A new adaptation of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” with an all-star voice cast including Carey Mulligan, Martin Freeman, Daniel Kaluuya, Simon Russell Beale and Andy Serkis, is set for a Nov. 20 U.K. release across both cinemas and theaters.
This retelling of the classic Christmas tale follows a Victorian family as they prepare a toy theater for their annual performance of “A Christmas Carol.” The audience enters the imagination of one of the children and the cardboard stage transforms to reveal a magical world containing real dancers and stylized sets, with spoken narration.
The dance performances are led by former Royal Ballet principal dancer and BalletBoyz founder Michael Nunn as Scrooge, Jakub Franasowicz, Russell Maliphant, Karl Fagerlund Brekke, Mikey Boats, Grace Jabbari and Dana Fouras.
With the British winter pantomime season — the financial mainstay of the theater scene — moribund due to continuing restrictions, producers Frith Street Films have taken...
This retelling of the classic Christmas tale follows a Victorian family as they prepare a toy theater for their annual performance of “A Christmas Carol.” The audience enters the imagination of one of the children and the cardboard stage transforms to reveal a magical world containing real dancers and stylized sets, with spoken narration.
The dance performances are led by former Royal Ballet principal dancer and BalletBoyz founder Michael Nunn as Scrooge, Jakub Franasowicz, Russell Maliphant, Karl Fagerlund Brekke, Mikey Boats, Grace Jabbari and Dana Fouras.
With the British winter pantomime season — the financial mainstay of the theater scene — moribund due to continuing restrictions, producers Frith Street Films have taken...
- 10/14/2020
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Xan Brooks is joined by Peter Bradshaw and Henry Barnes to assess The Big Short, Adam McKay’s starry, sleeper hit comedy about the financial crisis in 2007; The Assassin, Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s ravishing martial arts drama; Sandra Bullock and Billy Bob Thornton in spin satire Our Brand is Crisis; and thalidomide documentary Attacking the Devil: Harold Evans and the Last Nazi War Crime. All films are released in the UK on 22 January
Xan Brooks is joined by Peter Bradshaw and Henry Barnes to assess The Big Short, Adam McKay’s starry, sleeper hit comedy about the financial crisis in 2007; The Assassin, Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s ravishing martial arts drama; Sandra Bullock and Billy Bob Thornton in spin satire Our Brand is Crisis; and thalidomide documentary Attacking the Devil: Harold Evans and the Last Nazi War Crime. All films are released in the UK on 22 January
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Xan Brooks is joined by Peter Bradshaw and Henry Barnes to assess The Big Short, Adam McKay’s starry, sleeper hit comedy about the financial crisis in 2007; The Assassin, Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s ravishing martial arts drama; Sandra Bullock and Billy Bob Thornton in spin satire Our Brand is Crisis; and thalidomide documentary Attacking the Devil: Harold Evans and the Last Nazi War Crime. All films are released in the UK on 22 January
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- 1/22/2016
- by Xan Brooks Peter Bradshaw Henry Barnes Rowan Slaney
- The Guardian - Film News
Xan Brooks is joined by Peter Bradshaw and Henry Barnes to assess The Big Short, Adam McKay’s starry, sleeper hit comedy about the financial crisis in 2007; The Assassin, Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s ravishing martial arts drama; Sandra Bullock and Billy Bob Thornton in spin satire Our Brand is Crisis; and thalidomide documentary Attacking the Devil: Harold Evans and the Last Nazi War Crime. All films are released in the UK on 22 January
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- 1/22/2016
- by Xan Brooks, Peter Bradshaw, Henry Barnes, Andrea Salvatici and Dan Susman
- The Guardian - Film News
Xan Brooks, Peter Bradshaw and Henry Barnes review a documentary on the Thalidomide scandal that digs into the drug’s history as an experimental compound developed by the Nazis and pays tribute to the heroic efforts of the Sunday Times, lead by Harold Evans, which persisted in an investigation into Thalidomide-affected children in the face of cover ups and lawsuits. Attacking the Devil: Harold Evans and the Last Nazi War Crime is released in the UK on Friday 22 January
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- 1/21/2016
- by Xan Brooks, Peter Bradshaw, Henry Barnes, Dan Susman, Tom Silverstone and Andrea Salvatici
- The Guardian - Film News
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