‘The Black Archive #20: Face The Raven’ reviewed
❉ It feels like only yesterday that Obverse Books launched The Black Archive. How fitting that this particular story is celebrated in volume 20, a milestone for the range.
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‘eXistenZ’ (1999) UK Blu-ray reviewed
❉ Cronenberg’s violent exploration of digital immersion has proved to be eerily prophetic, in its own skewed bio-technological way.
‘Arcadia: A Film By Paul Wright’ (12A) reviewed
❉ An intriguing blend of folk horror and documentary, featuring an original score by Adrian Utley of Portishead and Goldfrapp’s Will Gregory.
‘Not In Front of the Children: Hidden Histories in Kids’ TV’ by Greg Healey
❉ Greg Healey takes a look at how some children’s TV favourites from the fifties and sixties reflected the times they were made in.
A Step into Obliqueness: ‘Ideal Home’ – Near Future
❉ In every dream home a heartache? Ange Chan on a collaboration between Neil Arthur from Blancmange and Gazelle Twin’s Bernholz.
Ben Baker’s ‘Kill Your Television’ reviewed
❉ Ben Baker returns with another love letter to the programmes, presenters and spin-off shows that he’s fallen for down the years.
‘Sky – The Studio Albums’ reviewed
❉ There is much in here to beguile and intrigue, writes Chris Newman.
Russell T Davies is confirmed to write a new BBC One drama
❉ BBC One commissions new drama Years and Years, which follows the lives of a single family over 15 years in a Britain rocked by unstable political, economic and technological advances.
‘Star Cops: Mother Earth Part 1’ reviewed
❉ “There is huge scope in this series.” The gamble bringing back cult sci-fi drama Star Cops onto audio has paid off, writes Michael Seely.
Skids Convention, Dunfermline, 19-20 May 2018
❉ We report back from the first two-day event dedicated to Dunfermline’s finest late 1970s New Wave export.