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Thursday, 29 October 2015

The Wind, Kurt Vonnegut and public shaming - Reviews #217

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I also saw Bob Dylan twice. FILMS: CINEMA: The Wind (Victor Sjöström, 1928) - One of the high-water marks of silent cinema: a stunnin...
Thursday, 22 October 2015

Ten things I love about Kiss Me Kate

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Can we just ignore this and enjoy the rest of the film, please. Call me Old Man McBorefest, but I’m retreating into the past as far as my...
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Thursday, 8 October 2015

Review: Benedict Cumberbatch in Hamlet

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Friday, 2 October 2015 at the Barbican Centre Hamlet was fairly good, but no better than that: a curious, tonally awkward production t...
Thursday, 1 October 2015

Joel McCrea, The Night of the Hunter, and feminism - Reviews #216

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I've been busy writing and with work, but here are a few things I've watched or read lately. I also saw (and met!) Dave Gilmour , wh...
Friday, 11 September 2015

Truman Capote, Gypsy and lots of Bette Davis - Reviews #215

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It's been quite a couple of weeks. A slipped disc in my back (again), the completion of my kids' book (only took the best part of th...
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Tuesday, 1 September 2015

16 more things I learned about Lillian Gish

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Last month, I read the autobiography of famed silent star Lillian Gish , and suggested that it smelt a little like someone curating their ...
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