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Review: Cynthia Erivo in Dracula, Charli XCX mockumentary, The Secret Agent

Poet, playwright and curator Inua Ellams and film critic Hanna Flint join Tom Sutcliffe for this week's reviews. Riding high after the huge success of the Wicked films, actor Cynthia Erivo returns to the London stage for a one-woman production of Bram Stoker's Dracula, in which s ...  Show more

Amanda Seyfried and Mona Fastvold on their film The Testament of Ann Lee

Director Mona Fastvold and actor Amanda Seyfried discuss their film The Testament of Ann Lee, a musical history about the life of the founder of The Shakers, a mystic who moved from Manchester to the United States in the 18th century and founded a religious community, and who adv ...  Show more

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