“Joel and Ethan Coen’s darkly comic odyssey set against the 1960s New York folk-music scene swept the National Society of Film Critics’ top prizes on Saturday, winning awards for picture, director, actor Oscar Isaac and cinematography.”
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The Globe Gets A Companion Indoor Theatre, Lit By Candles
“It’s not a reconstruction of one particular theatre – it’s an archetype of the kind of indoor spaces in which the late romances of Shakespeare, the dark revenge plays of John Webster and the satirical city comedies of Ben Jonson would have been performed.”
‘It’s About Finding His Mind, Not Losing It’: Frank Langella On Playing King Lear
The 76-year-old actor, who will be playing the mad monarch in Brooklyn next week, turned down the role in his 60s – because he didn’t think, back then (not having read the play), that it was worth the trouble to play such a spoiled, mean-spirited old whiner. Langella explains why he thinks differently now.
‘It’s About Finding His Mind, Not Losing It’: Frank Langella On Playing King Lear
The 76-year-old actor, who will be playing the mad monarch in Brooklyn next week, turned down the role in his 60s – because he didn’t think, back then (not having read the play), that it was worth the trouble to play such a spoiled, mean-spirited old whiner. Langella explains why he thinks differently now.