Rebecca Togher's choice for 'Album of the Year' is Sam Fender's 'Hypersonic Missiles' - here's why.Read More
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Welcome to The Indiependent’s Top TV of the Decade! In this feature, Jack Roberts discusses the intoxicating reunion series of David Lynch’s seminal Twin Peaks… Is it future or is it past? After 25 years of fan theories, cult followings and cherry pies washed down with damn fine coffee, 2017 saw the return of Mark […]Read More
There is something of an innocent quality strewn through Tomer Heymann’s latest documentary venture, which ultimately contrasts the film’s stark subject matter. Jonathan Agassi is the wunderkind of gay porn, an incredibly desirable but ultimately provocative star of adult movies who, at his height, was considered one of the greatest actors in porn. However, with […]Read More
“You ready?” The only line spoken in the trailer. And I certainly am. The previously released teaser trailer for El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie, featuring recurring character Skinny Pete, gave us just a tantalising taste of what was to come. If that was an amuse-bouche, then consider this the main course; with the full […]Read More
Pedro Almodóvar is a master of character. Of taking a single figure and dissecting them on screen. We see mothers mourning their sons, a kidnap victim and her relationship with the plastic surgeon keeping her captive. When he places focus on one character, Almodóvar ensures we learn them, inside and out. Pain and Glory, his […]Read More
Six years after its perfect-blue finale and four years since the inception of prequel series Better Call Saul, we are once again about to delve headfirst into the world of Breaking Bad, with sequel movie El Camino hitting Netflix in October. With whisperings of a potential film being in the works since the original series […]Read More
The phrase “fake it ‘til you make it” has never rung truer than for Bong Joon-ho’s macabre comedy thriller Parasite. After a tremendous run on the festival circuit, including becoming the first Korean film to win the illustrious Palme d’Or at Cannes, a wider cinema release has now been confirmed, along with an eerie new […]Read More
Fresh from the triumph of her directorial debut Lady Bird, Greta Gerwig is back with her sophomore feature: an adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, for which the trailer has finally dropped. But, rather than taking the linear narrative path, this adaptation promises to tackle the source material’s prevalent themes in what will hopefully […]Read More
For the first time in twenty years, BAFTA are introducing a brand new category into its film and television awards. The award for casting will be aimed at the casting directors who pair actors to their respective characters and who, until now, have been the only credited role in a film not to have their […]Read More
“Why’d ya spill yer beans?” a grizzled Willem Dafoe spitefully asks over and over, to a backdrop of stark, black and white photography and ritualistic sea shanties. But he’s not alone in this ethereal plain of crashing waves and weather-beaten rocks. He is paired with a haggard, moustachioed Robert Pattinson, the only other cast member […]Read More
When Donald Glover dropped Because the Internet in 2013, its’ perverseness and brutal description of consumption and how the internet transformed the dynamics of modern society (for better and for worst.) It also featured a screenplay and a short film further exploring the aforementioned which showcased his prowess in acting and screenwriting. Shortly after the […]Read More
Three years after the release of their debut album, The Lumineers have returned with their second record, and boy, is it an interesting one. The immediate dilemma that arises when clicking play is resisting the overwhelming urge to play the first three tracks on an infinite loop, because they’re just so damn good. ‘Sleep On […]Read More
Findlay doesn’t hold back on shit she doesn’t agree with, so it should come as no surprise that her latest installment of grit-pop ‘Junkfood’ voices gripes on a few things. In fact the only gripe it doesn’t seem to have is with having a good time (see the fantastic video below) there’s food all over the place, an […]Read More
We’ve all been there – everyone’s experienced the trials and tribulations of finding something new to get your teeth – or rather, ears – stuck into. Maybe your favourite album of the year has just dropped and you’ve played it to death and want something fresh. Maybe you’ve been that busy with Uni, college, work […]Read More
Arguably the buzz band of 2015, Stockport five-piece Blossoms just go from strength to strength. Debut EP Blown Rose came out in July and stirred up quite a buzz ahead of their autumn tour. They then went on to sell-out dates all around the UK. The next move of the ever evolving band promised to be the […]Read More
