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Beloved

Beloved

A sprawling, messy epic on unrequited love from French director Christophe Honoré

(3 stars)10 May 2012

Christophe Honoré's Love Songs (2007) established a talent for musical melodrama that eschewed all the traditional razzle-dazzle trappings of Hollywood. Characters break into song as they casually stroll down a city street and the often banal…

Elle Fanning to star in film adaptation of Stuart Murdoch's God Help the Girl

Elle Fanning to star in film adaptation of Stuart Murdoch's God Help the Girl

Glasgow-set musical to commence filming in June

11 Apr 2012

When Belle and Sebastian’s Stuart Murdoch created God Help the Girl back in 2009, he knew that he was writing a 60s girl-group soundtrack for a film that didn't yet exist. Now, after years of fund-raising and producing, a film adaptation of the album…

GFF 2012 - Day planner

GFF 2012 - Day planner

Our highlights for each day of the Glasgow Film Festival

6 Feb 2012

It can be difficult, when any festival rolls around, to decide which events to skip in favour of others. Searching rigorously through the programme, referring back to the calendar, trying to fit in as much as possible - it's a painstaking piece of work…

Glasgow Film Festival: Why I love Gene Kelly

Glasgow Film Festival: Why I love Gene Kelly

Miles Fielder makes a song and dance about the charismatic movie star

3 Feb 2012

For a film lover who hates musicals (this writer), the GFF’s Gene Kelly retrospective ought to be a hard sell. Telling stories through song and dance, Kelly’s forte (the latter of which endeavours earned him a special Oscar in 1951), is anathema to this…

Kym Marsh

Kym Marsh eyes Corrie musical role

TV Gossip

9 Jan 2012

Kym Marsh wants to appear in 'Coronation Street: The Musical'. The 35-year-old actress - who plays Michelle Connor in the ITV1 soap - explained while she couldn't be in the stage version of 'Corrie' on a full-time basis because of her nine-month-old…

Ruth Jones

Gavin and Stacey: The Musical?

TV Gossip

5 Dec 2011

'Gavin and Stacey' looks set to be turned into a West End musical. Ruth Jones - who co-wrote the BBC series with actor James Corden, who is currently starring in West End play 'One Man Two Guvnors' - has announced plans for the show to be turned…

Dannii Minogue

Dannii Minogue to make musical return

Music Gossip

26 Nov 2011

Dannii Minogue is considering resurrecting her music career. The 'Australia's Got Talent' judge hasn't released a record since 2007's 'Club Disco' because she has been too busy but was recently offered some tracks that "excited" her. She said: "I…

South Pacific

South Pacific

New York revival with refreshing emphasis on character in Rodgers and Hammerstein classic

(4 stars)15 Nov 2011

Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Pulitzer-winning musical set in and around a US naval base during World War II includes so many songs that have become standards that the plot seems almost surplus to requirements. You can almost feel the smiles of recognition…

Harry Hill

Harry Hill for X Factor: The Musical

TV Gossip

12 Oct 2011

Harry Hill has confirmed his involvement in 'X Factor: The Musical'. The 'TV Burp' host - who reportedly turned down a £1 million pay rise to front another series of the ITV1 programme next year - is seeing if there is "any mileage" in the idea, and…

Damon Albarn

Damon Albarn wants to write Blur musical

Music Gossip

8 Oct 2011

Damon Albarn thinks he could create a Blur musical. The 43-year-old musician thinks his group's 1995 LP 'The Great Escape' has the right songs to become the basis of a stage production on as it represents a "snapshot" of the time when it was…

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