The pick of this month’s reviews
40 Shades of Green This is a first novel by the popular television personality and came as a big surprise as I certainly had not expected it to be such a simple tale of country folk. The novel is set ...
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80-year-old Ken Loach’s anti-austerity polemic is gripping stuff
Joyce Glasser reviews I, Daniel Blake (October 21, 2016) Cert. 15, 100 min. The appeal of Ken Loach’s I, Daniel Blake – which won the Palme D’Or at the Cannes Film Festival – is clearly no ...
Only Fools and Boycie
Tina Foster talks with actor John Challis on sitcoms now, and then. John is nothing like his most famous character, second hand car salesman Aubrey Boyce. With his signature laugh, slim cigar and wife ...
Ettore Scola’s seldom-seen masterwork stars Sophia Loren
Joyce Glasser reviews A Special Day (October 31, 2016 – DVD, Digital and Blu-ray release) Despite nine brand new releases this week alone flooding our cinemas, London’s ICA (Institute of Contemporary ...