Tag: Frances De La Tour

Posted in Film

Film Review: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)

“Dark and difficult times lie ahead” aka the one that is weirdly old-fashioned 

Posted in Alan Bennett Film National Theatre Theatre

Film Review: The Lady in the Van

“You wouldn’t see Harold Pinter pushing vans down the street” It is more than 15 years since…

Posted in Film Musicals Stephen Sondheim

Film Review: Into the Woods (2014)

“Into the woods to see the King, to sell the cow, to make the potion” After the…

Posted in Critics’ Choice Awards Film Film & TV awards Stephen Adly Guirgis

20th Critics’ Choice Awards nominees

Best Picture Birdman Boyhood Gone Girl The Grand Budapest Hotel The Imitation Game Nightcrawler Selma The Theory…

Posted in Mark Ravenhill TV

TV Review: Vicious

“I never know when I’m going too far but I’m always so glad when I do.” It…

Posted in BAFTA Television Awards Black Mirror Doctor Who Film & TV awards Last Tango in Halifax TV

2014 British Academy Television Awards nominations

Best Actor Jamie Dornan – The Fall as Paul Spector (BBC Two) Sean Harris – Southcliffe as…

Posted in Alan Ayckbourn Alan Bennett David Hare Digital Eugene O'Neill George Bernard Shaw Harold Pinter Howard Brenton Michael Frayn Musicals National Theatre Noël Coward Peter Shaffer Shakespeare Stephen Sondheim Tennessee Williams Theatre Tom Stoppard Tony Kushner

Review: National Theatre – Fifty Years on Stage

“We’ve got two hours to show the vast range of work the National has done over the…

Posted in Alan Bennett National Theatre Theatre

Review: People, National Theatre

“People spoil things” Were I watching Alan Bennett’s new play People at home on DVD, I would…

Posted in Alan Bennett National Theatre Theatre

Review: The Habit of Art, National Theatre

“I want to hear about the failings of great men” The Habit of Art is Alan Bennett’s…