Forbes on Film & Footlights

By Harry Forbes Not being much of football fan (as in “not at all”), I had little interest in this bio-drama about legendary Green Bay Packe...

By Harry Forbes I’d not seen David Mamet’s early paean to the theater since many years ago when Jose Ferrer took over the leading role from ...

By Harry Forbes Though it was nearly 20 years ago, I remember the original Broadway production of David Hirson’s exceedingly clever verse ho...

By Harry Forbes If there were still double-features, “Hereafter” would surely make a most interesting pairing with Woody Allen’s latest, “Yo...

By Harry Forbes As Mrs. Kitty Warren, Cherry Jones cuts a fine figure of a Victorian madam – even if her Cockney accent is a little dodgy – ...

By Harry Forbes The making of art can sometimes make awfully good theater. Last season’s Mark Rothko drama, “Red,” proved that point, if occ...

By Harry Forbes Having seen the Kneehigh Theatre’s highly imaginative, impressionistic take on the classic Noel Coward/David Lean film in Lo...