Jill Chuah Masters
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John Wick: Chapter 4 review - is this the El Cid of shoot-...
Since the first John Wick film from 2014 became an unexpected hit, the Wick franchise has blossomed into a booming business empire, also...
Black Superhero, Royal Court review - ambitious, but messy
The act of idol worship is, at one and the same time, both distantly ancient and compellingly contemporary. Whether it is Superman, Wonder Woman...
Fröst, Philharmonia, Lazarova, Kuusisto, Southbank Centre re...
Anna Clyne’s engaging First Person here led me to two of her works in a Philharmonia rainbow. She curated a woodwind-based gem of a 6pm programme...
1976 review - dark, chilly Chilean thriller
It starts innocuously, with paint. A woman is sitting in a hardware store, studying a travel guide for colour ideas, while briefing the chap...
Infinity Pool review - it's like The White Lotus on bad...
Director Brandon Cronenberg has inherited his...
Album: Lana Del Rey - Did You Know That There's a Tunne...
Compared to her peers, Lana del Rey is mightily prolific. This is her eighth album since her breakthough eleven years ago (her ninth in total)....
Suede, Symphony Hall, Birmingham review - a messianic perfor...
“Why do we come to concerts?” asks Brett Anderson, Suede’s ringmaster and vocalist, before launching into an acoustic version of “The Wild Ones”...
First Person: Donatella Flick on why the conducting competit...
What are the qualities that make a great conductor? It’s...
Album: Depeche Mode - Memento Mori
Depeche Mode’s Andy “Fletch” Fletcher, who died in May last year, was generally held to contribute to the dynamic of the band more than the music...
The Chevalier, St Martin-in-the-Fields review - virtuoso jou...
Shimmeringly urbane, shifting effortlessly from intricate agility to muscular intensity, the music of the 18th century composer Joseph Bologne is...