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Hedda review – Ibsen meets Downton Abbey in Nia DaCosta’s exotic rendering of classic play | Film

Hedda review – Ibsen meets Downton Abbey in Nia DaCosta’s exotic rendering of classic play | Film

Nia DaCosta, known for her satirical horror Candyman from 2021, has now created an exotic melodrama; it is ridiculous, intense, despairingly sexual, inspired by Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler and Chekhov’s dictum about the gun produced in act one. It’s a feverish variation on a theme, with twists on gender and racial difference. The action is transplanted from Ibsen’s Norway to a …

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First Images from Nia DaCosta’s ’28 Years Later: The Bone Temple’ Revealed; Trailer Tomorrow

First Images from Nia DaCosta’s ’28 Years Later: The Bone Temple’ Revealed; Trailer Tomorrow

The first images from 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple have debuted on Rolling Stone ahead of tomorrow’s trailer premiere. Filmed back-to-back with 28 Years Later, the fourth installment in the post-apocalyptic horror franchise will infect theaters on January 16, 2026 via Sony. Nia DaCosta (Candyman) directs from a script by Alex Garland (28 Days Later, 28 Years Later). Danny …

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