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The Royal Exchange Theatre gets political (sort of)

The Royal Exchange Theatre gets political (sort of)

This year’s festive musical at the Royal Exchange Theatre is Betty: A sort of Musical, which (sort of) tells the story of Baroness Betty Boothroyd, who is (sort of) played by Maxine Peake
MANIFF 2022: Blank

MANIFF 2022: Blank

MANIFF 2022: A witty mix of sci-fi horror and family melodrama, Natalie Kennedy delivers in her first foray into the genre
Opinion: Netflix’s Reality Z is an apocalyptically bad reimagining of Charlie Brooker’s Dead Set

Opinion: Netflix’s Reality Z is an apocalyptically bad reimagining of Charlie Brooker’s Dead Set

Theatre Editor Jay Darcy outlines why Reality Z, a post-apocalypse Netflix show based on Charlie Brooker’s Dead Set, is an apocalyptic mess of biblical proportions
Review: Love, Death & Robots

Review: Love, Death & Robots

Will Robinson reviews Netflix’s aptly named Love, Death & Robots, the latest take on the growingly popular anthology-style of television.
Review: Bandersnatch

Review: Bandersnatch

Has it changed TV forever?
Black Mirror: the future becoming reality

Black Mirror: the future becoming reality

Olivia Stringer points out the disturbing parallels between what today’s society is turning into and the warnings that were given to us by TV series Black Mirror.

2016 in Film

A letter from the Head Film Editor summarising this year’s film scene

Review: Black Mirror S3E01 — Nosedive

Nosedive is a technically successful pilot episode for the new season of Black Mirror — but is it really all that original?

Review: Black Mirror, Men Against Fire

A chilling look into the future of warfare in the third season of Black Mirror

Black Mirror S3E04 — San Junipero: Review

Georgia Welch explores episode four of Charlie Brooker’s latest series of Black Mirror: San Junipero

Black Mirror Series Three

Black Mirror series three is exactly as expected: a clumsy and blundering criticism of the modern world

TV Binge: Black Mirror

James Moules reckons that Black Mirror is a bleak masterpiece of 21st Century television