Isabelle Huppert is Phaedra
Robert Tanitch reviews Phaedra(s) at Barbican Theatre, London EC2 Phaedra, you will remember, marries Theseus and falls in love with Hippolytus, her stepson, and when he rejects her she tells her husb ...
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Three superb sexagenarian actors are underutilised in this barely audible portrait of grief
Joyce Glasser reviews Louder than Bombs (April 22, 2016) What is it with Norwegian directors who use the capital, ‘Oslo’ in their titles, and cast French actresses as photojournalists? Two years ago E ...
A visceral emotional experience that is impossible to forget
Joyce Glasser reviews Amour (November 16, 2012) Cert 12, 121 min. With his fixation on the anxieties of the bourgeoisie; repressed desires under authoritarian control and a deceptively detached style ...