Gareth RobertsClimax: Cinema PsychotherapyOne way to categorise Gaspar Noé’s 2018 trip-fest Climax is a musical horror, another is psychotherapy, exploring the human condition…Mar 18, 2019Mar 18, 2019
Gareth RobertsThe Square; or, the spectacle of liberalismThe Square has been fairly neatly branded as a surrealist satire on modern art. But it’s much more than that. It takes on art’s audiences…Mar 9, 20191Mar 9, 20191
Gareth RobertsBurning; or, forgetting what’s not there“It’s not about imaging it’s there, it’s about forgetting it’s not there.”Feb 27, 2019Feb 27, 2019
Gareth RobertsOn Chesil Beach (2018); or, why some novels should stay as thatI went to see the recent adaptation of Ian McEwan’s novel On Chesil Beach because I thought, ‘Wow, they’re going to adapt that? How will…Jun 8, 2018Jun 8, 2018
Gareth RobertsTranquility Base Hotel & Casino; or, Alex Turner’s intergalactic odysseyLike many people, a not insignificant part of me wanted the Arctic Monkeys to return to their riff-driven tradition that was once dubbed…May 21, 2018May 21, 2018
Gareth RobertsNT Live does not replace live theatre, but it’s still a great thingWhen the then artistic director of the National Theatre, Nicholas Hytner, announced the inception of National Theatre Live (NT Live) in…Apr 23, 2018Apr 23, 2018
Gareth RobertsSummer and Smoke; or, the disintegration of youthRebecca Frecknall’s new production of Summer and Smoke at the Almeida Theatre is a masterful construction in modern direction, and gives a…Apr 8, 2018Apr 8, 2018
Gareth RobertsKumukanda; or, cultural inheritance and belongingKumukanda is a collection of poetry by Zambian-born British poet Kayo Chingonyi, giving a personal insight into growing up within a…Apr 4, 2018Apr 4, 2018
Gareth RobertsAnnihilation; or, human nature’s self-destructionAlex Garland’s straight-to-digital sci-fi film Annihilation is far from perfect, but its final half an hour pulls together some intriguing…Mar 29, 2018Mar 29, 2018
Gareth RobertsYou Were Never Really Here; or, what you never really saw“Taxi Driver for a new century”: the line from The Times review that’s smacked on the UK promotional poster for Lynne Ramsay’s fourth…Mar 28, 2018Mar 28, 2018