Londonist is as addicted to buying DVDs as everyone else, so it made sense that we should start a regular column to highlight the little laser-etched treats coming your way over the next week or so. Let us know what you think in the comments. …
If Londonist were invited to take part in the venerable comedy/chat show hybrid Room 101 (Wed 10pm BBC2), we are sure we would have no trouble coming up with a list of items to be sent to the titular chamber, never to return. Let’s see: …
There’s only one film we could kick off with this week and that film is…Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo. Ok, not really. Although we will get to that eventually. No, the film we’re most interested in this week is David Cronenberg’s A History of Violence. It’s …
The other day in the Londonist offices we sat down over a cup of tea and a couple of biscuits and realised that we were neglecting an important element of the fabric of the capital: the pub quiz. Everyone loves a pub quiz. It’s like …
There seems something oddly obscene about ITV’s decision to make a programme about the public’s favourite images of death, destruction, mayhem, murder, pain, suffering, and general shittiness (ITV 50: The Shot That Shook The World, Tue 9.45pm ITV1). So, which is your favourite picture of …
Ah, autumn. Londonist particularly loves this time of year – the Tube becomes slightly less sauna-like, the trees in our great parks start to look more interesting, and mulled wine season is just around the corner. And, of course, the autumn schedules start to look …
It’s been a real pleasure previewing the films on offer at this years Firecracker Showcase and movies like Pattaya Maniac are one of the reasons why. Thai cinema has been sadly overshadowed until very recently with a few runaway arthouse hits, but with a little …
We already gave you a sneak peak at this year’s upcoming Raindance Film Festival, but now Emma has treated us to the rest of the line up we’d like to pass the info along: Being a British festival, Raindance has always boasted a strong homegrown …
There’s lots and lots and LOTS on TV for a square-eyed troll to watch this week. Tonight, for example, we go from the serious (The Battle For Islam, Mon, 9pm BBC2) to the ‘not so serious but still thought provoking’ (Tottenham Ayatollah Revisited, Mon 8pm …
We’ve already started receiving bits and pieces regarding the London Film Festival later in the year, but between this weekend’s FrightFest and October there are a couple of Festivals you’d be mad to miss. First up is one of our favourites: Raindance. Last year we …
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