World news | The Guardian5d ago
Six great reads: Louis Theroux’s reluctance to answer questions, Apple’s hits and misses, and boomers v gen Z https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/mar/14/six-great-reads-louis-therouxs-reluctance-to-answer-questions-apples-hits-and-misses-and-boomers-v-gen-z #GhislaineMaxwell #UsNews #LouisTheroux #TelevisionRadio #SouthAfrica #Apple #GenerationalInequality #AlanBennett
Six great reads: Louis Theroux’s reluctance to answer questions, Apple’s hits and misses, and boomers v gen Z

Need something brilliant to read this weekend? Here are six of our favourite pieces from the last seven days

The Guardian
FilmBookJan 18

Film Review: The Choral (2025): Ralph Fiennes is Miscast in a Well-Meaning Film That Hits a Few Sour Notes

Link: https://film-book.com/film-review-the-choral-2025-ralph-fiennes-is-miscast-in-a-well-meaning-film-that-hits-a-few-sour-notes/?fsp_sid=129031

#AlanBennett #AlunArmstrong #AmaraOkereke #EmilyFairn #EuniceRoberts #JacobDudman #LyndseyMarshal #MarkAddy #MovieReview #NicholasHytner #RalphFiennes #RobertEmms #RogerAllam #RonCook #SimonRussellBeale #SonyPicturesClassics #StephenBeresfor...

Danmc2Nov 22
ART AND HEAD: Two British #movies about #creativity and the people who bring the best out of performers fall under the Pomona microscope. We review #NicholasHytner's #AlanBennett scripted #TheChoral with #RalphFiennes and #MarcEvans' #MrBurton with #TobyJones.. https://loveitinpomona.blogspot.com/2025/11/art-and-head-choral-mr-burton.html #elgar #richardburton #music #acting #bach #rogerallam #markaddy #harrylawtey #lesleymanville #film #yorkshire #wales #aimeeffionedwards #aneurinbarnard #amaraokereke #alunarmstrong #cinema
dounowhoiam.bsky.socialNov 8
#AlanBennett written and #NicolasHytner directed historical comedy drama #TheChoral - starring #RalphFiennes, #RogerAllam, #MarkAddy, #AlunArmstrong, #RobertEmms and #SimonRussellBeale - is first of three today and at @cineworld.bsky.social
Film StoriesNov 6

The Choral review | The kind of film that keeps multiplexes ticking

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://filmstories.co.uk/news/the-choral-review-the-kind-of-film-that-keeps-multiplexes-ticking/

VarietyOct 19

‘The Choral’ Review: Ralph Fiennes Conducts a Sweet-Sounding but Gently Rebellious Anti-War Oratorio

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://variety.com/2025/film/news/the-choral-review-ralph-fiennes-1236556557/

VarietyOct 19

‘The Choral’ Review: Ralph Fiennes Conducts a Sweet-Sounding but Gently Rebellious Anti-War Oratorio
#Variety #News #Reviews #AlanBennett #NicholasHytner #RalphFiennes #TheChoral

https://variety.com/2025/film/news/the-choral-review-ralph-fiennes-1236556557/

'The Choral' Review: Ralph Fiennes Conducts an Anti-War Oratorio

Starring Ralph Fiennes, Alan Bennett and Nicholas Hytner's 'The Choral' is a pleasant, low-key wartime tale that pushes against cozy expectations.

Variety
ThameTheatreSep 7, 2025
When some of your stock of tech. cables makes it on stage to be used as a prop., one can't help but feel a tad smug.
"People" by #AlanBennett opens Tuesday.
https://www.thameplayers.co.uk/events/people
#LiveDrama #onstage in #Thame
Culture | The Guardian USSep 6, 2025
The Choral review – Ralph Fiennes makes pleasant music in low-volume drama https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/sep/05/the-choral-review-ralph-fiennes #Torontofilmfestival2025 #Torontofilmfestival #SimonRussellBeale #NicholasHytner #RalphFiennes #AlanBennett #Festivals #Culture #Film
The Choral review – Ralph Fiennes makes pleasant music in low-volume drama

The actor is a reliably committed presence in this gentle Alan Bennett-scripted first world war tale which might have worked better on stage

The Guardian
Phil EdwardsAug 5, 2025

The Choral – Watch the trailer for the new film, starring Ralph Fiennes, from Nicholas Hytner and Alan Bennett https://www.liveforfilm.com/2025/08/05/the-choral-watch-the-trailer-for-the-new-film-starring-ralpjh-fiennes-from-nicholas-hytner-and-alan-bennett/

#TheChoral #film #RalphFiennes #NicholasHytner #AlanBennett