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CAPTIVATING: To the Stars
TOM STONE urges you to catch the last dates of a New York singer/songwriter, never afraid to challenge her audiences musically or politically
JAN WOOLF examines work that aims to give viewers a material experience of the environments in the polar north and Britain equally affected by the climate crisis
The bard recalls advice received 50 years ago from his TRB muse, and sorts out appropriate legislation for football club ownership
MICHAL BONCZA and MARIA DUARTE review Facing War, Kontinental ’25, Bugonia, and Relay
MAYER WAKEFIELD is frustrated by a production of Ibsen’s classic study of an anti-heroine that fails to elucidate her motivations
PETER MASON tunes his ear into the domestic affairs of a Carribbean couple with a troublesome son
A Rainy Day in New York (12)
Directed by Woody Allen
3*
IN HIS latest, Woody Allen returns to his old stomping ground of New York and romantic comedies, along with the recurring theme of older men falling for much younger women.
It centres on troubled student and avid gambler Gatsby (Timothee Chalamet), who devises an elaborate romantic getaway to the Big Apple with his college sweetheart Ashleigh (Elle Fanning), who’s set to interview celebrated Hollywood director Roland Pollard (Liev Schreiber) for a college paper.
But all his well-laid plans are dashed when Pollard takes a shine to Ashleigh, whisking her away on a thrilling adventure around the city in which she encounters his long-suffering producer and screenwriter (Jude Law) and a film star (Diego Luna) who, of course, all lust after her.
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