At a time when so many incredible indie films are being made, Blindspotting sits well amongst the list as one of the must-sees. It’s a feature film that channels the talent of spoken word artists, Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal, into an urgent, compelling fresh take on contemporary America. On screen, as in real life, the actors […]
The moment I finished reading the last line of the final chapter in Trevor Noah’s book, Born a Crime, it felt like I was left sitting in a cinema after a really good film has played. You know those moments, when the credits are rolling, the lights are slowly coming back up, people are scurrying out to leave, but you can’t […]
Today is the day. The Daily Show with Trevor Noah begins its first new chapter under the South African comedian, who is about to sit in a chair occupied for 16 years by a man many Americans came to love and cherish as a custodian of critical thinking and on-the-mark jokes. It was only December […]
Entertainment news, in the US particularly, tries too hard to be entertaining. It almost entirely relies on gossip and name-dragging and, now with useful technology at our fingertips, screen-grabs of celebrities’ faces so we can read made-up stories about things they surely were thinking while attending an awards ceremony. It would be funny if it wasn’t what […]
Two years ago, I jumped into a cab with Trevor Noah, on a hot and oh-so-sweaty NYC night, to grab a quick interview with him as he dashed from one show at the Culture Project to another at the Comedy Cellar. It was but one of the adventures I’ve covered of his, as he’s made his […]