Thomas Messner

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  Dracula at Noël Coward Theatre

  ★★★★★

  It all begins unassumingly, as Cynthia Erivo takes the stage, turns her back to...

  Thomas Messner 18th February 2026
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  Berlinale

  Forest High

  ★★★★★

  “Unable to be silent, I will be long and still”. Arriving during a hushed...

  Thomas Messner 16th February 2026
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  Berlinale

  Dao

  ★★★★★

  In writing about Dao, Alain Gomis’s highly ambitious sixth feature film, one is...

  Thomas Messner 14th February 2026
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  Movie

  2,000 Metres to Andriivka

  ★★★★★

  For those of us fortunate enough never to have entered a warzone, there are primary...

  Thomas Messner 11th February 2026
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  GOAT

  ★★★★★

  It’s a curious thing to watch Pixar become the old guard, but when it comes...

  Thomas Messner 11th February 2026
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  Cable Street at Marylebone Theatre

  ★★★★★

  Come the end of a plaintive ballad contemplating the gulf between...

  Thomas Messner 27th January 2026
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  High Noon at Harold Pinter Theatre

  ★★★★★

  Come the midway point of High Noon, a new staging of the much-loved Gary...

  Thomas Messner 10th January 2026
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  Twelfth Night at Barbican Theatre

  ★★★★★

  As Feste, fool to the countess Olivia and fourth wall buster in chief of...

  Thomas Messner 17th December 2025
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  Movie

  The Housemaid

  ★★★★★

  “Just what kind of junk does this want to be?” It’s a question that may...

  Thomas Messner 16th December 2025
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  Silent Night, Deadly Night

  ★★★★★

  It’s a classic set-up. Boy moves to new town. Boy meets girl. Boy catches wind...

  Thomas Messner 8th December 2025