Tag Archives: thriller

Plywood, sci-fi and famously bad films

Posted on July 17, 2017 by mkmswain

On my July MoveTo Town and Country Arts page: Pick of the month: Good wood Delve into the history and pioneering future of plywood at the V&A Don’t miss: The final frontier The Barbican goes sci-fi, from rare film and books to a Black Mirror installation … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Fiction, Film, Journalism | Tagged art, barbican, blockbuster, book, christopher bollen, cinema, comedy, comic, commute, commuter, do, exhibition, fiction, film, funny, gallery, how did this get made, into the unknown, london, magazine, moveto, moveto town and country, movie, museum, novel, plywood, podcast, read, sci fi, science fiction, see, summer, the destroyers, thriller, v&a, visit, wood | Leave a comment

Giacometti, Hokusai, Paula Hawkins and a feminist podcast

Posted on May 7, 2017 by mkmswain

On my May MoveTo Town and Country Arts page: Pick of the month: Cutting a fine figure Giacometti’s full body of work revealed in a major Tate Modern retrospective Don’t miss: Making waves The British Museum goes beyond Hokusai’s iconic print Commuter corner Paula Hawkins’ Into the Water … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Fiction, Journalism | Tagged amanda mccall, art, arts, beauty and the beast, beyond the great wave, book, british museum, commute, commuter, exhibition, feminist, gallery, giacometti, gloria steinem, hokusai, into the water, japan, japanese, judy blume, london, magazine, makers, moveto, moveto town and country, ms marvel, museum, novel, oprah winfrey, paula hawkins, podcast, read, shonda rhimes, tate modern, the girl on the train, the great wave, things to do, things to see, thriller, women | Leave a comment

Obsession, Barbican

Posted on April 26, 2017 by mkmswain

“Everybody wants passion,” says Ivo Van Hove in the programme interview for his latest show, but in both tone and aesthetic, his take on this doomed romance is less red-hot fire of ardour, more the cold, grey ash left in … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged barbican, broadwayworld, ivo van hove, jude law, london, love, murder, obsession, passion, review, romance, sex, theatre, thriller, visconti | Leave a comment

The Red Barn, National Theatre

Posted on October 18, 2016 by mkmswain

It was a dark and stormy night. Two couples are caught in a snowstorm on their way back from a party. Three of them arrive at a remote Connecticut farmhouse. One disappears. There’s a definite pleasure in this familiar story, … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged broadwayworld, bunny christie, David Hare, elizabeth debicki, georges simenon, hope davis, mark strong, national theatre, review, robert icke, sixties, the red barn, thriller | Leave a comment

BWW Interview: Hope Davis

Posted on September 19, 2016 by mkmswain

The American actress talks thrillers, escaping to London and David Hare’s The Red Barn. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here

Posted in Journalism, Theatre, TV | Tagged 1969, actress, american crime, broadway, broadwayworld, bunny christie, connecticut, David Hare, divorce, donald trump, elizabeth debicki, family, feminism, georges simenon, god of carnage, groundhog day, hillary clinton, hitchcock, hollywood, hope davis, interview, london, mark strong, marriage, national theatre, new york, patti lupone, robert icke, sixties, stage, the red barn, theatre, thriller, tv, wayward pines | Leave a comment

The Brink, Orange Tree Theatre

Posted on April 12, 2016 by mkmswain

Generation Y are worriers. There’s certainly plenty to fuel that angst, from mounting debts, employment uncertainty and the ever-worsening housing crisis to international conflict and terrorism – as explored by a slew of recent articles (and the occasional “How anxious … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged anxiety, brad birch, conspiracy, david bowie, drama, fear, generation y, heroes, london, mel hillyard, millennial, orange tree theatre, play, review, school, teacher, the arts desk, the brink, theartsdesk, theatre, thriller, worry | Leave a comment

Calder, Serial and London after dark

Posted on February 18, 2016 by mkmswain

On my February MoveTo Town and Country Arts page: Pick of the month: Night watch London Transport Museum explores the city’s nocturnal history. Don’t miss: Moving on up Alexander Calder, pioneer of kinetic sculpture, is celebrated at Tate Modern. Commuter corner The best podcast for amateur … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Fiction, Journalism | Tagged alexander calder, art, book, commute, commuter, crime, exhibition, fiction, fiona barton, london, london transport museum, magazine, making a murderer, moveto, netflix, night, night shift, podcast, read, sculpture, serial, tate modern, the widow, thriller, transport, true crime | Leave a comment

Hangmen, Wyndham’s Theatre

Posted on December 8, 2015 by mkmswain

Just what constitutes reasonable behaviour in an enlightened society? Not long ago, the death penalty fell under that umbrella in Britain, and state-sanctioned killing as punishment for the crime of, well, killing is just the kind of twisted irony that … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged capital punishment, crime, david morrissey, death, drama, farce, hang, hanged, hangmen, johnny flynn, justice, london, martin mcdonagh, murder, oldham, pierrepoint, pinter, play, pub, review, royal court, sixties, the arts desk, theartsdesk, theatre, thriller, west end | Leave a comment

Xanadu, Southwark Playhouse

Posted on November 3, 2015 by mkmswain

It trashed Olivia Newton-John’s film career, halted the movie-musical revival, and was so critically reviled it led to the creation of the Razzies. How, then, could the stage version of hubristic 1980 flop Xanadu become a 2007 Broadway hit? The answer, … Continue reading →

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Strictly Speaking: Week 6

Posted on November 2, 2015 by mkmswain

Bitter experience has obliterated all possible hope for Strictly’s annual fright fest – best watched several dozen drinks in, when the more disturbing details begin to blur round the edges – but this was an abysmal show even by Halloween … Continue reading →

Posted in Dance, Journalism, TV | Tagged ballroom, celebrity, charleston, costume, dance, dance off, dancing, danny dyer, dressing up, eastenders, eliminated, georgia may foote, ghost, ghostbusters, halloween, jamelia, jeremy vine, jive, kirsty gallacher, latin, rocky horror picture show, scd, strictly, strictly come dancing, tango, the addams family, thriller | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: thriller

Plywood, sci-fi and famously bad films

Giacometti, Hokusai, Paula Hawkins and a feminist podcast

Obsession, Barbican

The Red Barn, National Theatre

BWW Interview: Hope Davis

The Brink, Orange Tree Theatre

Calder, Serial and London after dark

Hangmen, Wyndham’s Theatre

Xanadu, Southwark Playhouse

Strictly Speaking: Week 6

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