Thanks to Blanchett’s charismatic turn as a fading actress, this new Chekhov adaptation in London hangs together in spite of ...

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Director Thomas Ostermeier brings a combination of devil-may-care boldness and truth to Duncan Macmillan's witty new adaptation, also featuring Tom Burke, Emma Corrin and Kodi Smit-McPhee. By ...

Oscar-winning actress Cate Blanchett is as distinguished on stage as she is on film. As Irina Arkadina, the over-the-hill, over-the-top actress of Chekhov’s play, she is both venomous and ...

But Ostermeier’s production absolves itself of most of these charges, even though it’s stuffed with enough big names – not least Cate Blanchett as deluded actress Arkadina – to ensure that ...

Oh, and it’s got a performance from Cate Blanchett that may well be the best of the year. ‘Who wants a bit of Chekhov?’ Zachary Hart’s dirty-overalled Medvedenko asks as he bashes out a ...

Michael Fassbender and Cate Blanchett are married British agents forced to question whether one another might be the mole in a riveting genre exercise that respects our intelligence. Most ...

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