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Stage vs. Screen

Explore the cross-pollination between film and theater and the unique magic of each medium.

Two stills stitched together, one of Bette Davis in the 1950 film All About Eve, the other of Gillian Anderson in the 2019 stage adaptation.

B. P. Flanagan / November 27, 2020

All About Eve at 70: A closeup on Joseph Mankiewicz’s classic and its stage adaptation

On the 70th anniversary of Joseph Mankiewicz’s All About Eve, we dissect Ivo Van Hove’s recent stage revival, and its use of the 'cinematic' closeup with on …

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Babyteeth, Shannon Murphy, Eliza Scanlen

Stephen Puddicombe / June 22, 2020

Babyteeth is a cancer story about a teen girl’s lust for life

Babyteeth is a quirky, surprising, and ultimately very moving film about teenage terminal illness that is less a wistful tearjerker than it is a coming-of-age …

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Alex Heeney / September 29, 2019

Rupert Goold on Judy and directing for film vs. theatre

The Almeida Theatre's Artistic Director Rupert Goold discusses his new film Judy, and the differences between directing for film and theatre. When Judy …

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Journey's End, Saul Dibb

Alex Heeney / April 15, 2018

Journey’s End is a thoughtful, modern screen adaptation

Saul Dibb’s adaptation of the acclaimed play Journey's End sees the source material through a modern lens and makes use of the intimacy unique to the cinematic …

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The Party, Sally Potter

Alex Heeney / March 1, 2018

Sally Potter’s The Party is a dynamic, witty ensemble film

The premise of The Party — seven characters trapped in a house, for 71 minutes, as secrets are revealed and lives potentially irreparably changed — sounds like …

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Deep Blue Sea

Alex Heeney / April 23, 2017

Davies’ adaptation of The Deep Blue Sea is a memory film with an unreliable narrator

In Terence Davies' screen adaptation of Rattigan's The Deep Blue Sea, Davies plunges us into Hester's memories, nudging us to accept her interpretation of …

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