A Manual Cinema show is hard to explain. It’s performed live, but it’s not quite a theater piece. It’s puppetry but not in the traditional sense. It’s cinema, as the company’s name suggests, yet ...

To the ever louder cries that films are getting too long, I’m here to add a further howl: so is the wait for them to hurry up and start. Adverts have never been lengthier, more numerous, or less worth ...