ENO: Akhnaten
This is Philip Glass’s third biographical opera following Einstein on the Beach and Satyagraha (about Gandhi). This time the subject is Akhnaten, the Egyptian pharaoh noted for replacing Egypt’s traditional […]
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All is True
This is the a film about the later years of Shakespeare’s (Kenneth Branagh) life as he deals with the twin tragedies of the death of his son, Hamnet, and the […]
The Mule
Cinematic workhorse Clint Eastwood stars and directs as Earl, a broke horticulturalist who becomes a big-time drugs mule to make ends meet. Let’s call it Breaking Grandad. Alongside his foray […]
Mary Queen of Scots
This is the story of the relationship between Mary I of Scotland (Saoirse Ronan) and Elizabeth I of England (Margot Robbie), and the fight for succession in the dying days […]
Glass
Three extraordinary individuals, Elijah Price, David Duke and Kevin Wendell Crumb (Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis, James McAvoy) are apprehended and held in a psychiatric hospital. Here they’re examined by a […]
Mary Poppins Returns
Twenty-five years after the events of Mary Poppins, Banks children Michael and Jane (Ben Wishaw and Emily Mortimer) are grown up and still living in the old house next to […]
Stan & Ollie
Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly star as a past-their-prime Laurel and Hardy who embark on a mammoth tour of the UK to meet their alimony payments. The film benefits […]
Niagara
Marilyn Monroe plays Rose Loomis, a young woman plotting to kill her husband and run off with a younger man, in this crime thriller which is one of the actor’s […]
Mortal Engines
A thousand years from now London is a giant rolling city under the command of Thaddeus Valentine (Hugo Weaving) who plans to use ancient 21st Century technology to build a […]
Green Book
Based on a true story, Green Book follows a streetwise Italian American (Viggo Mortensen) who becomes the chauffeur for well-mannered black pianist Don Shirley (Mahershala Ali) during a tour of […]
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