolaj Tange Lange review – gayness throbs through vein and artery
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Romeo & Seahorse by Nikolaj Tange Lange review – gayness throbs through vein and artery

Reservoir Bitches by Dahlia de la Cerda review – Mexico's gritty underbelly, as told by women
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Reservoir Bitches by Dahlia de la Cerda review – Mexico's gritty underbelly, as told by women

Couples Therapy is watch-through-your-fingers TV at its best – it's impossible to look away
Couples Therapy
Lucy Sweet

Couples Therapy is watch-through-your-fingers TV at its best – it's impossible to look away