Yesterday – Review Tom Bond June 27, 2019 Reviews Imagine if you woke up tomorrow and the world had forgotten The Beatles. If you were an aspiring musician at the end of their tether you couldn’t wish for a better gift. This is the genius concept of...
Best Films Never Made #43: The Beatles and Joe Orton’s Up Against It Tom Bond June 24, 2019 Behind The Curtain, Best Films Never Made, Features In 1967, The Beatles were the most famous band in the world. Maybe they were even the most famous people in the world. Just a year earlier John Lennon had claimed they were “bigger than Jesus”, and it was...
It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! – Review Louise Burrell June 5, 2017 Reviews This month marks fifty years since the release of one of the most iconic albums of all time, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, changing the face of modern day music forever. The album marked a pivotal...
Second Chance: Across the Universe Ellena Zellhuber-McMillan November 2, 2014 Features, Nostalgia, Second Chance For those who recognise the name, Julie Taymor is synonymous with bright, striking and innovative visual spectaculars. A fan of masks, large puppets and creating eye-catching images, Taymor’s work is always...
Best Films Never Made #8: John Boorman’s The Lord of the Rings Patrick Taylor January 19, 2014 Behind The Curtain, Best Films Never Made, Features 3 Comments If anything can be learned from Peter Jackson’s celebrated trilogy of J.R.R. Tolkien’s most famous work, it is that one does not simply adapt a 1200-page novel for the big screen overnight. The road to the...
Making It Big: Hope for Steve David Brake January 15, 2014 Features, Independent, Making It Big The Beatles once sang "All you need is love; love is all you need". We've featured a variety of Kickstarter projects through our series of Making It Big. Documentaries about stamps and Inca monks, stop motion...
