Charlotte Bronte based Jane Eyre on her own dark passions, dreams, frustrations and rebellion against a lonely and monotonous life. Her novel has all the ingredients of a popular romantic Gothic melod ...
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Joyce Glasser reviews Cyrano (February 25, 2022) Cert 12A, 124 mins. The enjoyment factor is high in Joe Wright’s Cyrano, based on Erica Schmidt’s musical stage version of Edmond Rostand’s 1897 rhymed ...
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The Dig (January 29, 2021) Cert 12A, 112 mins. Available on Netflix With its cosmic themes of uncertainty, death, legacy, elitism and people making unlikely connections across gender and class divides ...
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The success of Alan Bennett’s monologue, A Woman of No Importance, with an award-winning performance by Patricia Routledge in 1982, encouraged Bennett to write more monologues for television. TALKING ...
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