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Categories FILM & TV

'Truckload' Review: A Hopeful Exploration of Disability

TruckloadWriter: Evie JonesDirector: Aella Jordan-EdgeCast: Evie Jones, Jodie Whittaker, Joe Dempsie, Cathy Tyson, Adam Ali, and Lara McDonnellCinematographer: Essi HyrkkiProducers: Arpita Ashok, Victoria Emslie “Piss...

August 16, 2025August 16, 2025
A still from the short film Truckload directed by Aella Jordan-Edge. Jodie Whittaker (left) sits next to Evie Jones (right) in a doctor's office. Whittaker is looking to Jones concerned as Jones fills out paperwork on a clipboard.
Categories FILM & TV

Championing Untold Stories in Film: 'Truckload', The Empower Fund, and Disability Representation at Tribeca

It’s funny timing that the year I left the film industry is the year that the right people were founding the kind of projects that...

August 2, 2025August 16, 2025
Shevek Fodor lying on the floor with a chair over the top of their legs.
Categories LIFE & CULTURE, THEATRE

Profile: Mr Funbles’ Sunday Portal - An Interview with Shevek Fodor

We love a good interview profile here at Read The Room. As it’s been a bit quiet on these pages in recent months, we decided...

June 24, 2025August 2, 2025
Yellow chalk happy face with a blue arrow pointing to a blue heart on a seafront wall. Sandy beach in the background.
Categories MUSIC

Playlist: As Long As You Feel Something

Co-Editor Alfie here! Things have been really quiet on the pages of Read The Room in recent months. One of the things about having unreliable...

April 27, 2025June 24, 2025
Katie Harriman of Fly Girl Films behind the camera filming a boy in an orange t-shirt.
Categories FILM & TV

A Compassionate Approach To Film: An Interview with Katie Harriman of Fly Girl Films

Founded by Katie Harriman, Fly Girl Films is a female-led film production company based in Yorkshire. With 10 years of experience so far, the company’s...

February 26, 2025April 27, 2025
Fallout. Credit: Amazon Prime
Categories LIFE & CULTURE

'Read The Room' Recommends, Vol. 8

For our final RTR Recommends of 2024, regular contributor Amber shares some of her film, TV and book highlights including the magazine's first ever video...

December 16, 2024February 27, 2025
Read The Room Magazine First Birthday. Hand with red painted nails holding 1st birthday card featuring a robot in front of a bridge and river.
Categories EDITORIAL

EDITORIAL: One Year of Read The Room: Growth and Learning

  Hey everyone, it’s magazine founder and co-editor Alfie here! I started writing this editorial last month to coincide with our first birthday but external...

December 13, 2024July 9, 2025
Joshua Idehen sitting with his arm out stretched. He is wearing a light coloured suit. Behind him is equipment from a launderette.
Categories MUSIC

All You Can Do Is Try: An Interview with Joshua Idehen

Joshua Idehen is a spoken word artist and musician. A British-born Nigerian, Joshua lives in Stockholm, Sweden where he collaborates with producer Ludvig Parment. Together...

December 2, 2024February 27, 2025
The Holmwood Foundation podcast artwork. Credit: Georgia Cook
Categories LIFE & CULTURE

The Holmwood Foundation: a Dracula podcast with a queer modern bite

“A Secretive organization. Two antagonistic colleagues. Dracula's severed head.” Since his beheading at the end of Bram Stoker’s classic gothic novel Dracula, the titular character’s...

October 17, 2024December 2, 2024
Kneecap (BFI/Coimisiún Na Meán)
Categories LIFE & CULTURE

'Read The Room' Recommends, Vol. 7: Liam Knights Takeover Edition

Co-editor Alfie here! We’ve started reaching out to some of our favourite people and asking if they’d like to do a “Read The Room Recommends”...

September 23, 2024October 17, 2024

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