Tag: Noma Dumezweni

  • Best Interests review: heartbreaking BBC drama

    Best Interests review: heartbreaking BBC drama

    Best Interests tells about the parents of a young girl with a degenerative muscle disease. She lived much longer than expected, but when it was time to let her go the family fell apart over the decision.

  • Review: The Little Mermaid

    Review: The Little Mermaid

    The Little Mermaid turned out to be a bit of a disappointment to me. Overall, I love a musical, and director Rob Marshall has made musicals in the past that I loved. I have hard to pin down and vague feelings about The Little Mermaid being less than wonderful. Perhaps it’s because of the 2…

  • Review: The Undoing

    Review: The Undoing

    The Undoing earns my praise with its fascinating mystery, its skillful trickery and misdirection, and its suspenseful and thrilling finale. Created by David E. Kelley and directed by Susanne Bier, this series on HBO Max is a masterclass in storytelling and direction.

  • Review: Black Earth Rising

    Review: Black Earth Rising

    In Black Earth Rising, Hugo Blick’s 8 part mini-series on Netflix, we watch a metaphoric chess game taking place. Humans claim dominion over the game. They assume different roles on the game board, determined by greed or altruism, the quest for power, the quest for justice, the need to love or to hate. When the…