Movie: The Importance of Being Earnest
At first watching David Suchet in action as the formidable Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest was rather strange.
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Movie: Anomalisa
The story-line of Anomalisa may sound like many other movies but I’ve never seen a movie like it before.
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Movie: Spotlight
It’s easy to understand why Spotlight won this year’s Academy Award for Best Movie.
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Movie: The Big Short
The collapse of America’s subprime mortgage market in 2008 resulted in financial ruin for many, but some in the market made a fortune. The Big Short is a fascinating, educational and disturbing movie about these men.
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Movie: Suffragette
Suffragette is an exhausting but engrossing and often moving film which explores the battle of English women to gain their right to vote.
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Movie: The Belier Family
This cheery French comedy-drama movie tells a story about growing up, a country farming family, deafness, singing and small town politics.
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Movie: Phoenix
There’s much to recommend the German movie Phoenix – but you do have to accept one unlikely premise.
Read More »Hamlet on the Screen
Having never seen a theatrical production of Shakespeare’s Hamlet I wasn’t sure what to expect at the National Theatre Live’s broadcast of the latest London production.
Read More »The Dressmaker
The Dressmaker is one of those movies that is likely to divide audiences just as it has already divided various critics.
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Man and Superman on the Screen
Man and Superman is one of George Bernard Shaw’s least performed plays but watching it is worth the effort.
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