An awesome and ridiculous film that leaves you thrilled beyond the point of your natural endurance
2012
Theatre
The show has suddenly become quite wonderful, and the galvanising factor is the terrific stage debut of Melanie C
Blood Brothers
Music
The British pop music industry may be eating itself but if Muse are the pick of what it can offer the world in 2010 then British music is in rude health indeed
Muse
I was smitten by both Gilberts enormous luxuriant moustache and the intelligence and nuance of this highly entertaining play
I totally recommend Babbo to anyone who is looking for really good and traditional Italian food
Always been a fan but never seen them live. I was ecstatic to be part of this epic event. WOW!
London,
Derek Malcolm's rating
Reader rating
Julian Schnabel's film is a concert version of Lou Reed's Berlin, an album recorded some 30 years ago and said to be one of the most depressing ever made. It was filmed over five nights in Brooklyn, with performers like Fernando saunders, Antony hegarty, Steve Hunter and the Brooklyn Youth Chorus supporting the gravel-voiced Reed and a 35-piece band.
This rock oratorio, using the then divided city of Berlin as a backdrop to the story of tragic druggie Caroline (emmanuelle seigneur) and her lovers, is no Kurt Weill-like masterpiece. But those who admire Reed will find that Schnabel's film allows the music to speak for itself against its rather messy background. Sometimes, despite the fact that you can't always distinguish the words, it does so with impressive, if determinedly downbeat results.
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