Do you know Cyprus’ biggest phobia?
Apparently, it’s crowds and open spaces: agoraphobia as it’s more commonly known. But we also have a healthy fear of spiders. And ...
There’s something exceptionally satisfying about a writer getting a simile right. When you read, you know that every piece of phrasing is a precise judgement, but there’s something ...
A teary-eyed Kevin Costner got up and waved at the crowd at the Cannes cinema. He had just received an 11-minute standing ovation following the world premiere of his magnum ...
After Life is a poignant exploration of life’s complexities, blending melancholy with a profound and unexpected sense of vitality. It offers a tapestry of contradictions, politically incorrect yet poetic, ...
If a historical murder mystery set in Sicily and featuring badass women across multiple generations doing it for themselves in spite of convention and circumstance sounds good to you, then ...
But a more mature edge as Regency fears of spinsterhood explored says Danielle Mariann Dove
Netflix’s Regency-inspired romance series Bridgerton has returned in all its garish glory (at least ...
If you’ve never heard of the story about rescuing Europe’s artists from the Nazis, this is it. The limited series on Netflix, Transatlantic, is inspired by the true ...
If you’ve ever sat down with the Hallmark Channel on in the background (whether because this is the case, or because you’d rather not confess to ever having ...
Constantinos Psillides chooses the best of those ready for film/TV adaptions
“Why is it that those who have never fought in a battle, are so eager to be in ...
How Baby Reindeer and Feel Good are forging a new television genre
By Marina Deller and Kate Douglas
Comedy is opening up spaces for silences to be broken and trauma ...
Pain and trauma can take many different forms. They mutate, evolve, change and directly influence our perception of reality and what might happen in the next moments of our lives.
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Towards the end of The Cemetery of Untold Stories, Filomena, the great-souled and semi-tragic cemetery-keeper, says that ‘All stories are good stories if you find the right listener’. That an ...
CONSTANTINOS PSILLIDES takes a closer look at an Easter classic
Jesus of Nazareth, the 1977 British-Italian epic TV series directed by Franco Jefirelli about the life and death of Jesus Christ, ...
Disclaimer: What follows are the opinions of someone who has NOT watched the ‘original’ Heartbreak High.
While I might not fully grasp the nostalgia that some devoted fans of the 1990...
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 ...
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’...