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Review: National Theatre Live: All About Eve (2019)

Joseph L Mankiewicz’s All About Eve was an instant classic upon its release in October 1950. Sixty-nine years on, it remains as relevant as…

Current Theatrical Releases, Theatrical November 23, 2018 November 23, 2018

Back in 2000, the film gods gave us Billy Elliot, a story about a boy who wanted to break gender stereotypes and be a…

Current Theatrical Releases, Theatrical September 14, 2017 November 18, 2020

“In this world, there is a kind of painful progress. Longing for what we’ve left behind, and dreaming ahead.” – Harper Pitt, Angels in…

Current Theatrical Releases, Theatrical August 13, 2017 August 13, 2017

The marathon length National Theatre Live performance of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? may well be one of the most immersive cinema experiences of…

‘Amadeus’ means ‘love of God’. It’s interpreted in a few ways but in this context it would mean ‘beloved of the Almighty’; the big…

The French title for Stéphane Brizé’s latest film is ‘Le Loi du Marche’ which, when literally translated, means ‘Market Law’. This title does give…

In Milan, Italy, sits the Teatro alla Scala. One of the world’s greatest theatres, it has hosted every name that is worth hosting in…

A View from the Bridge is the recent production from London’s young Vic theatre, beamed across the globes as part of the National Theatre…

I’ll admit it now, I’m a Xavier Dolan novice. Mommy is only the second film that I’ve seen of this French/Canadian wunderkind, and the…

Current Theatrical Releases, Film November 12, 2014 November 11, 2014

This year’s winner of the Palme D’Or at the Cannes Film Festival is Winter Sleep, from Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan. Written by Ceylan,…