Cinema, Theater & TV news

• The Trials of Oscar Pistorius review – what about Reeva Steenkamp?

  08-11-2020 23:45
  
  This docuseries could have asked bigger questions on domestic violence, or the murder of Pistorius’s scarcely mentioned girlfriend. Instead, it is a flawed, fawning hagiographyThe BBC provoked an outcry last month when it ran a two-minute trailer for this four-part documentary series (BBC Two and BBC iPlayer) that referred to “an international hero who inspired millions” who had “suddenly found himself at the centre of a murder investigation”, without once mentionin
  
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• His Dark Materials series two review – Ruth Wilson brandishes TV's scariest tweezers

  08-11-2020 22:00
  
  Smartphones, a mysterious CGI town, and a terrifying torture scene are among the draws as Jack Thorne’s steampunkish Philip Pullman adaptation returns to screensWearing a blood-red dress and crypto-fascist boots, and with eyebrows unparalleled in conveying menace, Ruth Wilson is my kind of Mrs Coulter. At the outset of the second series of BBC One’s His Dark Materials (covering most of the action of The Subtle Knife, the second book of Philip Pullman’s trilogy), Coulter dominat
  
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• Strictly Come Dancing 2020: week three results show - as it happened

  08-11-2020 21:12
  
  The big screen came to the small screen in Movie Week, but which couple were gone when the end credits rolled? 8.09pm GMT Jason and Luba take to the floor to ‘If I Could Turn Back Time’ by Cher. What a nice man.And that’s it for Movie Week! Let’s pretend that never happened. Next week we’re back to business as usual, so please join me here on Saturday at 7.10pm. In the meantime you can find me on Twitter @heidistephens, so feel free to come and give me a wave. Thank
  
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• Strictly Come Dancing 2020: week three results show - live

  08-11-2020 20:06
  
  The big screen came to the small screen in Movie Week, but which couple will be gone when the end credits roll? 7.02pm GMT None of you bought me a Countryfile Calendar last year, not that I’d have anything to put in it. After the fake harvest mouse revelation, I’m looking at every picture and thinking ‘I bet that stag is nailed down’. 6.56pm GMT Evening all, and welcome back to this week’s Sunday night results show! I hope we’ve all recovered from the trauma o
  
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• TV tonight: the tragic murder of Reeva Steenkamp

  08-11-2020 07:00
  
  A documentary series examines how Oscar Pistorius’s crime is part of a worrying history of gender-based violence in South Africa. Plus: His Dark Materials returns. Here’s what to watch this evening Continue reading...
  
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• Small Screen: Big Debate — the winner of the FT/Ofcom competition

  08-11-2020 06:00 via ft.com
  Students shared their thoughts on the future of broadcasting and Janelle Oje’s winning blog post is published here
  
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• Things To Do at Home

  08-11-2020 03:47 via nytimes.com
  
  This week, pick the best indoor plants, jam with the ‘queen of Kindie rock,’ dive deeper into the power of the X-ray and be swept away by the San Francisco Symphony.
  
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