James Humphrey

Living and working in London, James has recently completed a postgraduate degree in Cultural and Critical Studies at Birkbeck University. He enjoys writing freelance on films, television and theatre taking place in the capital. Follow him on @JLHump and at www.4eyesonthescreen.com

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  Cinema

  The Girl with a Bracelet (La fille au bracelet)

  ★★★★★

  Stéphane Demoustier’s stolid, compel...

  James Humphrey 22nd June 2020
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  Theatre

  1950s: At the Point of Need at the Old Vic Online

  ★★★★★

  The past ten weeks have made us on...

  James Humphrey 29th May 2020
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  Cinema

  Jihad Jane

  ★★★★★

  In March 2010, the Washington Post ran the headline: “‘Jihad Jane’, a new...

  James Humphrey 11th May 2020
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  Theatre

  Operation Elsewhere at Big Telly Theatre Online

  ★★★★★

  In such morbid times, it’s relievi...

  James Humphrey 3rd May 2020
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  Cinema

  Extraction

  ★★★★★

  Despite the producer Anthony Russo’s remarks that Extraction is “a hardcore mov...

  James Humphrey 22nd April 2020
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  Theatre

  Drawing the Line at Hampstead Theatre Online

  ★★★★★

  Howard Davies’s tense, atmospheric 201...

  James Humphrey 14th April 2020
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  Theatre

  Amsterdam at Orange Tree Theatre Online

  ★★★★★

  When a pregnant Israeli violinist living in pre...

  James Humphrey 2nd April 2020
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  Theatre

  The Prince of Egypt at Dominion Theatre

  ★★★★★

  DreamWorks’s new musical adaptation of their ...

  James Humphrey 27th February 2020
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  Theatre

  Magic Goes Wrong at Vaudeville Theatre

  ★★★★★

  Mischief Theatre continues its gradual takeover ...

  James Humphrey 10th January 2020
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  Theatre

  Black Beauty at the Southbank Centre

  ★★★★★

  Plenty of horsing around elevates this bright, mode...

  James Humphrey 19th December 2019