Antonia Georgiou

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The first instalment of A Simple Favour recalled the melodramas of the Golden Age of Hollywood. One could easily imagine Joan Crawford playing the manipulative Emily Nelson, martini and acerbic quips at the ready. Paul Feig captured the campy, catty fun of that era and put a decidedly digital-age spin on it. This time around, he has amped the theatrics up to 11. A twisty thrill ride of a sequel, Another Simple Favour will not disappoint fans of the original smash hit.

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Following a hit Broadway run, The Great Gatsby makes its long-awaited West End debut at the London Coliseum. The palatial walls are undoubtedly a fitting backdrop for such a grand and sumptuous musical. Marc Bruni’s production is a bedazzling spectacle, with a multitalented ensemble cast bringing F Scott Fitzgerald’s modern American classic to life. Corbin Bleu, of High School Musical fame, shines as the venerable narrator Nick Carraway.

3 weeks ago | theupcoming.co.uk | Antonia Georgiou

After years of obsessions, aliases and dead bodies piling up, You is back for a binge-worthy fifth and final series. The fourth season saw Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley) flee to London, where he adopted the identity of an English professor. There, he fell for art dealer and, later, Lockwood Corporation CEO, Kate (Charlotte Ritchie). Ultimately, she decided to remain with Joe despite him confessing to a series of murders (he fails to acknowledge, however, that Kate’s father is among those he killed).

3 weeks ago | theupcoming.co.uk | Antonia Georgiou

In his directorial debut, Justin Anderson adeptly conjures scenes from a broken marriage. Based on Deborah Levy’s titular novel, Swimming Home begins with a sinisterly inverted scenic car journey. Author Joe (Christopher Abbott) and his traumatised foreign correspondent wife, Isabel (Mackenzie Davis), arrive at their holiday home when they find a nude woman, Kitti (Ariane Labed), swimming in their pool.

3 weeks ago | theupcoming.co.uk | Antonia Georgiou

Based on Simone de Beauvoir’s unpublished novel, The Inseparables explores the intensity of female friendship and the line at which this bond melds into lust. The titular inseparables are Sylve (Ayesha Ostler) and Andrée (Lara Manela), who meet at the age of nine at boarding school. Almost immediately, Sylve becomes besotted by her peer, in awe of her advanced intellect and athletic agility.