By Matt Keay To call The Happiness of the Katakuris a family drama would be to diminish its heart. To refer to it as a black comedy, however, would be to take away from the baffling and beautiful aspects of a film that contains a subplot of a Japanese confidence man claiming to be the illegitimate son of Queen Elizabeth II. Takashi Miike’s frankly bonkers 2001 musical/animation/love story/drama deals with the perils of setting up a bed and breakfast where the guests...

By Leslie Byron Pitt, @Afrofilmviewer In terms of adult mainstream cinema, the final quarter of last year was dominated by talk of the gender politics of David Fincher’s slick adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s novel; Gone Girl. The film, as well as the book, merrily sticks and twists the knife on the uglier side of a decaying relationship. Executed with extravagant twists and perverse cruelty, Gone Girl highlighted the battle of the sexes the only way America wants to these days,...

By Laura Casewell According to the experts, this week the UK will be basking in temperatures set to hit the mid thirties which means one thing: summer is finally here. Whether you're jetting off on holiday or planning on basking in the rays found in your back garden, you may well be showing some skin over the next week or so, which means it's time to tackle unwanted hair. From at-home waxing to permanent solutions like electrolysis, there is a...

The heyday of British seaside towns is long passed. Memories of a Cornetto on the pebbles and a sunburnt nose down the lido have been replaced by peeling paint, shuttered shop-fronts and piss-smelling sand. Allow Sleaford Mods to distill the scene into three minutes of bittersweet seaside town antics in their new video for 'Tarantula Deadly Cargo.' If the title sounds familiar then you might just have a taste for 70's B-movies, the band taking the title from the classic arachno-flick of...

By Nathan Lee, TLE Correspondent  will.i.am has spoken out about the advertising industry at Cannes Lions awards show, saying despite metrics that prove otherwise, people are simply not paying attention to it. The Black-Eyed Peas founder, singer and entrepreneur joined a panel of media and ad industry leaders this week at Cannes Lions to discuss the future of the creative industries. At the event, hosted by global communications group The&Partnership and The Wall Street Journal, will.i.am urged the advertising industry to...

By Ellery Nick @Ellery_Nick After the success of Red Violin and Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould director François Girard returns once more to the realm of music, this time accompanied by a choir of young male sopranos. Along for the harmonic capers is a supporting cast that includes Dustin Hoffman, Kathy Bates and Eddie Izzard. Safe hands all round. View image | gettyimages.com We know how this one goes: Talented boy from wrong side of the tracks enters...

Reviewed by Miranda Schiller @mirandadadada If The Wonders is a coming-of-age story, it is a very tender one. Teenager Gelsomina lives with her parents, three younger sisters, and aunt in a dilapidated farm building in rural Italy. They are a family of beekeepers, living a simple traditional life and struggling to raise the means to modernise their production room to keep up with new health and safety regulations. They are ostensibly poor, but not suffering. The father Wolfgang (Sam Louwyck)...

By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food It’s unlikely that the views from your home can rival those from SUSHISAMBA, with the highest dining terrace in Europe. However, thanks to this recipe provided from the restaurant, you can enjoy Bartender Richard Woods’ Tom Yam cocktail from the comfort of your own home (Turbot Nigiri optional). SUSHISAMBA can be found at Heron Tower, 110 Bishopsgate, London, EC2N 4AY. SUSHISAMBA’s Tom Yam 50 ml Coriander infused Reyka Vodka25 ml Ginger Syrup15 ml Fresh...

Alabama rockers \\GT// are getting rocked/psyched/fuzzed up as the release date for their debut album 'Beats Misplaced' approaches. The LP drops on 31st July and promises to delivery a raucous slice of bluesy, hazy noise to your earholes. Get a taste of what's to come below with the driving distortion of "Something's Wrong With My Mind".