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Daniel Day-Lewis’s breakthrough performance came in 1985

Robert Tanitch reviews the latest DVDs My Beautiful Laundrette (BFI). Daniel Day-Lewis has announced his retirement. This is the film which made his name in 1985. He played a punk, ex-National Front l ...

markbendle 1263 views 0 likes Aug 18, 2017

Park your brain outside the multiplex and laugh harder than you have all year

Joyce Glasser reviews Mindhorn (April 5, 2017) The Mighty Boosh co-star Julian Barratt (A Field in England) is in his element in theatre director Sean Foley’s feature film debut, the surreal farce Min ...

markbendle 2068 views 0 likes May 4, 2017

It’s not the ending that’s the problem

Joyce Glasser reviews The Sense of an Ending (April 14, 2017) Indian Filmmaker Ritesh Batra’s follow-up to his heart-warming, charming film The Lunch Box (2013), is a curious choice. The source novel, ...

markbendle 1790 views 0 likes Apr 14, 2017

Malvolio has a sex-change. National Theatre casts Tamsin Greig as Malvolia

Robert Tanitch reviews Twelfth Night at National Theatre/Olivier Actresses are taking over male roles. It started with Fiona Shaw playing Richard II. More recently audiences have seen Helen Mirren as ...

admin 2003 views 0 likes Feb 27, 2017