Today’s news: War-journo novelist shines, a subversive Cinders, Lawless first reviews…

CultureCritic | 04.September.2012 | 15:27

Lawrence Norfolk's upcoming John Saturnall's Feast looks pretty exciting – if you're into Royal catering, romance and witch hunts...

The Mariinsky Ballet swerve happy ever after in Alexei Ratmansky's ultra-modern Cinderella (above left) at the Edinburgh Festival, generally thought a very good thing: ‘heart-stoppingly beautiful', say the Guardian ‘impossible not to be dazzled', The Telegraph. Though there is that ‘terminally ill' jibe from the FT...

Badass, but a little too predictable is the verdict on The Road director's period gangster flick Lawless (below) despite star cast and (or down to?) script by Nick Cave...

A good reception meets reporter and novelist James Meek's family drama The Heart Broke In, including Don DeLillo and Dostoevsky comparisons. Not bad...

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