The Last Days of Liz Truss? review – endgame at No 10 is tip of the iceberg | Theatre
a Is the running time of “The Last Days of Liz Truss” 100 minutes? This amounted to approximately 2 minutes per day that the subject served as Prime Minister. Similarly, Truss' drama about heroine Margaret Thatcher will run for almost a week, with her portrait hanging on set. This is as unsustainable a budget as […]
Leya: I Forget Everything review – sinister soundworlds from maverick avant gardists | Music
Leya is a New York duo consisting of harpist Marilu Donovan and violinist Adam Markiewicz, who seem to occupy a space roughly equidistant from ambient music, avant-garde composition, and drone-based electronica. . They soundtracked (and starred in) a pornographic film directed by rapper Brooke Candy. They have collaborated on catwalk shows for fashion designers such […]
Rumours review – close encounters for Cate Blanchett and the magnificent G7 | Movies
CDirector Blanchett directed one of the strangest moments at this year's Cannes Film Festival. For British people of a certain age, anyway. Her character respectfully quotes the late Roy Jenkins, the Labor Grand Duke and former Chancellor of the Treasury and Oxford University. Blanchett plays a fictional German chancellor named Hilda Ortmann, whom Jenkins refers […]
The Commander review – true story of patriotic heroism tries to avoid being political football | Movies
HThis is a low-key World War II drama directed by Edoardo De Angelis, based on a patriotic true story about the decency of non-fascist Italy during the Battle of the Atlantic. The film, made with the help of the Italian Navy, was selected for the opening gala of last year's Venice Film Festival, where Luca […]
Nosferatu review – Robert Eggers’s respectful homage to a vampire horror classic | Movies
HThis is Robert Eggers' avowed passion project as writer and director. A gorgeous arthouse remake on a grand scale that pays homage to F.W. Murnau's 1922 classic silent film, the German Expressionist Count Orlok, or the Nightmare of Nosferatu. A pale vampire who lives in the shadows of the Carpathian Mountains. In Eggers' film, we […]
Mauritian PM asks for independent review of Chagos Island deal with UK | Chagos Islands
The Mauritian prime minister has called for an independent review of the Chagos Islands agreement with the UK, according to the parliamentary record. “I would like to inform the House that I have called for an independent review of the draft confidential agreements that have been agreed,” new Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam said in parliament […]
Japanese Banks Sticking With Adani as Jefferies, Barclays Review Ties – Yahoo Finance
(Bloomberg) — Follow Bloomberg India on WhatsApp for exclusive content and analysis on billionaires, companies and market trends. Sign up here. Most Read Articles on Bloomberg Japan's leading banks remain closed to billionaire Gautam despite US bribery charges, even as other global companies such as Jefferies Financial Group and Barclays are reconsidering their exposure to […]
Review of longer video shows Fox News edited out Trump ramblings from barbershop interview
The Fox News Channel’s recent segment about former President Donald Trump’s “surprise” visit to a barbershop in the Bronx … source
Dear Santa review – Jack Black plays Satan in mediocre Christmas comedy | Comedy films
TThis is the clever little “what if” at the heart of this season's abundance of Christmas comedy Dear Santa: What if a child writes a letter to Santa but accidentally writes Satan's name instead? ? It's a spelling mistake made by an awkward 11-year-old boy with dyslexia that leads to a celebratory visit from the […]
The Sound of Music review – charming musical nourishes the soul | Theatre
ELizabeth Newman’s six-year tenure as Pitlochry’s artistic director was marked by a generosity of spirit and an urge to connect. As Mother Abeth says of Maria in The Sound of Music, Newman has “a great capacity to love.” Which makes it all the more appropriate that her farewell shot before moving to Sheffield Theater is […]