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Friday Film News

This week: V for Vendetta, Army in the Shadows and The Double Life of Veronique. Plus all the usual film rumours and Trailer of the Week. We’ve heard semi-promising things about the latest attempt to tranfer the genius of Alan Moore to the big screen, …

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The Londonist Literary List

The Londonist Literary List appears every Tuesday. If you’d like to bring an event to our attention, please email londonistlit@gmail.com. You have no idea how pleased we are this week. There is so much going on! We don’t feel alone in the world anymore! London …

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Friday Film News

This week: A Cock and Bull Story, Shopgirl, and Get Rich or Die Tryin’ plus film news and gossip. Our very own reviewer has already tangled with A Cock and Bull Story but will the broadsheet reviewers agree with our positively glowing review of Michael …

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Branagh’s Magic Flute: Probably Without Ducks

Sir Kenneth Branagh’s recent project, as the director of Ducktastic seems to have been cursed from the beginning. And now it’s closing — its last performance is this coming Saturday. But this doesn’t mean that our favourite Shakespearian is taking a break. No, plucky Kenneth …

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LFF Preview: BUBBLE and THEY CAME BACK

Bubble opens with fresh ground being broken, but it’s only when the camera pulls back that you realise it’s a grave that’s being dug. It’s a loaded opening not only for the plot, but for what the film perhaps represents as an alternative to the …

Dreams That Money Can Buy

Dreams That Money Can Buy is a brand new journal of contemporary art, poetry, prose and political satire. In fact you may already have seen it as their first issue came out in March. So why are we telling you about it now? Well, this …

Hilarious New Gnomes

Slow news day? Thank God then for novelty, election-themed gnomes! The story starts at UKTV Style Gardens, the incredibly popular…erm…gardening channel. A survey by the channel recently found that 1 in 10 British homes still own a gnome, and so the brainiacs at UKTV set …

London Tomes – Special Ken Episode

Well, yesterday we spelled out our feelings about the whole Ken Livingstone thing in a considered and thoughful post. So today we thought we’d go back to our roots and present to our readers a cartoon in which Ken attacks a panda while riding a …

So Was It “Well Weapon”?

It’s a bit tricky to figure out what to say about Nathan Barley, the new Chris Morris/Charlie Brooker sitcom which aired for the first time tonight on Channel 4. For a start, if you write for a London-based weblog, it’s not entirely obvious which would …

The Last Pete Doherty Story Of The Year?

Maybe it will be, maybe it won’t, but we’re pretty sure that this is the only Doherty story this year that will involve ex-childrens TV presenter, and former inhabitant of the broom cupboard, Andi Peters. If you haven’t already guessed, the Doherty-Peters connection comes courtesy …