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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 1348 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 2184 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), Cert. 15, 106 min. Indian Filmmaker Ritesh Batra’s follow-up to his heart-warming, charming film The Lunchbox (2013), is a curious choice ...

markbendle 1938 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 2108 views 0 likes Feb 27, 2017