Film & Books
This week's Open Film Society film choice: The Club
Filmed in sombre tones, this is a beautifully acted piece of work......
Read all about it: Greg Rutherford releases Unexpected this week
“I felt the time was right to explain the background to my life and give the readers a real insight into everything from the struggles I faced growing up, which will prove quite unexpected to some, to my life as an athlete, from the highs of winning gold on Super Saturday in the London Olympics to the lows of injury concerns, and dealing with the cheats that taint our sport,” Greg says....
Glyndebourne on Tour: Saul shows on the big screen at Milton Keynes Gallery
This powerful and highly acclaimed production, filmed live in Festival 2015, delves deep into Handel’s grand setting of the well-known Biblical tale of the first King of Israel’s love and loathing for his eventual successor, David....
In Review: I, Daniel Blake may be Ken Loach's greatest film so far ...
A very topical 'existence on modern benefits', slice-of-life drama. 'It's full of the sort of rampant misery-mongering you would expect from Loach, but the storyline tugs at the heart and there are some very raw and emotional scenes.' ...
In Review: Ouija: Origin of Evil... a Halloween treat for those with a stout heart!
I've watched a lot of horror films and have been made anxious, frightened and even terrified by them, but this one went a few levels beyond and then some....'...
In Review: Total MK's film critic assesses Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
A fellow critic I know once ruminated on the question 'What is wrong with Tom Cruise?' as she watched Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, a question I found myself asking whilst watching this, the second instalment in what will almost certainly be a series of Jack Reacher films, based on the books by British author Lee Child....
