emma thompson

In Good Luck to You, Leo Grande, written by Katy Brand and directed by Sophie Hyde, Emma Thompson stars as Nancy Stokes, a widow and retired Religious Education teacher who hires handsome young sex-worker Leo Grande (played by rising Irish…

In some respects it was incredibly unfortunate to be 13 when Joe Wright’s adaptation of Ian McEwan’s Atonement was released. Through no fault of the film/novel’s quality, it put a notion into me that McEwan’s works where stiflingly middle…

What a week. David Bowie and Alan Rickman. Fuck. Bowie's death left me feeling strangely bereft. Despite never having been a dedicated 'Bowie-head' (a fan, though never a fanatic), I keep returning to the idea that I've never lived in a…

This week on Twitter was a sad week on Twitter. The death of David Bowie left just about everybody shocked, as millions around the world mourned his passing. Reports of Alan Rickman's untimely death generated a similar response online from…