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Went to see Hamnet recently. Here's my review:
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Hamnet
Hamnet  Seen at Curzon Kingston on 14 January 2026 Based on Maggie O’Farrell’s novel of the same name, Hamnet, which won the 2026 Golden Globe Award for Best Film, is an engaging story about t…
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January 18, 2026 at 7:55 PM
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Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom release a joint statement:
January 18, 2026 at 2:34 PM
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We went to see Marty Supreme earlier this week. Here is my review:
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Marty Supreme
Seen at ArtHouse Crouch End with Janice and Graham on 12 January 2026 Directed and written by Josh Safdie, this is a comedy-sports drama about table tennis. The story opens in 1952 and Timothée Cha…
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January 18, 2026 at 5:28 PM
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We had our annual discussion about the films we saw in 2025. Here are the results:
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Film Club Awards 2025
Film Club Awards 2025 These are the films we saw last year: A Real Pain I’m Still Here Black Bag The Penguin Lessons The Phoenician Scheme The Ballad of Wallis Island Four Letters of Love Oslo Tril…
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January 17, 2026 at 4:54 PM
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Went to a panto this weekend!
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Jack and the Beanstalk
Seen at the Lyric, Hammersmith, with Dominic on 3 January 2026 Directed by Nicholai la Barrie and written by Sonia Jalaly, this panto was a contemporary and imaginative version of this classic tale…
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January 7, 2026 at 8:11 PM
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We went to see a delightful play in Clapham this week. See my review of Prescription: Murder
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Prescription: Murder
Seen with Dominic at The Bread & Roses Theatre, Clapham, on 2 December 2025 Prescription: Murder is based upon the first-ever pilot episode of the 1970s American crime drama series Columbo. The…
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December 6, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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We very much enjoyed Alan Bennett's The Choral, directed by Nicholas Hytner. Here's my review:

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The Choral
Seen with Barbara and David on 24 November 2025 Written by Alan Bennett and directed by Nicholas Hytner (the creative partnership that also brought us The Lady in the Van, The History Boys and The …
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November 30, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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London 15th November
November 2, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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We went to see the amazing I Swear this week. Here's my review
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I Swear
Seen with Barbara and Janice at Picturehouse Crouch End on 27 October 2025 I Swear (as the title suggests) is a fantastic biopic about the life of John Davidson, who lives with Tourette’s syndrome,…
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October 30, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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London Film Festival 2025
I saw two contrasting films at the London Film Festival this year. I also noted Choir, written by Alan Bennett, which was fully booked but will no doubt come out later on general release, and Chris…
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October 16, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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We saw Troilus and Cressida on Wednesday.
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Troilus and Cressida
Seen with Dominic at Shakespeare’s Globe on 1 October 2025 Troilus and Cressida is not often performed, and it was the first time we had seen this tragi-comedy. It’s set in the later years of the T…
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October 3, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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Amendment
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One Battle After Another
I omitted to credit Teyana Taylor with the role of Perfidia!
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September 30, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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We saw the amazing One Battle After Another last night. Here's my review
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One Battle After Another
Seen at ArtHouse Crouch End with Barbara, David and Janice on 29 September 2025 Written, directed and produced by the great Paul Thomas Anderson, and based upon the Reagen era novel Vineland by Tho…
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September 30, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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Went to the great ArtHouse cinema in Crouch End to see The Roses. Here's my review:
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The Roses
Seen at ArtHouse Crouch End on 22 September 2025 Directed by Jay Roach, the Roses is an updated version of the 1989 film The War of the Roses, based on the novel of the same name by Warren Adler an…
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September 23, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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Oslo Trilogy: Sex - is an original, somewhat baffling film. See my review: susaldr.wordpress.com/2025/08/26/o...
Oslo Trilogy: Sex
Oslo Trilogy: Sex Seen with Janice, Barbara, David and Sumiko at ArtHouse Crouch End on 25 August 2025 This has to be one of the oddest films we have seen together! Directed by the Norwegian direct…
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August 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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We were excited to see the engaging and thought-provoking family drama #TennerBag at the #Camden Fringe recently. Here's my review: susaldr.wordpress.com/2025/08/18/t...
Tenner Bag
Seen with Graham and Sally at the Hope Theatre, Islington, on 15 August 2025 First, what actually is a tenner bag? My research tells me that it refers to a small quantity of illegal drugs sold for …
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August 18, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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I loved the film Friendship which I saw recently. Here's my review
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Friendship
Seen at Curzon Soho on 31 July 2025 Friendship is a black comedy from Andrew DeYoung, the TV director and writer, and is set in a small town in the USA. Craig (Tim Robinson) meets his new friend an…
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August 8, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Reminder of the play I’m in - August 15th/16th www.thehopetheatre.com/tennerbag
Tenner Bag | The Hope Theatre
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August 4, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Our film club has been out again - we were somewhat bemused by Four Letters of Love. Here's my review:
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Four Letters of Love
Seen with Barbara, Sumiko and Janice at ArtHouse Crouch End on 28 July 2025 Based on the novel of the same name by Irish author Niall Williams and directed by Polly Steele, Four Letters of Love has…
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August 2, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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We went to see the classic Stanley Kubrick film Barry Lyndon which has been re-released for its 50th anniversary. Very good - see my review.
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Barry Lyndon
Seen with Graham at Curzon Bloomsbury on 26 July 2025 Graham has a special interest in Stanley Kubrick’s work and neither of us had seen the 1975 classic, Barry Lyndon, which has been re-released t…
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August 1, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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We were at open air theatre locally - lovely evening. See my review of Vanity Fair.
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Vanity Fair
Seen with Debbie and Dominic at Stephens House & Gardens on 24 July 2025 What could be more pleasant than open air theatre just five minutes’ walk from your home?! We very much enjoyed this new…
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July 31, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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We went to the Summer production of Huntingdon Drama Club on Wednesday. Here's my review.
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Ladies’ Day
Seen with Sally at The Commemoration Hall, Huntingdon, on 16 July 2025 The summer production from Huntingdon Drama Club might have been written (by Amanda Whittington) and put on especially for us!…
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July 19, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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Film Club was out to see The Ballad of Wallis Island last week. We rate it highly! See my review:
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The Ballad of Wallis Island
Seen with David, Sumiko, Barbara and Janice at ArtHouse Crouch End on 30 June 2025 Directed by James Griffiths and written by Tim Key and Tom Basden (who star as Charles Heath and Herb McGwyer), Th…
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July 6, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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I went to see 28Years Later last week - I sort of 'enjoyed' it Here's my review.:
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28 Years Later
Seen at Curzon Victoria on 26 June 2025 I thought the combination of Danny Boyle, director, and Alex Garland (writer, was impressed by Civil War) would make this well worth my attention. And films …
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July 3, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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We've been out enjoying the cultural scene in Cambridgeshire. Here's my review of Twelfth Night.
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Twelfth Night
Seen with Sally at Buckden Towers on 25 June 2025 The George Hotel in Huntingdon was once the home of Oliver Cromwell’s grandfather and later the headquarters of Charles 1. And, since 1959, a talen…
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July 3, 2025 at 7:34 PM