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From the jump, the folks behind the hit BBC/Netflix period crime series "Peaky Blinders" aimed high. Creator Steven Knight aimed to tell the story of a Birmingham street gang's ascension in post-wwi England as robustly as possible from its first episode, as we follow Tommy Shelby (Cillian Murphy) and his fellow Peaky Blinders weather storms of Ptsd, politics, and family life.
Throughout the show's six seasons, the gangster series trod lightly when it came to references to gangster movies that came before, like "The Public Enemy" and "Once Upon A Time in America." On TV, the show shared genre space with predecessors like "The Sopranos" -- a show that, like "Peaky," would get its own follow-up feature film. But sometimes, the connection to classic crime cinema was explicit.
In season two, the Peaky Blinders have advanced beyond penny-ante bookkeeping. Tommy expands to London and gets his own office at...
Throughout the show's six seasons, the gangster series trod lightly when it came to references to gangster movies that came before, like "The Public Enemy" and "Once Upon A Time in America." On TV, the show shared genre space with predecessors like "The Sopranos" -- a show that, like "Peaky," would get its own follow-up feature film. But sometimes, the connection to classic crime cinema was explicit.
In season two, the Peaky Blinders have advanced beyond penny-ante bookkeeping. Tommy expands to London and gets his own office at...
- 12/16/2022
- by Anya Stanley
- Slash Film
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[Editor’s Note: This review contains spoilers for “Sanditon,” including the ending.]
It was winter when Jane Austen realized she was dying. In January 1817, she started her final novel, a comedic tale set in a fledgling seaside resort whose owners have ambitions to attract moneyed clientele from London and beyond. In March, she stopped writing, carefully noting the date: March 18, 1817.
In July — four months to the day after she wrote those last words — she died. Scholars still don’t know the cause, with speculation ranging from Addison’s disease to Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Austen was 41.
It’s easy to psychoanalyze that unfinished novel, “Sanditon.” Austen was ill, she wanted to escape to the shore — so she did in her writing. Her heroine, Charlotte Heywood, dreams of a more cosmopolitan place than her genteel-but-shabby country home packed with siblings, and an act of quick-thinking bravery earns her an invite to the seaside Sanditon to stay with the Parker family.
It was winter when Jane Austen realized she was dying. In January 1817, she started her final novel, a comedic tale set in a fledgling seaside resort whose owners have ambitions to attract moneyed clientele from London and beyond. In March, she stopped writing, carefully noting the date: March 18, 1817.
In July — four months to the day after she wrote those last words — she died. Scholars still don’t know the cause, with speculation ranging from Addison’s disease to Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Austen was 41.
It’s easy to psychoanalyze that unfinished novel, “Sanditon.” Austen was ill, she wanted to escape to the shore — so she did in her writing. Her heroine, Charlotte Heywood, dreams of a more cosmopolitan place than her genteel-but-shabby country home packed with siblings, and an act of quick-thinking bravery earns her an invite to the seaside Sanditon to stay with the Parker family.
- 1/10/2020
- by Ann Donahue
- Indiewire
Stars: Andy Nyman, Martin Freeman, Paul Whitehouse, Alex Lawther, Leonard Byrne, Nicholas Burns, Jill Halfpenny | Written and Directed by Andy Nyman, Jeremy Dyson
Adapted from their own supernatural stage play, Ghost Stories is a lovingly crafted horror anthology from writing / directing duo Andy Nyman and Jeremy Dyson. Inspired by British portmanteau horror films like Dead of Night (1945) and Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors (1965), Nyman and Dyson have conjured up a creepy collection of terrifying tales that’s worthy of instant classic status.
Nyman plays Professor Philip Goodman, a TV investigator specialising in debunking the supernatural and exposing hoaxes. An early indication of both Goodman’s character and the nature of his work occurs early on, when he triumphantly confronts a fraudulent psychic just as he’s bringing comfort to a grieving mother who lost her son to leukemia – the confused and anguished expression on her face immediately gives the audience pause.
Adapted from their own supernatural stage play, Ghost Stories is a lovingly crafted horror anthology from writing / directing duo Andy Nyman and Jeremy Dyson. Inspired by British portmanteau horror films like Dead of Night (1945) and Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors (1965), Nyman and Dyson have conjured up a creepy collection of terrifying tales that’s worthy of instant classic status.
Nyman plays Professor Philip Goodman, a TV investigator specialising in debunking the supernatural and exposing hoaxes. An early indication of both Goodman’s character and the nature of his work occurs early on, when he triumphantly confronts a fraudulent psychic just as he’s bringing comfort to a grieving mother who lost her son to leukemia – the confused and anguished expression on her face immediately gives the audience pause.
- 9/1/2018
- by Matthew Turner
- Nerdly
Stars: Andy Nyman, Martin Freeman, Paul Whitehouse, Alex Lawther, Leonard Byrne, Nicholas Burns, Jill Halfpenny | Written and Directed by Andy Nyman, Jeremy Dyson
Adapted from their own supernatural stage play, Ghost Stories is a lovingly crafted horror anthology from writing / directing duo Andy Nyman and Jeremy Dyson. Inspired by British portmanteau horror films like Dead of Night (1945) and Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors (1965), Nyman and Dyson have conjured up a creepy collection of terrifying tales that’s worthy of instant classic status.
Nyman plays Professor Philip Goodman, a TV investigator specialising in debunking the supernatural and exposing hoaxes. An early indication of both Goodman’s character and the nature of his work occurs early on, when he triumphantly confronts a fraudulent psychic just as he’s bringing comfort to a grieving mother who lost her son to leukemia – the confused and anguished expression on her face immediately gives the audience pause.
Adapted from their own supernatural stage play, Ghost Stories is a lovingly crafted horror anthology from writing / directing duo Andy Nyman and Jeremy Dyson. Inspired by British portmanteau horror films like Dead of Night (1945) and Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors (1965), Nyman and Dyson have conjured up a creepy collection of terrifying tales that’s worthy of instant classic status.
Nyman plays Professor Philip Goodman, a TV investigator specialising in debunking the supernatural and exposing hoaxes. An early indication of both Goodman’s character and the nature of his work occurs early on, when he triumphantly confronts a fraudulent psychic just as he’s bringing comfort to a grieving mother who lost her son to leukemia – the confused and anguished expression on her face immediately gives the audience pause.
- 3/16/2018
- by Matthew Turner
- Nerdly
It's back tonight! Peaky Blinders returns this evening, but we've been waiting for the Shelby family to get back on our screens for ages - and earlier this year we got so excited that we blagged our way onto the set to have a nosy.
It was all go - the cast and crew were filming the climactic scenes of the Derby, and with a whole bunch of extras to wrangle and some beautiful sets to prepare, it was a busy day up in Stockport. But we managed to pull some people aside to have a bit of a chat about what's happening this series... Read on for 14 juicy nuggets from our time on the Peaky Blinders set!
1. We're returning to the show "two years down the road" (in Cillian Murphy's words).
"I think the world has expanded," Murphy - who plays lead Tommy Shelby - said. "I think Tommy's ambitions have expanded,...
It was all go - the cast and crew were filming the climactic scenes of the Derby, and with a whole bunch of extras to wrangle and some beautiful sets to prepare, it was a busy day up in Stockport. But we managed to pull some people aside to have a bit of a chat about what's happening this series... Read on for 14 juicy nuggets from our time on the Peaky Blinders set!
1. We're returning to the show "two years down the road" (in Cillian Murphy's words).
"I think the world has expanded," Murphy - who plays lead Tommy Shelby - said. "I think Tommy's ambitions have expanded,...
- 10/2/2014
- Digital Spy
In the last of her Peaky Blinders series 2 set visit interviews, Juliette talks to production designer Grant Montgomery...
One of Peaky Blinders’ most distinctive features is the look and feel of its sets and the high quality of all aspects of its production design. We sat down with Production Designer Grant Montgomery to chat about what we can expect to see in series 2...
Where are we going in series 2? What new sets we will see?
Basically, Tommy’s empire has grown. You’ll see him moving to the metropolis of London and taking on the big gangsters that run London, so visually, you’re moving much more into bigger spaces, and you’re leaving behind a lot of the dark working-class world. Because they have money, and Tommy is beginning to use that money, he’s buying up houses in London. The world is opening up, it’s becoming much more expansive,...
One of Peaky Blinders’ most distinctive features is the look and feel of its sets and the high quality of all aspects of its production design. We sat down with Production Designer Grant Montgomery to chat about what we can expect to see in series 2...
Where are we going in series 2? What new sets we will see?
Basically, Tommy’s empire has grown. You’ll see him moving to the metropolis of London and taking on the big gangsters that run London, so visually, you’re moving much more into bigger spaces, and you’re leaving behind a lot of the dark working-class world. Because they have money, and Tommy is beginning to use that money, he’s buying up houses in London. The world is opening up, it’s becoming much more expansive,...
- 9/26/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
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