Tag Archives: JB Priestley
Review: The Lady in the Van (2015)
It’s always nice to sit back and watch a great actor do their thing. THE LADY IN THE VAN is often just that: Maggie Smith, Alan Bennett’s words. and a camera. You might not think Bennett’s stories would be particularly … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Bennett, Alex Jennings, Comedy, Drama, Film, JB Priestley, Jim Broadbent, Maggie Smith, Movies, Nicholas Hytner, Proust, Roger Allam, The History Boys, The Lady in the Van
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Review: An Inspector Calls (2015)
This review contains spoilers for JB Priestley’s 1945 play, as well as subsequent film and TV adaptations. For the most part, the BBC’s TV adaptation of JB Priestley’s classic AN INSPECTOR CALLS, broadcast last weekend, is polished, if conventional. The … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Review, Television, Theatre
Tagged Aisling Walsh, Alistair Sim, An Inspector Calls, BBC, David Thewlis, Film, Guy Hamilton, Helen Edmundson, JB Priestley, Ken Stott, Miranda Richardson, Movies, Sophie Rundall, Stephen Daldry, Theatre, TV
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