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Film Review. Title: Green Book / Director: Peter Farrelly / Released: 2018looking at the nominations for the Best Picture Oscar one cannot ignore...

Film Review Title: BlacKkKlansman / Director: Spike Lee / Released: 2018There are plenty of false beginning as there are plenty of false...

Furtwangler, Jochum and Knappertsbusch knew how to mould these phrases and how to adjust tempo relations, making their performances unique. Jansons follows suit.

Felix Mendelssohn, Piano Concertos Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano) Die Kölner Akademie Michael Alexander Willens (conductor)BIS RecordsThese are fleet performances of Mendelssohn’s super-exciting, exuberant piano concertos....

Mahler, Symphony 2 "Resurrection" Minnesota Orchestra Osmo Vänskä (conductor)Sasha CookeRuby HughesMinnesota ChoraleBIS RecordsWhen you hear the lower strings opening the symphony so fiercely and...

This has been a great year for classical music and I've found it really hard to select only 5 releases. Many of my favourite...

Roma is a semi-autobiographical film where we witness a series of scenes inspired by the director's upbringing in 70s Mexico. Presented in nostalgic black-and-white...

Title: A Star is BornDirector: Bradley CooperRelease: 2018This is exemplary Hollywood. A true love story without any clichés despite its numerous remakes (this is...

Τitle: Bohemian RhapsodyDirector: Bryan SingerReleased: 2018When you hear that a biopic of the rock music band Queen and Freddie Mercury is going to be...

Title: The Naked WomanAuthor: Armonía Somers Published: 2018, Feminist Press (translated by Kit Maude)Armonia Somer’s novel was a bit of a shock when it was...