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Quills – review

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 9 November 2012 at 09:36

Second Skin’s rendition of the last days of the Marquis de Sade is a compelling and credible portrayal

Another side of Hackney – My Brother the Devil

By Dominic Simpson | Friday 9 November 2012 at 08:54

My Brother the Devil is no average portrayal of an East London council estate. The Hackney Citizen talks to the film’s director, Sally El Hosaini

Skyfall – review

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 1 November 2012 at 14:52

Daniel Craig stars as 007 in this 50th anniversary Bond adventure

East End Backpassages – review

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 19 October 2012 at 16:10

Book of alternative walks highlights strange and quirky side streets

Dissent on draught at Newington Green

By Hackney Citizen | Sunday 14 October 2012 at 10:34

Former sports pub taps into Hackney’s radical past

Looper – review

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 10 October 2012 at 19:34

A time-travel sci-fi thriller that is strange and exciting at the same time

Blur guitarist Graham Coxon launches Oxjam in Dalston

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 28 September 2012 at 10:54

Singer-songwriter plays gig in Oxfam shop to launch charity festival

Killing Them Softly – review

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 26 September 2012 at 20:29

Brad Pitt plays a hitman in this black comedy thriller, adapted from a 70s crime novel of the same name

Jens Lekman – review

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 26 September 2012 at 15:17

Thursday 20 September 2012, Hackney Empire

Caucasian Chalk Circle – review

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 21 September 2012 at 15:10

Marxist playwright’s famous work seems quite at home in Shoreditch Church

Lawless – review

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 19 September 2012 at 09:08

This period picture tells the true story of the Bondurant brothers in prohibition-era Virginia

The Teleportation Accident – review

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 14 September 2012 at 14:44

Hackney author Ned Beauman’s latest novel mashes up sci-fi, film noir and high-minded historical fiction

London/33: East & West – review

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 14 September 2012 at 14:33

Two new pocket-sized short story collections feature tales of each of London’s 33 boroughs

Hackney Film Festival 2012: Hackney Wick Canal Screening – review

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 12 September 2012 at 20:34

Stamina and persistence did not go unrewarded at the final screening of this year’s Hackney Film Festival

Freeze frame fantasies – Still at Transition

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 12 September 2012 at 14:34

New exhibition celebrates the power of cinema to move us even when the pictures stop moving

Hackney Film Festival 2012 Shorts / Expanded Cinema / Emerging Filmmakers – review

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 10 September 2012 at 11:25

More of the weekend’s diverse selection of cinematic events

Hackney Film Festival 2012 opening night – review

By Hackney Citizen | Sunday 9 September 2012 at 18:10

Avante-garde audiovisual performance comes to London Fields for first night of festival

Total Recall – review

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 6 September 2012 at 10:33

Philip K Dick’s story is told again in this remake of the Arnie classic

1-2-3-4 Festival 2012 – review

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 4 September 2012 at 10:44

New acts rub shoulders with some of the music industry’s legends at Shoreditch Park

Tip-top tapas at Trangállan

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 13 August 2012 at 10:37

This charming restaurant on Newington Green is a great antidote to try-hard eateries