Eddie Redmayne
Eddie Redmayne shouldn't regret playing a trans character
Eddie Redmayne was nominated for an Oscar for his performance in The Danish Girl, but now he is having second thoughts…
One zinger after another – but it’ll leave you cold: Trial of the Chicago 7 reviewed
Aaron Sorkin’s The Trial of the Chicago 7 — don’t worry, you haven’t missed six earlier films — is a…
A mess: Fantastic Beasts reviewed
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald is the sequel to the Harry Potter prequel Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find…
The Danish Girl is a film that is killed by good taste
The Danish Girl is based on the true (if heavily revised and simplified) story of Lili Elbe, one of the…
Hold on, should we actors really be speaking for trans people?
Should actors be speaking for trans people?
Miriam Gross’s diary: Why use Freud and Kurt Weill to promote Wagner?
Last week I went to the exhilarating English National Opera production of Wagner’s The Mastersingers — five hours of wonderful…
You can’t force low-income people to go to an art gallery or the theatre if they don’t want to
I went last week to see the justly praised production of Wagner’s The Mastersingers at English National Opera, and I…
James Blunt’s sense of entitlement is so palpable you could wear it as a hat
Only a fool would mess with James Blunt. As his Twitter followers know, he has a sharp wit, and, as…
