Review: Feed the Beast

Richard Lutz at Birmingham Rep on a new political play opening just before the election

Screengrab: It’s Friday – so it must be Outsider’s Night

Richard Lutz views the week’s films on the box to find a rich seam this Friday.

What is going on in our courts?

Richard Lutz asks whether justice is being served.

Review: Death of a Salesman

Richard Lutz reviews a modern American classic which pulls no punches

Britain and its fragmented politics

Richard Lutz scribbles an election Letter to America

Screengrab: Duke, Dino and the Dame

Richard Lutz checks out the gems hidden in the dross of movies on the box this week.

Screengrab: The joke’s on us

Richard Lutz checks the TV listings to find next week’s movie gems.

High Anxiety

Richard Lutz reports on a new campaign to keep Britain’s wild places untainted

Review: Jeeves and Wooster in Perfect Nonsense

Richard Lutz watches PG Wodehouse properly turned on its head at the Rep.

BBC…and the garbage behind the screen

Richard Lutz gazes into his flatscreen and sees only seedy shenanigans

Review: Dreaming in Code

An all male group from Hereford kicks off an 8 week dance festival in Birmingham. Richard Lutz reviews opening night

Review: The Magic Flute

Richard Lutz takes along his opera glasses for Mozart magic in Birmingham.

You, your MP and those outside incomes

Richard Lutz digs into a website that tells you just how much your MP makes on the side

Review: The King’s Speech

Richard Lutz listens in to the staging of an Oscar-winning film now playing at the Birmingham Rep

Review: Coppelia

Richard Lutz watches the original Living Doll at Birmingham Hippodrome.

US News: Big trouble in a little league

Richard Lutz sadly looks at the latest sports news out of the States.

Sharp as Tharp

Richard Lutz views a dance masterpiece in Birmingham.

Review: The Honeyman

There’s nothing like a warm play, a thoughtful studio piece, to get you through mid-winter, writes Richard Lutz.

Screengrab: Blues Eyes, The Other Clint and a Forgotten Film

Richard Lutz checks out the tv schedules and uncovers a small classic that time forgot.

From a land of dancing skies

Richard Lutz chases the Northern Lights off the coast of Norway.

Review: Oppenheimer

Richard Lutz watches a tour de force that looks at the life of the father of the A-bomb.

Screengrab: Sexy Brit

Richard Lutz runs down the top TV films of the week.

Screengrab: Down and dirty with Belushi

Richard Lutz dives into the muckspreader of TV movies to emerge with one of the best gross out classics of the planet, ever (maybe).

Oil on troubled waters

Richard Lutz wonders if our priorities are going down the drain

Screengrab: Sailing By With Redford

Richard Lutz spots a disaster movie as the best film of the week on the box.

Review: The Shoemaker’s Holiday

Richard Lutz takes a pew for this comedy about conflict, class and cobblers.

Birmingham Calling: All circuses but little bread?

Richard Lutz checks out the buzz about Brum.

Screengrab: Whatever’ll get you thru the night

Richard Lutz careers through the TV schedules to find the holiday movies you can’t miss (but probably will).

Screengrab: No heroes in Altman-land

Richard Lutz takes aim at the best film on the box this week

Screengrab: Kubrick and the bomb

Richard Lutz sits down to his week-old tray of mince pies and picks the best of the movies on the box.