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‘Dial 1 for UK’ – Mohit Mathur goes to work…

The country is full, we don’t need immigrants, right? MOHIT MATHUR appears like a man on a mission and he…

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‘Christmas Karma’ – Love or hate it…

A popular, populist and inclusive take on British Christmas or just a cringey, contrived and inauthentic version of Charles Dicken’s…

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‘Christmas Karma- Gurinder Chadha’s beautiful, festive love letter to Christmas, Britain and East Africa… (review)

To get into the that Yuletide spirit… INSPIRED by Charles Dicken’s ‘A Christmas Carol’, this is a thoroughly enjoyable film…

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Bradford 2025 ‘Built by Sound’ – Daytime clubbing nostalgia celebration and immersive show; Kala Sangam to Bradford Arts Centre (page 1/2)

The final phase for the year long City of Culture has begun and a new exhibition about a feature of…

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I am not an Actor; Haq; Where the Light Enters You and Olive…

Two features with South Asian stories are in cinemas from today (November 7) and two shorts screened together are vying…

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Voila! Festival 2025, Bangla Drama, New Work nights, ‘Red Oleanders’ (Tagore), ‘Porn Play’ (Ambika Mod), ‘I Dream of Theresa May’, more theatre listings…

November has three theatre festivals and acv brings you a selection from these, along with focus on new writing and…

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‘Thikra: Night of Remembering’ – All female Akram Khan & Manal AlDowayan production reflect myth and feminine energy

Bharatanatyam dancer Shreema Upadhyaya tells us what makes this ‘Sisterhood’ work special… ROOTED in the power of history, tradition and…

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London Film Festival 2025 wrap – the asianculturevulture experience: Sholay, Hamlet, Giant and High Wire, more…

Our reflections from covering this year’s 69th edition… SEEING ‘Sholay’ in a new remastered 4K print on the country’s largest…

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Happy Diwali! London Film Festival 2025 wrap to follow

The country’s largest UK film festival finished yesterday (October 19) and brought the curtain down on some 250 feature films…

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London Film Festival day 11/12 update

London 12.30pm ‘Giant‘ (above) screens today (5.50pm BFI Southbank)… British (Indian) director Rowan Athale – see our interview at launch…

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