By Anne Brodie History will be made tomorrow and we are its witnesses. Few of us have seen the coronation of a British monarch. The last, Queen Elizabeth II, was 70 years ago. She served longer than any Monarch since Britain's organisation as a kingdom in early medieval times and was widely …
Woman Power! Laughs, Shocks, Art and Love
By Anne Brodie Kelly Reichardt's fourth collaboration with Michelle Williams Showing Up is in many ways removed from the three prior. Its power and subtlety are there but come late in the story, preceded by a long, meditative setup. Williams is Lizzy, a sculptor of female figures in flights of …
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If You’re a Fan of Investigative Thrillers, This is Your Week in Entertainment!
By Anne Brodie Steve Coogan has written a fact-based, non-tongue-in-cheek film. If you can imagine. Director Stephen Frears' The Lost King stars Sally Hawkins as amateur historian Philippa Langley whose instincts and apparently ghostly bond with "son of York, last Plantagenet King of England …
The Unyielding Battle for Julian Assange’s Freedom: A Family’s Crusade for Truth and Justice
The most famous hacker in history, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange resides in isolation in London's tough Belmarsh prison awaiting possible extradition to the US to face trial for espionage. His crime? Publishing videos of US military war crimes against Iraqis, provided to him by Chelsea Manning. …
It’s Not Comedy It’s Horror, the Weinstein Drama, Mickey Mouse, a Pact and … Loons?
By Anne Brodie The Menu follows Tyler and Margot (Nicholas Hoult and Anya Taylor-Joy) on a culinary adventure in a remote island restaurant with an excruciatingly high snob factor. The woman he was to bring dumped him, so she was replaced by Margot, who wasn't aware until the chef (Ralph Fiennes) …