New Moon is nothing if not an international advertisement for the hungry virtues of virginity and young people can’t get enough of it
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Theatre
A smart, prickly and rewarding view of sexual and emotional confusion
Cock
Restaurants
Kitchen W8 is a bargain for this area, if such sophistication is what you crave
Kitchen W8
Too long and drawn out but very entertaining with excellent special effects
This is a peculiar play and does not work for me. Some of it is very funny but there are real flaws
Alex has a strong powerful voice and was faultless, she is far better now than she was on the X-Factor
London,
Derek Malcolm's rating
Reader rating
Intriguingly made: Cheri
If looks could kill, Stephen Frears and Christopher Hampton’s adaptation of Colette’s Cheri might cause casualties. Production design and art direction sum up La Belle Epoque stunningly. Yet this story of a young man (Rupert Friend) who realises too late that he is desperately in love with Michelle Pfeiffer’s ageing courtesan after marrying for money carries within it the seeds of its own destruction. It is sometimes too smart and stylish for its own good.
Surprisingly, Frears voices the commentary, presumably also written by Hampton, and as director, he gets eloquent performances from Pfeiffer, Friend, who looks more and more like a handsome debauchee, and Kathy Bates, as a rich old whore trying to marry her recalcitrant son off. It’s an intrguingly made film but I seem to remember Colette had a bit more depth than this.
The Berlin Film Festival runs until Sunday (www.berlinale.de).
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