Review: National Theatre Live: The Lehman Trilogy (2019)
byIn 2008 Lehman Brothers – the fourth largest investment bank in the USA – collapsed. It was the largest bankruptcy in US history. This…
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Film Review: NT Live: The Tragedy of King Richard the Second (2019)
bySimon Russell Beale may be one of the pre-eminent Shakespearean actors of today, but it seems even someone of his presence can be let…
Film Review: The Death of Stalin (2017)
byThe man who gave us The Thick of It and Veep strikes comedy gold again with his latest feature. Armando Iannucci, one of the…
Review: National Theatre Live: King Lear (2014)
byStriding on stage at the National Theatre in Sam Mendes‘s new staging of Shakespeare‘s King Lear, Simon Russell Beale’s Lear appears at first shorter than the playwright might…
Film Review: The Deep Blue Sea (2011)
byAt 228 minutes, Sergio Leone’s final opus Once Upon A Time In America is frequently considered to be one of the longest mainstream movies…