Cole Porter’s High Society is based on The Philadelphia Story, the Broadway play Philip Barry wrote for Katharine Hepburn in 1939. It ran for 417 performances. Today, its reputation rests entirely on ...
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Bubbling and sparkling all the way with quirky, unique brilliance and charismatic charm, Victoria Wood was a shining gem of a national treasure. She may have died in 2016, but courtesy of media stream ...
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Robert Tanitch’s Round-Up of Books No 3 (2020) TOM STOPPARD A Life by Hermione Lee (Faber). Anybody who has enjoyed Stoppard’s plays will want to read Hermione Lee’s lengthy and astute biography. Ther ...
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BREATHLESS (StudioCanal). Jean-Luc Godard’s first feature, A Bout de Souffle, released in 1960, was a key French film in the nouvelle vague/new wave movement. Highly influential, it broke all the rule ...
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