Max Randall

There are few bands, inside the little musical niche that Django Django have excavated, that are capable of delivering the energy levels that their beat-driven, synth-heavy tunes deserve. But at Rescue Rooms on Tuesday 22 March, these fellows proved that accessing that energy was as easy as plugging in your phone. Though...

Nottingham New Theatre’s production of Jon Britton’s Rotterdam is a bold, well-executed exploration of some of the rarely-seen difficulties faced by those in the gender transitioning process, as well as their loved ones. Backed by the Nottingham LGBTQ+ society, this play deals with sensitive and highly relevant social issues in...

Patrick Marber’s new version of Ibsen’s classic Hedda Gabler is a rollercoaster in more ways than one. As the atmosphere swells and falls, in director Ivo van Hove’s imagining of the play, so does the quality of the performances. At times brilliant and others dull, the inconsistency of the...

Horror gets a little more visceral as we move into the second half of our journey. The relaxation of film censorship and changes in social attitudes in the 1970s meant that producers could churn out the kind of bloodthirsty cinema that would have been unthinkable a decade before. X-rated...

As Halloween approaches, there’s no better way to get into the holiday spirit than to watch a horror movie. But, with so many to choose from, the decision can take hours. So, we’ve saved you the hassle and produced a decade-by-decade guide to the genre, offering the best the...

On Sunday 8th October, I was given the opportunity to watch the second session of shorts presented by the Nottingham International Film Festival. These shorts presented journeys of self-discovery, reflections on time and relationships, and the tough facts of modern life. While there were some shared themes, each film...

North-London indie outfit Wolf Alice make an impressively bold return to the spotlight with new album ‘Visions of a Life’. Following 2015’s ‘My Love Is Cool’ was set to be a difficult task indeed, but Roswell and her boys may just have pulled it off. The album certainly contains...