Five compulsive gamblers – a down-market restauranteur, his son, his chef and two waiters – play poker in the basement each week. They are joined by a professional gambler, who is (unbeknown to them) ...
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Mel Brooks, a past-master at bad taste and political incorrectness, is famous for two American cult films, Blazing Saddles, a wonderful spoof on Westerns, and The Producers, a wonderful spoof on Broad ...
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Joyce Glasser reviews The Critic (September 13, 2024) Cert 15, 95 mins. The intensity of many scenes and performances from some of Britain’s best actors are almost, but not enough to hold together Ana ...
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Alan Bennett’s comedy, which premiered in 1973 with Alec Guinness in the lead role, is described as “a filthy farce for a less enlightened age” and it is quite unlike anything else he has written. The ...
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