Ben Flanagan

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    Theatre
    The Tempest at Shakespeare’s Globe
    ★★★★★

    Dream logic abounds in The Tempest, which is given an energetic new...

    Ben Flanagan 21st June 2021
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    Movie
    Me, Myself and Di
    ★★★★★

    A signal of the return to pre-Covid normality might be the reemergence of the loathsome,...

    Ben Flanagan 9th June 2021
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    Movie
    Shiva Baby
    ★★★★★

    Emma Seligman’s debut, an expansion of a short thesis film, is a slim and intermittently...

    Ben Flanagan 8th June 2021
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    Theatre
    Amelie: The Musical at Criterion Theatre
    ★★★★★

    Amelie, the 2001 film, has an odd reputation. Its whimsical, touristic...

    Ben Flanagan 3rd June 2021
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    Theatre
    The Money at The Chamber, London County Hall
    ★★★★★

    There is something to be said for the power to make an audience...

    Ben Flanagan 1st June 2021
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    Movie
    For the Sake of Vicious
    ★★★★★

    For the Sake of Vicious is a daffy if uncharismatic Canadian thriller from the genre...

    Ben Flanagan 16th April 2021
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    Movie
    I Blame Society
    ★★★★★

    Our serial-killer obsession meets Hollywood satire in I Blame Society, an inventive new comedy...

    Ben Flanagan 16th April 2021
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    Movie
    Beast Beast
    ★★★★★

    There is no shortage of films about the way we live now, and Beast Beast...

    Ben Flanagan 13th April 2021
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    Movie
    Final Days
    ★★★★★

    Final Days begins with a familiar image: alone, trudging around his home, an ill man...

    Ben Flanagan 9th April 2021
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    Movie
    SAS: Red Notice
    ★★★★★

    The Andy McNab phenomenon is easy to miss if one isn’t inclined toward the nationalistic,...

    Ben Flanagan 8th March 2021