Sunday, 29 May 2016

A few thoughts on Love & Friendship - Reviews #237

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CINEMA: Love & Friendship (Whit Stillman, 2016) - Ah, Whit Stillman. It's so great to have one of America's best ever writer-...
Wednesday, 11 May 2016

Jerome Kern, The Boys from Brazil and Wilder's worst film - Reviews #236

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Éric Rohmer has now made the best movie I've seen this year, as well as the worst. Also featuring this time around: Buster Keaton, D. W....
Thursday, 5 May 2016

Mankiewicz, The Shadow Line and the original House of Cards - Reviews #235

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FILMS Somewhere in the Night (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1946) - This was unexpectedly terrific: a very, VERY underrated movie from the grea...
Tuesday, 26 April 2016

Review: Sunset Blvd at the London Coliseum

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'This production did something to me' Saturday 23 February 2016 (matinee) Though I didn’t unequivocally laud the ENO’s product...
Monday, 18 April 2016

Robert Bresson, Porco Rosso and an unexpectedly fantastic musical - Reviews #234

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Plus explosions, an early talkie that everyone says is rubbish, and hoo-hah. FILMS Mouchette (Robert Bresson, 1967) - Bresson's f...
Saturday, 16 April 2016

Basia Bulat, Sunset Blvd: The Musical, and confessions of a completist - Reviews #233

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I've been out of the flat a bit. See: LIVE: Photo by me, can you tell? Basia Bulat (Hoxton Square Kitchen) - Since I last saw he...
Friday, 8 April 2016

Bogie, High-Rise and another astonishing Philip Roth book - Reviews #232

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Here's that update I promised. FILMS CINEMA: The Big Sleep (Howard Hawks, 1946) “You go too far, Marlowe.” "Harsh words to...