Articles by Kate Stables
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Misbehaviour review: a too-trim retelling of the 1970 Miss World takedown
Dramatising the famous Women’s Lib beauty pageant protest at the Royal Albert Hall, Philippa Lowthorpe’s richly cast period film makes a fair historical primer, but plays its satire safe, says Kate Stables.
Monday, March 16, 2020
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Military Wives review: the song remains the same
Kristen Scott Thomas and Sharon Horgan lead a familiarly shaped fictionalisation of the hit BBC garrision-wives choir show, but the testimonies they sing still hit home, says Kate Stables.
Friday, March 6, 2020
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Spycies review: animated animals chase away the climate crisis
A cat and a rat team up to save their city in this appealingly designed but thinly plotted caper from Guillaume Ivernel, writes Kate Stables.
Thursday, February 13, 2020
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Emma review: a toothsome take on Jane Austen’s classic comedy
Anya Taylor-Joy is aptly brittle and doll-like as the haughty heroine of Autumn de Wilde’s polished and well-paced feature debut, which romps through a familiar plot and looks ravishing at every turn, writes Kate Stables
Wednesday, February 12, 2020
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Honey Boy review: Shia LaBeouf acts out the sins of his father
Working with director Alma Har’el, writer-star LaBeouf revisits his childhood in thrall to a dependent father in a drama whose raw feeling is close to heartbreaking, writes Kate Stables.
Thursday, December 5, 2019
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Knives Out review: Rian Johnson revives the whodunnit with crowd-pleasing panache
Daniel Craig plays the eccentric investigator determined to uncover the murderer of a wealthy patriarch in this inventive, witty comedy-thriller, writes Kate Stables.
Thursday, November 28, 2019
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Frozen II review: Disney’s spectacular sequel dampens the charm
Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee’s follow-up to their phenomenal ice-maiden animation takes on the weight of ecological tragedy with ravishing technique, but loses the human spark, says Kate Stables.
Friday, November 22, 2019
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The Last Tree review: a lyrical story of British identity pains
Shola Amoo’s semi-autobiographical second feature travels from Lincolnshire to London to Lagos with its torn young protagonist Femi, a boy caught between different mothers and backgrounds, says Kate Stables.
Friday, September 27, 2019
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Downton Abbey review: on the big screen, the Crawleys serve trifle for our present nerves
Leaving no stone turned in the search for dramatic conflict, Julian Fellowes’s aristo-soap film spin-off offers mitigation for a divided nation, says Kate Stables.
Monday, September 16, 2019
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The Souvenir review: Joanna Hogg pulls the threads of a doomed romance
Hogg’s drily perceptive drama unfolds in a series of painterly and acutely well-judged vignettes, as Honor Swinton Byrne and Tom Burke play lovers adrift in early 1980s Knightsbridge, writes Kate Stables.
Wednesday, August 28, 2019
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