Film Review: All Is True (2018)
byWritten by Angus Tonkin Originally published 6 May 2019 Approach William Shakespeare in isolation from his plays and expect to lace your story with…
William Shakespeare
Film Review: NT Live: The Tragedy of King Richard the Second (2019)
byWritten by Angus Tonkin Originally published 16 April 2019 Simon Russell Beale may be one of the pre-eminent Shakespearean actors of today, but it…
Review: National Theatre Live: Macbeth (2018)
byWritten by Angus Tonkin Originally published 17 July 2018 I can only imagine how daunting it must be to contemplate adapting the Scottish play…
Review: National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar (2018)
byWritten by Angus Tonkin Originally published 10 April 2018 When it’s tempting to moan about how bad we’ve got it with our politicians, it…
Review: National Theatre Live: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (2017)
byWritten by Angus Tonkin Originally published 18 June 2017 Meta is a very particular brand of humour, but rarely is it done with the…
Review: Royal Shakespeare Company: King Lear (2016)
byWritten by Simon Storey Originally published 24 November 2016 King Lear, surely one of the most challenging roles that the Bard ever wrote, is…
Film Review: Macbeth (2015)
byWritten by Angus Tonkin Originally published 28 September 2015 Adaptations of William Shakespeare‘s plays are often reduced to the colourful melodramatics that The Bard’s writing exudes. A…
Film Review: Fly Me To The Moon (2012)
byIn most romantic films, the good girl gets the good guy, vindicating all of the audiences’ wildest dreams. Without changing the formula too much, Pascal Chaumeil’s Fly Me To The Moon manages to throw a curve ball into the mix, concocting a situation where two good guys are competing for the affections of a despicable female lead.
MTC’s Richard III Review
byWritten by James Madden Originally published 17 June 2010 In a special piece here, Film Blerg’s James Madden reviews MTC’s production of Richard III….