Voicebox: Throwback Thursday
With the present looking as uninspiring as it does, let's look back with childlike glee to what was once fashionable - jelly shoes, Nintendo 64, the best of music, and VHS tapes!
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24 January 2023
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody – Class, glamour and hard-hitting reality.
Rippling with emotion, humour and charisma, this film will drag you through the glitzy façade and into the seedy side-streets of stardom.
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4 August 2022
Voice Retrospects: Reservoir Dogs (1992)
It’s been 30 years this summer since Reservoir Dogs was released and kickstarted the career of one of the most famous filmmakers alive today – but has it aged well?
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18 July 2022
Voice Retrospects: Jungle by Jungle
A look back at a strong debut from London-based duo, Jungle, as the album turns 6 this week
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13 July 2022
Voice Retrospectives: Legally Blonde
It’s been 21 years today since Legally Blonde was released – how does it hold up?
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7 July 2022
Voice Retrospectives: Nosferatu (1922)
It has been 100 years since F.W. Murnau released his haunting masterpiece Nosferatu – what is its legacy today?
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23 June 2022
Voice Retrospect: Later… With Jools Holland
How Later… with Jools Holland has given a platform to a plethora of stars
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8 June 2022
Voice Retrospectives: Before the Flood (2016)
For World Oceans Day, we take a look at one of the most popular climate change documentaries.
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26 May 2022
Voice Retrospectives: Top Gun (1986)
It’s been 36 years since the release of Top Gun, and with a sequel coming out this month, what better time to look back at one of the 80s’ most era defining films?
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19 May 2022
Voice Retrospects: Horrible Histories
Let me transport you to your childhood and remind you of every child’s favourite way to learn history: Horrible Histories.
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12 May 2022
Voice Retrospectives: Certified Copy (2010)
Kiarostami’s late-career masterpiece is a walk-and-talk romance with a bizarrely intriguing twist.
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5 May 2022
Voice Retrospects : George Orwell’s Animal Farm
We take a look at a book which you either should’ve read or need to add to your reading list, ASAP!
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28 April 2022
Voice Retrospects: Porco Rosso
Looking back at one of the best – and possibly most underrated – Studio Ghibli feature films.
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21 April 2022
Voice Retrospectives: Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
This Nicholas Ray classic is one of the most famous films of all time. How does it hold up?
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14 April 2022
Voice Retrospect: How 'Control' depicted the extraordinarily short life of an icon
Control detailed a tragic ending to a promising career
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14 April 2022
Voice Retrospectives: Yi Yi (2000)
Edward Yang’s magnum opus is a beautiful, touching portrait of a middle class family in Taipei.
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7 April 2022
Voice Retrospectives: Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)
It’s been almost 50 years to the day since Werner Herzog released what is often considered his masterpiece. How does it hold up?
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7 April 2022
Voice Retrospects: East Is East
Retrospects this week will take a look at the cult classic film just as relevant today as it was in 1999 – East Is East.
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23 March 2022
Voice Retrospect: Sing Street
Sing Street is the perfect coming of age tale for music lovers everywhere regardless of age