Ronson Blake

Rialto Distribution is excited to announce that the lush, historical drama PRIMAVERA is coming to select cinemas from 11 June 2026. Set against the breathtaking beauty of 18th century Venice, PRIMAVERA is inspired by the life and music of Antonio Vivaldi. At the famed Ospedale della Pietà orphanage, gifted young women are trained to perform for Venetian high society while living under the strict confines of the era.

★★★☆☆ On an unseasonably warm, wet, almost-winter’s night, we are appropriately at New Theatre’s production of writer Bess Wohl’s much-performed play Continuity. Directed with verve by Sahn Millington, it’s light and frothy and funny but with a sober message. Unlike the artificial world of a movie set, where continuity is a form of control, of fixing things in place, in the real world, continuity is survival requiring continual adaptation.

★★★☆☆ We’re all familiar with democracy sausage. Each election, fortified by the local butcher’s bangers, we bond over the most elementary democratic activity. Well, here the sausage is collateral damage in a bin-fire argument that breaks out over a seemingly innocuous decision to upgrade a BBQ – the titular Holy Grill – and threatens to burn down the Lengenheide Tennis Club. Released in Germany as Extrawurst, (a more nuanced title), The Holy Grill is directed by Marcus H.