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Prom 34: Martha Argerich, West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim / Prom 37: L’Enfance du Christ, Halle Orchestra, Maxime Pascal ★★★☆☆ / ★★★★★ Whether accident or design brings a performance by Daniel Barenboim’s West-Eastern Divan Orchestra and one of Berlioz’s Biblical oratorio L’Enfance du Christ to the Proms in the same …

Actors might seem to have the ideal job, but it doesn’t come without its dangers. Maintaining safety on the set of films and TV shows might be a primary concern when cameras begin rolling, but with many variables to control, there are times when control is lost, leaving actors with …

Being caught off guard by a well-deployed twist is an unrivalled cinematic joy. Over the years, writers and directors have imagined up fresh ways of keeping film audiences on their toes. Some remain astonishingly bold by today’s standards, while others have had the gleam worn off by the film’s they’ve …

Sequels are an extremely tough thing to get right. First up, they have to be warranted. So many films these days forsake effective endings in an attempt to set up future outings, just in case enough money is made and a follow-up is given the green light. Because of this, sequels are …

For filmmakers, horror is one of the toughest genres to nail.  Mastering a scare is something that only the most gifted of directors can manage, and there are a lot of films out that that fall very short when trying to terrify their audience. Those that do deliver, though, succeed …