Director Andrew Haigh’s wonderful 2017 film, Lean on Pete, which told the story of a young guy (Charlie Plummer) travelling across the American West with a horse he had saved from the slaughterhouse was one of the most affecting films of recent times. Haigh’s latest film, the very moving, intimate, slow burn, All Of Us Strangers similarly draws us into
Read moreWith his perceptive and articulate dramas like Sideways, The Descendants and Nebraska, director Alexander Payne was establishing himself as one of the major film auteurs of the new millennium. His stellar reputation as a filmmaker was tarnished somewhat, though, with the 2017 sci fi themed social satire Downsizing which featured on some critics’ turkey lists. Now, he makes a welcome
Read moreThe Colour Purple is the cinema adaptation of the stage musical adaptation of the 1985 Steven Spielberg film adaptation of the 1892 Alice Walker novel. This time, Blitz Bazawule rather than Spielberg directs although Spielberg and Quincy Jones return as producers alongside the stage musical’s producers Scott Sanders and Oprah Winfrey. The stage to screen adaptation can be a tricky
Read moreLook out Generations Y and Z, your cool cultural icons are now becoming retro nostalgia. The latest acquisition is high school clique comedy Mean Girls which was originally filmed in 2004 and propelled Lindsay Lohan to stardom. Like the Colour Purple, Mean Girls was turned into a stage musical that has itself been adapted into a film. The buoyant preview
Read moreEvery second Saturday from 2 PM to 4 PM, Gab and Annette bring you a bonanza of theatre and musical productions, including interviews with performers, producers and directors. If it’s local theatre and music, you’ll hear about it on Showstoppers. Enjoy this podcast of Showstoppers from 3 February 2024.
Read moreWRITE NOW – tonight 8/2/24 – Lily Everest Head of Education at the BBC Earth Experience; then Glenna Thomson re Sisters in Crime’s upcoming event: Dark & Deadly Family Secrets; plus more. Please join me, Gaytana ALSO: let’s wear a mask to protect ourselves & others from COVID. Looking out for each other – that’s what community does.
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