Un-Royal Variety Show

There is a very quaint British theatrical tradition that was started in 1912 for King George V to help raise funds for Variety Artistes’ Benevolent Fund and is still going strong today. Originally called The Royal Command Show implying that all the Acts had been asked to perform by the King himself, it later morphed into … Continue reading

UN//TITLED: An Anthology of Queer Contemporary Art, 2016-2020 Balaclava.Q reviewed by JONATHAN KEMP

Established by artist/director Stiofan O’Ceallaigh in 2016 in response to the Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando, and named after the hood/headwear that obscures the face/identity and associated perhaps most powerfully with terrorism – and more recently with Pussy Riot – Balaclava.Q is an International Queer Art Project & Collective focused on connecting, promoting and creating … Continue reading

UNA NOCHE

This story is a day and a very long night in the lives of three Cuban teenagers who are desperate for a better life.  For hotheaded Raul this can only mean one thing and that’s leaving an impoverished dilapidated Havana for Miami where he’s convinced the streets are paved with riches. He wants to seek … Continue reading

Unbroken

For her third time behind the camera actress/ superstar, UN Special Ambassador, Honorary Dame of the British Empire, and mother of countless children, Angelina Jolie plumped for a rather old-fashioned WW2 drama. With a script from Oscar winners Ethan and Joel Cohen (who rarely write for other directors) adapted from Laura Hillenbrand’s best-selling biography, ‘Unbroken’ … Continue reading

UNCLE BOONME WHO CAN RECALL HIS PAST LIVES

I will need to re-incarnated as a Buddhist in my next life if I am ever to fully understand and really appreciate this movie.  As beautiful as it was to watch it is a tad to esoteric and possibly even pretentious for me to ‘get it’ in this life. It goes like this. Uncle Boonme … Continue reading

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