12 November 2015 Spectre reviewed by Adam McCormack Cut and paste cinema. Early reviews of Sam Mendes’ second Bond offering have cited the number of subtle homages to 50 years of 007 as a positive. They would indeed be impressive if they did not actually make up most of the film. Pretty well every piece… Continue reading Issue 28:2015 11 12: Spectre
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Issue 28:2015 11 12: As you like it
12 November 2015 As You Like It at the National reviewed by Adam McCormack William Shakespeare meets Jordan Belfort. The aspect of Polly Findlay’s new production of “As You Like It” for the National that is most likely to gain plaudits is the jaw-dropping scene change from a manic dealing room to a post-apocalyptic Forest… Continue reading Issue 28:2015 11 12: As you like it
Issue 25: 2015 10 22 Review RED ARMY
22 October 2015 RED ARMY (dir. Gabe Polsky, cert. 15) Film review by Neil Tidmarsh A documentary film? About ice hockey? About the Soviet Army ice hockey team? No, no, wait, please don’t click off this page (at least not yet). It really is a terrific film. Honestly. It’s about so much more than ice… Continue reading Issue 25: 2015 10 22 Review RED ARMY
Issue 21:2015 09 24: THE BEAUX’ STRATAGEM
24 September 2015 THE BEAUX’ STRATAGEM (George Farquhar) Olivier Theatre, National Theatre, London SE1 reviewed by Neil Tidmarsh George Farquhar wrote his masterpiece “The Beaux’ Stratagem” over three centuries ago. Would we in the twenty-first century be able to cheer on a pair of aristocratic ne’er-do-wells as they ruthlessly hunt for rich wives? Would a… Continue reading Issue 21:2015 09 24: THE BEAUX’ STRATAGEM
Issue 20; 2015 09 17: Review of Photograph 51
17 September 2015 PHOTOGRAPH 51 Noel Coward Theatre, London WC2 by Neil Tidmarsh In 1963, the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine was awarded to Francis Crick, James Watson and Maurice Wilkins for the discovery of the structure of DNA ten years earlier. Anna Ziegler’s play ‘Photograph 51’ is about a fourth scientist, Rosalind Franklin,… Continue reading Issue 20; 2015 09 17: Review of Photograph 51
Issue 16: 2015 08 20:MISSION IMPOSSIBLE – ROGUE NATION
20 August 2015 Mission Impossible – Rogue Nation by Neil Tidmarsh Which kind of spy thriller would you prefer to watch? a) An old-fashioned, pre digital-age movie where the athletic hero captures the crucial top secret information by breaking into the evil genius’s headquarters, beating up the guards, out-running the vicious guard-dogs, blasting open the… Continue reading Issue 16: 2015 08 20:MISSION IMPOSSIBLE – ROGUE NATION
Issue 11: 2015 07 16: Sentenced to Life
16 July 2015 Clive James: ‘Sentenced to Life’ by J R Thomas Clive James is one of those extraordinary figures who seem to pop up in every civilised society to make their fellow occupants of the planet feel insufficiently talented and inadequately driven. A true modern Renaissance man, he was a constant figure in the… Continue reading Issue 11: 2015 07 16: Sentenced to Life
Issue 2: 2015 05 14:Man and Superman, at the Lyttelton
Shaw Sheet Man and Superman, at the Lyttelton by J R Thomas T E Shaw (the pseudonym of Lawrence of Arabia) is not the only Shaw who inspires The Shaw Sheet. His contemporary and friend was his fellow Anglo-Irishman and exile in England, George Bernard Shaw. With felicitous timing the National Theatre is currently… Continue reading Issue 2: 2015 05 14:Man and Superman, at the Lyttelton
