It’s cinema paradiso for me in Rye
By Andrew Everest For me, a trip to the cinema should be more than a film fix with fast food thrown in in my book, and if you’re like me then the cinema environment offered by Kino Rye is highly…
Rams
Director: Grímur Hákonarson Winner Cannes: Un Certain Regard 2015, Golden Eye at Zurich 2015 Reviewed by Simone Witney Will watching an elderly Icelandic sheep farmer make coffee in his lonely kitchen get you on the edge of your seat? Yes.…
The Opportunity
The Opportunity Friday 29 April saw graphic novel author Will Volley appearing at The Beacon on Hastings’ West Hill. In an interview led by local writer Erica Smith, he talked about his career to date and his new graphic novel,…
Burnt Supper
Rebel Rebel/Don’t Tell Me Truth Hurts On the way home today, I told M that something sad had happened, that a man called David Bowie has died. He was mildly interested. I explained that he's the man who sings the…
Review of Shantaram
This book surprises in lots of different ways. It is written by a fugitive from justice and ex-armed robber. This criminal gang-member describes his life and loves with such brilliant imagery that it soon becomes apparent that he is in…