By Stephen Mayne @finalreel Roy Andersson’s films are so uniquely his own it’s hard to reconcile them with the world around us. Yet were anyone to venture into the idiosyncratic Swedish director’s head, I strongly suspect they would reveal themselves as a weirdly precise form of documentary filmmaking. A Pigeon ...
Sport News 24/7 By David de Winter - Sports Editor @davidjdewinter @TLE_Sport With England’s failure to win the first Test in Antigua last week, the debate over Kevin Pietersen’s return to the international fold has taken on even greater significance. Never one to shirk the limelight, Pietersen announced in March ...
By Nathan Lee, TLE Correspondent Next-generation betting exchange Smarkets has reached the one billion pound traded milestone. A strong response to the Cheltenham Festival and record-breaking interest in the Grand National built on momentum from 2014 pushing the company over the £1 billion mark. Cheltenham saw trading volume grow by 320 per cent ...
Sport News 24/7 By Sean Simara @Sean_FootyMad @TLE_Sport We have finally reached the NBA playoff s. Here’s the lowdown on the first round match-ups and who I think will get to the NBA finals. Remember, it's the best out of seven each series and the higher ranked team have home ...
Sport News 24/7 By Simon White @SimonWhite14 @TLE_Sport If anyone had predicted the Premier League table to read Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester United, Manchester City in April at the start of this season, they would have been ridiculed. And rightly so. While Arsenal and United can be proud of their recent ...
Sport News 24/7 By Rob McHugh @mchughr @TLE_Sport The scene was set, and the script was written. On his 35th birthday, Steven Gerrard would lift the FA Cup as captain of his boyhood club, before riding off into the sunset for one last payday in the MLS with LA Galaxy. ...
Sport News 24/7 By David de Winter - Sports Editor @davidjdewinter @TLE_Sport As National Supporter Ownership Week comes to a close, Dulwich Hamlet FC and Hadley Property Group have announced exciting plans for a new stadium and for the south London club to be majority-owned by the supporters. The Hamlet, ...
By Stephen Mayne @finalreel What happens when you discover you’re not who you’re meant to be? In that fine Scandinavian tradition, Force Majeure ruthlessly picks apart familial relationships by teasing out a thread and pulling until everything unravels. That it’s done against a beautifully rendered postcard setting and with a ...
Sport News 24/7 By Rob McHugh @mchughr @TLE_Sport This week sees four of the Super League's established power houses go toe to toe on what promises to be a season defining weekend in the First Utility Super League. On Thursday night, the Wigan Warriors play host to the Warrington Wolves ...