We all know the 60s was a wonderful time for music but while you might be thinking of the Beatles, the Beach Boys, Elvis and Jimi Hendrix (apologies […]
Category: York City Screen: Special Screenings
Review: Human Flow + Q&A with Ai Weiwei
“Our shouting is louder than our actions, Our swords are taller than us, This is our tragedy.” Nizzar Quabbani, Syrian Poet Last week, I had the wonderful opportunity to attend […]
Bolshoi Ballet: The Taming of the Shrew
The Bolshoi Ballet production of The Taming of the Shrew streamlines the tale to its core: the harsh romancing of Petruchio and Katherine and the mirrored sweeter coalescence of Bianca […]
Review: La Bohème
The Royal Opera House’s Richard Jones takes a realist approach to Puccini’s classic opera. Whilst the audience is thrilled by the Parisian artisans’ spontaneous lives, this production successfully captures the […]
Review: Antony and Cleopatra
The Royal Shakespeare Company’s Iqbal Khan, a well-respected director who produced Othello in 2015 and Much Ado About Nothing in 2012, has now dramatically reinvented Shakespeare’s 1607 historic tragedy Antony and Cleopatra. […]
Retro-spective: My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)
This film was screened at City Screen as part of the Criminal Acts: A Charged Past season, which is to mark the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in […]
Retro-spective: Manhattan (1979)
Unlike many other aspects of life, good cinema does not present one with a straight answer of how to achieve it. Something bubbles inside a person and they try to […]
Review: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
The recent National Theatre production of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? was something of a revelation for me. When brilliant writing, acting and direction all come together like that, it’s difficult not […]
Retro-spective: Chinatown (1974)
Chinatown is a classic noir starring Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway. The film follows private Detective Jake Gittes, who uncovers a conspiracy in 1950s Los Angeles. The film was directed […]
Review: Those Who Jump
Abou Bakar Sibide, a Malian refugee, is given a camera to record the people and places around him as he makes the bold attempt to cross the border from Morocco […]