Theresa’s Nay to Brexit just months before the referendum

Theresa May is being reminded of a speech she made to the Institute of Mechanical Engineers just months before the EU referendum in which she made a passionate case for Britain to remain in the EU. The PM, who largely stayed out of Brexit debate in the run-up to the referendum, told the conference in central London that “it is clearly in our national interest to remain a member of the European Union”. She said the judgement was made on...

London Film Festival 2018: First Look Review – Rafiki

I have a longstanding policy at the London Film Festival of trying to discover films from new places, so whenever the chance comes to see something from a country whose cinema is entirely new to me, I try to take it. I believe this is my first Kenyan film, but it’s also something of a first for Kenya; a film about a lesbian relationship from a country where LGBTQ relationships are still punishable by law. Initially, it was banned for...

London Film Festival 2018: First Look Review – Alone In Space

A few days ago, there was a report telling us that we have about 12 years to fundamentally change how we treat our planet, or climate change will be both irreversible and catastrophic. Alone in Space never tells us outright why the Earth was dying, meaning the giant spaceship on which we find 12 year old Gladys (Ella Rae Rappaport) and her six year old brother Keaton (Dante Fleischanderl) was built, but you could certainly fit a message about climate...

Film Review: Bad Times At The El Royale

Drew Goddard’s Bad Times At The El Royale is a gripping Tarantinoesque Nixon era crime caper in which seven strangers find themselves battling it out through a stormy night at a dilapidated, and tastelessly decorated hotel which straddles the California and Nevada border. Written by Goddard himself, the film presents an ambitious and rather inspired premise, but is ultimately let down by an aimless plot and a decidedly overlong running time. Arriving at the El Royale car park on her...

Hackney Polo Club releases banging bass house EP after horror surf accident

Last time TLE Music caught up with Hackney Polo Club AKA East London DJ Jawa, Shoreditch’s happiest partygoers were queueing around the corner of The Book Club for sweaty vibes and party tunes at the Daliees Jukebox Champion Sounds Party he was hosting. But the East Ham raised DJ, now largely based in Marseilles is taking a break from spinning records following a horrific scrape along a reef off the shore of Porthcawl in Wales. One arm still out of...

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