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Dec 135 min read

‘A Grain of Sand’ Review: An Ode To The Children Of Gaza

A Grain of Sand (2024); image courtesy of Ellie Kurttz The 2024 London Palestine Film Festival opened with the play A Grain of Sand , a...

Voices of Resilience: Confronting Censorship in the Arts

Maddalena Luberti

Oct 94 min read

Voices of Resilience: Confronting Censorship in the Arts

The sound of Ahmed Adnan’s oud warmed the brutalist walls of the Barbican’s Cinema 1 as Comma Press presented Voices of Resilience....

'If you think this is weird, just look at yourselves': Reviewing A Night of Charles Mingus at the Barbican

Tori Taylor

Sep 263 min read

'If you think this is weird, just look at yourselves': Reviewing A Night of Charles Mingus at the Barbican

The Barbican Theatre offered a glimpse into a future of immersive theatre that the world is ready for.

‘Anhell69’ Review: A View To The Representational Forms Of The Future

Oisín McGilloway

Jun 113 min read

‘Anhell69’ Review: A View To The Representational Forms Of The Future

Screened as part of Barbican Young Programmers’ Chronic Youth Film Festival, Anhell69 represents a changing tide in activist filmmaking,...

Chronic Youth Film Festival Presents Gregg Araki’s Nowhere + Discussion on Film Music

Akane Hayashi

May 135 min read

Chronic Youth Film Festival Presents Gregg Araki’s Nowhere + Discussion on Film Music

Outcast adolescents beneath the underdog take centre stage in Japanese-American director Gregg Araki’s youth-oriented films. Notorious...

In Conversation With Barbican's Chronic Youth Film Festival Young Programmers

Oisín McGilloway

May 139 min read

In Conversation With Barbican's Chronic Youth Film Festival Young Programmers

Ahead of Barbican Cinema's annual Chronic Youth Film Festival, the festival that celebrates the work of the young programmers in this...

In conversation with Frances Underhill, Programmer For Human Rights Watch Film Festival

Oisín McGilloway

Mar 124 min read

In conversation with Frances Underhill, Programmer For Human Rights Watch Film Festival

The Human Rights Watch Film Festival returns to London for its 28th year, providing a plethora of films from across the world, all...

Barbican 'Unravel' Review: 'tells a story of an ancestral tradition rendered insignificant'

Ernest Chlopicki

Feb 274 min read

Barbican 'Unravel' Review: 'tells a story of an ancestral tradition rendered insignificant'

★★★★☆ Louise Bourgeois with her sculpture, THREE HORIZONTALS, in her home on 20th Street in New York City in 1999. © The Easton...

‘Trading Places’ at Barbican: The Decline And The Fall of London Landscapes

Marine Pellissier

Feb 223 min read

‘Trading Places’ at Barbican: The Decline And The Fall of London Landscapes

When looking at archives of London’s streets and neighbourhoods, it is impossible not to feel an irresistible nostalgia for a time that...

‘Imagine the Sound’ At Barbican Cinema: Disdain For The Known

Leda Schenke Gonis

Jan 195 min read

‘Imagine the Sound’ At Barbican Cinema: Disdain For The Known

A quick search on Google defines free jazz as an ‘improvised style of jazz characterised by the absence of set chord patterns or time...

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