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Helen Mirren

Film Review: “The Leisure Seeker” — One Last Road Trip?

We’re not in European art film territory here.

By: Peg Aloi Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Donald Sutherland, Helen Mirren, Peg Aloi, The Leisure Seeker

Film Review: In Defense of “Woman in Gold”

Woman in Gold has novelty going for it — it is a film that depicts a woman’s passionate relationship to a piece of art.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Art recovery, Austria, Culture Vulture, Helen Mirren, Nazi, Ryan Reynolds, Simon Curtis, Women in Gold

Film Review: “The Hundred-Foot Journey” — Foodie Flapdoodle

Given that this film was directed by Lasse Hallström, who gave us the gastronomically wonderful Chocolat, it is hard to understand how things could have gone so wrong.

By: Glenn Rifkin Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: foodie, Helen Mirren, Lasse Hallström, The Hundred-Foot Journey

Film Review: Shakespeare’s “Tempest,” Technologically Enhanced

Julie Taymor’s film version of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest is conclusive proof that just because we can do something with technology does not mean that we should. Less is often more, and one great text in hand is worth a dozen computers in the mix. And what was the director thinking with the racist portrayal […]

By: Joann Green Breuer Filed Under: Books, Film, Theater Tagged: Film, Helen Mirren, Julie Taymor, movie, The Tempest, William-Shakespeare

Theater Review Round-up: Our Man in London

It should be pointed out that in London it is possible to see more shows in a limited time than one can do in the United States. Why? Because it has long been the sensible practice to stagger weekday matinees. By Caldwell Titcomb Shakespeare first, of course. The British quite rightly never tire of “Hamlet.” […]

By: Caldwell Titcomb Filed Under: Books, Featured, Theater Tagged: “The Black Album, All's Well That Ends Well, Anton Chekhov, Arcadia, Bridge Project, Caldwell-Titcomb, Carrie's War, Caryl Churchill, Collaboration, Cottesloe, Dreams of Violence, Duet for One, Dysfunctional Family, England People Very Nice, Ethan Hawke, Francesca Annis, Hamlet, Hanif Kureishi, Helen Mirren, Henry Goodman, J. B. Priestley, Jerusalem, Jez Butterworth, Jude Law, Juliet Stevenson, Katori Hall, Lyttleton, Mark Rylance, Matt Charman, Max Stafford-Clark, Michael Grandage, Michael Morporgo, National-Theatre, Nazis, Nicholas Hytner, Olivier, Phèdre, Racine, Rebecca Hall, Richard Bean, Richard Strauss, Richard Wilbur, Ronald Harwood, Sam Mendes, Simon Russell Beale, Sinéad Cusack, Sir Richard Eyre, Stefan-Zweig, Stella Feehily, Ted Hughes, The Cherry Orchard, The Mountaintop, The Observer, The Silent Woman, The-Winters-Tale, Three More Sleepless Nights, tom-stoppard, War Horse, William Shakeseare, Wyndham Theatre

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