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A Good Day to Die Hard – review

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 19 February 2013 at 15:09

Bruce Willis stars in another installment of the Die Hard franchise

Spit Jack’s – a taste of Spain

By Hackney Citizen | Saturday 16 February 2013 at 15:43

Sarah Gill samples the authentic and reasonably priced tapas at Spit Jack’s

Eight Days A Week – Fades to Valentine pink

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 13 February 2013 at 16:26

Punk rock outfit The Fades get in the mood for Valentine’s Day with double A-side single

Whatever Happened to Harold Absalon? – review

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 13 February 2013 at 16:03

Simon Okotie’s novel concerns a mysterious disappearance and an absurdly pedantic investigator

Prophesy – prophets and loss of love

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 13 February 2013 at 15:30

A young Paris and Helen of Troy are lead characters in Prophesy, a play intent on going against the theatrical grain

London for Lovers – review

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 13 February 2013 at 14:36

A new guidebook offers ideas for Valentine’s Day outings

Lincoln – review

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 12 February 2013 at 19:23

Daniel Day-Lewis gives a great performance in Steven Spielberg’s latest picture

Mare Rider – review

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 11 February 2013 at 19:47

Arcola co-founder Leyla Nazli’s new play has echoes of The Master and Margarita’s magical realism

London Bridge in America by Travis Elborough – review

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 11 February 2013 at 16:31

Book on the old London Bridge blows urban myths about its 1960s sale out of the water

Local history in fiction: London E1 and Haque – reviews

By Hackney Citizen | Sunday 10 February 2013 at 13:59

Ellie Broughton reviews Robert Poole’s republished novella London E1 and looks at a new anthology of local writing

Unknown Heroine – Sanja Ivekovic at Calvert 22

By Hackney Citizen | Sunday 10 February 2013 at 13:17

Socialism, gender and political unrest are key themes in an exhibition by this Croatian artist

Django Unchained – review

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 23 January 2013 at 17:44

Quentin Tarantino returns with a quirky western starring Jamie Foxx as freed slave Django

Gangster Squad – review

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 17 January 2013 at 13:05

Sean Penn stars in this action thriller set in 1940s Los Angeles

Greedy Cow – review

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 16 January 2013 at 11:24

Burgers and other meaty treats are the mainstays of this East London eatery

The Master and Margarita – review

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 15 January 2013 at 18:29

Mikhail Bulgakov’s ‘unstageable’ masterpiece at the Barbican

Dramas and Dissent – ‘Stokey’ distilled

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 15 January 2013 at 18:14

The editor of Stoke Newington’s N16 Magazine has published a book of the publication’s ‘greatest hits’

Sounds from the vault – The Helmholtz Resonators

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 2 January 2013 at 09:49

Eccentric local act The Helmholtz Resonators return with a new EP entitled Van Damme’s Vault

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – review

By Hackney Citizen | Saturday 29 December 2012 at 15:37

Martin Freeman stars as Bilbo Baggins in this Tolkien tale. Showing at the Hackney Picturehouse until mid-January

Staging the ‘unstageable’ – The Master and Margarita

By Hackney Citizen | Sunday 23 December 2012 at 15:51

The Master and Margarita returns for a second stint at the Barbican

My Brother the Devil – review

By Dominic Simpson | Wednesday 19 December 2012 at 22:03

Sally El Hosaini’s Hackney-based film took this year’s London Film Festival by storm