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.

That Jersey Sound

Richard Lutz remembers how the Four Seasons were king-dogs of radio back in the early sixties. And, today, are staying alive with the musical that has gone ’round the world.

Screengrab: Working with sub-titles

Richard Lutz dives deep to find the movie of the week in the TV listings.

Through an early winter wood

It is not yet winter. But autumn has passed, says Richard Lutz

Screengrab: Speeding Bullitt

Richard Lutz poses the big question as he delves into the listings and finds the TV film of the week.

Screengrab: Doubleheader Thursday with Sean, Audrey and Toshiro

Richard Lutz delves into the TV listings to find two back-to-back movies you can’t miss.

Get ready for the new coalition

Richard Lutz envisions a new and surprising coalition government come May 2015.