Thomas Messner

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  Cinema & Tv

  “An alteration in our relationship with technology is required”: Stephen Graham, Owen Cooper, Ashley Walters, Christine Tremarco, Philip Barantini and Jack Thorne on Adolescence
  Thomas Messner 13th March 2025
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  Show

  Adolescence

  ★★★★★

  It’s with some trepidation that one greets the news that Adolescence, a new Netflix four-part...

  Thomas Messner 13th March 2025
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  Theatre

  White Rose: The Musical at Marylebone Theatre

  ★★★★★

  When it comes to depicting the Holocaust onstage or onscreen,...

  Thomas Messner 5th March 2025
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  Theatre

  The Score at Theatre Royal Haymarket

  ★★★★★

  Is it possible for a lone performance to both electrify and deflate a...

  Thomas Messner 28th February 2025
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  Theatre

  Much Ado About Nothing at Theatre Royal Drury Lane

  ★★★★★

  Those with little stomach for the insistent modernisation of...

  Thomas Messner 21st February 2025
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  Theatre

  Lynn Faces at New Diorama Theatre

  ★★★★★

  It’s a curious balancing act for a live show to centre its own contents...

  Thomas Messner 20th February 2025
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  Movie

  Companion

  ★★★★★

  Even for the most unsuspecting audiences – and indeed, many would prefer that you steer...

  Thomas Messner 31st January 2025
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  Movie

  2073

  ★★★★★

  Asif Kapadia’s new docufiction 2073 aims to lull us into a false sense of security...

  Thomas Messner 30th December 2024
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  Nickel Boys

  ★★★★★

  To truly have walked in another man’s shoes, is it better to have seen his...

  Thomas Messner 30th December 2024
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  The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim

  ★★★★★

  The Lord of the Rings has had a rough run of it lately, and to...

  Thomas Messner 13th December 2024