Oscar Isaac's Hamlet left me cold. Give me 10 Things I Hate About You any dayA couple of weeks back, I went with a friend to see Oscar Isaac in Hamlet. I'd acquired Public Theater membership…
I think about all Garofalo's combined experience on screen and stage, and smile at how lucky I am to have seen her in the fleshOne of my favourite romantic comedies was released all the way …
Sure, she has screen presence, but it's her voice that is truly arrestingContrary to the bombastic voiceover at the start of reality TV music competitions, we know that finding that one-in-a…
I will never not laugh at his bit on chicken and racismBack when easy streaming was a twinkle in some young executive's eye, some TV was just… unavailable. If you were desperate to wa…
Her voice is the happiest sound you'll ever hear, like the best of summer holidaysI'm a screen addict, so a fair chunk of my childhood memories are intimately tied up in film. Around the age…
Her jokes can be uncomfortable, but then they come from uncomfortable situations Do you remember that TV channel, Trouble? In the late 90s/early 00s, it was a colourful graveyard for Am…
He's a New Yorker, born to Puerto Rican parents, and a hip-hop head " not the usual ingredients that make up Broadway composersMy greatest regret of 2016 was a self-inflicted error of judgme…
Coel is fearless. No joke is too risque, no comedic situation too outrageous to explore in pursuit of the funny Generally speaking, I love being surprised. It's an increasingly hard thi…
'Lenny Henry feels as familiar to me as a family friend " the magnanimous uncle who has always been there'There are some people who live forever bathed in the golden glow of collective folk …
The comedian hits all the right buttons, which is why she makes us laugh and cry in equal measureLast week I was doing the dishes while watching Tig, a new Netflix documentary about comedian…
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What could a 19th-century Swedish play have to say about 21st-century South Africa? Plenty, says Yael Farber, whose hit adaptation of Miss Julie is about to open in LondonYael Farber has jus…