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Hail, Caesar!
The Coen Brothers have done it again with this glorious tribute to old Hollywood. Hail, Caesar! is a…
By Jim Compton-Hallreview
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Speed Sisters
Palestine is not the kind of place usually associated with street racing, peppered as it is with roadblocks…
By Natasha Furlong
Play
Uncle Vanya at the Almeida
Chekhov crafted his plays from the fabric of human experience: here, Robert Ickes stitches together the original…
By Georgie Cowan-Turner
Art
Delacroix and the Rise of Modernism at the National Gallery
Now over 50 years since the last major showing in Britain of work by the French painter Eugène…
By Thomas Unsted
Play
The Encounter at the Barbican
When Simon McBurney, Complicite theatre company’s artistic director and the creative force behind The Encounter, steps onstage in…
By Stuart McMillan
Play
Hand to God at the Vaudeville
Puppet violence is nothing new. Just ask Punch and Judy. But with Hand to God comes a new example…
By Laura Foulger
Play
Nell Gwynn at the Apollo
The story of Nell Gwynn, poor orange-seller turned actress turned Charles II’s mistress, is a classic Cinderella tale.…
By Georgie Cowan-Turner
Play
Bad Jews at Theatre Royal Haymarket
Returning to London after popular demand, the critically acclaimed Bad Jews explodes onto the stage at Theatre Royal…
By Melissa Hoban
Berlinale
Chang Jiang Tu (Crosscurrent)
A cryptic puzzle that could enchant or befuddle, Chang Jiang Tu (Crosscurrent) certainly sets a distinctive mood from its…
By Oliver Johnston
Berlinale
Ilegitim (Illegitimate)
Illegitimate chronicles moral dilemmas within a close-knit Romanian family, illustrating how difficult it can be to draw lines…
By The editorial unit