Yes, This Year’s Oscars Were Historic — But We Can’t Get Complacent
For World Theatre Day, contributors from our team at The Indiependent are sharing their favourite memories of live stage performances.Read More
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When Donald Trump leaves office and President-elect Joe Biden is sworn in, his effect on the media will be felt for years to come.Read More
From Carrie to Corpse Bride, we’re on hand to talk you through the best Halloween films to watch during spooky season—whether you like a hide-behind-your-hands jump scare or a campy comedy. Black Christmas (1974) dir. Bob Clark Not to be confused as a Christmas movie—it’s far from it. This one’s got all the classic horror […]Read More
Flashback to 2012. Picture a slightly gawky 14 year old with glasses and braces. Desperately trying to find my way in an all-girls school, I was beginning to navigate puberty. Passionate about my schoolwork and reading, I had a few close friends but not a huge crowd. The age-old issue for me was fitting in […]Read More
Starting out in the mid-90s and running over ten seasons, twenty years later Friends is still the theme of countless pub quizzes and the source of inspirational quotes printed on cheap Primark t-shirts. Friends fans have watched Ross pine for Rachel for almost two seasons, celebrated their first kiss, and had debates about whether they […]Read More
Country charm and fated romance, tangled in music sheets and coffee talks: husband and wife duo Haley & Michaels recently released their single ‘Hail Mary’ in the UK. I caught them for a quick telephone interview where we talked about how they met, pregnancy and lockdown, and their love for country music. If you’re making […]Read More
On the same day as their greatly anticipated Victoria Park gig, Kasabian's Tom Meighan provides an intimate interview with his fansRead More
Since 2010, Disney has slowly been releasing more and more ‘live-action remakes’ of its classic films. In the wake of 2019’s The Lion King, and with Mulan (2019) soon to be making an appearance on our screens, I have to wonder: who are these remakes for? The early live-action and photorealistic remakes genuinely intrigued me. […]Read More
In the very first episode of Twin Peaks: The Return, there comes a single moment that effectively outlines the intentions of the revival while simultaneously functioning as a wake-up call to misty-eyed fans hoping to find some form of answers to the numerous questions that the original show posed. It comes as we witness a […]Read More
The reality show cum social experiment aimed to see participants thrive, not just survive. The outcome was pretty unsettling but should we have expected any better?Read More
As the 10th Season of the Revival Series of Doctor Who is drawing to a close, with what is bound to be a kick ass finale (Mondasian Cybermen, come on guys!), I thought it fitting to take a look back on some of the best episodes to ever grace our screens over the past 12 […]Read More
Patrick Ness’ short novel A Monster Calls, itself based on an idea by Siobhan Dowd, finally made the leap from concept to cinema blockbuster in late 2016/early 2017. Bittersweet is a term which will be re-visited in this review; Siobhan sadly passed away from terminal breast cancer in 2007, tragically never witnessing either the Carnegie or […]Read More
In the summer of 1994, my parents went to a yard sale and came home with something that looked a lot like our VCR. I couldn’t have been less interested, until my Dad turned it on and put that perfectly rectangular controller in my hands, and I found out that this was no ordinary machine. […]Read More
Release Date: October 7, 2016 ERSB Rating: Rating Pending When I heard that Mafia 3 was getting made, I was pretty ecstatic. I had thoroughly enjoyed Mafia 2 for what it was and felt it was time for a new open world crime game after playing GTA to death. I didn’t hype myself up for it though. […]Read More
Cameron AG is currently Oxford’s hottest export and the multi-instrumentalist is starting to make a lot of people sit up and take notice. Son of missionaries and raised in Nicaragua, there’s a streak of wanderlust in the dreamy ambience of his work. Cameron’s become something of a pin-board for critical praise, with things really going […]Read More
