Richard Cotter

Art for art’s sake. Art felt and artful.

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HE AIN’T HEAVY: WELL WORTH THE LIFT

As the classic song, He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother by The Hollies states: The road is long, with many a winding turn that leads us to who knows where.

In the film that borrows its title from the song,

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WIFE: A COMEDY OF ERAS

Photos © Bob Seary

Following in the footsteps of Aaron Posner’s take on Chekov’s The Seagull, Stupid Fucking Bird, and Gary Owen’s Welsh version of The Cherry Orchard, Samuel Adamson’s WIFE dives into Ibsen’s A Doll’s House and delivers an

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THE APPRENTICE: THE DETAIL IN THE DEVIL

As the oxymoronic United States of America head into their winter of discontent with a Presidential candidate made inglorious by his baulk and squawk, THE APPRENTICE is a timely reminder if the dissembling nature of the contestant.

Unlike the parties

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GHOSTLIGHT: THE POWER OF PLAY

A ghost light is an electric light that is left energised on the stage of a theatre when the theatre is unoccupied and would otherwise be completely dark. On the one hand it’s a health and safety issue, on the

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HELLBOY: THE CROOKED MAN

Helluva lot of fun, HELLBOY: THE CROOKED MAN is a welcome addition to this fickle franchise.

If you don’t much like super heroes, Hellboy is a fine antidote, a cigarette smoking, swearing supernatural hero with a penchant for punching

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MY OLD ASS: FEELS GOOD

Haul your old ass to MY OLD ASS therefore halting making an ass of yourself.

MY OLD ASS is an existential charmer spearheaded by a central performance by Maisy Stella.

Stella is simply stellar in this coming of age tale,

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THE VALLEY: THRILLER GOLD

Hammer nails it again with his latest crime thriller, THE VALLEY.

Taking the template of a rip roaring western and fashioning it around an historic homicide and a current killing, THE VALLEY is resplendent with the greed feeding lust for

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COMMANDANTE: SHIPS AND CHIPS

There is a tide in the affairs of war, which taken at the flood, leads on to common humanity.

In the early days of World War II, when an Italian submarine sinks a Belgian merchant marine, the subs commander must

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THERE’S STILL TOMORROW: BRAVURA DIRECTORIAL DEBUT

Brava! Brava! Brava!

The highest grossing film in Italy last year, THERE’S STILL TOMORROW is a vibrant, audacious, enchanting drama starring the exquisite Paola Cortellesi in her directorial debut and it’s yours to enjoy at this year’s ST.Ali Italian

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