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Month: March 2018

  • The Shape of Water film review *****

    The Shape of Water, 26th February 2018 I have to confess I wasn’t that interested in seeing The Shape of Water, (I am pleased with my little conceptual joke here). The trailers suggested this was likely in a similar vein to Guillermo Del Toro’s previous gothic horror/romance/fantasy films: lovely to…

  • Picnic at Hanging Rock at the Barbican Theatre review ***

    Picnic at Hanging Rock Barbican Theatre, 24th February 2018 Picnic at Hanging Rock is an Australian cultural icon. Joan Lindsay’s novel, published in 1967 and Peter Weir’s 1975 film, (and all manner of subsequent examinations, interpretations and meditations), is a metaphor which gets to the very heart of the making…

  • Phantom Thread film review *****

    Phantom Thread, 19th February 2018 I saw Daniel Day-Lewis on stage. In Another Country in the early 1980s. That’s why it’s a good idea to buy programmes and stick them in a box. I remember the play a bit but not really his performance. Not sure I would have guessed…