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“Get Lost In The Weirdness” Boomtown’s Luke Mitchell In Conversation
In this interview, Clash Magazine speaks to Luke Mitchell, the creative force behind Boomtown Fair, ahead of the festival’s 2026 edition in Hampshire. Billed as a “Radical Redesign”, this year’s event expands the festival’s fictional cityscape back out into the surrounding hills, valleys and woodland after previous post-Covid years saw it compressed around the central…
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‘Brave New Love’ Review: Infidelity Isn’t the End in an Unusual, Open-Minded Marital Drama
‘Brave New Love’, the second fiction feature from Swedish-Danish director Maria Bäck, premiered in the main competition at the Locarno Film Festival. The drama follows Kate, a Copenhagen wife and mother, as she navigates a years-long affair without treating it as a crisis with an obvious resolution, instead giving her space to work out whether…
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Is Beauty Good by Rosalind Belben review – the literary equivalent of free jazz
This Guardian review considers *Is Beauty Good*, a 1989 novel by Rosalind Belben, now reissued by Sheffield-based independent publisher And Other Stories. The critic praises it as an unconventional, dreamlike work that follows its predecessor, *Dreaming of Dead People*, and cements Belben’s reputation for eccentric, boundary-pushing fiction that combines humour with harsh observation. The novel…
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The 2004 movie Vera Farmiga calls “the reference film” for everything she’s ever done
Unusually for her, not a terrifying horror. The post The 2004 movie Vera Farmiga calls “the reference film” for everything she’s ever done first appeared on Far Out Magazine.
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Bob Mortimer’s strange 1989 encounter with David Byrne: “Can you imagine a more perfect meeting?”
Never meet your heroes. The post Bob Mortimer’s strange 1989 encounter with David Byrne: “Can you imagine a more perfect meeting?” first appeared on Far Out Magazine.
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10 Netflix Shows That Are Still the Gold Standard
Collider has published a list highlighting ten Netflix original series that the outlet considers benchmarks for streaming television, arguing that the platform’s success rested not just on its binge-release model but on the quality and ambition of its original programming. The piece frames these shows as having helped define what streaming TV could be, standing…
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Marvel Tokon players are trying weird solutions to fix the bad PC port
Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls has launched with a badly performing Windows PC port, leaving players to try unconventional and largely unverified workarounds to reduce stuttering and frame drops. The game’s Steam reviews have dropped to a 40% approval rating, with most negative feedback centred on technical performance rather than the game itself, and the problems…
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Netflix Officially Revives ‘Stranger Things’ Star’s Forgotten Fantasy Epic
Netflix has renewed its license for one of the most underrated supernatural stories made in the 2010s. Get all the details here.
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Seesaw draw in Malaysia gives Xabi Alonso food for thought at Chelsea
Chelsea ended their pre-season tour with a chaotic 3-3 draw against Malaysian champions Johor Darul Ta’zim, leaving new manager Xabi Alonso with plenty to ponder ahead of the Premier League opener. The match, played with unexpected intensity for a friendly, exposed lingering issues with squad discipline and an oversized forward line, all while Alonso has…
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‘Dallas’ star Linda Gray reveals the bizarre way Larry Hagman avoided kissing scenes
Actress Linda Gray, best known for playing Sue Ellen Ewing in the classic soap opera “Dallas,” has shared a quirky on-set memory involving her co-star Larry Hagman, who played the scheming villain J.R. Ewing. Gray revealed that Hagman would eat peanut butter before their kissing scenes, a habit she recalled as his unusual way of…