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Rise of the Guardians is a whimsical animated fantasy adventure produced by DreamWorks Animation and based on the works of William Joyce. It follows Jack Frost on his journey to become one of the Guardians of […]

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Family drama, sudden decapitations, and satanic rituals. Hereditary’s got it all. Director Ari Aster’s first feature length movie is a masterful demo […]

The Indiependent sits down for a chat with the double Palme d’Or winning directors Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne, whose latest refugee drama Tori and Lokita, is arguably their most urgent and h […]

Since its original release by Van Morrison and his band Them in 1964, ‘Gloria’ has found its way from an unappreciated B-side to a modern-day pseudo-rock standard, covered by legends from Jimi Hendrix to Jim […]

Premiering two years after the initial shenanigans of the McCallister family vacation, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York hit cinemas in 1992 to follow the spirited Kevin tackle the Big Apple.

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Only ten months on from the release of their first UK number-one album, Fix Yourself, Not The World, The Wombats round off their incredible year with a six-track special. 

The last decade has seen the […]

“The peculiar events that are the subject of this history occurred in 194‒, in Oran”

The French philosopher, novelist, dramatist, and journalist Albert Camus was the second youngest Nobel Laureate in the field […]

Determined to shake off the winter blues, Red Rum Club returns with upbeat new single ‘The River’, which chronicles the good and bad of growing up. With their trademark upbeat instrumentals and smooth vocals, the […]

Curve theatre in Leicester have launched their annual fundraising appeal for The Andy Nairn Bursaries in Technical Theatre. 

The appeal’s aim is to help develop young theatre technicians in the East Mi […]

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Set inside the beautiful gothic charms of Islington’s Union Chapel, Frederick Waxman’s Figure present a “historically informed” but wholly present rendering of requiems by Gabriel Faure and Marc-Antoine […]

TikTok virality, a debut mixtape, and one million Spotify listeners later, piri & tommy are back with a unique take on a hyperpop classic. Their latest endeavour sees the Mancunian duo – real names Sophie […]

November 11th saw the release of Redcar aka Chris aka Christine and the Queens aka Héloïse Letissier’s third album, Redcar les Adorables Étoiles (prologue), a steppingstone into a new era, both musically and pe […]

As Bruce Springsteen has moved into the evensong of his nearly fifty-year-long recording career, the tone of his music has softened, as evidenced by the melodic orchestral sound of 2019’s Western Stars. It is n […]

The nominations for The Game Awards 2022 have been announced. In a special presentation, hosted by Geoff Keighley, the shortlist for each category was announced ahead of The Game Awards ceremony on December […]

Trigger Warning: This article contains mentions of sexual assault and rape. Reading discretion is advised. 

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Writer Rona Munro has achieved success with her award winning series The James Plays that […]

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If there’s one thing the movies get wrong, it’s the circumstances in which the most meaningful emotional revelations happen. You know what I mean: those ‘clouds parting’ moments that force you to see […]

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It’s a fair understatement to say that, historically, criticising the royal family has been one of Britain’s biggest taboos. If one dares to question the dubious actions of a monarch or their relativ […]

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In Safe, Todd Haynes’ 1990s masterpiece, Julianne Moore’s character Carol White is a woman pushed to the very edges of society. 

Her mental illn […]

In the heart of Shoreditch, at an intimate industrial structure known as Village Underground, two hip-hop heavyweights embodied the experimental and boundary-pushing ethos associated with Pitchfork’s annual L […]