Tag Archives: Vanessa Redgrave

‘Call the Midwife’ Recap, Season 2, Episode 8

By Leah Rozen | Posted on May 20th, 2013

Season two of Call the Midwife comes an end. (PBS)

There were happy endings and new beginnings even as possible threats gathered on the horizon by the time the end credits rolled on the Season 2 finale of Call the Midwife, the popular BBC-produced series that airs on PBS in the U.S.

‘Call the Midwife’ Recap, Season 2, Episode 6

By Leah Rozen | Posted on May 6th, 2013

Cynthia and Trixie distributing pamphlets about the X-rays. (PBS)

This week’s episode of Call the Midwife, the British series about a group of nurses and nuns who see to the medical needs of the poor living in London’s East End in the late 1950s, was a solid one. It lacked only in an appearance ...

10 British Acting Families (Who Are Not the Redgraves)

By Rachel Marie Paquin | Posted on May 3rd, 2013

Diana Rigg and Rachael Stirling in 'Crimson Horror.' (BBC America)

This week Doctor Who fans will get to see mother-daughter duo Dame Diana Rigg and Rachael Stirling in “The Crimson Horror.” The actresses will also be playing a mother-daughter pair in the show with Rigg as Winifred ...

‘Call the Midwife’ Recap, Season 2, Episode 5

By Leah Rozen | Posted on April 29th, 2013

Trixie Franklin falls for the charming Clifford Raines. (PBS)

In an episode that would spark massive controversy if it were on an American TV show, the focus was squarely on birth control and abortion in the latest chapter of Call the Midwife, the popular BBC show that airs on the PBS in the U.S.

WATCH: Terence Stamp vs Gemma Arterton in ‘Unfinished Song’ Trailer

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on January 3rd, 2013

Gemma Arterton and Terence Stamp in 'Unfinished Song'

Who knew there could be such a demand for films about cranky old English gippers taking up singing late in life, that two could be released within months of one another?

Elizabeth Tudor, Screen Queen

By Leah Rozen | Posted on October 28th, 2011

Good Queen Bess. The Virgin Queen. Elizabeth Tudor.

WATCH: Joely Richardson Shares Regal Role with Legendary Mother

By Tom Brook | Posted on October 14th, 2011

British actress Joely Richardson stars in the new historical thriller Anonymous playing Queen Elizabeth I in a cast that also includes her mother Vanessa Redgrave. The older Redgrave also plays Queen Elizabeth I but in her later ...

News Roundup: Robert Pattinson Gives A Tramp The Gift Of Music

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on September 1st, 2011

Guitar shops are magical places. There are all of these beautiful, shiny instruments on the walls, and they’re all slightly different – Gretsches, Gibsons, Rickenbackers, Fenders – so any self-respecting string-twiddler will ...

WATCH: Ralph Fiennes Plays Voldemor…Sorry, ‘Coriolanus’

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on August 12th, 2011

I dunno if it’s the cropped hair, the tattoos, or the bit where Brian Cox says “Coriolanus has grown from man to dragon,” but there is definitely something of the Voldemort to this new adaptation of Shakespeare’s ...

Joely Richardson, From Nip/Tucking to Winning Raves Off-Broadway

By Tom Brook | Posted on June 28th, 2011

Joely Richardson — the 46-year-old daughter of Vanessa Redgrave — has been getting some glowing reviews for her portrayal of a bipolar wife in the play Side Effects, which has just opened in New York. The play chronicles the disintegrating marriage of an American couple.