Paul Morrissey recommended Richard III (1995) in Movies (curated)
Stage Managing Chaos: A Diary of the Old Vic Production of Fernando Arrabal's the Architect and the Emperor of Assyria
Jackie Harvey and Tim Kelleher
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In the early 1970s, London's National Theatre, led by Sir Laurence Olivier, launched an infamous...
Shakespeare's Strangest Tales: Extraordinary but True Tales from 400 Years of Shakespearean Theatre
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A fascinating playbill of stories from the weird and wonderful world of Shakespearean theatre...
Awix (3310 KP) rated Clash Of The Titans (1981) in Movies
Jan 3, 2021
Knockabout stuff, if not strong on mythological accuracy or internal coherence, very much in the vein of the same producer's Jason and the Argonauts. Solid (if slightly eggy) performances from a good cast. Everything is in service to Harryhausen's animation sequences, anyway, which are technically immaculate even if the movie lacks a single stand-out set-piece like the skeleton battle or allosaurus-roping sequence of previous projects. Looks like a great movie when you're about eleven; pretty good fun when you grow up, too.
Paul Morrissey recommended Under the Volcano (1984) in Movies (curated)
Awix (3310 KP) rated The Boys from Brazil (1978) in Movies
Apr 21, 2019 (Updated Apr 21, 2019)
The material is pure schlock, lifted by the presence of distinguished actors and fairly lavish production values. You could argue that the film also attempts to explore issues of nature and nature in a relatively more sophisticated fashion than most films about (spoiler alert) cloning, but the whole thing retains an air of feverish preposterousness throughout, to say nothing of the fact it is arguably in very dubious taste. That said, it's highly watchable from start to finish; definitely qualifies as a guilty pleasure, though.
My Week with Marilyn
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Now a major film, starring Michelle Williams, Eddie Redmayne and Kenneth Branagh. This edition...
Gone Too Far!
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Nigeria, England, America, Jamaica; are you proud of where you're from? Dark skinned, light skinned,...
Great Shakespeare Actors: Burbage to Branagh
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Great Shakespeare Actors offers a series of essays on great Shakespeare actors from his time to...
The National Theatre Story
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"The National Theatre Story is filled with artistic, financial and political battles, onstage...