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London Critics’ Circle film awards: Ovation for Alan Rickman

Posted on January 18, 2016 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON  – There was only one standing ovation at the London Critics’ Circle Film Awards Sunday night and it was for someone who was not there: Alan Rickman, who died on January 14. The audience responded immediately … Continue reading →

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FILM REVIEW: Saoirse Ronan in John Crowley’s ‘Brooklyn’

Posted on December 12, 2015 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – A finely nuanced performance by Saoirse Ronan as a young Irish ex-pat in New York is one of the many pleasures of John Crowley’s warm and entertaining “Brooklyn”.

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EDINBURGH FILM REVIEW: ‘Death Defying Acts’

Posted on June 19, 2008 by admin

By Ray Bennett EDINBURGH – Gillian Armstrong’s “Death Defying Acts” is a tale of illusion and self-delusion in which the great magician Harry Houdini becomes in thrall to a beautiful woman who is the spitting image of his late mother. … Continue reading →

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