Review by Leslie Byron Pitt Deniz Gamze Ergüven's expressive tale of female empowerment is as emotive as it is relevant. It communicates its simple tale with an understated eloquence, never feeling sentimental or forced. The film location and religious culture may feel miles away, but it's sensibilities are universal. From a narrative point of view, comparisons to Sophia Coppola's hazy The Virgin Suicide are apparent. However, from a thematic point of view, Mustang holds similarities to Rama Burshtein's detailed but...

Review by Leslie Byron Pitt This film broke me. Perhaps it was the all too real nods to customer services. The seminars, the platitudes and the like. It might have been the brilliant chemistry between the cast. The voices of David Thewlis and Jenifer Jason Leigh provide a spark so strong that it made me realise just how much that's missing from romances and dramas. Maybe those things helped. However, upon thinking about it, I feel it may have been...

Review by Leslie Byron Pitt “Why are these people, friends?” Is the type of question you could find yourself asking when observing Alex Ross Perry’s quietly startling Queen of Earth. And rightly so. The film froths with a near overbearing deep-seated resentment which could make the psycho-biddies of the sixties flinch. However, despite the trading of venom that is applied between the film’s two lead female stars, the co-dependency the flitters around the couple is something that holds an acute...

Review by Ben Holliday/@bholliday No film in recent history has had as many hurdles to overcome before paying punters get a chance to see the final product on the big screen. Be it a horrendous marketing campaign or a fanatical anti-Ghostbuster contingent in opposition to the all female cast, the Paul Feig directed flick has found itself in an odd position. For a vocal minority, this reboot would have to be the second coming of Citizen Kane to secure their...

David Cameron let out a cheery hum after handing the reins to Theresa May in a press conference outside number 10 Downing Street. The PM formally announced that May would take over as PM following his final Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday. Clearly worn out by the events of the past few weeks and overjoyed to be standing down, he let out a gleeful hymn on returning to number 10, unaware that he was still mic'd up! Watch the hilarious video...

Brothers Lorenzo and Frank Fertitta have sold the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) for $4 billion after buying it for $2m in 2001. Talent agency WME-IMG confirmed its purchase of the mixed martial arts promotional company, which calls itself the fastest-growing sports organisation in the world. The UFC produces more than 40 live events each year and sells out some of the most prestigious arenas around the world. Shows are broadcast in more than 156 countries and territories, to more than 1.1 billion households worldwide in...

By Jimmy Pierson, spokesperson for The Vegan Society There’s an overpopulation problem all right, but not the one you might think. There are seven billion people on our planet, but times that number by 10 and you get the 70 billion farm animals driving the worst environmental crisis of modern times. The impact of our increasing human numbers will come under renewed scrutiny this World Population Day (11 July). Rightly so; the faster we grow, the faster we are knocking...

A social media campaign to get The Big Red to remove sexist merchandise has gained traction after a punter posted a picture of a t-shirt with the slogan "Getting fat birds fingered since 2003". The US-style rock bar is renowned amongst the rock/metal crowd in London, but faced backlash after journalist Paisley Gilmour posted a picture of their merchandise board after visiting on Saturday night. Describing the t-shirt as "pretty appalling", Gilmour goes on to point out that selling sexist and offensive...

By Bea Patel, TLE Property Editor and Director of Shop for an Agent The average Londoner is 23 years old when they move out of home for the first time. Perhaps advanced in numerous ways, but new research reveals young Londoners lack basic skills when they fly the nest. From the 1,000 adults surveyed by Weroom, 28 per cent admitted to not knowing how to roast a chicken. A further 31 per cent didn’t know how to operate a boiler,...