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Writer-director Maria Sødahl turns her cancer death sentence into a beautifully acted drama.

Joyce Glasser reviews Hope (December 10, 2021) Cert 15, 125 mins. In films like The Hunt for Red October and Good Will Hunting you could picture Liam Neeson (now 69) in the roles played by Stellan Ska ...

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Robert Tanitch reviews Alan Bennett’s Habeas Corpus at Menier Chocolate Factory Theatre, London

Alan Bennett’s comedy, which premiered in 1973 with Alec Guinness in the lead role, is described as “a filthy farce for a less enlightened age” and it is quite unlike anything else he has written. The ...

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Steven Spielberg’s 75th birthday present to the world is this timely and terrific remake.

Joyce Glasser reviews West Side Story (December 10, 2021) Cert 12A, 156 mins. There is probably only one director in the world with the box office track record, critical acclaim, personal status, cont ...

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Robert Tanitch reviews Cabaret at The Playhouse in London

Willkommen. Bienvenu. Life is a cabaret, old chum. The Playhouse has been transformed into The Kit Kat Club, the Berlin transvestite nightclub, with audiences in the stalls sitting at cafe tables. Sal ...

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