Page 1051 - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Coverage Book 2023-24
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07 January 2024
From Bong Joon-ho to Van Gogh:
Observer critics’ culture highlights for
2024
From Withnail and I on stage to Olivia Rodrigo on tour, Sally Wainwright’s new drama
to Blondie, Bruckner and Jez Butterworth, our experts guide you through the treats in
store this year
Sun 7 Jan 2024 07.00 GMT
Film
Make time for three masterly movies
There comes a point when the buzz about a movie release starts to be deafening. Then
the pre-emptive backlash kicks in. Can it really be the masterpiece that people are
claiming it is, or have the critics and festival punters fallen prey to collective hysteria?
It’s a fair question, but for three forthcoming releases the hype is very much justified.
First up is Yorgos Lanthimos’s riotous and rude feminist reworking of Alasdair Gray’s
Frankenstein pastiche, Poor Things (12 January). Emma Stone stars as Bella Baxter, a
