TV puts one foot in the past
Period and costume drama on TV is as popular today as it has ever been. Indeed, some would say even more so. You only have to look at the phenomenal success of recent TV series such as Downton Abbey a ...
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Susanna Fogel fails to unlock the potential in this high concept chick-flick comic thriller
Joyce Glasser reviews The Spy who Dumped Me (August 24, 2018) Cert. 15, 116 min. Could co-writer/director Susanna Fogel’s The Spy Who Dumped Me be as good as its title and sustain its winning high con ...
A skilful adaptation of Ian McEwan’s novel raises troubling issues
Joyce Glasser reviews The Children Act (August 24, 2018) Cert. 12A, 105 min. In British filmmaker Daniel Kokotajlo’s debut feature, Apostasy released last month, a dutiful Jehovah’s Witness (JW) in ne ...
Irina Kolesnikova in the iconic dual role of white and black swan
Robert Tanitch reviews Swan Lake at London Coliseum No other ballet is staged so often. No other ballet has had so many interpretations. Every great ballerina wants to dance the iconic dual role of th ...