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  • Cannes 2023 roundup

    Ooh la la! I went to Cannes, baby!!! Of course, it was not nearly as glamorous as it might have been. I barely spoke to anyone on the ground; some mild chatting in various queues but otherwise went around in silence. Sad! Please invite me to your parties or to chat on your podcast, I’m…

  • Cold Nights of Childhood

    My review of Cold Nights of Childhood by Tezer Özlü is over at Bookmunch (for whom I am very happy to write occasionally). She was completely unknown to me before Peter asked me if I’d be interested, and I was. Serpent’s Tail has a very, very good eye for outsider literature – by which I…

  • Watch on the Rhine (Donmar Warehouse, 22/23 production)

    I have always had a weakness for this play of Lillian Hellman’s, which I first read as a student and have finally seen live in the production at the Donmar. Quite possibly it’s because it’s about an anti-fascist named Sara who married in her very early twenties and is finally returning to the family home…

  • RRR

    When a movie explodes out of nowhere* and takes the world by storm, it’s usually for a damn good reason. In RRR’s case that’s because it shows the world what a certain style of cinema can do. Telugu cinema, which is not Bollywood, has suddenly exploded into the world’s awareness with RRR, which is a historical biopic, a…

  • Confess, Fletch

    Confess, Fletch is the kind of solid thriller – with jokes! – that only appeals to adults, so Hollywood rarely makes them anymore