Reviews
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Film Review: Le Week-End
Le Week-End follows Nick (Jim Broadbent) and Meg (Lindsay Duncan) around Paris as they attempt to reinvigorate their marriage on their 30th wedding anniversary. Although the film’s pace is gradual and its storyline is simplistic towards the start, the narrative that quickly unfolds is dynamic and entertaining. Broadbent and Duncan’s vivid portrayal of a marriage…
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Album Review: Reflektor – Arcade Fire
Arcade Fire is back with their fourth LP, “Reflektor”. Unlike the gradual progression of their style heard across their last three albums, their latest offering is a significant departure from their usual brand of indie rock. The subtler genre explorations of the past that were made coherent by sensitive post-production have been shunned in favour…
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Live Review: Jimmy Eat World
The average age of the audience is seventeen and the stench of hormones is heavy. Men in their mid-thirties who shouldn’t be here boozily sway amongst them, chanting “Yorkshire! Yorkshire! Yorkshire!” Tonight: Jimmy Eat World play their postponed set at Leeds o2 Academy. Support is provided by southern pop-rockers We Are The Ocean who, in…