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The Guardian
10-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Ocean with David Attenborough, Forever and PinkPantheress: the week in rave reviews
Netflix; full series available now Summed up in a sentence An adorable TV take on Judy Blume's banned teen sex our reviewer said 'As a teen drama, it works because, Heartstopper-style, its teenagers actually look and behave like teenagers. It's a romantic melodrama, so their young love is at the centre of this show's world, but to its credit for an older viewer, it comes across as knowing and self-aware too.' Rebecca Nicholson Read the full review Further reading Judy Blume forever: the writer who dares to tell girls the plain truth ITVX; full series available now Summed up in a sentence The relentlessly tense drama returns with another doctor receiving a probe by the Medical Investigations our reviewer said 'The new series promises to be as addictive and unsettling as the last, with another good cast and its doctor creator Grace Ofori-Attah still with plenty of material. Malpractice can surely run and run – which is great news for viewers, if less so for doctors and their patients out in the real world.' Lucy Mangan Read the full review Netflix; available now Summed up in a sentence Netflix's sport documentary strand examines two basketball players' struggle to cope with success. What our reviewer said 'Over the years the reliable US documentary strand Untold has found numerous variations on the sad old story of the young adult who gets to the big leagues then throws it all away, and it's turned up a devastating one in Shooting Guards' Jack Seale Read the full review Apple TV+; new episodes Fridays Summed up in a sentence Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman are back for another epic motorbike travelogue, this time taking in the Arctic circle, the Baltic states and western our reviewer said 'It may not entertain viewers less invested in McGregor and Boorman's friendship, or vintage motorcycles, or relentless rain. But the footage of them riding eventually becomes mesmerising, in a gentle, slow-TV kind of way, and while it is steady, it is also perfectly pleasant.' Rebecca Nicholson Read the full review BBC iPlayer; available now Summed up in a sentence Louis Theroux revisits the West Bank settlers he first encountered in 2011 documentary The Ultra Zionists, in what might be his most confrontational film our reviewer said 'I've been watching Theroux's films for more than three decades, since his days on Michael Moore's TV Nation, and watching him be this forthright feels like a true watershed moment in his career. This level of stridently editorialising just hasn't been in his toolbox until now. It suits him.' Stuart Heritage Read the full review Further reading Palestinian activist says home raided 'in revenge' for appearing in Louis Theroux documentary In cinemas now Summed up in a sentence Visually stunning nature documentary protesting against the ruination of the our reviewer said 'He shows us an amazing vista of diversity and life, an extraordinary undulating landscape, a giant second planet of whose existence humanity has long been unaware but now seems in danger of damaging or even destroying.' Peter Bradshaw Read the full review Further reading 99 ways David Attenborough has inspired us, by Barack Obama, Billie Eilish, Morgan Freeman and more In cinemas now Summed up in a sentence A young man on the run from a mob boss lands an unlikely job in a love motel and starts an affair with the manager's our reviewer said 'This film is terrifically acted by its central trio: three intensely and unselfconsciously physical performances in which their bodies are frequently on show, sensual but fragile.' Peter Bradshaw Read the full review In cinemas now Summed up in a sentence Barmy Australian thriller about would-be wave-chaser Nicolas Cage tangling with local our reviewer said 'With a pleasing, no-frills intensity, The Surfer feels resolutely old-school. It's a low-budget, hard-hitting comic bruiser of a picture: a midlife-crisis movie dressed up as a 1970s exploitation flick.' Xan Brooks Read the full review Further reading Nicolas Cage: 'I don't think a day goes by where I'm not mistaken for Nick Cave' In cinemas now Summed up in a sentence Dance/music film telling the story of a woman's secret affairs through a cache of love letters, soundtracked by Emilíana our reviewer said 'The Extraordinary Miss Flower is a real pleasure: luxuriant like a good glass of red wine. Partly that's down to the songs, vivacious pop-electronica numbers sung with seductive intimacy by Torrini, who is pretty extraordinary herself.' Cath Clarke Read the full review Disney+ Summed up in a sentence Jesse Eisenberg writes, directs and stars in a masterpiece of a Holocaust tour comedy, which features a standout performance from Kieran our reviewer said 'It is a road movie which is partly about the Holocaust and about America's third-generation attempt at coming to terms with it, at confronting what their parents and grandparents found too painfully recent to revisit, or necessary to forget in order to survive. And partly it's about family, male friendship and growing older.' Peter Bradshaw Read the full review Further reading 'A collective sigh of relief': how Jesse Eisenberg's A Real Pain went down in Poland Reviewed by Sarah Crown Summed up in a sentence A love triangle plays out over decades in this deliciously immersive American our reviewer said 'Puchner seduces us with a familiar narrative structure, only to undermine that structure, to force it to tell a tale of profound and fatal insecurity. But he tells his tale with such warmth and humour, that it's not until you set the book down that you can appreciate the breadth and brilliance of what he's done.' Read the full review Review by Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett Summed up in a sentence A spiky tale of unexpected motherhood and chosen family from the author of Send our reviewer said 'Sams is a skilled writer, sometimes a sublime one. The way she relates labour, birth and newborns is a mark of her talent and will make you forgive her occasional lapse into cliche.' Read the full review Further reading Writer Saba Sams: 'I wanted it to be sexy and really messy' Review by John Mullan Summed up in a sentence The definitive story of America's most famous writer, from the author of our reviewer said 'Chernow makes out of a vast archive this admirably animated, readable account of one of the modern world's first literary celebrities.' Read the full review Review by Clare Clark Summed up in a sentence A high-concept sliding doors debut in which three different names given to a baby boy send him down three very different our reviewer said 'This compelling and original debut asks at least as many questions as it answers. In the end, despite the neatness of its premise, it is not so much about the impact of our names but about the implications of our decisions.' Read the full review Further reading Love Groundhog Day and Russian Doll? These are the novels for you Review by Steven Poole Summed up in a sentence A whistleblower's no-holds barred account of our reviewer said 'Mark Zuckerberg turns out to be a giant man-baby suffering from a severe case of the Dunning-Kruger effect, whereby people overestimate their own cognitive abilities' Read the full review Further reading Meta puts stop on promotion of tell-all book by former employee Out now Summed up in a sentence Back after her TikTok-powered burst to initial fame, the singer-songwriter-producer is still making pithy pop – in longer form this our reviewer said 'There's something infectious and gleeful about the way she stitches together her disparate influences, but her real skill lies in her ability to imprint her own identity on the results.' Alexis Petridis Read the full review Further reading PinkPantheress: 'I don't think I'm very brandable. I dress weird. I'm shy' Out now Summed up in a sentence Five years since her Grammy-nominated breakthrough record Miss Colombia, the singer and producer takes a radical shift in our reviewer said 'La Belleza (The Beauty) is a nine-track orchestral suite touching on everything from Gregorian chant to strings-laden love songs and dembow rhythms. The result is a moving work of remarkable depth.' Ammar Kalia Read the full review Out now Summed up in a sentence The underground New York rapper, celebrated for his leftfield linguistic invention, delivers one of his heaviest albums to our reviewer said 'Through samples, guest verses and his own lyrics, Woods unearths innumerable images of inhumanity: from stories of CIA torture methods to '12 billion USD hovering over the Gaza strip'. Golliwog is dominated by inherited trauma and state-sanctioned terror, and Woods assesses it all with horrible clarity.' Shaad D'Souza Read the full review Further reading Attenborough, weed and 'American apartheid': the awesome mind of rapper Billy Woods Out now Summed up in a sentence John Eliot Gardiner conducts the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in these live our reviewer said 'There's a litheness to the approach, a refusal to get distracted by subsidiary detail from the essential symphonic argument, and a sense of always keeping the structure taut and purposeful.' Andrew Clements Read the full review Out now Summed up in a sentence The UK dance producer is devoted to tracks at the high end of the bpm scale, spanning footwork, jungle and technoWhat our reviewer said 'With her socially conscious projects that spread access and opportunity, Sherelle is building the future she'd like to see. Her music is charged with the same sense of determination.' Ben Beaumont-Thomas Read the full review
Yahoo
28-01-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Oak Hill Post in Brookline closes doors
Brookline restaurant Oak Hill Post has closed its doors. The restaurant first began as a pop-up called Menuette, backed by chef Christian Schulz and partner Rebecca Nicholson, first serving meals out of the Korner Pub and then for other local spots, including Hitchiker Brewing Co.'s Mount Lebanon tap room and 802 Bean Co. In March of 2020, the duo signed a lease for the 600 Brookline Boulevard space to give Menuette a permanent home, a signing day that was of course quickly followed by the Covid-19 pandemic. Alongside, the pandemic, the duo pivoted the concept to the Oak Hill Post, switching dinner service dishes to sandwiches, first solely as a take-out space due to Covid restrictions and then as a diner with counter service. In 2024, the restaurant made some changes, re-embracing dinner service, adjusting its breakfast offerings and closing down the counter. Now closing more than the counter, the restaurant offered its last dinner service on Saturday, January 25, although the duo have not completely ruled out the possibility of more pop-ups. Click here to read more from our partners at the Pittsburgh Business Times. Download the FREE WPXI News app for breaking news alerts. Follow Channel 11 News on Facebook and Twitter. | Watch WPXI NOW
