Film, TV & Book Reviews

If you’re a corporation that wants to convince your customers that you’re a company on the up, and that the absence of workers on the shop floor is ...

Or does it? asks Nathan Abrams Curb Your Enthusiasm, the show that revelled in awkward social encounters and misanthropy, came to an end on April 7. Over its 12 seasons and 120 episodes, ...

When Netflix announced it was creating a live-action version of Avatar: The Last Airbender involving those who made the animated series, I could barely contain my joy. I have loved ...

‘…if you don’t have… the right skin colour and you don’t have the right geographic background, you’re fucked.’ Reading this, most would assume that ‘right’ would equate ...

What happens at CinemaCon stays at CinemaCon says CONSTANTINOS PSILLIDES The American National Association Theatre Owners wrapped up a three-day event on Friday, where major production studios gave presentations about ...

3 Body Problem is an absolute must for fans of hardcore sci-fi, but something of an intellectual challenge for everyone else. Those who once praised David Benioff and DB Weiss for ...

I’m tempted to start this review with a reference to Charles Lamb’s exhortation to retain our childishness always, so that we never lose the capacity to respond to ...

Cancelled: CONSTANTINOS PSILLIDES on how Netflix’s series renewal policy backfired Dead Boy Detectives, the newest supernatural show brought to you by Netflix dropped its latest trailer on Wednesday and ...

Believe it or not, I started watching this show on cable TV, whenever it was on. Figuring out which day of the week it was on and at what time ...

When I reviewed Aug Stone’s novel The Ballad of Buttery Cake Ass, I found myself returning to, not to say butting against, the coolness of the book that didn’...

From dystopian YA sagas to crime-solving beyond the grave and futuristic eye-candy, it’s a jam-packed month. CONSTANTINOS PSILLIDES looks at some of the films, documentaries and series coming in ...

By Alexandra Shkuratova In the spin off show Berlin, the Netflix series that follows the iconic character from Money Heist, viewers are taken on a journey into Berlin’s past ...

“If you don’t know about object-oriented ontology, I’m not sure you can have a conversation about contemporary art,” says one gallerist early on in Bianca Bosker’s account ...

Let the screen take you back to a time when you didn’t have a care in the world says CONSTANTINOS PSILLIDES Nostalgia sells. It makes the viewer forget all ...

Buffy the Vampire Slayer profoundly influenced my childhood, a fact that might raise a few eyebrows considering its mature rating of 15 and above. But there was something undeniably captivating about ...

I’ve remarked before that getting hold of a poet’s debut novel is a pretty safe bet that you’ll have something good to read, and DéLana R....

Time off? Invest it in some good TV says CONSTANTINOS PSILLIDES With three long weekends back-to-back (Green Monday, March 25, and April 1) you can do a lot of catching up on ...

Crashing made me think of Chlorakas. And of the recent fire in Limassol’s historic Pavlidis mansion. Why? Well, this Netflix original series hinges on something we don’t (but ...

In a recent review, I wrote about how unease and pretty sentences aren’t enough to make a good novel. This week, I find myself reviewing another novel that is ...

How a Netflix show has become a key driver behind F1’s rising popularity By Raymond Boyle and Richard Haynes Before the engines started revving for the start of the 2024 ...

Harlem kicks off by presenting the cultural traditions of one of the world’s few remaining matriarchal societies – the Mosuo people – setting the vibe of the series right from the ...

The title of Isabel Waidner’s fourth novel refers to the name of the talk show that her eponymous narrator is offered after they play their part in the sudden ...

There are plenty of other worlds to imagine a life in on the small and silver screen finds CONSTANTINOS PSILLIDES Dune 2 premiered this week to universal acclaim. Dennis Villeneuve’s ...

On the last day at university, Dev and Em meet each other at a leaving ball. From different worlds, they work their way through a bottle of champagne and wind ...